Transfer: 2024 Summer Transfer Window - Closed Window Discussion

[Chimaera]

hey now. ETH is the best manager ever. His transfer record is undefeated. He can buy all the players from the Netherlands he wants.

Stop running him down! I won't take this slander!



Actually on a logical point, I will believe the "ETH won't get whomever he wants" talk when it actually happens. At some point, they have to continue to back the manager. He's going to have a say, as long as he's there. INEOS or wtf'ever might be running things now, but they've even come out and said ETH is there guy for now. It would be really stupid to start buying players who he doesn't want and let him continue to manage the club. Sure... they have to make sure they're not crap, but at some point he does get some say in the matter.

 

[KJS14]

I feel like its hard to find a manager who's been more backed than:
- 100M on Antony, his Ajax winger
- 60M on Lisandro, his Ajax CB
- 50M on Onana, his Ajax GK

All while spending an additional ~225M on Hojlund, Mount, Casemiro, and Malacia.

 

[Chimaera]

They have backed the manager. They've bought crap. He deserves a big bit of that blame. However... if they keep him, they can't just say, F off, you're getting what we buy or nothing. Might as well just fire him now.

 

[Jussi]

Even for injuries you find excuses?
Amazing.

I can find excuses for excuses! HA! Top that!

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

Grealish being linked with a move back to Villa.

I'd love him to come to Spurs.

 

[Jussi]

I'd love him to come to Spurs.

He does feel like the most Spursy player.

 

[HeHateMeFrisbee]

Cute "spursy"...but I actually think he'd fit Ange's style.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

would love for grealish to get out of City. pep made him a better player in some ways, but smashed all of the joy out of his game which made him one of the most fun players in the league to watch

He does feel like the most Spursy player.

insofar as both grealish and spurs have played one champions league final in the last five years, yes

 

[Power Man]

would love for grealish to get out of City. pep made him a better player in some ways, but smashed all of the joy out of his game which made him one of the most fun players in the league to watch

Pep does that to wingers lol

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Chelsea to land £5m bonus from Real Madrid thanks to clever transfer clause

An unexpected windfall for the Blues.

metro.co.uk

chelsea getting 5 million for madrid making the UCL final when hazard is now retired? rocks pretty hard

 

[Evilo]

BVB will lose money if they win the CL thanks to the Bellingham transfer bonus.

 

[Peen]

Chelsea to land £5m bonus from Real Madrid thanks to clever transfer clause

An unexpected windfall for the Blues.

metro.co.uk

chelsea getting 5 million for madrid making the UCL final when hazard is now retired? rocks pretty hard

There’s levels to the levers

 

[hatterson]

BVB will lose money if they win the CL thanks to the Bellingham transfer bonus.

It looks like the prize money for winning is just slightly higher than the additional transfer bonus is Real win.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

BVB will lose money if they win the CL thanks to the Bellingham transfer bonus.

Even if Madrid lost, which will not happen, they would win next year and give that bonus anyway

 

[Peen]

@Evilo not fabian ruiz??

 

[robertmac43]

This guy is always getting big clubs to sniff around him....how?

 

[Evilo]

@Evilo not fabian ruiz??

Don't tell me about it!

 

[Jussi]

hey now. ETH is the best manager ever. His transfer record is undefeated. He can buy all the players from the Netherlands he wants.

Wesley Sneijder finally happening!

 

[Gecklund]

hey now. ETH is the best manager ever. His transfer record is undefeated. He can buy all the players from the Netherlands he wants.

Stop running him down! I won't take this slander!



Actually on a logical point, I will believe the "ETH won't get whomever he wants" talk when it actually happens. At some point, they have to continue to back the manager. He's going to have a say, as long as he's there. INEOS or wtf'ever might be running things now, but they've even come out and said ETH is there guy for now. It would be really stupid to start buying players who he doesn't want and let him continue to manage the club. Sure... they have to make sure they're not crap, but at some point he does get some say in the matter.

I get your point and in no way am I defending ETH’s transfer stuff but it was already shown he doesn’t get whoever he wants with the Timber pursuit.

 

[Savant]

Usually I have a higher bar for this but since I’m about to go on sabbatical.

There is some noise connecting LFC to Anthony Gordon. I’d be here for it. Newcastle probably going to have to sell (at least) one of their big guns for PSR. I’d be saying to them, “sell us Gordon so you can keep Isak (and/or Bruno G) another year”, especially with them getting Minteh; who is really f’n good, back from loan. Didn’t rate Gordon this time last year, but was definitely impressed this year

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Can't see Guimaraes another year in Newcastle. You gotta think a bigger fish gets him this summer

 

[Savant]

Can't see Guimaraes another year in Newcastle. You gotta think a bigger fish gets him this summer

City supposedly want to reunite him and Paqueta. PSG interested too.

Newcastle might be able to “afford” to sell Bruno and Gordon. Isak is the one that’s not replaceable for them. They’ll still buy too( but they have internal replacements for Bruno and Gordon; especially if they trust their youth

 

[KJS14]

Can't see Guimaraes another year in Newcastle. You gotta think a bigger fish gets him this summer

He apparently has a 100M release clause, but (1) that seems like too high a fee for him to generate a lot of interest and (2) it expires before June 30th so it would be accounted for on the buying club's books for this year, and a lot of the big clubs are already tight on PSR compliance.

 

[Savant]

He apparently has a 100M release clause, but (1) that seems like too high a fee for him to generate a lot of interest and (2) it expires before June 30th so it would be accounted for on the buying club's books for this year, and a lot of the big clubs are already tight on PSR compliance.

You know after Rice and Caicedo, 100m does not feel like too bad of market value there. That might just be the going rate for that position

 

[KJS14]

You know after Rice and Caicedo, 100m does not feel like too bad of market value there. That might just be the going rate for that position

Rice was as much of a sure thing as you'll ever see for a 100M signing. I was a bit hesitant to pay that much last summer even though I loved the player. In hindsight, we could have paid an extra 50M and I would have been happy with it. But at least from an Arsenal perspective, I don't think of Bruno G as the same level of "sure thing" as Rice was last summer.

But to your point, Caicedo was less proven than Bruno G is now, so him going for 115M does support that argument. Caicedo being younger though.

Even if that's the new going rate, the release clause expiring before 6/30 is sure to be an issue for a lot of EPL clubs. I think that Newcastle will keep him or a deal will be agreed after 6/30 if he does move.