all that money and the best player they found was from the academy.
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Football Thread 2015/16 & Off-season |OT2| 5000-1
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all that money and the best player they found was from the academy.
Audioboxer
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True, Woodward is a moron. He might be able to get tons of money from marketing the brand, but he is utterly useless with players. Hopefully just leaves it to Mou and staff.
I mean the circus is in town yet again with Messi rumours, and I wouldn't be surprised if Woodward thinks he can pull that off. He's the best at getting used by players and embarrassing Man Utd recruitment.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Just a risk he's a one season wonder init
Plus, no idea if he'd work well with our style of play
I am very sad about this. I fucking loved Alves.
Are you gonna use the Brazilian kid you bought, was it a season or two ago?
Milchmonster
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Boateng is dead
Which one? And why?
Ape Gone Insane
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Can't see Vidal or Turan surviving this summer. Neither are good enough in their respective positions.
@GuillemBalague
United about to sign Eric Bailly for around €40m http://futbol.as.com/m/futbol/2016/06/04/primera/1465057191_392257.html … (via @diarioas)
Already done, we will get around £4m compo. I can see it being announced tonight.
United about to sign Eric Bailly for around €40m http://futbol.as.com/m/futbol/2016/06/04/primera/1465057191_392257.html … (via @diarioas)
Already done, we will get around £4m compo. I can see it being announced tonight.
TV money is £80m+ this year and then next year it's £100m+. English Prem clubs will dominate the rich list in a few years.
So each EPL club have like 100 million to spend on transfers this summer? Are you kidding me!?
The worst EPL club gets more TV money than Bayern. In 2015/16 that was Aston Villa, which got about €87m.
About that. Then you have sponsorship, ticket sales etc etc, the Prem is getting stupidly rich. Then with Sky and BT battling for PL games it will go up again in a few years. I wouldn't be surprised if TV money hits £130m+ in 4yrs time.
Douglas? No. They are actively trying to get rid of him. They offered to pay his wages so he would leave and no one came.
Milchmonster
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Jerome. Turned out he isn't, though.
Cheer up mate. you can watch Costa Rica park the bus at 5:00 PM, followed by Peru vs Haiti, and then Brazil vs. Ecuador.
It's happened too many times to be angry. I'm actually excited to see who we get next. Villas-Boas has been mentioned a few times now he's left Zenit. I could go with that.
Roland_Gunner
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Very strong and athletic. Good in the air. Still raw positionally and can be beaten by quicker attackers. Bailly has only been playing first team football for two seasons so this is a bet for the future. I'd rather have Laporte for €10M more if he was an option?
Isn't BT losing a ton of money on football, or is it just the Champion's League? Didn't they have to stream the CL final on youtube or something crazy because of the low interest?
Probably both. But while they have the monopoly on phone lines in the UK they will have plenty of cash to burn.
Oldest_Ancient
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I'm certain they're losing money, but the Europa/ Champions League finals being free was part of the deal with UEFA as they weren't comfortable with all the matches being behind a subscription.
The way Villa played this year they would get relegated from the Championship.
Why the heck are we selling Kovacic. I were pretty excited for this guy, but I have no idea why we bought him in the first place if we're just to get rid of him already. I admit Real Madrid is not the right place for him to develop, and he needs that playing time to develop consistency.
They were contractually obligated to show some games free to air.
Also BT is doing pretty darn well. £17bn revenue. £2bn profit...
Ape Gone Insane
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I thought he was brought in cause Modric was getting old and they were grooming him as a long-term replacement, similar to how he is on the national team.
We're probably gonna buy Pogba, and think that he is a Modric 2.0 lol.
Yeah, this seems like a strange move. I mean Real can buy a player anytime to replace Modric when it will be the case, but then why buying Kovacic in the first place if they won't have patience with him? Or maybe this is Zidane's call.
If anything, BT have made Sky step up their game. BT have the money to spend on making BT Sport/BT TV a worthwhile alternative/replacement to Sky's packages.
Dutch Gronk
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The Dutch squad is playing alright.
Feeling good about the Eur...
Wait ;_;
Feeling good about the Eur...
Wait ;_;
I have both Sky and BT. BT is so far behind Sky it is untrue, from the production to the presenters.
Dutch Gronk
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That's what 20 odd years of experience buys you.
Word in the industry was that Sky were quite happy to lose the CL as so few people actually watch the games that don't feature English teams yet they still have to cover them.
But make no mistake, BT are scaring Sky. They have so much money to throw around its untrue.
The other strong rumour going around was that BT actually outbid Sky on every package for the PL rights. The only reason the PL didn't give it all to them is that they see Sky as a guaranteed long term partner, where BT might disappear like so many others have before.
Next time around that might change a bit more as BT will have been doing it a bit longer.
Just bought out EE as well...pity that. I'm expecting to be shafted with a price rise shortly.
WadiumArcadium
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ESPN are reporting Vardy will have a medical at Arsenal tomorrow. He must be off his rocker.
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