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Thread: The Summer Transfer Thread [17 May - 9 August]

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Man Utd can sell players. You know that right?
    Who you going to sell a 29 year old Alexis on 400k a week to?

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    Arsenal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adramelch View Post
    Arsenal.
    After that last 6 - 12 months I never want to see him again tbh. Watching him cut inside and float another ball to no-one at the back post, so dull. Felt like we let Chelsea sneak in and give him a quick operation towards the end, absolute garbage.

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    Sanchez needs to be motivated and playing through the middle. Just doesn't look the same player when he's not the number nine.

    Was always better for Arsenal when Giroud was on the bench.

    I'm sure he will come good for United at some point but I think they will need to play 352 to fully get the best out of him.

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    Sanchez may have just reached his sell-by-date. He may have expired. Torres did similar in the final games during his time at Liverpool. Utd. Players reach a level and then start to decline unless your name is Zlatan, Ronaldo or Messi.

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    Ronaldo to Juve seems like it's actually happening.

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    As much as Juventus poach free transfers and things of that nature why is it so strange to me they'd spend nearly 100m on a 33-year-old, even if that 33-year-old is Cristiano Ronaldo?

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    Serie A is a league where shite hawks like Di Vaio and Toni can dominate in their late 30's, Ronaldo could conceivably go on till his 40's.

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    It's not weird that they are willing to spend that much for a 33-year old Cristiano given that he's still on top form and seems like he has quite a few good years left in him, but the reports that they're planning to sell Higuain and Dybala to get the funds for him is a bit bonkers.

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    You would want to keep Dybala, but I would sell Higuain to get the funds for the initial phone call.

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    Yeah, it's not weird that they would want to get rid of Higuain, but both him and Dybala is a bit much. How much money is Higuain going to go for anyway?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adramelch View Post
    Yeah, it's not weird that they would want to get rid of Higuain, but both him and Dybala is a bit much. How much money is Higuain going to go for anyway?
    In todays money, Higuain is £50m easyt . 15 goals for ten years straight. He too is about to expire but most teams are blind to this fact.

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    A 33 year old is a teenager to Juventus.

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    I gurantee besides an injury. Ronaldo will be at the next World Cup.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    In todays money, Higuain is £50m easyt . 15 goals for ten years straight. He too is about to expire but most teams are blind to this fact.
    Can any Italian team afford £50m? I can't see anyone outside of Serie A taking him.

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    Chelsea looking at him apparently.

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    Ronaldo seems like he has another 3 seasons or so at this current level and he'll still be a valuable player after that. Paying 90m pounds for him currently definitely doesn't seem too much in my eyes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny View Post
    Chelsea looking at him apparently.
    If £88m is the reported fee. Every single team should be looking at him. Thats chump change.

    Even Wolves with the Portuguese clique they are forming. Get him signed up. Opening up another Nando's outside Molinuex A.S.A.P.

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    Wasn't Ronaldo absolute arse in any game against half decent opposition for large swathes of last season?

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    He still scored in 29 of his 44 games and most of the games he didn't score in were at the start of the season so he ended on a real high, in a generally underwhelming Real team.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Wasn't Ronaldo absolute arse in any game against half decent opposition for large swathes of last season?
    Seven goals and two assists in the CL knockout stages ain't too shabby. https://www.whoscored.com/Players/55...stiano-Ronaldo

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    Has anyone won the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A before?

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    I’m sure there’s been a question on that in the Trivia thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reg View Post
    Seven goals and two assists in the CL knockout stages ain't too shabby. https://www.whoscored.com/Players/55...stiano-Ronaldo
    At the same time he was largely anonymous for the final 4 games of their Champions League campaign, particularly against Bayern.

    There must be some sort of (commercial) angle to this Juve thing as it seems quite an un-Juventus-like thing to be doing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    I’m sure there’s been a question on that in the Trivia thread.
    Probably but I can never keep up with it.

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    Mourinho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    At the same time he was largely anonymous for the final 4 games of their Champions League campaign, particularly against Bayern.

    There must be some sort of (commercial) angle to this Juve thing as it seems quite an un-Juventus-like thing to be doing.
    Surely the revenue from his transfer plays a big part.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    If £88m is the reported fee. Every single team should be looking at him. Thats chump change.

    Even Wolves with the Portuguese clique they are forming. Get him signed up. Opening up another Nando's outside Molinuex A.S.A.P.
    I meant Higuain. Ronaldo wouldn’t go to Chelsea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adramelch View Post
    Surely the revenue from his transfer plays a big part.
    Yeah, but most of that goes towards paying his astronomical wages, I would imagine. It just seems the more normal thing for Juve to do would be to spend that money weakening their domestic rivals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    Yeah, but most of that goes towards paying his astronomical wages, I would imagine. It just seems the more normal thing for Juve to do would be to spend that money weakening their domestic rivals.
    The concept is that they want to go for something more than the Serie A though with this transfer, isn't it? From what I understand Allegri agreed to stay at Juventus only if they got such players and went for a European title.

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    I'm not sure buying ageing stars off your perceived rivals is the best route to that destination.

    They'd be better off going back to buying refs.

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    In a short-term kind of goal, who's better to buy than Ronaldo (that would actually want to go to Juventus)?

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    They’d be better off buying their way into a decent league. PSG have been wasting their time with this shit for ages now.

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    Ye, I don't think it will work or it's the way to go, that just seems to be their concept. They also have half the team retiring/about to retire as well.

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    Real signed some rightback for about £35m

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    I think Juventus will win the CL if they get Ronaldo.

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    I'm fairly sure he'll stay, he's done this shit the past five years with United.

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    There's a lot of reliable journalists saying it's basically done.

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    I wouldn't bet on him staying like, I'm not mental. Can just see Perez offering him an improved contract and that's it.

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    It's a fairly random place to go, unless Juventus have found most of the Italian economy down the back of the sofa. Maybe he knows the powers are waning and he needs some easier fodder to smash them past over the next few years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    It's a fairly random place to go, unless Juventus have found most of the Italian economy down the back of the sofa. Maybe he knows the powers are waning and he needs some easier fodder to smash them past over the next few years.
    A lot of people are saying Fiat are 'sponsoring' the deal i.e. paying his wages in some backdoor way which avoids FFP.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    It's a fairly random place to go, unless Juventus have found most of the Italian economy down the back of the sofa. Maybe he knows the powers are waning and he needs some easier fodder to smash them past over the next few years.
    Yeah he'll be like a pig in shit smashing four past Chievo, SPAL and the likes

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    It's done. He can use Juventus' magic doctors.

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    I suspect Man Utd have some clauses in this Ronaldo deal.

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    Doubt it.

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    I would've never guessed that move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    Doubt it.
    Surely there would be x amount of sell on clauses. They have probably made a fortune with the Ballon D'or and champions league wins bonuses.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel View Post
    Surely there would be x amount of sell on clauses. They have probably made a fortune with the Ballon D'or and champions league wins bonuses.
    If I remember correctly, the deal was something like 80m cash, one time, no fannying about.

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    Wolves have agreed some type of £16m deal with Oleksandr Zinchenko who is some type of young wing back from Man City. Man has a total of 20 league games played in his life. Sounds suspect too. I dont like it.

    Everton has rejected a bid for Ademola Lookman, from RB Leipzig.

    Wilshere is in advanced talks with West Ham
    Last edited by SincereTheRebel; 06-07-2018 at 12:30 PM.

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    You could've gotten Mbemba and Merino for that. And Gamez. And Haidara.

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