From what Dick Law has said that 90 Mn figure was probably exaggerated by the media.

Also, after the season he had then, Lemar had been on wishlists.

Yeah. It sounds more like £75m. Phew.

Where did he say that? Was reading the whole interview he didn't mention about Lemar's fees.

From all 3 parts of his interview we can be certain of one thing we suspected all along, we are not proactive in transfer markets. We only wait and see who other clubs want to sell.

Hopefully with Dick Law gone and the new management coming in we start to be the protagonist in the market. Playing with Palace for Zaha will be a good test

Clrnc wrote:

Where did he say that? Was reading the whole interview he didn't mention about Lemar's fees.

Didn't he say the Sanchez fees was going to cover the Lemar fees?

Either ways, what actually happened to Lemar? Anyone watch him regularly? Regardless of what we valued him at, I remember Liverpool were interested too and he had a fantastic season.

He was never all that to begin with.

Lemar was not fantastic. He was just having a standout season and people got caught up in the Monaco wave. We should’ve been putting pressure and that money on Mbappe that whole time while Wenger was around. Maybe Mbappe would be unhappy now, but we’d be making an easy £50m on any resale. Monaco tricked a lot of people into buying players who were made to look good by the value of the entire project rising. They sold those players for some £600m. Can’t knock their hustle.

He said we were going to use the Sanchez money to pay for Lemar, effectively a swap. A question of Lemar or Mkhi.

Ray wrote:

He said we were going to use the Sanchez money to pay for Lemar, effectively a swap. A question of Lemar or Mkhi.

When you put it that way...
How are Sanchez, Mkhitaryan, and Lemar part of the same transfer strategy?

Clrnc wrote:

From all 3 parts of his interview we can be certain of one thing we suspected all along, we are not proactive in transfer markets. We only wait and see who other clubs want to sell.

Hopefully with Dick Law gone and the new management coming in we start to be the protagonist in the market. Playing with Palace for Zaha will be a good test

What about the Suarez bed then? Was that reactive or was that a sign the club identified a player they felt we needed and went after him?

I don’t think it shows we are not proactive. It highlights the team could be efficient, smart and quick moving to events around them. And that’s not to necessarily say we aren’t too reactive, but you can’t say that Law’s words give any certainty as to our strategy outside of those isolated transfers.

We only went for Suarez when he heard he had a clause that will force Liverpool to let him talk to the club. We only went for Ozil when he heard Madrid have to sell someone (and we don't even know who that was, basically whoever they selling out of Benzema or Di Maria we will take it). We went for Sanchez only after his agent approached us that he is for sale and that we don't even think we could win what Liverpool would offer him till Wenger stepped in and won the bid for us.

I think the last big transfer we completed the past decade where we intentionally went for a player is Arshavin.

Be surprised if someone doesn't pick him up at that price, even if he is 30 now. Especially the way it's structured.

Won't be us though; not because I think Alderweireld wouldn't come here, but because Levy is way too sneaky and small time not to have put in a clause excluding the possibility.

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The Bale transfer saga taught Levy how to bully agents but i hope Alderweireld and Eriksen versions cost them instead.
All they have to do is not get tricked into signing then demand an Ozil-sized wage leading to an Alexis outcome as Levy is not as dumb as Kroenke.
https://www.90min.com/posts/6353477-tottenham-facing-christian-eriksen-dilemma-as-contract-situation-reaches-breaking-point
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/09/christian-eriksen-tottenham-training-no-bids-paul-pogba

Ricky1985 wrote:

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Came here to post this including a suicidal gif too

Ffs

Oh dear.

On the bright side, we are a step up from Ajax

Fuck sake.

Nah come to think of it even if he wanted to come here this club wouldn't have the balls to buy him

Mbappe and de jong. 2 generational talents that have said they strongly considered joining arsenal

Yet apparently we would be daft to bid for De Ligt

Hardly news but reference for when they do the same to us

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Explains the ridiculous time it's taken. Also surely rules out Neymar going there.

lmao im imagining them calling up their local bank branch "yes, hello, we are looking to borrow two hundred million euros to purchase greizmann, can you please assist?"

Ricky1985 wrote:

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Explains the ridiculous time it's taken. Also surely rules out Neymar going there.

I would love it so much if that piece of shit club went bust again. Then again the government will probably just bail them out this time too.

what happens if barca cant buy griez? how does atletico afford joao felix or whatever his name is? didnt they pay like £130m for him?

They got 80m for Hernandez and 70 for Rodri. Add whatever they earn in general and I'm sure they're fine.

Mirth wrote:

Anzac wrote:

The basic methodology is to take our on hand cash at the start of the season, subtract the total known operating costs, and the rest is the potential budget available for the year subject to any requirements to balance the books to make up for any previous shortfalls.  A key point to generating profits is that we do not include any revenue that has not yet been received into the accounts, regardless of whether we know the amount to be received or not.  This would include any fixed price revenues such as sponsorship or PL prize money regarding the equal share portion paid to every PL club. Much of our non match day revenues are paid at the end of the season, which where the surplus pre-tax profits are then banked.

The biggest issue I have is the failure to adjust our budget with regards to our known revenues that have not yet been received, particularly as most of these are received at the end of the season where they have no impact on our ability to spend on the team.

Well, that's just not true - the club's own published accounting policies state that sponsorship, match day income and fixed components of broadcast revenue are spread evenly over the season or the life of the contract as you'd expect. The only amount recognised at the end relates to prize money based on where the club finishes at the end of the season.

Also cash =/= revenue.

OK my bad regards the spread of fixed revenues through the season and prizemoney at the end, however the original point still stands in that none of the income received during the season is counted in terms of the starting budget - as such it makes no difference if it is received during the season or at the end.

Clrnc wrote:

Where did he say that? Was reading the whole interview he didn't mention about Lemar's fees.

From all 3 parts of his interview we can be certain of one thing we suspected all along, we are not proactive in transfer markets. We only wait and see who other clubs want to sell.

Hopefully with Dick Law gone and the new management coming in we start to be the protagonist in the market. Playing with Palace for Zaha will be a good test

I recall AW saying that this was part of his 'values' to not make a bid for a player unless their club had indicated they were willing to sell - hence the usual 'enquiry' before any bids - something about respecting the wishes of other clubs and not wanting to unsettle players = do unto others etc.  This was supposedly the reason given as to why we did not make a bid for Martial as Monaco said he was not for sale, and then MU made them an offer they could not refuse.  Makes you wonder how many other players we've missed out on over the years.

Klaus wrote:

Ricky1985 wrote:

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Explains the ridiculous time it's taken. Also surely rules out Neymar going there.

I would love it so much if that piece of shit club went bust again. Then again the government will probably just bail them out this time too.

Not sure it would be so easy for them to do so after the hand out they took after the GFC.  There were reports at the time that Germany threatened to veto the bail out funding that they provided as the Spanish Sports Minister had made a statement about waiving the unpaid taxes owed to them by the football clubs.  As a result the clubs had to enter into a payment plan & scgedule with the Govt withholding 30% of annual revenues against required payments.

Unfortunately Barca, RM, Atletico and Espanyol are/were all registered as trusts as from the '90s, and as such they do/did not pay any taxes other than on wages, although there had been some talk from the Govt/opposition about removing their 'special status' regarding their tax exemptions.  Likewise the left wing opposition in Madrid have also said they will re-investigate the deal between RM and the City regarding the sale of their training ground in the '90s that raised the funds for the first Galacticos squad, as they think the club owes the City over 200m.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

They got 80m for Hernandez and 70 for Rodri. Add whatever they earn in general and I'm sure they're fine.

jesus christ. i must have slept through those. they seem to be doing a good job running their club

mdgoonah41 wrote:

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

They got 80m for Hernandez and 70 for Rodri. Add whatever they earn in general and I'm sure they're fine.

jesus christ. i must have slept through those. they seem to be doing a good job running their club

I read something when UEFA introduced FFP and were assessing the domestic leagues re the compliance capabilities, and at that time Atletico were operating in perpetual debt of over 200m per season, and their unpaid tax bill was just as big.  La Liga was in the poorest shape overall as most clubs were operating above the UEFA 70% thresh hold for wages v revenues.  I think the average was close to 100% and some clubs were spending upwards of 120-130%.  Serie A wasn't as bad re wages but had issues regarding taxes owed.
The assessment made by UEFA re both Serie A and La Liga basically said that if the respective govts looked to enforce the same tax regime as by HM Govt, then most of the clubs in those 2 leagues would disappear overnight.

Quincy Abeyie wrote:

They got 80m for Hernandez and 70 for Rodri. Add whatever they earn in general and I'm sure they're fine.

They'll be fine, but it's more because of stuff like this: https://deadspin.com/barcelona-and-valencias-goalkeeper-swap-looks-shady-as-1835909996

Marca: Napoli have agreed to pay for James in three installments. All roads lead to Italy and the signing will be a matter of a few days. The presentation is planned for July 25 at San Paolo.

ondacero.es - James wants to stay in Madrid and join Atletico; he stopped negotiating with Napoli. Deal between Real and Atletico could take time

This is never ending. Also, Junros have no ideea whats going.

West Ham have enquired about Gonzalo Higuain (Di Marzio)

West Ham and Everton do have a lot of money.

[Romano] Lukaku situation. Tomorrow Inter will meet Man United to understand the final price and to start official talks. Inter are going to offer a 2-years loan + obligation to buy for total €70M. Man United will give their answer about the loan and about the price too.

Sky Italy reporting Inter Milan to offer £63m to Manchester United for Romelu Lukaku. But it’s 2-year loan with obligation to buy. Instalments of £9m + £27m + £27m.

[Roma] Official: Pau Lopez is an AS Roma player.

[SKY] Lazio wants €100M for Milinkovic-Savic, M.United ready to offer €80M

[Di Marzio] Roma are looking at bringing in Alderweireld from Tottenham, who has a £25 million release clause

[MARCA] : Bale rules out going to China, will only consider offers from top European clubs.

Leonardo wishes for Cavani to renew an extra year. The PSG sports director appreciates his professionalism & attachment to the club. "PSG will count on players who want to stay and build something great. We don't need players who would do the club a favor by staying here."

Official: FC Porto signs Luis Díaz

SKY: Manchester United’s attempt to sign Harry Maguire from Leicester City “very much alive” says source close to negotiations

Poor Barcelona staff and players, having to wait a full three days longer to get their salaries to add to their multi millions!

Rumours Upamecano is available for £26m and Milan are interested, give Leipzeg £25m + ESR on loan.

We should be all over that. When Sokratis leaves next year, Saliba and Upamecano would be a young but high potential core.

Ray wrote:

Rumours Upamecano is available for £26m and Milan are interested, give Leipzeg £25m + ESR on loan.

Or just give them £26m?

That £1m may seem insignificant in that context but it's a whole lot of money to Kroenke. I see where Ray is coming from!