I love the way fans who know nothing think it’s all like FManager.
If it was you would all be in better jobs....
If it was you would all be in better jobs....
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Couldn't care less how much it cost if they are who we want.
If it's De Gea going the other way and us paying £30m I'd be fine. But I really want to see the bulk of our money spent on outfield players.
Agree with this 100%. Do not think most of the fans here see it the same way and who knows what decision is made and who makes them at the club.
To be fair to Football Manager, they are proper scouts and researchers who more than often get it right on the game! Signed KdB and Lukaku at 17 for Ajax on the recommendation of a scout! Everything else is pretty much like a computer game though!
And Fred.
Way too much sense in one post. Make this dude (or girl) the DOF
There's always something with us isn't there. Either it is full on galacticos or only English
We need to be smart, all the players mentioned in the quoted post would improve us and would be way better investment than AWB and Maguire. Sad to see the club act all dumb, again. But hey, I've almost reached the point where I expect nothing from our club but excellence at being shite
Good post! That’s what would happen if Ed and his staff are competent and sensible.
Most fans would prefer the one or two big name signings but then will complain about why we haven’t solved our problems afterwards and blame a shitty window/transfer business.
It's a bit funny we're supposedly in for Maguire after that exact move was overruled last year. And it was nearly the same price if I remember correctly.
I really just can't understand these fees these days. Like who in their right mind would pay £75M for Harry fecking Maguire?! He's a decent player but nowhere near that amount of money. I also rate AWB very highly and want us to sign him but anything over £40M is a joke. The transfer market is completely broken.
I mean when Fergie said there’s no value in the market when Eden Hazard is moving for £30m you could argue with him. I couldn’t blame us for not signing Maguire if they’re asking for £75m. Utterly ridiculous.
If Hazard is moving for £30m, I’d
Wonder why we aren’t in for him
Agreed. I refuse to go to the cinema theater now because back in the day you could see a double feature for 10 cents.
It's funny - if Ed bothered splashing the cash last season in defense he wouldn't be fleeced as much this year.
We’d just be replacing more Mourinho flops.
Previously a truck driver abroad, you can tell by that serious tan on his left arm.
At the risk of being thread-banned for posting non transfer tweet related.
Ed will get fleeced regardless. There is absolutely no respect when it comes to dealing with Ed. Players can demand whatever they want to come here and other teams offer us players they no longer want for ludicrous sums.
I heard we were offered Perisic for a Lukaku straight swap. I also heard we turned them down but how stupid other clubs must think our higher ups are at this football related end of the business.
We would be trying to fob off Jerome Boateng for a packet of Quavers if it were up to Mourinho.
If I could earn 4x my current wage by changing employer I wouldn’t give a feck about gratitude. But that’s me.
Maguire was on the list last year. Can't blame Jose for everything.
Fergie didn’t want to pay the £6m agent fee. Also turned down Aguero for £52m a year before City got him.
One can argue that fergie wasn’t adapting with how football was evolving.
To the crazy economics yes and in terms of the power of agents. I think he did stop adapting towards the end. That had always been a strength for him previously.
I agree, football has always progressively inflated with time it was outrageous for us to spend 30 million on a teenager in Rooney previously. Numerous years later 70 million will get you a competent defender, it's not as bad as it sounds from an objective perspective.
If every premier league team is essentially strapped for cash due to TV rights / sponsorship why has our club's financial resources not escalated to a higher feat ? We can't boast about financial resources and fold when it matters (Sancho, Maguire) clearly it's due to the Glazer's.
At your level it'd be life changing though.
At Maguire's level, not anywhere near as much.
Not in my opinion. He refused to bow down to silly agent fees because it would set a precedent that we're there to get fleeced. He was ahead of the game in minimizing social media use for players around the club because he knew what a big distraction it would cause.
Take Raiola - does Pep like to deal with him? Are Barcelona reportedly succumbing to agent fees? Do you see Klopp + Liverpool's efficient structure, or Bayern's structure bowing down to the same?
Definately for another thread but whatever Fergie did, he did it because he knew where the market was turning and you don't want to get into a vicious circle.
City regularly top the agent fees list. Liverpool topped it last year. Bayern are falling behind and Barca simply can’t afford big money on De Ligt.
Our destiny would have been greatly different if we had landed Aguero and Hazard.
Liverpool bought shed loads of players - they'd top it by default of such a large turnover.
Probably still is. You live to what you earn and all that.
They spent more than City and United combined. The idea that they’re not paying agents big fees is wrong.
They brought in more players, so they'd pay more agent fees. Hardly a point to make is it? We are known for bending over for paying over the odds, and selling at fraction of true value. Look at the agent fees we paid Raiola
I wouldn't be surprised if our agent fees in bringing Pogba in topped everything Liverpool did last year.Hopefully City ‘beat us’ to Maguire.
They brought in more players, so they'd pay more agent fees. Hardly a point to make is it? We are known for bending over for paying over the odds, and selling at fraction of true value. Look at the agent fees we paid Raiola
They’ve paid more than us in 3 of the past 5 seasons.
Totals over 5 years
Liverpool - £105.35m
United - £81.88m
I reckon Palace will end up settling for around £50M.
In fact, Liverpool’s fabled net spend was higher than ours from the inception of the Premier League up until they made a massive profit on Coutinho. So even that argument is null and void.
I hope we monitor the Sh*t out of him
Ed preparing the shit out of that bid
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