Transfer: Summer Transfer Thread Part I

[les Habs]

Alisson for MATS swap. Let’s go.

Nope, and Ter Stegen just renewed so he's not going anywhere. Anyway, even in jest I'd be wary of making such a comment with your fellow supporters lurking on this site.

Coutinho and Griezmann in particular are on massive wages. Griezmann is still very good but only a handful of teams can afford him even with a slight wage reduction. Obviously Suarez is older so you weren't going to get a big fee for him anyways but that's also why they let him go for nothing. Easier said than done trying to get guys making 350k and 400k to take pay cuts to sign for a new club.

Exactly. That's why I'd be looking to do lopsided "swap" deals where what the clubs that get them are more able to absorb their wages because they didn't pay a transfer fee. That's why all the clubs I outlined above are all big clubs. And in one of the cases we'd be taking on pretty big wage in return, but the wages we'd be shedding would be far more.

 

[les Habs]

Laporta got asked about possible big signings and he said:
"If I have to improve the team I have all cards prepared"

We will see

The right signings are one thing, but the sales will be equally important. And I'm not referring to what we get but rather just clearing out plenty of players. What's most important though, getting the right manager.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Alisson for MATS swap. Let’s go.

why would barca give up the best for 3rd best? Barca are done bending over to LFC

Coutinho and Griezmann in particular are on massive wages. Griezmann is still very good but only a handful of teams can afford him even with a slight wage reduction. Obviously Suarez is older so you weren't going to get a big fee for him anyways but that's also why they let him go for nothing. Easier said than done trying to get guys making 350k and 400k to take pay cuts to sign for a new club.

suarez was sold for 11 million half on variables. Semedo was sold for 35 million. Someone will take Greizzy for sure.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The right signings are one thing, but the sales will be equally important. And I'm not referring to what we get but rather just clearing out plenty of players. What's most important though, getting the right manager.

He’s making a lot of noise about halaand. But I agree the right coach is more important.

 

[les Habs]

why would barca give up the best for 3rd best? Barca are done bending over to LFC

suarez was sold for 11 million half on variables. Semedo was sold for 35 million. Someone will take Greizzy for sure.

Because Liverpool would be offering Allison, Thiago and 150 million for Ter Stegen and Coutinho.

The catch with Suarez was that he took a pay cut with Atleti if I'm not mistaken. Griezmann and Coutinho are on massive wages and in pretty much every case those would need to be offset. We need some rich oligarch or along those lines to spend big on a Premiership club.

 

[Savant]

Nope, and Ter Stegen just renewed so he's not going anywhere. Anyway, even in jest I'd be wary of making such a comment with your fellow supporters lurking on this site.

We are a weird bunch

 

[Savant]

why would barca give up the best for 3rd best? Barca are done bending over to LFC

I mean that’s why LFC would do it. Who cares about Barca. Having some fun. Maybe Gini needs a friend.

 

[Savant]

Because Liverpool would be offering Allison, Thiago and 150 million for Ter Stegen and Coutinho.

The catch with Suarez was that he took a pay cut with Atleti if I'm not mistaken. Griezmann and Coutinho are on massive wages and in pretty much every case those would need to be offset. We need some rich oligarch or along those lines to spend big on a Premiership club.

You know, if you took the money out, I would think about it.

 

[les Habs]

You know, if you took the money out, I would think about it.

As tempting as it would be to dump Coutinho for Thiago I still wouldn't it. Ter Stegen is just too important and has been an excellent servant to the club since we signed him.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Future captain tbh. Ride the wave once you get fans back in stands things will get back to normal. We can’t sell our best players and one of the best in the position. This isn’t arsenal

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

 

[Savant]

Still a bargain

 

[cgf]

Future captain tbh. Ride the wave once you get fans back in stands things will get back to normal. We can’t sell our best players and one of the best in the position. This isn’t arsenal

Unpossible. I hyped him as a 20yo

 

[S E P H]

I'm a little confused, since these release clauses are supposedly private from the public, are they private from other teams too (does it depend on country or league as well)?

 

[hatterson]

I'm a little confused, since these release clauses are supposedly private from the public, are they private from other teams too (does it depend on country or league as well)?

Theoretically they’re private from everyone not involved in the contract. They almost always leak though because the media/fans have a huge demand to know and there’s enough people internally who have access to the contract.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Unpossible. I hyped him as a 20yo

A broken clock is right twice a day.... plus I thought you cant evaluate keepers? Gods dont count I guess.

 

[cgf]

A broken clock is right twice a day.... plus I thought you cant evaluate keepers? Gods dont count I guess.

I can't evaluate keepers at youth levels, but MAtS was playing senior football by that age ;-)

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

 

[Evilo]

BVB up to the same old crap that Leipzig and them do all the time.
Unbalance 15 year old kid (sometimes way younger) by giving them huge checks to move far from their family, their country and their language.

Anyway, Coulibaly had a very important injury and might not ever be the same.

 

[gary69]

BVB up to the same old crap that Leipzig and them do all the time.
Unbalance 15 year old kid (sometimes way younger) by giving them huge checks to move far from their family, their country and their language.

Anyway, Coulibaly had a very important injury and might not ever be the same.

Also, for example what is Kouassi doing at Bayern, certainly not playing. And now they're buying at least Upamecano. Wasted year for him, would have been better off staying in France, somewhere else than PSG obviously.

 

[Evilo]

Also, for example what is Kouassi doing at Bayern, certainly not playing. And now they're buying at least Upamecano. Wasted year for him, would have been better off staying in France, somewhere else than PSG obviously.

And to be honest, he did get some times at PSG, over Diallo and Kehrer (when played at CB). He can play DM too.

 

[S E P H]

BVB up to the same old crap that Leipzig and them do all the time.
Unbalance 15 year old kid (sometimes way younger) by giving them huge checks to move far from their family, their country and their language.

Anyway, Coulibaly had a very important injury and might not ever be the same.

Didn't Barca do the same with Messi?

 

[Evilo]

Didn't Barca do the same with Messi?

Yes and Arsenal witu multiple players too.
Difference here is the sheer number of players who are approached by BVB and Leipzig and the age too. Rather than wait for those players to be 16, 11 years old are being scouted and money is shown to them. Money that could change their life and their family's.
But sometimes only short term.

 

[cgf]

BVB up to the same old crap that Leipzig and them do all the time.
Unbalance 15 year old kid (sometimes way younger) by giving them huge checks to move far from their family, their country and their language.

Anyway, Coulibaly had a very important injury and might not ever be the same.

Joining the RB system has worked out pretty well for the french kids that Leipzig has brought, unlike their young german buys lol...*sigh*

 

[Evilo]

Joining the RB system has worked out pretty well for the french kids that Leipzig has brought, unlike their young german buys lol...*sigh*

Who knows?
Several youngsters have been bothered by the german offers.
Which has succeeded in Leipzig exactly?