That’s the end of his career.
Would have been nice to get 3 years out of him.Meh... He has always said he wanted to end up in Spain
Yes , that seems to be it, the other thing they maybe looking at is if he is on the same level when VVD is not playing. If not then that might make his rating the same as some other defenders on the market who are not earning 200K wages.I reckon our data nerds don't give a fuck about running contracts down and letting players go free.
They have done it before, Emre Can for example, they made an offer, he wanted something they wouldn't give and that was that.
Found a replacement, probably on cheaper wages and went on to win shit.
Really ? - is he really that great ? I don't think so.Would have been nice to get 3 years out of him.
Wonder where he’ll be playing next season…
View: https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1923858796654256345
99% chance it’s Chelsea because they can’t help themselves with signing players that either aren’t very good or they don’t need.
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1kkl6io/official_the_ligue_1_team_of_the_year/
Someone other than the keeper seems to stand out in that line up.
I don't think we're going for him but he'd be a fun player to have.
Can we please buy this 17 year old please.
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Can't disagree with that.What an embarrasement of a league.
He's Argentinian, you think he'll have a Brasilian on his wall? A black one at that?This 17 year old is in a group chat with Trent and Huijsen, and a Vinicus Jnr poster on his wall
Can we please buy this 17 year old please.
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It pisses me off that fans are so quick to forget - esp. relative to what they cost at the time (VvD, Ali, Nunez, Szobo, Keita and even Mane, Mo and Firmino weren't cheap going back 7-9 years). 😉 😛It really pisses me off that we're automatically disqualified from signing a big name player. It's always fucking thrift store/bargain bin signings and when the season starts they're on display like on the BBC antiques roadshow, and we're like "how much are they really worth?!"
"Oh a Chiesa, Italian made...hmm...well it's not in mint condition unfortunately".
"You can clearly see that extensive repairs have been made, some hairline cracks are still visible".
"May I ask how much you paid for it?"
"£10 million?! Hmm...in mint condition I'd value this piece at about £70 mill, but given its present condition, I'd give you about half a Calzone".
None of them were big name signings. They were big but we weren't competing with Real and Barca for them.It pisses me off that fans are so quick to forget - esp. relative to what they cost at the time (VvD, Ali, Nunez, Szobo, Keita and even Mane, Mo and Firmino weren't cheap going back 7-9 years). 😉 😛
I think it is time for us to splash a decent wedge on the striker position.
Say 80-100 mill.
Fullbacks can be covered with more modest outlays.
Next summer, on the CB or Salah replacement.
Yep, all that.I agree.
I expect we’ll be able to show record revenue and probably profit for the season ending.
Fuck all spent and extra income on previous year from CL & winning the league.
Next summer is a WC year and we know what bollocks that creates - we’ve created the perfect conditions to go out and compete with anyone to sign the best players available.
No fucking around - If Wirtz indicates he’s open to a move to us - we know Leverkusen would prefer that to Bayernand right now, we’re a better option than City.
I don’t care if we only sign 2-3 players if they’re just fucking ballers - rather than this pretending we’ll be better of signing 6 average players.
Sign Wirtz, sign Alvarez, sign Kerkez, sign Frimpong - let everyone else worry about it.
This is the main point, when faced with competition we tend to be out of the raceNone of them were big name signings. They were big but we weren't competing with Real and Barca for them.
Just because Barca or Real weren't after them doesn't mean they weren't big. Alison broke the record fee for a goalkeeper and VVD was the most expensive fee for a defender. THAT IS BIG. I don't give two hoots who Real and Barca are buying or if they're competing with us to buy a player. I trust our data and analytics team over theirsNone of them were big name signings. They were big but we weren't competing with Real and Barca for them.