Agents will do more than just negotiate contacts with clubs. Some players will be completely mollycoddled by agents, so it's a convenience having them. There's also commercial deals etc.
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Agents will do more than just negotiate contacts with clubs. Some players will be completely mollycoddled by agents, so it's a convenience having them. There's also commercial deals etc.
People who think players don’t need agents should see how clubs and managers try to screw players
Both. But the bidding war is for the sign-on fee and total package for the player to choose their next club.
(The selling club automatically accepts every bid that meets the clause. Although normally no on puts in a bid until they agree with the player first. They just contact selling club and say they will meet the sum if they can agree with the player, thus getting permission to negotiate with the player.)
Yes, sadly. I personally think Pogba is actually a pretty solid pro, liked by his teammates, but Raoila acts on his behalf and he condones it.
I'm giving up if City sign him
Got Real Madrid written all over it. Haaland, Mbappe, Pogba treble signing. Sancho to PSG. Graelish to United.
Some window for Real!
Cnuts signed Kaka and Benzema in the same summer as Ronaldo when I thought we would buy them both with the money we got for him.. they're going to upset me again
Very interesting to see him here vs City. He isn't a top presser but he does try to interrupt passing lines. Dortmund are a poor team in poor form but he will likely get one good opportunity. Him vs Dias is a great test.
and they dominated for a generation. We are supposedly valued at 3.5 billion. It’s time our owners started acting like it. If we let Real hoover up that bunch it’ll just be history repeating. No value in the market lads.
Id expect a more all round monster for that money. He may score chances but he really needs to strike fear in sides when he has the ball. It just seems like football is missing goal scoring number 9s at the minute and are blinded by someone who excels at it.
He would not fit in at City at all
Yeah, I agree. He'd fit us a lot better, with our counter attacking style and lack of a goal hungry monster, but he's definitely not an all around player.
He’s out of form right now, hope he turns it around quickly.
Have to agree. He'd score his fair share for them of course but his overall play doesn't seem to fit into a technical team like City. Would fit in here much better
I love how people are ignoring his excellent holdup play and the great assist vs City. I think he had a good game considering Dortmunds tactics.
White Lukaku 
Not sure that's a bad thing these days TBF...White Lukaku
Ignoring it? Plenty of people reference it in the match day thread
That and one run when he bullied Dias is all he did in a disappointing performance from him though
He would fit well at Chelsea, Real, or here. He would score a bucket at City or Barce but the attack won't be built around him
No goal in 5 games. Fraud!
He was having an interesting conversation with Foden at the end I thought.
Definitely a talent.. but I really hope we dont deal with Riola ever again.. Unless its a ridiculous talent.. and I mean someone worth bending over backwards for.. Not sure he is that..
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I thought he played better than the weekend against Frankfurt.
Albino WelbeckWhite Lukaku
Lukaku is a fantastic goalscorer. That's never changed. His overall play could be better though, just like Haaland's.
Haaland has time to improve, but I can never see him turning into a silky player in the mold of Ibra, Kane, Lewa, for example.
I’m pretty sure he is. If he isn’t, no one is.
Foden looks like a fan that has just ran onto the pitch to get Haaland's shirt.
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I can be your Greenwood, baby....
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One for the frame and one for Ebay.
Not at all. He is a Lukaku with better 1st touch.
Foden: are you coming to City big fecker?
Haaland: tell me where I can find Keane?
He is absolutely going there.
I'm convinced he's City bound either this summer or next, and I still think its an odd fit on the pitch. He's not a Pep CF at all.
He looked genuinely buzzed to be there, called their stadium beautiful, looked like a kid in a candy shop. If city want him, he goes.
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