Boehly probably doesn't know that FFP is a thing, or if he does he thinks it'll be fine because London will give him tax credits and a new taxpayer funded stadium when he threatens to move the club to Stoke.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Wich makes no sense to me,if you cant win it then you can give it a year to help United back to greatness,i have faith in ETH!
They have waaaay bigger problems than a CM, like a striker and defenders.
Username is @Pearl.Jam and location is given as Lukin's.
The song Lukin was written by Eddie Vedder about hanging out at Matt Lukin's house to avoid his stalker
Conclusion - Eddie Vedder supports the mighty reds and post on the Caf
No doubt, but there is definite interest, way to much smoke for there not to be any fire. I'm still hoping there's going to be a twist and he signs for us. Ornstein hasn't said anything other than there's interest, as far as ive seen neither has Romano.
It does make sense. Good Players always want to play in the best competition snd the UCL is the best club competition. You think Ronaldo joined us cause he thought he was going to the win the UCL? But we wouldn’t have signed him if we didn’t finish in the top 4.
He has to invest 1.7bn into the squad and stadium. It was a requirement of buying the club. So it’s burning a hole in his pocket
You are very wise but I should have got that from your username ....hang on a minute are you a famous wizard ?
Am I right in thinking they have to register players by Sat? So one way or another we should be at an end to this?
I am not but my mate Saruman is.
Something will happen when we get past 1500 pages.
More pages?
1501 pages
Look at the LA Dodgers the last ten years under Boehly, they were outside the top ten in spending and being outbid by small market teams and not winning anything when his group took over. As a SF Giant fan I loved it. Now they are the biggest spenders in baseball, reinvested in their stadium and won a World Series. Looks like Chelsea are on the same path.
It is going to be humiliating for Barca if they can't register players for the weekend, so something has to give somewhere.
I have faith that we got De Jong by friday mate, you heard it here first
Ronaldo is 37 mate and De Jong is 25 but i get what you are saying, i just have to believe that De Jong believes in ETH and wants to come.
If not my muppet heart will break.
Tbf barca have been trying to sell him. It's on fdj
Absolutely but Barca need to cough up the 17 mil to get him out the door.
It’s a shame we lost out on Fabian as he would’ve been as good a signing.
Not sure where we go now.
Not sure where we go now.
I don't think the manager can take any blame in that. Ajax were fighting for the title until the very end of the season and his focus had to be on that.
I'd expect a far more organised and expedient transfer window next summer.
De Jong and Rabiot.. keep up
Rabiot and SMS
Better to cough up 17 than to have unregistered players like Lewandowski, Rafinha etc for the season - it wouldn’t end well.
Exactly, unless lever 78 sorts it all out
At this point i dont give a flying Fudge if we pay him the 17M,we need a class CM or we will not get top 4 or UCL wich would set the club back even more.
It's not at all. They've tried to shaft him, while also splashing the cash left, right and centre. How is this not barcelona's fault?
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Absolutely but Barca need to cough up the 17 mil to get him out the door.
[/QUOTE]Both interested clubs will pay imo
Absolutely but Barca need to cough up the 17 mil to get him out the door.
[/QUOTE]Both interested clubs will pay imo
The bit that is had to understand is how this squares with the new FFP regulations.
It is not enough to have the money to spend, it has to be sustainable spending and as such a percentage of revenues. This is one of the reasons Newcastle have not done a Man City or for that matter early Abramovich era Chelsea.
Chelsea's revenues simply do not support spending on the level we are seeing this summer and if as reported they end up with Fofana and de Jong this window alongside the purchases they have already made they are not going to have much room for expenditure over the next couple of seasons, they cannot simply pay a wealth tax like an MLB club would.
Boehly may be gambling on rapidly escalating revenues but in football that is never a sure thing. The PL is so competitive that they could easily find themselves outside the CL spots next year and having to change their budget accordingly.
What? Where in that have you taken what I said like it's anyone's fault?
Football is different though. As we've seen with United you need more than spending to succeed, and the premier league is extremely competitive. Would you put money on Chelsea finishing higher than 3rd this season? It feels like he's Woody on steroids.
Delete that shit..just lies
I dont think theres any major hurdle in Barca registering players. I honestly would not be surprised if the whole "Oh no we have to register players in 2 days" BS is just concocted by the current board so that when they do eventually pull it of itll be hailed as a legendary window where they overcame all odds, fixed their money woes and built a world class team all under the able leadership of Laporta and Co. This will allow them to win the new few elections by a landslide.
And it all comes crashing down
Talksport sources is usually bang on the money, BUT it's just saying Chelsea are confident. No real update.
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