Other Clubs Transfers Gossip 2023: Page 85 - The Arsenal discussion community: One More in the Tolly

Other Clubs Transfers Gossip 2023

goon

He's a mediocre player too. Say what you like about Simeone tactically, but his talent ID has been atrocious in recent years.

JazzG

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.

JazzG

Claudius

This is definitely money under the table. A la liga team cannot afford a deal like this without selling somebody significant in the process.

Bernard Woolley

Claudius After paying 35M for Gallagher who no one else wanted and not being able to give away Joao Felix.

Mirth

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.

Claudius

Mirth but do you 90m euro rate him?

Mirth

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.

Coombs

Mirth they'll never get their money back.

Mirth

Coombs they don’t need to make all their money back to de-risk the signing

Coombs

Mirth not necessarily, sure, but it almost certainly doesn't de-risk it in this case because they are massively overpaying.

Qwiss

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.

Qwiss

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.

HomeSteak

Qwiss we paid 45, and we got duped as well. And the price for Alvarez is 90.

Coombs

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.

Clrnc

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.

Mirth

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.

Burnwinter

Gazza M And how are Atletico able to do it? Sounds like the payment structure may be spaced out widely though.

USArsenal

Alvarez is a pretty decent player, he is young, he scored 19 goals for City last season, he is a world cup and copa winner and he played a good part on those teams. Do i think he's worth 90? Nope.. Do i think he's worth 60 or 70 in this market? Probably.

Edit - and as Burnsy said, i think they will be paying in installments over the next 3 or 4 years

Claudius

USArsenal 90 is 90 whether you pay once or in installments. It’s a nutty figure for a player who has never had to carry an attack. And has never really shown the capacity to. Maybe he has another gear…
… and maybe Pep will take Eddie off our hands

Qwiss

Claudius except 90m isn't 90m because it's 75m and potential add ons.

daredevil

I would take Alvarez in a heartbeat. He also would have scored more goals if he was leading the line and wasn't used as an attacking midfielder for most of last season. He's ready to explode for a team who will build their attack around him.

JazzG

Lots of rumours on Twitter about Liverpool trying hard for Zubimendi, surely if they are pushing the player might be interested in joining? We've been tracking him for ages and it sounded like we couldn't convince him to leave Spain so would be one hell of a transfer if Liverpool pull it off.

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