redcucumber
Full Member
- Joined
- May 18, 2022
- Messages
- 3,395
Wikipedia says that he has played 13 games for Benfica?! 130m is unfathomably bonkers.
That is why you aren't him as he doesn't attach fan sentiment. Pretty sure Utd who haven't won anything relevant in 9yrs are the amongst the "better" that he can do.I would rather play out the season in Portugal and be dealt some better options in the summer. He can do better than Chelsea for sure.
More like they see money comingBenfica see clubs coming.
That is why you aren't him as he doesn't attach fan sentiment. Pretty sure Utd who haven't won anything relevant in 9yrs are the amongst the "better" that he can do.
For sure it's extremely high praise but even going into the World Cup I said Enzo was probably going to be the best midfielder at the tournament besides maybe De Bruyne. I also think it's pretty fair to say that him coming in to play at the base of midfield alongside De Paul was transformational for Argentina - they were a completely different side with him in there versus Paredes.
Put it this way - there is basically nothing Enzo doesn't do at a top tier level already and he only turns 22 in a couple weeks. He can play as a 6, an 8, or a 10 and no matter what he offers huge value both in and out of possession. We have been crying out for a midfield overhaul and Enzo would be a dream signing for basically any price if you ask me.
Salty that.That is why you aren't him as he doesn't attach fan sentiment. Pretty sure Utd who haven't won anything relevant in 9yrs are the amongst the "better" that he can do.
I would rather play out the season in Portugal and be dealt some better options in the summer. He can do better than Chelsea for sure.
Chelsea are going to have a problem if a few of these don’t work out. The high fees and long contracts they are dishing out mean less FFP cost year to year but trying to sell them is a nightmare, as the book value is way too high. Atlético have this problem with Felix at the moment and Chelsea already have it most summers with Lukaku. It’s extremely difficult to find someone to even cover the book cost let alone make profit on the players. United had it with AWB in the summer, there was no point in accepting £10m or whatever for him as it would just make FFP worse for that season.
Every single transfer carries some sort of risk but the whole point of signing young players is you should be able to sign them cheaper. If for whatever Enzo doesn’t work out and he’s sitting on a 7 year contract in a couple of years, good luck trying to find someone to spend £80m on him to cover your costs. You only really want to be spending this sort of money on the likes of Mbappe, Haaland etc where the risk is so small that they don’t work out.
It looks like Boehly and the ownership are panicking about not making top 4 this season and if I was Enzo I really would sit and wait until the summer for something better, or at least that the Chelsea project is moving in the right direction.There’s been a whole lot of money spent for regression so far.
We could try gazump Benfica on their two Enzo replacements![]()
I'm getting the player, you aren't. Don't understand how I could be salty about that, but okay.Salty that.
It’s truly amazing how he never actually breaks a story - yet knows all the inside details an hour after someone else breaks it. Take this one - he needs to have very good sources at benfica to know their board are split about accepting, Chelsea to know how much they want him AND Liverpool/Madrid to know they want Enzo but not now. And he’s like this about EVERY big transfer someone else breaks. Almost likes he just reads what the good reporters say and then guesses. An American version of Miguel Delaney.
The only reason he wasn't atleast 70m in the first place is because the Argentine peso is all forms of fecked.Wikipedia says that he has played 13 games for Benfica?! 130m is unfathomably bonkers.
That would be smart for Benfica but not for the player. Realistically he will get paid big money at Chelsea and be in London, likely a big draw for a foreign player.If he's smart he'd wait until summer when he has 3-4 big money clubs looking at him. Newcastle, Liverpool and ourselves would likely join the party.
It is actually.That is why you aren't him as he doesn't attach fan sentiment. Pretty sure Utd who haven't won anything relevant in 9yrs are the amongst the "better" that he can do.
Bit like signing someone for £89m who we let leave for free I suppose.fecking hell. Can you imagine the reaction if we were spending 120m on someone we could have got for a tenth of that, 6 months earlier?
It is mad. Great player, obviously, but surely this bubble has got to burst at some point. Benfica probably can't believe their luck so soon after Nunez.fecking hell. Can you imagine the reaction if we were spending 120m on someone we could have got for a tenth of that, 6 months earlier?
The bubble won’t burst, there’s too many teams desperate for success and with much deeper pockets than before.It is mad. Great player, obviously, but surely this bubble has got to burst at some point. Benfica probably can't believe their luck so soon after Nunez.
All for this. No point spending ridiculous amounts on a position that we’ve just improved on last summer. We need a ST. If we’re even thinking of spending that much on him then why not spend that much on a ST if the moneys there. Could get mbappe for that.great young player but we simply can’t afford to spend 120m on a player that we don’t desperately need. Our CM options are solid, i’d much rather spend that money on Osimhen.
The simple fact is another will come along in 1-2 years and if smart we could get them for £20m early rather than waiting.
Everybody wants the shiny new toy but there’s no guarantee he will settle in england either.
we simply CANNOT afford another big mistake
I'm speaking more in the sense of teams being prepared to enter the market for a player before they have their big break. Enzo Fernandez was available for a fraction of the cost in the summer and none of the big clubs took a chance on him. I don't understand how Chelsea (or whoever else is interested at €120m) can see paying that fee as less of a risk than signing the player directly from River Plate in the summer. He wasn't exactly an unknown talent.The bubble won’t burst, there’s too many teams desperate for success and with much deeper pockets than before.
It used to be a couple of Italian clubs, then it was Madrid and Barca, then United and then finally Chelsea, City, PSG. Now most PL teams can pay what United were paying 20 years ago with ease due to TV money and teams like Newcastle are entering the first bracket while the original rich clubs fall down the pecking order.
In short, there isn’t much room at the top and everyone wants the best players. It’s now any one of 10 teams can afford this type of player, whereas is used to be one or two. As more teams enter that mega money bracket the higher these fees will go.
The bubble won’t burst, there’s too many teams desperate for success and with much deeper pockets than before.
It used to be a couple of Italian clubs, then it was Madrid and Barca, then United and then finally Chelsea, City, PSG. Now most PL teams can pay what United were paying 20 years ago with ease due to TV money and teams like Newcastle are entering the first bracket while the original rich clubs fall down the pecking order.
In short, there isn’t much room at the top and everyone wants the best players. It’s now any one of 10 teams can afford this type of player, whereas is used to be one or two. As more teams enter that mega money bracket the higher these fees will go.