Transfer: Winter 2016 Transfer Window Rumours and discussion II

[Live in the Now]

Well China do you want Balotelli?

Bet they will. Wonder if he'll go there though. Might be able to make all the money back

 

[les Habs]

Vidal is being linked with a move away from Bayern. Juventus have been linked but a Chilean newspaper is saying Atleti are interested.

Is there any truth to the rumours that United offered over 100 million for neymar?

Who knows? However Neymar's father said in court that they did and it was for 190 million.


Speaking of Neymar, apparently Perez wants to bring him to Madrid ala Figo. Also Perez has apparently tried to lure Messi in the past. If Perez wanted Neymar he shouldn't have ****ed up the transfer the first time.

 

[Evilo]

If somehow Neymar considers moving, you can be sure PSG will make an offer.

 

[Caramel]

Liga MX I think has higher attendance than China, I know China was slightly higher than MLS'. Of course the stadiums are bigger but they are still drawing good crowds and will probably only increase

It's not attendance, it's the sheer number of viewers. More than 30% of the 1.5 billion people who live in China watch football, that figure alone is more than the population of the United States and Mexico combined.

 

[les Habs]

If somehow Neymar considers moving, you can be sure PSG will make an offer.

Oh, I'm sure.

He seems to be happy though and he'll likely get a new contract soon.

 

[Peen]

PSG would be a good fit for Neymar if he wanted to leave

Great fit actually

 

[Peen]

Also, I want to believe that the 75M euro bid for Oscar and 90m euro bid for Hulk, both of which came from the chinese league are false, but then again, i also thought that the Teixeira and Martinez bids were ******** as well.

 

[Chimaera]

I suppose you think that's the fate of the MLS too? To draw fans to European leagues? The Chinese league has a long way to go, and the investment in the game could wane, but it sounds like it has a lot of promise on its own.

In some ways, yes, it has drawn fans to the European leagues. Viewership of the EPL is up across the board, and it's not a coincidence that it has happened in the same time that the MLS has been around. I realize some of that is in having it actually on tv and seeing the World Cup promoted.

But the MLS and other local leagues in countries without a tradition provides some avenue to bring more viewership to better levels.

I go to some DC United matches, I will watch them on occasion when they're on, but if anything it just reminds me that I enjoy better quality football.

 

[ProPAIN]

Apparently China is prepared to pay something like 91 million euros for Hulk Also Chelsea apparently turned down a similar type offer for Oscar



How accurate this all is, who knows, but they were right on most of the rumors so far

Doesn't necessarily mean Oscar would leave if Chelsea had accepted the bid. They might revisit it in the summer, but no way does Chelsea sell a starting 11 player. Now if it's during the summer and they rejected such a ridiculous amount, I'd be a little concerned. They could quite easily find a replacement for that amount.

 

[Chimaera]

It might soon be Chinese football, killing FFP and bringing broke teams to the black since 2015.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Is there any truth to the rumours that United offered over 100 million for neymar?

It's possible, but the timing is very odd. He's due a new contract. Who's his agent? Woodward thinks nuzzling up to Mendes and other agents by leaking United interest to get their clients raises will come good for him in the future. HE's an absolute muppet.

 

[Plato]

Interestingly enough, I've just read that the Prem match with the highest viewership numbers ever was Everton-City which saw each side play a Chinese player. (Lie Tie & Sun Jihai)

Sky reporting that Teixeira is on 185,000 pounds a week.
Mundo Deportivo claims Zenit rejected a 70 million pound offer for Hulk.

 

[East Coast Bias]

This massive spend by China is fun now, but it won't last.

Their economy is in shambles. And the Chinese govt shows absolutely no sign of having a clue how to stop the bleeding.

Not to derail this thread too much, but the company that bought the rights to the Chinese Super League is a subsidiary of the state. And the price was based on these massive spending plans in the sporting industry, namely soccer, by the govt - because right now, sport doesn't generate revenue at all. Well, I'm not sure how that's going to work now with the economy. They can't print money (though they honestly might try).

It's a shell game. So I would sell any player now. You'll probably get them back in a couple years at 1/5 the price.

 

[Plato]

It's also important to note that the Chinese Super League window doesn't close until February 26th. Plenty of action to come I'd imagine.

 

[Plato]

Marca reporting that Madrid have activated Morata's buy back clause.

 

[Power Man]

It'S Marca, so we'll see

 

[YNWA14]

Not sure if this really belongs here but:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...just-cool-selfies-Lionel-Messi-Barcelona.html

But when asked who we would prefer to play for, Yarmolenko told Ukrainian news outlet Futbol: 'It is better to play at Everton,

'Of course you can go to Barcelona, take a cool selfie with [Lionel] Messi, put the images on Instagram and get a million likes and be pleased with yourself.

'But I'm not one of those.

 

[Plato]

Jo and Burak Yilmaz make move to China.

 

[Peen]

Oscar's agent confirmed a large bid from China

 

[VEGASKING]

Just from the clubs point of view they should have accepted even without being able to buy a replacement. Not like they don't have cover or he is too important of a player to sell. With the money you could buy two big money players. Just good business like David Luiz was.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Add a couple more players to China: Gael Kakuta (well travelled former Chelsea youth player), Aboubakar Oumarou (Cameroonian international, good scoring record in Serbia)

 

[Burner Account]

China has declared war

 

[gary69]

This massive spend by China is fun now, but it won't last.

Their economy is in shambles. And the Chinese govt shows absolutely no sign of having a clue how to stop the bleeding.

Not to derail this thread too much, but the company that bought the rights to the Chinese Super League is a subsidiary of the state. And the price was based on these massive spending plans in the sporting industry, namely soccer, by the govt - because right now, sport doesn't generate revenue at all. Well, I'm not sure how that's going to work now with the economy. They can't print money (though they honestly might try).

It's a shell game. So I would sell any player now. You'll probably get them back in a couple years at 1/5 the price.

Chinese government owns at least 1.2 trillion $ of US foreign debt (that amount is more than for example what US households owe combined), so it's not that they'll run out of money any time soon, if sports is what they want to invest into.

They've already bought huge amounts of precious minerals, gold, land in Africa, foreign companies, so investing in the most popular sports probably isn't a bad idea at least in theory, if they want to raise their global profile amongst foreign consumers.

 

[Evilo]

PSG apparently received a 15M€ offer from China for Lavezzi's last 6 months.

 

[Evilo]

PSG apparently received a 15M€ offer from China for Lavezzi's last 6 months.

Deal done according to L'Equipe !

Final price apparently will be lower but he will "earn" 10M a year.

EDIT : Le Parisien still reports a 15M€ fee while L'Equipe says half of it.