Summer 2021 transfer thread.

[Elite]

Two decent chances.

[Lee909]

11 hours ago, aRdja said:

Mings is the better defender.

You do love a limited shite British defender 

[aRdja]

1 minute ago, Lee909 said:

You do love a limited shite British defender 

You only have to watch Villa to see that Mings is the more dominant defender of the two. 

[Lee909]

5 minutes ago, aRdja said:

You only have to watch Villa to see that Mings is the more dominant defender of the two. 

Mings is a penalty box defender

Move him into space and he's shite

 

Konza has just turned 23 so of course he doesn't run the back 4. 

 

 

Not that I'm sure he's good enough 

[Josef Svejk]

4 hours ago, aws said:

As and when we do break up our front three, I'd expect it to be done over at least three summer windows. Probably Bobby, Mane and Mo in that order. 

[Red Shift]

On 17/02/2021 at 06:13, Bjornebye said:

Do I want Salah to go? No. 

 

Would I sell Salah in the summer if it meant Mbappe coming in? Yes. 

 

 

Nobody else though. 

Mbappe’s fee set at 173 million quid, I see.

 

So Salah and who else?

[Barrington Womble]

8 minutes ago, Red Shift said:

Mbappe’s fee set at 173 million quid, I see.

 

So Salah and who else?

And how are you paying his wages? We'd need to sell half the squad. And he'd only block the path of Fidel O'Rourke to the 1st team. 

[Red Shift]

2 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

And how are you paying his wages? We'd need to sell half the squad. And he'd only block the path of Fidel O'Rourke to the 1st team. 

Not me mate. I’m posing the question to Bjornebye. Unless he thinks Mo is valued equally. It’s just getting fucking ridiculous for these ‘top’ players now. Liverpool have broken the transfer period in other eras, but we’ve always had a good eye for young talent coming through as well.

[TheHowieLama]

21 minutes ago, Red Shift said:

 

So Salah and who else?

Linda.

[Freddo]

Thought he only had 12 months on his contract?

[Colonel Bumcunt]

16 minutes ago, Red Shift said:

Mbappe’s fee set at 173 million quid, I see.

 

So Salah and who else?

Ha, that's basically out of reach for everyone bar City.  It really does depend on what happens now with FFP, is it now abandoned following Covid?  There's a good argument it should be, let the big clubs inject some cash into the market. 

 

Really interesting summer coming up, loads of big ticket players in the window, every club needs money, but players in general are on big contracts which they probably wont see replicated until fans are back.  

 

Everyone has a price.  Mane and Salah are no different, but I don't see where Barca and Madrid get the money unless they sell a lot of players.  Hazard, Coutinho, Kroos, Isco, Dembele, Griezmann, Messi, all on the table. Madrid can't give Bale away at this point.  Loads too old to sell for big fees but still take big wages.  

[Barrington Womble]

16 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

Ha, that's basically out of reach for everyone bar City.  It really does depend on what happens now with FFP, is it now abandoned following Covid?  There's a good argument it should be, let the big clubs inject some cash into the market. 

 

Really interesting summer coming up, loads of big ticket players in the window, every club needs money, but players in general are on big contracts which they probably wont see replicated until fans are back.  

 

Everyone has a price.  Mane and Salah are no different, but I don't see where Barca and Madrid get the money unless they sell a lot of players.  Hazard, Coutinho, Kroos, Isco, Dembele, Griezmann, Messi, all on the table. Madrid can't give Bale away at this point.  Loads too old to sell for big fees but still take big wages.  

Ffp just got restructured over 2 years instead of the usual one. I suspect as stadia have been empty for so long, that could like be extended again. It doesn't mean anyone can run wild though, at some point the numbers have to add up. The problem is as we've seen, uefa won't win any ffp battle with city. 

[Red Shift]

51 minutes ago, Freddo said:

Thought he only had 12 months on his contract?

 

[Red Shift]

55 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

Ha, that's basically out of reach for everyone bar City.  It really does depend on what happens now with FFP, is it now abandoned following Covid?  There's a good argument it should be, let the big clubs inject some cash into the market. 

 

Really interesting summer coming up, loads of big ticket players in the window, every club needs money, but players in general are on big contracts which they probably wont see replicated until fans are back.  

 

Everyone has a price.  Mane and Salah are no different, but I don't see where Barca and Madrid get the money unless they sell a lot of players.  Hazard, Coutinho, Kroos, Isco, Dembele, Griezmann, Messi, all on the table. Madrid can't give Bale away at this point.  Loads too old to sell for big fees but still take big wages.  

Is it possible we might see renewed contracts at reduced salaries as the players work it out that everybody is unaffordable under current conditions? Christ I mean even central banks are in negative interest rates.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

2 hours ago, Red Shift said:

Mbappe’s fee set at 173 million quid, I see.

 

So Salah and who else?

 
If we sign Mbappe, which I’m pretty sure we wont, it’ll be because of Nike.

 

 

[KMD7]

Sell all our first 11 bar Allison to finance Mbappe and begin next season with a revolutionary 0-0-1 formation. Problem solved. 

[Colonel Bumcunt]

2 hours ago, Red Shift said:

Is it possible we might see renewed contracts at reduced salaries as the players work it out that everybody is unaffordable under current conditions? Christ I mean even central banks are in negative interest rates.

I think so. More bonus-related clauses that could be equally as lucrative for some. 

[Ne Moe Imya]

I think if he chose us the owners would sanction it.

 

It's not like buying our 3rd- or 4th-choice centre back in a January window when no one wants to sell and there are no can't-miss options. Mbappe is as near as they come to a can't-miss prospect. Edwards would be able to tell them that they can buy him for 170m now, pay him 400k/week for 4 years, and then sell him to Real Madrid for the same fee or more when he's 26.  He's the only player in world football you could buy for that amount and still be very confident you'd get it back when you sold him in a few seasons.

 

You're basically paying 20m/season in wages and counting his fee as an investment. You'd certainly have to sell Salah or Mane to do it, just to make the books balance in terms of the fee, but I think the owners would sanction it, personally. They have coughed up for huge money in the past when it's a can't-miss prospect (van Dijk, for example). They've only been reluctant when there's doubt about the player or there's another option almost as good just behind him (moving from Sarr to Jota this summer, for example, if rumour is to be believed).

 

The problem is that I don't think Mbappe will choose us. I think he'll want a move to Madrid right away and be the best player in the world for the next 10 years there.

[Red Shift]

23 minutes ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

I think if he chose us the owners would sanction it.

 

It's not like buying our 3rd- or 4th-choice centre back in a January window when no one wants to sell and there are no can't-miss options. Mbappe is as near as they come to a can't-miss prospect. Edwards would be able to tell them that they can buy him for 170m now, pay him 400k/week for 4 years, and then sell him to Real Madrid for the same fee or more when he's 26.  He's the only player in world football you could buy for that amount and still be very confident you'd get it back when you sold him in a few seasons.

 

You're basically paying 20m/season in wages and counting his fee as an investment. You'd certainly have to sell Salah or Mane to do it, just to make the books balance in terms of the fee, but I think the owners would sanction it, personally. They have coughed up for huge money in the past when it's a can't-miss prospect (van Dijk, for example). They've only been reluctant when there's doubt about the player or there's another option almost as good just behind him (moving from Sarr to Jota this summer, for example, if rumour is to be believed).

 

The problem is that I don't think Mbappe will choose us. I think he'll want a move to Madrid right away and be the best player in the world for the next 10 years there.

I don’t like the idea of selling any of the front free considering the current bench.

[Grinch]

44 minutes ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

I think if he chose us the owners would sanction it.

 

It's not like buying our 3rd- or 4th-choice centre back in a January window when no one wants to sell and there are no can't-miss options. Mbappe is as near as they come to a can't-miss prospect. Edwards would be able to tell them that they can buy him for 170m now, pay him 400k/week for 4 years, and then sell him to Real Madrid for the same fee or more when he's 26.  He's the only player in world football you could buy for that amount and still be very confident you'd get it back when you sold him in a few seasons.

 

You're basically paying 20m/season in wages and counting his fee as an investment. You'd certainly have to sell Salah or Mane to do it, just to make the books balance in terms of the fee, but I think the owners would sanction it, personally. They have coughed up for huge money in the past when it's a can't-miss prospect (van Dijk, for example). They've only been reluctant when there's doubt about the player or there's another option almost as good just behind him (moving from Sarr to Jota this summer, for example, if rumour is to be believed).

 

The problem is that I don't think Mbappe will choose us. I think he'll want a move to Madrid right away and be the best player in the world for the next 10 years there.

 

Yup, we'd definitely double the wage bill for one player. 

 

Is it any wonder papers keep pushing this nonsense when so many muppets live on fantasy land? 

 

It's impossible signing, always has been and always will be. 

[Herp McDerp]

We've got as much chance of signing Mboopi as I do of getting my wrist up Maya Jama.

[chrisbonnie]

7 hours ago, KMD7 said:

Sell all our first 11 bar Allison to finance Mbappe and begin next season with a revolutionary 0-0-1 formation. Problem solved. 

Can mbappe play as the "false 9"?

[Bobby Hundreds]

Mbappe or Haaland meanwhile back on earth Edwards is sifting through reports on Sarr and Harvey Barnes.

[Harry Squatter]

24 minutes ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

Mbappe or Haaland meanwhile back on earth Edwards is sifting through reports on Sarr and Harvey Barnes.

Harvey ball with Elliot coming back being the new big summer signing

[Barrington Womble]

4 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

I think if he chose us the owners would sanction it.

 

It's not like buying our 3rd- or 4th-choice centre back in a January window when no one wants to sell and there are no can't-miss options. Mbappe is as near as they come to a can't-miss prospect. Edwards would be able to tell them that they can buy him for 170m now, pay him 400k/week for 4 years, and then sell him to Real Madrid for the same fee or more when he's 26.  He's the only player in world football you could buy for that amount and still be very confident you'd get it back when you sold him in a few seasons.

 

You're basically paying 20m/season in wages and counting his fee as an investment. You'd certainly have to sell Salah or Mane to do it, just to make the books balance in terms of the fee, but I think the owners would sanction it, personally. They have coughed up for huge money in the past when it's a can't-miss prospect (van Dijk, for example). They've only been reluctant when there's doubt about the player or there's another option almost as good just behind him (moving from Sarr to Jota this summer, for example, if rumour is to be believed).

 

The problem is that I don't think Mbappe will choose us. I think he'll want a move to Madrid right away and be the best player in the world for the next 10 years there.

Mbappe already earns near 400k per week. Why do you think he wouldn't want a pay rise? 

 

It's a good job you think he'll choose Madrid anyway, there'll be huge sighs of relief in Boston after the pressure you put on them there to get the job done. The echo have made notes for their summer exclusive "FSG had found the money to make Anfield his destination after years of cautious spending, when a last minute U turn saw the French star pick Madrid". And then the forum will be full of speculation who we'll buy with the mbappe money - the money was there after all.