RowJimmy yes. I do not rate him at all
United do this a lot, probably the only club that does it more then us.
I like him...
United not overpaying, things are changing over there?
Price went up.
I assume they don't have money problems any more?
How can champions league free Chelsea afford all of this?
Leicester's interest in Carvalho probably ends their pursuit of Nelson. Shame.
I'd prefer Alvarez to the strikers we've been linked with like Gyokeres, Sesko and Zirkzee.
JazzG what in the money laundering is this? how are shitty able do deals of this magnitude?
Gazza M And how are Atletico able to do it? Sounds like the payment structure may be spaced out widely though.
Yup something doesn’t feel right about this deal
He's a mediocre player too. Say what you like about Simeone tactically, but his talent ID has been atrocious in recent years.
Atletico used to have supreme strikers in the past. Players like Torres, Falcao, Aguero and even players like Forlan did well there.
I think if they can create the chances for him he'll put them away but he doesn't have a supreme all round game imo.
This is definitely money under the table. A la liga team cannot afford a deal like this without selling somebody significant in the process.
Claudius After paying 35M for Gallagher who no one else wanted and not being able to give away Joao Felix.
I rate Alvarez - it's not easy being second choice to an elite striker like Haaland but he's still contributed a fair amount and was adaptable enough to play in midfield while KbB was injured.
Mirth but do you 90m euro rate him?
Claudius Not surprised by the fee - there's a scarcity of strikes in Europe and Alvarez, even if you don't rate him, has an excellent CV and has resale value as he's still relatively young.
Mirth they'll never get their money back.
Coombs they don’t need to make all their money back to de-risk the signing
Mirth not necessarily, sure, but it almost certainly doesn't de-risk it in this case because they are massively overpaying.
Bernard Woolley €35m for Gallagher is good business. He's been one of Chelsea's best players, was easily Palace best player when on loan there. If you don't think most PL clubs would take him at that price your mad. They got him cut price b cause he has a year left and wouldn't go anywhere else.
HomeSteak is that price all that bad? Played most games for City last season. Is better than Jesus who we paid £50m for. Seems a fair price to me.
Qwiss we paid 45, and we got duped as well. And the price for Alvarez is 90.
Qwiss Is better than Jesus who we paid £50m for.
Why is it that everyone always exaggerates the price we pay, underplays the prices we sell at, and shrugs when other clubs make bad deals? It's just so frustrating to read. We did not pay 50m pounds for Jesus.
I also don't think he's better than Jesus, and I don't rate Jesus very highly.
I don't think the price is all that weird. Alvarez is rated like the new Aguero by many, Atleti paid 120m for Felix not too long ago.
Alvarez is definitely better than Jesus for a start and we paid 50m for him who's older.
Clrnc Also the biggest factor is wages, supposedly Alvarez is on 100k a week at City. No doubt he'll get a pay bump but should still be within reach for other La Liga or even Serie A clubs.
Meanwhile Jesus is on £250k a week - very few clubs are going to match that.
