Money. Van de Beek would get a bigger role (he's relatively young, we spent 40m on him), and it'd be VdB or Fred next to McTominay or Rice IMO. The defensive mid is more of a need for us anyway IMO since we only have Matic as a true DM.
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Someone with the stats will come in but he's good for interceptions and his game is playing long balls. Most comparable player in my opinion is Carrick. He's only 24 too. He would add that quality passing and reading of the game in front of the defence.
Some people don't rate him highly and say he's a bit lazy though, but the stats say he's one of the top 15 players for distance covered. He's just not going to be sprinting around.
Who’s that? The Brighton lad?
Neves
Pogba in a midfield 2 is a disaster that has already happened on a number of occasions.
I just think he suffered from a poor Wolves season. They never replaced Jota and losing Jimenez did not help him one bit. Fabio Silva is a work in progress and Neto was having to do a
Lot on his own.
In a disjointed team it’d be difficult to shine.
Would not buying him limit Garner’s progress?
Technically it's a disaster that's already happened, on multiple occasions.
Edit: dammit Urban Goose
Bissouma is far more your Makelele type. Wins it, and gives it. Reads it well
I agree. They went to a back 4 too, their whole game changed.
The Garner issue is the only thing that made me think otherwise but any CDM will impact Garner I guess.
I suspect Garner will go on loan and we need a CDM so Neves at 35m seems the deal for me. Still gutted we didn't get Jota.
Just once it would be nice if we wrapped up a big transfer early.
Where's the fun in that? We like long protracted drawn out sagas which last until the final week of August.
Fair play to Alaba if true, but mental from Real. Probably signing bonus and agent fee on top.
And they have Mendy in Alaba‘s best position. Are they switching to a back3?
Would be less sceptical about this kind of article if it wasn't coming from such a unreliable source like ESPN, if only someone like Ducker, Whitwell or Cooper was saying this but sadly they are a bit more realistic on what we could do
Think it will be 50-60m plus player sales.
Report it.
Next week.
A lot of caf posts make their way on Twitter during transfer season.
Even if we assume that the guy actually knows contractual details:
Salary alone doesn't tell the whole story. Say Real value him at €50m (signing) fee / €15m (gross) p.a. wages (steep, but reasonable sums?!), that's a €125m package over 5 years. But instead of giving him the signing fee right away they negotiate it into his salary, arriving at €25m p.a.
Ugh so true I fear
Blows holes in Flo's "our financial situation is very bad" comment.
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That Alaba contract’s numbers are absolutely staggering. Is he even worth that?
£150m net can be done quite easily. In the event however, I think it'll be more likely that it'll be in the £65m-£70m net range:
Ins:
Sancho - £83m
Pau - £50m
Trippier - £20m
(Rice - £60m + Lingard)
Total: £213m (£153m without Rice)
Outs:
Dalot - £10m
Pereira - £5m
Bailly - £30m
Lingard - £25m
DDG - £15m
Total: £85m
I don't see Rice happening, but if it did, it would be £128m, net spent. Without Rice, that net spend figure goes down to £68m. Which I think is more realistic, though it depends on if we get as many outgoings as that, as I don't see many clubs being that flush with cash these days.
Ins:
Sancho - £83m
Pau - £50m
Trippier - £20m
(Rice - £60m + Lingard)
Total: £213m (£153m without Rice)
Outs:
Dalot - £10m
Pereira - £5m
Bailly - £30m
Lingard - £25m
DDG - £15m
Total: £85m
I don't see Rice happening, but if it did, it would be £128m, net spent. Without Rice, that net spend figure goes down to £68m. Which I think is more realistic, though it depends on if we get as many outgoings as that, as I don't see many clubs being that flush with cash these days.
His brother is also a free agent this Summer I think and also at City. Made his debut for them this season.
I think you accidentally added 0 for Bailly.
Regarding Fabinho and Kabak...
Don't even think Torres would cost that much. As far as I'm aware his release clause is €50m rather than £50m.
Though your Bailly number makes up for that and then some I think.
Outs:
Lingard 40 million
Matic 20 million
Bailly 45 million
James 60 million
DDG 90 Million
Pereira 30 million
Dalot 40 million
325 Million
Easy.
Lingard 40 million
Matic 20 million
Bailly 45 million
James 60 million
DDG 90 Million
Pereira 30 million
Dalot 40 million
325 Million
Easy.
I too can use the Football Manager real time editor
Yeah, I'm kind of expecting both to leave the club. Felix isn't as good as Lukas but should still be able to find first-team football. Lukas will be in demand, though, given his good season at Anderlecht (despite not necessarily giving his all in some of the matches).
No idea what you're talking about. No idea.
But realistically :
Lingard 14 million
Matic 4 million
Bailly 7 million
James 15 million
DDG 17 million
Pereira 5 million
Dalot 7 million
69 million
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Other potential departures:
Beek 18 million
Henderson 20 million
Fred 8/9 million
Lindelof 12 million
Martial 16 million
Williams 6/7 million
82 million
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Don't even think Torres would cost that much. As far as I'm aware his release clause is €50m rather than £50m.
Though your Bailly number makes up for that and then some I think.
I actually thought I was being realistic as well! My thinking is that he's just signed a new contract and he's at a young enough age that he can be taken as an investment. Apparently Villareal are interested in him if they sell Torres, so I was thinking that we'd pay the release clause and get some money back from it by selling Bailly to them.He's 27, injury prone, and not very good. He should be nearing his best right now, and is far from it. Getting 15m for Bailly would be impressive knowing our history of getting good fees.
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