Summer 2024 Transfer Thread

[Fowlers God]

58 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

It’s quiet all round. 

 

And TBF; thats the way it can stay. 

 

Edwards performs in the shadows like Bane and I want announcements out the blue. 

 

Not sad cunts on a forum watching planes take off. I want someone leaning every tuesday that we never even heard of until they have put pen to paper. 

[Megadrive Man]

26 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

 

It's always been about a new deal. His dad's been talking up the move everytime someone spoke to Diaz he'd said he's happy. And in footballing terms he is underpaid at 55k a week. Adrian amd Tsmiskas earn more. Gakpo came in on more than double. 

 

I remember seeing that he was on 55k a week when we signed him but then raised it to 90k a week at some point.

 

There's absolutely no way that Adrian is on big wages either. I doubt he's on more than 30k a week now. We wouldn't renew a third choice keeper on 70k a week. He wouldn't even get half of that elsewhere!

[joe_fishfish]

Our wage bill is fucking ridiculous, it's over £400m a season now, mental. Wouldn't surprise me if Adrian was 70k a week.

[Anubis]

3 hours ago, El Dangerous said:

Sound, let’s sign Openda and give him a year to prove himself before we sign Sesko as his replacement next year. 

 

Arsenal are in for sesko, aren't they?

[SasaS]

48 minutes ago, joe_fishfish said:

Our wage bill is fucking ridiculous, it's over £400m a season now, mental. Wouldn't surprise me if Adrian was 70k a week.

 

How would that be possible? It would mean everyone is on 300k a week, excluding staff.

[El Rojo]

3 hours ago, Scott_M said:

It’s quiet all round. 

From what I remember it was similar last year for most clubs. Szloboszlai was one of the biggest deals for most of the summer.

[Binomial]

Our annual wage bill isn't anywhere near 400m unless it includes bonuses/agent fees and fuck knows what else. Must've included Klopp's 15m in there too.

[Binomial]

3 hours ago, Barrington Womble said:

55k per week? That can't be right. The only places I've seen numbers like that are when they say our overall wage bill is something like £150m and clearly that's not true. Even if he's on a basic of 55, you can be sure he's pulling in 2 or 3 times that. 

What players are earning is all out in the open. If you only take the wages our of 23 man squad + the academy players then yes it's around the 150m for the year. Diaz is one of our lowest earners, then again he's 1 of few (besides the new signings) that haven't had a renewed contract.

 

Arsenal have 2 players who they signed from Portugal in Tavares and Veira on 40-50k a week, they pay next to nothing over there.

[El Dangerous]

3 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Diaz was on real peanuts at Porto, I think we doubled his wage and it is still below average.

Who do they think he is, Dumbo?

[Torvald Utne]

More than double the annual average Portuguese salary in a week and we're calling it peanuts?

[Barrington Womble]

44 minutes ago, Binomial said:

What players are earning is all out in the open. If you only take the wages our of 23 man squad + the academy players then yes it's around the 150m for the year. Diaz is one of our lowest earners, then again he's 1 of few (besides the new signings) that haven't had a renewed contract.

 

Arsenal have 2 players who they signed from Portugal in Tavares and Veira on 40-50k a week, they pay next to nothing over there.

We don't pay the first team squad 150m per year than another 250m on others.

 

What we pay players isn't in the open. It's all guess work. The only number that's in the open, is what's in the accounts and even that is questionable because nobody knows the exact detail of what is in and out of that number. 

[TheHowieLama]

45 minutes ago, Torvald Utne said:

More than double the annual average Portuguese salary in a week and we're calling it peanuts?

Jumbo peanuts.

 

[Scott_M]

[TheHowieLama]

Chelsea have agreed personal terms with France Under-21 winger Michael Olise, 22, and are set to discuss scheduling payments to meet his release clause at Crystal Palace. 

[Scott_M]

Think I saw him tentatively linked with us last summer. Anybody know anything?

 

I see he’s in the French squad for the Euros and his contract expires in 2025.

[dave u]

47 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Chelsea have agreed personal terms with France Under-21 winger Michael Olise, 22, and are set to discuss scheduling payments to meet his release clause at Crystal Palace. 

 

He turned them down last year. I don't see him now deciding they're a better option than they were a year ago.

[3 Stacks]

13 minutes ago, Scott_M said:

Think I saw him tentatively linked with us last summer. Anybody know anything?

 

I see he’s in the French squad for the Euros and his contract expires in 2025.

He is a decent player who is part of the national team now. You can put him in a very strong midfield and he will be fine, but he's not someone who stands out.

[lifetime fan]

35 minutes ago, dave u said:

 

He turned them down last year. I don't see him now deciding they're a better option than they were a year ago.

Isn’t he a fan and was in their academy set up? Dodgy attitude as well apparently. 

[TD_LFC]

Just now, lifetime fan said:

Isn’t he a fan and was in their academy set up? Dodgy attitude as well apparently. 

 

Rates Lampard over Gerrard which is reason enough to fuck him off.

[manwiththestick]

26 minutes ago, lifetime fan said:

Isn’t he a fan and was in their academy set up? Dodgy attitude as well apparently. 

He'll fit in well, downing tools to get a manager out by Christmas.

[Megadrive Man]

2 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Chelsea have agreed personal terms with France Under-21 winger Michael Olise, 22, and are set to discuss scheduling payments to meet his release clause at Crystal Palace. 

 

If there's one thing they need it's another winger!

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Boehly builds a squad like Homer Simpson builds a car

[Binomial]

Douglas Luiz heading to Juve.

 

20m euros plus Mckennie and Iling Jr

[Lee909]

Decent deal that for Villa if they both perform, especially for a player that could have walked last summer on a free

[joe_fishfish]

Villa should have held out for Iling Jr and €20m.