Doubt they would bid anymore than 80m for Coutinho. Doubt they could afford it.

mbappe dropped by jardim. psg deal will probably be wrapped up this week

Wtf, how are they going to fit all the players into the team? Any one we can get from PSG that would improve us?

How the fuck can they possibly afford this? Is FFP completely abandoned?

DiMaria seems the obvious candidate. We were linked with Lucas too. If Mbappe goes I guess Cavani could become an option. Don't forget they signed Draxler in January too. Other than that Matiudi is supposed to be moving, not sure we'd be interested.

Lucas is pals with Neymar, probably won't move as a result. Di Maria is the one they'll be looking to ship off but not sure if we need him - obviously a huge talent but if he doesn;t want to be here we'll get what we saw when he was at United.

est wrote:

How the fuck can they possibly afford this? Is FFP completely abandoned?

The big prem TV money has lead to foreign clubs dropping support for FFP. As they feel a cash injection is the only way for them to keep up.

Imagine the scenes if we sell Sanchez to PSG for 80m and sign Mbappe for 120m.

It's more likely that we sell Sanchez to PSG for 40m and they also sign Mbappe for 120m.

Still can't see Mbappé going to PSG but the reports are coming from everywhere.

Hugely disappointing if true. I thought he was better than chasing the money.

Ricky1985 wrote:

Still can't see Mbappé going to PSG but the reports are coming from everywhere.

Hugely disappointing if true. I thought he was better than chasing the money.

Why would that be disappointing? He know he's a starter, he'll have a decent chance at CL (as opposed to, for example, us) and he'll play in a league he knows he can do well. When his contract is out, he's still young and can go wherever he wants. That he makes money there doesn't automatically make them a bad choice.

he's a paris native aa well

Yep, he was going to play in the French league anyway - why not move for more money, guaranteed league success and real shot at the CL?

Yeah, I don't see the downside either. I reckon PSG is the single best move for Mbappe right now: it both ensures that his development won't stall and gives him a much better shot at important trophies than he would have had with us.

He's so ridiculously young that he's still only gonna be 23 by the time his contract is up too, and that's assuming no one steps in with a record fee before then. By the time he leaves Paris he could be immortalised in Ligue 1.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

Ricky1985 wrote:

Still can't see Mbappé going to PSG but the reports are coming from everywhere.

Hugely disappointing if true. I thought he was better than chasing the money.

Why would that be disappointing? He know he's a starter, he'll have a decent chance at CL (as opposed to, for example, us) and he'll play in a league he knows he can do well. When his contract is out, he's still young and can go wherever he wants. That he makes money there doesn't automatically make them a bad choice.

Yeah how is this more disappointing than him going to Real? Much lower risk, similarly high reward.

I'd say a lot of his not wanting to go to Real yet is about the World Cup.

Paulinho to Barca for 40m Euros, absolute madness and looks as dodgy as fuck to be fair.

Also gives us a free run at Seri if we are still in for him!

Jesé to Stoke on loan. Also a bit of a weird one.

Barca have supposedly told Sergi Samper to find a new club. We've been in for him for a few years now, turned us down every time because he thought he could break into Barca's team. I don't know if this down to him not pushing on or the board systematically destroying their youth system and the players coming out of it!

Too lightweight for the PL for sure, maybe even for LaLiga. Wasn't he out on loan - not sure he lit up any of his loan spells, although that may just be my ignorance.