I'd be really surprised if Morata is better than Lukaku this season.
I'd be really surprised if Morata is better than Lukaku this season.
I wonder what the fee is. Madrid could probably have rinsed them, but they might be SEETHING enough at all things United not to have bothered.
80-85m Euros say the reports.
Surprised madrid sold him. Benzema is 30 before the year is dome. I would have thought he would have left before morata. Morata to take benzema's spot or move ronaldo into the CF position instead.
You could probably extend that back about 15 years. £24m for a striker who scored 7 in 35 last season, for fuck sake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raoul Duke
When was the last time Real Madrid or Barcelona actually sold one of their starting XI though?
The likes of Sanchez, Xavi, Casillas etc have left in the last few years, but they've either been backups or their contracts have been allowed to run out.
Özil maybe?
Real Madrid will be able to buy a few quality players for the £100m from Morata (backup) and Danilo (backup), rinse and repeat with their replacements.
Sanchez had more league starts than messi during his last year at barcelona.
BBC says 'about £60m'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Migraine
Yeah but they were signing Suarez so he was essentially backup at that point.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
@Weaver - Real Madrid sold Di Maria. But you're right, it doesn't happen often (and that was a while back now).
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Originally Posted by Migraine
SEETHING it is. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by niko_cee
Morata - 29 goals
Lukaku - 29 goals
Difference?
Morata - 1 goal per game ish
Lukaku - 10 game dry spells before scoring 7 against Huddersfield.
Morata will score about 9 all season, 4 of them in a Champions League dead rubber against Slavia Prague.
The fee is fucking bonkers for a player who's played for nothing but dominant sides and has fifteen league goals as his high watermark.
The difference is more that Lukaku scored those goals in the Premier League for Everton.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
He's predicting next year's tallies.
Ah, apologies. I see Morata scored 23 club goals, all comps. I don't think he's done enough to be expected to score 29 for Chelsea. It's a different game in the Prem, unless Chelsea start racking up the 5-0s next season. (Real scored 106 in the league; Chelsea 85.)
Lukaku's definitely going to outscore Morata. The man's a beast in the Prem whereas Morata's fairly unproven.
He'll also be playing for a side which scored thirty fewer goals than Chelsea last year and at the moment has him as its only arrival.
I feel like Lacazette should be in the comparison too.
Although it's a bit worrying that a Liverpool's frontman is Firmino, when the rest have Morata, Jesus/Aguero, Kane, Lukaku & Lacazette as theirs. :uhoh:
You have Sturridge for 5 games a year too.
Don't forget Divock Origi.
He's no Loic Remy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Maybe when he develops a bit more.
Who?Quote:
Originally Posted by John Arne
I had to double check that he was still at Chelsea. I assumed he was in the Middle East by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
But what are the other choices, anyone who scored more than 12 in 35 is going to cost over 40million and won't be interested in West Ham anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Byron
Also maybe he won't get played as the number 9, chicarito will play that role, Arnautovic may play as a wide left attacker instead?
It's fine as long as they can keep a few more out at the other end . . .Quote:
Originally Posted by Baz
May have already been mention but world cup winner cristian zaccardo is a free agent and is using linkedin to find a new club.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian...rdo-65b0a3116/
Arnautovic is a winger so 7 in 35 is alright. He was playing for Stoke as well.
My point was they'll both probably score a similar amount of goals but in very, very different ways, and that's huge and another reason why stats are bollocks. xxxQuote:
Originally Posted by Reg
I'd love to see Magic's opinion in a parallel universe where the signings were reversed. I suspect his opinion would be reversed, too.
Not transfers but check out the Gold Cup: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_CONCACAF_Gold_Cup
Honduras v French Guyana finished 0-0, but later awarded 3-0 to Honduras because FG fielded Florent Malouda, who was ineligible owing to the fact that he has 80 caps for France.
How can you get that wrong in a major tournament?
There's a lot of history there. Read up on it, it's not just an admin error. They knew they'd be punished beforehand.
Just did, so what was the point of that?
FIFA don't recognise them as a country, so they're saying that shouldn't have to follow their rules.
Well they can 'say' what they like, but it isn't their tournament.
Of course, and they've obviously been punished.
From what I can gather, this is the first time the Gold Cup has enforced those rules - so that's probably why they're a bit salty.
I don't see why the organisers didn't just ban him from the squad in the first place. Makes the African Nations sound thoroughly professionally organised.
Speaking of the African Nations, I saw a proposal yesterday that they might expand to 24 teams including 3 non-African invited teams, and host it outside Africa. I think you're kind of missing the point, chaps.
The point of all football now is money, so they're getting exactly the point.
Rugby league leading the way again. :cool:
Here's my parallel opinion:Quote:
Originally Posted by SvN
Go fuck yourself.
:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Magic
Magic :cool:
On balance I'd rather have Lukaku than Morata (being a Chelsea fan), but that's mainly because a big physical striker suits THE SYSTEM better than sexy Alvaro and his dreamboat eyes.
If we change THE SYSTEM and have some more bursting presence from midfield, as we will have to do in order to avoid finishing 13th, then you never know.
Still surprised nobody has splashed on Kane yet. He's the most natural striker I've seen in years.
You'd have to pay £300-400 million for Kane, surely.
I think he will go in about two/three years, when he's sick of having nothing to show for his thirty goals a year, and when the stadium costs are starting to bite. Right now anyone after him would get Jewed into oblivion.
Kane is happy at Spurs so you would be looking at stupid money. With Walker, Bale, Modric etc they were all agitating for a move and Levy still got twice what they're all worth for them.
Actually, I think there's an argument for the current transfer fee's going round being traceable back to the Bale deal.
Next year will be the Spurs exodus (if they don't win anything).
Alli, Kane, Alderwiereld, Eriksen all too good to go trophyless.