https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58130354
£97.5m for Lukaku. Jesus.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58130354
£97.5m for Lukaku. Jesus.
Must take him close to the lifetime transfer fees record, which I assume Neymar probably holds.
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/stat...ransfererloeseOriginally Posted by niko_cee
Would take him above Neymar if those figures are correct.
If Kane does go to City, then with Lukaku to Chelsea and Mbappe to Madrid on a free next year, Utd have got to be one of the only realistic options for Haaland.
On the one hand, it's Haaland. On the other, would mean getting back in bed with Raiola...
(Madrid will probably just sign both Mbappe and Haaland next summer).
Yeah not like any of the other clubs ever buys a high profile striker then breaks the bank 12 months later for another one.
I don't think even City or Chelsea are binning a £100m (more like £150m in City's case) player off after 12 months.
Inter Milan heading for liquidation and selling all players that receive a bid if you believe the Tier 3 sources.
How are they so skint? They’ve got nearly 180m off two players alone so far. Everyone should be after Barella and Martinez
All these clubs in financial peril and there's still fuck all movement.
Football will soon be a duopoly between City and PSG, with maybe Chelsea getting a look in if Abramovich stays on the right side of the KGB.
Chinese investors who own foreign entities like football clubs have been told in no uncertain terms by the party to that they are not to invest any further money into them (is my understanding).
Any Chinese money invested in non-CCP strategic areas is unwanted by the government so you're 'taxed' at 100% of your investment and told in no uncertain terms they'd prefer you didnt do that.
It can't be that desperate otherwise they wouldn't have been holding out for that lol Lukaku fee. Unless Chelsea just really, really wanted him right away.
It's topical you boring cunt."and you're Barcelona"
Maybe "and you're Leeds"? Or any of the other myriad clubs who have borked their finances without winning the league 10 times and taking home 4 European Cups in a 15 year period, or whatever it is.
Lautaro Martinez to Spurs
I'm a twit
The Times reporting Spurs have secured Lautaro Martinez.
lol at Messi bealing all over this press conference like he couldn't have renewed at any time for significantly less money. I thought Ander Herrera making a sad little United tribute when he left for three times the wages was bad.
What an absolute wimp. Belongs at PSG if he's gonna carry on like that.
I would have happily stayed for £1.2m a week . . .
He's completely torched his reputation with all this shit.
£123m a year? How was that worked out? Utter madness. Hopefully Barcelona are actually ruined and it's laid at his door.
His contract has expired so he would have to be registered as a new player, and they are only allowed to register new players if their wage bill is below a certain threshold, which they would still be way above if they paid him nothing. I guess he could sit about and twiddle his thumbs for a year while they get rid of Greaseman and co., but yeah.
Can we get Barella in this Inter fire sale please?
What a saint of a man.
What is going to happen with Depay, Aguero and Garcia?
Hardly. He's just left a club that wouldn't/couldn't pay him what he wanted and what he could get elsewhere. It's no biggie.
That’s all fine, but spare everyone the crocodile tears then.
One can both decide to leave a job and still be sad about leaving, the two things aren't mutually exclusive.
Shouldn’t run his contract down every time and create some sort of unnecessary drama for the past 3/4 years if he wants sympathy
Of all the things Messi wants Waff, I doubt your sympathy is one of them.
Does he want sympathy? He has the EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE of a 16 year old, I doubt he has any particularly deep understanding of the situation.
He had numerous opportunities to stay so he can’t be that sad. It’s all a load of fake bollocks for the brand.
When you say 'that sad', you mean sad enough to have a little cry at a press conference? I mean, he was, I've just watched him do so. Unless we're suggesting he's such a good actor that he can cry on demand...
He can crying through his nose.
Twitter is running with Aguero wanting immediately out as he wanted to play with his bestest mate.
The report on it from earlier in the summer suggest those players were signed, but not registered. As mentioned above they are unable to register new players until they bring their wage cap down. Messi now going will help that, but they still have more to save.
Coutinho, Pjanic and Umtiti who aren't wanted combine to around £1m a week. They even asked the latter two if they could release them for free, which shows how desperate they are.
Add in that they have Griezmann on a ridiculous wage too(rumoured anywhere from £600k-800k per week). This chicken has been waiting to come home to roost for some time.
Only you have gotten that, Sir x
Lol the Martinez to Spurs reports have been shot down in record time.
Renato Sanches to Liverpool links are surfacing again. Tier unknown.
Lukaku's medical today. Is that when The Operation takes place or do they do that later?
Traditionally it takes place immediately after the official unveiling, so that they can get a couple of optimistic quotes out of them before their talent and zest for life are both removed.
Michael Owen’s was activated with the simple phrase, “Howay the lads.”
Nah Owen was class for Newcastle.
I'm a twit
Yeah, and Henry was the GOAT Garden Soccer player.
Adam Armstrong turning up in the Prem is a nice surprise. Hope he does well for Saints. As for Owen, he was good but the injury against the Swedes made him a coward. The phrase makes or breaks you. You either live forever like Jimmy Carter or your knees explode at a random point in the future.
Never watched Armstrong but do like his stocky build and midget height, expect mad sharpness in and around the box so could be a perfect Ings replacement. Modern day Kevin Phillips
Lukaku not sure about. It's all well and good bullying white boys of Italy but you're largely getting shown up as being a bit slow to accelerate and a poor first touch in the prem, aren't you? Hope he bosses it though, not many better sights than purebreed BLM donnage.
Norwich are signing 2 players. That's about the extent of my knowledge. A Greek and an American don'tchaknow.
That potential PSG XI doing the rounds is a bit good. If Smallpockets doesn't clean up with it he should never work again.
7/2 joint favourites for the Champions League along with City. They really need to rig that to be one of the semi finals.
City favs for me if they get Kane, Clive.
Not with that bald fraud in charge
Murmurings that Barca are trying again to re-sign Messi...
Abraham seems to be off to Roma for £34m.
If PSG or City had a Champions League in them, it would've happened by now.
Messi to PSG is done.
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