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Football Thread 2016/17 & Offseason |OT2| Wenger In Fam! Wenger Out Blud!
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McMoneyman
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Seems like Liverpool will lose out on Ryan Sessengon(Fulham), he prefers to stay in London and sign with Tottenham. According to Liverpool Echo that might tempt Klopp to buy a more established left back instead, which is music to my ears. Milner has done a good job, but if we really want to challenge for the top honours we need to have a real LB.
Audioboxer
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https://twitter.com/SkySportsNewsHQ/status/870015845187043328
He's totally going, but let us try and get £80m+
McMoneyman
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Audioboxer
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For a goalkeeper though! Think Buffon for 33m in 2001 is still the record
£75m and you have a deal then!
It is what it is. United always have to pay through the nose, time to get Real coughing up. It will also leave us with the headache of chasing a goalkeeper. Along with a headache surrounding the Griezmann saga.
Woodward better not fuck all of this up.
LOL
cyber_ninja
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nature boy
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I thought he wanted to stay (CL football) and Real like Navas all of a sudden?
Audioboxer
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De Gea will never "truly" be happy until he is in Madrid. Whether it's this year or next. I don't think he'll want to wait till he hits 29~30, even although he can easily go for a long time at a top level given his ability.
Jose needs a goalkeeper right now that as part of his United project will be wanting to be around for the next 3~5 years at least. Some of the pundits, including United old boys, keep going on about how a club like United should not sell a player like De Gea. Meh, I prefer Jose's way. If you don't want to play for the club, off you go. As long as we get how much we want.
Real Madrid shouldn't have an issue matching the wages De Gea gets at United unless they don't want to pay a goalkeeper that much. I wouldn't see why not, he's the best in the world.
As much as I'd rather he stays, I really cba with this every transfer window. RM cough up £70m+ and Mou should let him go if he wants to go.
Then we can sign Joe Hart
That's an insane amount for a goalkeeper. Money poorly spent when you have Navas.
Audioboxer
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I've got a feeling it's partly about Real once again showing United they can't do fuck all to keep world-class players at the club. Well, that and they do want De Gea lol.
Sure, but I think he does want to leave shortly. The nice wage rise put that off for a bit after the "failed fax", but not indefinitely (as in loyalty for his career).
nature boy
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So Valverde is the new Barcelona manager? Not sure how that's going to work out.
McMoneyman
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WhateverItTakes
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I'll be so happy if De Gea leaves Manchester, guy is painfully good between the sticks.
Literally nothing they can do if anyone triggers the release clause. That's why players have them.
Well he was only on one crutch in Stockholm and even then was hobbling about without it. I don't think we ever actually got told which part of his knee got fucked as there are several ligaments in there with I think the ACL being the big one that causes longer recovery. He may also have got lucky and it didn't go as badly as others have.
Fuck em. If he doesn't want to go, don't accept anything. We don't need the money. If he actually wants to go a la CR7 then fine, fleece the fuckers.
According to a few papers
Man City are ready to pay at least £50m (we want (£60m) an pay Van Dijk £180k a week.
texhnolyze
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De Gea is home sick. Let him leave, United.
Wow, Van Dijk is finally leaving Southampton? I'd like to see his form in the highest stages.
Wow, Van Dijk is finally leaving Southampton? I'd like to see his form in the highest stages.
Just sign the cunt from Hull along with Clichy and be done with it, FSG. Danny Ings will practically be a new signing, too.
Dark Rider
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I don't think Real Madrid will pay anything big for DG and that those reports of offers are just transfer window clickbait, the usual lol
I think we will wait until his contract run out then buy him either on the cheap one season earlier or for free at the end of his contract. After the fiasco I think Florentino will go about it that way.
I think we will wait until his contract run out then buy him either on the cheap one season earlier or for free at the end of his contract. After the fiasco I think Florentino will go about it that way.
McMoneyman
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Depressing stuff lmao. Hopefully Klopp and FSG get their shit together with signings.
Considering you guys just paid a crazy price for a young unproven 16 years old........
De Gea situation will become a media battle. As far as Manchester are concerned, they can just keep running the story that they haven't been contacted by Madrid till Madrid goes public with thier interest, then we will have another saga. Pay up with players or walk the mile. I don't think money will be demanded, it's bad business for the team so common sense should already tell you either Madrid offer players or no Deal. Selling David for high fee like that means his "replacement" will command huge fee from the selling club, very counter productive.
You can be rest assured that David will renew his contract again. He's not the kind of guy to kick up a fuss, even in the previous window, he never complained so Perez should keep waiting
We won't get De Gea on the cheap or on a free, what is this. David will have either renewed his contract or committed to something else before being a free agent or being free to negotiate with other clubs.
I still say, we will pay up for De Gea this transfer window. And if not, no big deal.
CMojicaAce
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Sooo.... uh... remember that Ronaldo bust? Well, the same sculptor was invited by PaddyPower to do a Gareth Bale one.
RocknRola
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immortal-joe
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When Perez decides he wants a player, he becomes blind to the consequences, even if they are destructive to the club.
From James Ducker...
https://twitter.com/telegraphducker/status/870218789731913729
https://twitter.com/telegraphducker/status/870219015679094784
Edit:
From, Simon Stone, BBC
http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/40116737
The yesterday before all this broke, Di Marzio said this,
http://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/belo...o-ma-le-priorita-sono-diego-costa-e-lacazette
https://twitter.com/telegraphducker/status/870218789731913729
https://twitter.com/telegraphducker/status/870219015679094784
Edit:
From, Simon Stone, BBC
http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/40116737
The yesterday before all this broke, Di Marzio said this,
http://gianlucadimarzio.com/it/belo...o-ma-le-priorita-sono-diego-costa-e-lacazette
Paying up big and replacing Keylor with De Gea is hardly destructive.
Ever since his injury we've wanted to replace him, because he has been so unstable. It's only these last few months he has founds his form again.
The goalkeeper position should be the biggest investment this summer.
GoldenCrow
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United a galáctico club now? They needed both of those even with Ibra uninjured.
Dark Rider
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It's not about how much we would pay though.
DDG is not the type that complain publicly or be disrespectful but he will do what he needs to do to get what he wants.
Let me refresh your memory, he did not renew his contract with United and refused all United offers last time this came up. It was only after the fiasco ended and the transfer window closed that he signed a new contract with United
I don't care much for getting DDG to be honest but I believe that if he gets any assurance from Florentino privately that he will be signed then he won't sign any new contracts with United. I think it all depends on Florentino and what he thinks of the situation. If he wants DDG he just need to give him an assurance and DDG won't sign any new contracts with United, If Florentino doesn't care much any more for signing DDG then he will stay silent about it and DDG will sign a new contract with United. The least likely out-come imho is Florentino wanting DDG and at the same time rewarding United for the fiasco last time by paying them whatever they want.
I understand that Real Madrid elections are coming up and paying a hefty sum to sign DDG could help Florentino campaign to get reelected however I think he will throw the hefty sums elsewhere. I could be wrong of course but this is my take on it.
immortal-joe
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Not saying this particular case is destructive. I feel the priority for Madrid should be:
Sell:
- Coentrao
- Danilo
- Benzema (won't ever happen)
Add:
- Left back (cover for Marcelo)
- Solid defensive midfielder (cover for Casimero)
- Center back (Pepe's loss is huge in my eyes, defense is leaky as hell without him)
Bonus: keep Morata
I kind of agree with them in the case of van Dijk tbh, hes a good player but Liverpool just don't have the money to be offering him £170k a week.
Realistically we need to accept that for a few years we need to do what Spurs have been doing, which is basically beating the market for good players. Thats not impossible either - Liverpool did it with Torres/Suarez/Coutinho/Firmino/Mane. After a few years of that (and getting consistently into the CL), it'll be easier to offer that level of wages
United have seemed a Galactico club ever since Ferguson left tbh
Hope they can be as successful as the true galatico then.^^ As before Mou, they had been abysmal.T_T
Fellani was just the starting point.
Coentrao is being shipped out to Benfica. Danilo stays unless Inter pays for him, and Benzema stays.
We already got cover for Marcelo, that's Theo Hernandez. We already got cover for Casemiro, which is Marcos Llorente, and defense won't be leaky with Nacho, Varane, Ramos and Vallejo. Pepe is a loss as he's solid, but so are the other ones.
Or try to steal our scouting system, as you like our players so much. 😂
Also our local paper is saying we want way more then £50m
Unreal Champ
Banned
Very depressing.
My opinion is that Real shouldn't sell anybody except Benzema and Danilo this year, but this won't happen. Maybe just loan out one of Asensio and Vasquez, but they can get enough playing time at Real too. And I don't think that it needs to bring in any players either, they have really a nice round squad now.
De Gea would be rather a prestige signing than a necessity.
De Gea would be rather a prestige signing than a necessity.
Money means nothing to them. It's pocket change for their owners. I can see them spending about £300m
RocknRola
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That's true I guess. Still kinda silly. I mean, given a couple more years at the top level I'm sure he'll become one of the good goalkeepers around (not sure if ever "great", but time will tell), but right now he is not worth €40M, not by a long shot.
They'll have spent £200m by the end of June at this rate. They'll be a laughing stock if they don't win the league at the very least next season.