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Other clubs transfer thread summer 2019 edition (Official: Madrid sign Hazard)

QuincyAbeyie

Gazza M wrote:
I had a slim hope that isco would be dislodged. Him and solari weren't getting on. Zizou might re-engage him now

He was already benched for a while when Zidane left.

QuincyAbeyie

Uhm... Bayern have just bought Lucas Hernandez for €80 million.

Clrnc

Worst kept secret in football, total transfer plus wages almost 160m.

Basically they just bought France's fullbacks, trying to recreate the Sagnol/Lizarazu days

QuincyAbeyie

Lucas Hernandez gets 300k a week, making him by far the best paid player at Bayern? That doesn't sound right to me.

Ray

We should go for Alaba, he’s a gooner too.

Clrnc

Quincy Abeyie wrote:
Lucas Hernandez gets 300k a week, making him by far the best paid player at Bayern? That doesn't sound right to me.

Sorry for being unclear, the reports include agent fees etc.

Anzac

Ray wrote:
We should go for Alaba, he’s a gooner too.

Would love to see that but his fee is likely to be more than our total reported transfer budget.
We would also need to ensure top4/CL qualification as well as sell our current top earners like Ozil & Mkhi.

banduan

Is the Alaba of now as good as he was when Munich were tops though?

jones

Not even remotely. His peak was around 2014 been stagnating or declining ever since

Clrnc

Yeah he's been pretty average and on the decline sadly. There are shit load of upcoming LBs worth buying though.

Anyway, 2 defenders straight into the top 10 most expensive signings this month. We gonna need loads of cash to buy some top defenders if we want

Hopefully we won't buy another number 14 again. Easily the 2nd worst defender pound for pound on that list

Claudius

Clrnc wrote:
Yeah he's been pretty average and on the decline sadly. There are shit load of upcoming LBs worth buying though.

Anyway, 2 defenders straight into the top 10 most expensive signings this month. We gonna need loads of cash to buy some top defenders if we want

Hopefully we won't buy another number 14 again. Easily the 2nd worst defender pound for pound on that list

2 things stand out here.
1) Manchester City's excess
2) Mustafi.

jones

We dont need to spend 40m+ for a good defender. Decent scouting - which we used to be known for - can get us a mainstay in the backline for less than 10m. Konate, Pavard, Upamecano, Diallo, Ndicka, Zagadou etc pp theres so much talent just in France who easily made the step up from Frances first and second division to the German top flight, and none of them cost even 10m

Claudius

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/adrien-rabiot-agrees-free-transfer-14201038

Rumor that Rabiot going to Madrid. Would be unfair given Zidane’s resources. If Zidane gets both Rabiot and Ndombele, that goes a long way to refreshing his team and giving him an affordable foundation to go after an Mbappe.

Meatwad

jones wrote:
We dont need to spend 40m+ for a good defender. Decent scouting - which we used to be known for - can get us a mainstay in the backline for less than 10m. Konate, Pavard, Upamecano, Diallo, Ndicka, Zagadou etc pp theres so much talent just in France who easily made the step up from Frances first and second division to the German top flight, and none of them cost even 10m

yeah that reminded me of something houston rocket's gm daryl morey said after chandler parsons signed a huge deal with dallas in 2014.

"The teams that find the Chandler Parsons, not the ones that pay them the max, are the ones that succeed long term."

Gunner89

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/03/alexis-sanchez-manchester-united-exodus-de-gea-solskjaer

Clrnc

Don't like the idea that they are shipping so many shit players out because like what Ricky said in the other thread their potential to improve is immense. With their spending power they could easily build half a new squad of talents.

Meatwad

manyoo doesn't just get to say we want alexis gone and it's done. who do you all think is going to take him and his wages? they are stuck with him until 2022.

Claudius

Although Ricky is right in that they have the biggest upside, we also need to acknowledge that they have the worst recruiting of the big 4. Their judgment is clouded by commercial concerns, a shocking short-termism and they overestimate the level of competition for players, resulting in them regularly overpaying for players by mad amounts. The first two have been especially debilitating. If they figure out how to overcome them AND Solskjaer proves to a good manager, then we can discuss their longterm success. At present, I'm not worried.

Jed

If they finish outside top 4, do they sack Solskjaer?

Claudius

Why would they do such a ridiculous thing?

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