If Arshavin is available for £10m, Van Der Vaart £15m & Villa £20m...

[bigredruss]

Buying players on the back of their tournament performances - two words.

 

Fucking Diouf!

i'll counter with phil babb:thumbup:

[StevieH]

I dont think we do though. I think we are bluffing, well I hope so anyway.

 

Your optimism is very encouraging.

[Big Ig]

Dildo, cunt mcfuck arse

 

Tim Howard you say?

[Disco Stu]

Tim Howard you say?

 

NO NOT TIM HOWARD, CRISTIANO RONALDO, DAVID BECKHAM AND THIERRY HENRY!

[ReddOrDedd]

Do you really think Arshavin will go for £10 million? I don't. Where would we accommodate him? He plays in the role where Gerrard is playing and, quite frankly, Gerrard is much better than him. 20+ goals and 20+ assists last season from Gerrard. The lad is phenomenal. The same with Van Der Vaart, where would we play him? To break up the almost telepathic relationship of Gerrard and Torres would be stupid, imo.

 

 

That's exactly it. Just because there's a good player available, doesn't make him right for a particular squad.

 

We've got plenty of talent in that area (central, sitting back from the front, and attacking - I'm not sure old-school positional definitions apply any more in the modern game), and I think it's tricky to have two 'top-of-their-game' players in the same position. One has to be subordinate to the other, which means Arshavin would play second fiddle to Gerrard pretty much unless Stevie gets injured. For a player on the rise, I don't think that would be an attractive option.

 

He looks a quality player, though, and one I'd be wary of if he was lining up against us.

[OnizukaEikichi]

vdv and arshavin can play else where. What makes you think they can only play where Gerrard plays anyway?

[Rashid]

Yep, VDV started as a left winger and Asharvin can play anywhere along the front 3.

[theghost]

Tim Howard you say?

 

Iiiiiiindeed.

[coop]

Rumours are that Arshavin wants to sign for Barcelona.

[Jay Glover]

From what i can understand with the Arshavin deal is that he has a release clause of £10 million but obviously if more then one team agree that fee then a 'bidding war' will start.

 

I have misgivings (nice lass) about signing someone based on their performances in 3-6 games at a tournament but Arshavin has looked good drifting out on the left and tore the Dutch a new one last night. If 10m triggers the release then expect the bidding to head nearer 20-25m after the Euros finish.

 

If he has a £10M release clause then why would anyone bid more than £10M for him?

 

you bid £10M, thats accepted due to meeting the ammount set in the clause, every other team intrested would just bid the same £10M and have there bid accepted, then its a straight fight for the player depending on where he wants to go and the terms offered by each team.

 

If a team was stupid enought to offer more than £10M, say £15M for arguments sake then there offer is accepted as well due to it exceeding the minimum ammount set by the clause but that doesnt affect teams offering £10M as there offers must be accepted as well.

[coop]

I agree Jay thinking back at it then really they cant be a bidding war but purely loads of teams just bidding £10 million.

 

I would imagine the wages will higher from some teams though to try and sway the deal.

 

The only advantage of a team bidding higher then £10 million is if the player himself says he will only join the highest bidder as it helps his current club but considering Russian clubs do not need the cash i cant see that happening.

[Jay Glover]

I agree Jay thinking back at it then really they cant be a bidding war but purely loads of teams just bidding £10 million.

 

I would imagine the wages will higher from some teams though to try and sway the deal.

 

The only advantage of a team bidding higher then £10 million is if the player himself says he will only join the highest bidder as it helps his current club but considering Russian clubs do not need the cash i cant see that happening.

 

I would imagine a massive signing on fee for the player as well, clubs may consider they are getting a £20M player for £10 and pay the difference or a large chunk of the difference as a signing on fee, similiar to what happens in bosman deals and i would imagine when a player buys out his contract.

[RedinSweden]

I would imagine a massive signing on fee for the player as well, clubs may consider they are getting a £20M player for £10 and pay the difference or a large chunk of the difference as a signing on fee, similiar to what happens in bosman deals and i would imagine when a player buys out his contract.

 

A tenner for Arshavin is good business. Is Parry working for Zenit now?

[The Acolyte]

From what i can understand with the Arshavin deal is that he has a release clause of £10 million but obviously if more then one team agree that fee then a 'bidding war' will start.

 

How can there be a bidding war if he has a release clause? You don't have to offer anymore. They only bidding war would be with regards to contracts. Zenit won't sell. UEFA cup winners, owned by Russian Oil Billionaires (real ones not Yank fakes), I don't think so. Even if they did the last team they'd sell to would be Chelski for obvious reasons.

[coop]

How can there be a bidding war if he has a release clause? You don't have to offer anymore. They only bidding war would be with regards to contracts. Zenit won't sell. UEFA cup winners, owned by Russian Oil Billionaires (real ones not Yank fakes), I don't think so. Even if they did the last team they'd sell to would be Chelski for obvious reasons.

 

I realised my error a few posts up.

[The Acolyte]

I realised my error a few posts up.

 

Yeah, just noticed.

Apologies.

[PaulMcC]

I don't think Arshavin would want to sign for us and not play in his best position which is behind a centre forward.

[hamstrung]

Reports that the Reds are considering a £15m swoop for Hamburg winger Rafael van der Vaart, meanwhile, are wide of the mark.

 

Completing Gareth Barry’s transfer from Aston Villa remains Rafa Benitez’s priority, with any future purchases dependent on the sales of Xabi Alonso and Peter Crouch.

 

Echo

[OnizukaEikichi]

Echo

 

wish it was like this :

 

Reports that the Reds are considering a £20m swoop for Aston Villa's Gareth Barry, meanwhile, are wide of the mark.

[RedinSweden]

Echo

 

More helpful if you said "David Prentice"

[WaltonRed]

How can there be a bidding war if he has a release clause? You don't have to offer anymore. They only bidding war would be with regards to contracts. Zenit won't sell. UEFA cup winners, owned by Russian Oil Billionaires (real ones not Yank fakes), I don't think so. Even if they did the last team they'd sell to would be Chelski for obvious reasons.

 

But Dick Advocaat has said he wants to leave thus rendering all the money in the world useless in terms of how rich Zenit are.

[WaltonRed]

Football: It's Spain for me, says Arshavin | Football | guardian.co.uk

 

Wants to go to Spain so we will have to watch from a far.

[Rashid]

Got to hand it to Atletico, they love their attacking players.

[navbasi]

They haven't won the league since 1990 either!

[PaulMcC]

They haven't won the league since 1990 either!

 

Did they not win it in the mid 90s? With Kiko in the team?