Wouldn't say no to Mawson. Be pretty cheap too compared to the prices being thrown about for other players. Worst case scenario, he doesn't develop much but hes pretty good at the minute
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Wouldn't say no to Mawson. Be pretty cheap too compared to the prices being thrown about for other players. Worst case scenario, he doesn't develop much but hes pretty good at the minute
He had the opportunity to become sporting director at Zenith. That's a big step up from his former job, I wouldn't blame this on the club.
Exactly, it's comical, and you can hardly call it scouting when it's something which can be accomplished by any single person watching a WC tournament on tv. Where's the months and months of attending games for a CB who we've extensively checked out to perfect our defensive system? It's about finding that Umtiti before he already plays for a big club.
Huge United revamp?
For our first team, we have bought Fred.
We have sold Blind.
This is the quietest transfer window in the last 5 years.
What huge revamp are they talking about?
Yes, it will be great to see Pereira further forward. Typically, Jose mixes formations so I won't be surprised to see us change formations a few times during the season.
There are a lot of assumptions in this post.
Also, having scouts doesn't mean signing bigger names is giving them less power or undermines their job description.
He did. He left his role as Scout Manager here to become Sporting Director at Zenit.
Hugain to Milan? Really? Italian clubs always sells on first offer come from others Italian but always want the highest money from abroad. Dont know its a good or bad thing really.
Vidal seems to want to leave Bayern, joining Inter on loan + buy option.
I wonder if England is actually a unique country in that we really hate the possibility of even remotely strengthening any other club that could even have remotely been considered a domestic rival 10 years ago, to the extent that we'll take far worse deals just to "out of sight out of mind" a player.
Teams from Italy, Germany and Spain seem far more keen to keep top talent within their league.
You're sadly mistaken if you think the Fabinho deal took hours.
Fabinho himself said that negotiations were going on for weeks beforehand.
Higuain is being sold for the amount Juve have been demanding since the beginning of summer (54m euros, his value in the books).
Sanchez, Mkhitariyan, Matic, Mata, Giroud, Sterling, Sturridge, Kante, Torres, Walker etc. How are those transfers any different?
Ahhh, did he? Never saw that, proves my point though, thanks for saying it.
Im not sure about Fabinho you know. He has a great youtube highlight reel (playing in Ligue 1) but its strange that during the Monaco exodus last season, he wasn't one of those to depart. I haven't seen much of him but the way Liverpool were able to stroll in and sign him is perhaps tells a story? I could be wrong.
As a B-side, how much have Monaco made from player transfer sales in the last 12 months? Must be about £400m.
Edit: Its just short of £500m including bonuses, absolute madness.
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As if Milan were actual rivals for juventus right now. Juventus have no problem dealing with other italian clubs(save maybe inter because of the fans) because none of them are rivals. They signed CR7. What the hells do they care were Higuain plays
Sanchez - expiring contract
Mkhitariyan - outcast that got us Sanchez
Matic - only relevant name on your list, happened because player insisted and we paid more than Juventus
Mata - sky high fee for an outcast
Giroud - Arsenal needed Batshuayi to go to Dortmund to get Aubameyang
Sterling - sky high fee
Sturridge - outcast
Kante - buyout clause
Torres - sky high fee for an injury destroyed player
Walker - sky high fee
The fact that Higuain is being LOANED, with just the OPTION to buy, to a direct domestic RIVAL, for merely the potential of the same ASKING PRICE as foreign clubs, seems absurd. Hardly the first suspiciously good value inter-Italian deal we've seen recently either.
It's the equivalent of Manchester City -> Arsenal. Except AC Milan have ambition.As if Milan were actual rivals for juventus right now. Juventus have no problem dealing with other italian clubs(save maybe inter because of the fans) because none of them are rivals. They signed CR7. What the hells do they care were Higuain plays
€18m loan fee. As if Milan won't sign him permanently next season. The deal is structired in such a way as the help Milan work around FFP, nothing more than that. Juventus wanted, needed, to get rid of Higuain. And they needed to avoid taking a loss on him. Where he went never mattered to them. This is the thing with most italian clubs in general, most of the time what they care about is getting the best deal for themselves, that's it. If juventus thought Milan might have become a real threat to their chances of the titlewith Higuain, they would have tried to push him elsewhere
They probably need him off the wage bill, Milan are not a threat etc. I get what you are saying though. I think Serie A is quite an insular league, more business between their clubs than on the outside, Italian players for one, don't often travel and play abroad. There is also the co-ownership element for young players which indicates a different culture in that regard.
Ha! From Schalke to Arsenal, Liverpool, AC Milan, even Fenerbache were linked, to Crystal Palace
That should sort his ego out, though I wonder if Palace will be offering him the money he wanted (77k) or lower. If it's lower, then why not go back to Arsenal and other teams with the same demands, they might accept.RIGHT, so many EXCUSES. How many other BIG inter-Italian deals can you point out the past few years that didn't involve a release clause, a high fee or an outcast? The LOAN+OPTION is clearly a way for Milan to spread the COSTS and for Juventus to get rid of salary and amortization costs, in order to FINANCE the Ronaldo deal. In that SENSE, Higuain is now an OUTCAST too who the club DESPERATELY want to get rid of without making a financial loss (requires 54 m euros).
And since when is Milan a domestic RIVAL? They're about as much a RIVAL as Leicester City is for United. (AM I DOING THIS RIGHT?)
Ha! From Schalke to Arsenal, Liverpool, AC Milan, even Fenerbache were linked, to Crystal Palace
It wasn't much of a 'race' from what I read.
Arsenal and Liverpool were strongly linked but seemed to back out from his wage demands. Schalke really wanted him to stay as well.
You're making it out as if Higuain is an exceptional player. In calendar year of 2018 he scored 11 goals, 5 assists in 1773mins, thats a goal every 161mins on average.
Taking into account he's playing for Juventus, a top 5 club in Europe. That's not a good output. It's worse when you look at his last 15 games, scored 3 goals. Not saying he's finished, but when you've got Ronaldo coming in then I don't think they really give a shit about him anymore. Probably just want his wages off their finances and for a big player who could unsettle the dressing room when he's immediately benched (which could cause dressing room problems) to leave.
AC Milan were really shit at times last season too. They're as much a rival as Arsenal are to City.
Cabaye was on £90k a week with us and left on a free this summer, so I'd imagine if £77k is what Meyer is asking for then he's going to get it. Don't know a lot about him to be honest but I recall him being highly rated and that he's dropped slightly deeper these days, so Cabaye out Meyer in seems decent business if we can get it done.
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Inter's midfield for next season would be pretty intense with Niangollan and Vidal; seriously lacking discipline but intense.
Drinking, smoking and tackling like never before. Certainly entertaining.
Axel Witsel is having a medical at Dortmund, according to Belgian tv station RTBF. Good transfer for both. Glad he's back from China.
very good point, forgot how big of a wage he was on. Rumour has it you have very little money as well, so an extremely good bit of business if that's the case.
Ignore the Real Madrid part. I don't see them bidding for Willian. Real story is the bit about training.
Marca said they haven't made any bid. Looks like Chelsea are just setting the price here.
I thought there were quotes recently saying he was happy to stay at Chelsea?
That would be a good signing - do you know if you're going to get RLC back on loan again?
Of course not, he left because he told the united bosses that they should buy some unknown jem but they told him "No, we are gonna buy those two players who did well in the world cup". the fact that he left to get a sporting director role at Zenith is just a consequence of that \s ...
One of my developers called in earlier saying he had a problem with his headlight and might not be in today...maybe he is joining Real Madrid too?
Would be great but I just don't see it to be honest, I've heard rumours of Chelsea wanting a £10m loan fee which there is no way we'll pay.
From what I've heard Michail Antonio is more likely so if him and Meyer come off I would expect something like an Antonio Milivojevic Meyer Townsend midfield with Zaha and Benteke up top.
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