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Deadloan Day 2024

Burnwinter

Meatwad Ah yep true. Transfermarkt is out of date.

Claudius

I stayed off the forum for the last half of deadline day. Have been through enough of these sky sports monstrosities to know better. It’s interesting to read the forum melting down about our lack of ambition, and then contrast that with the facts.
https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11661/13204138/premier-league-summer-transfer-window-analysis-how-does-spending-compare-to-previous-deadline-days

This was the 3rd lowest net spend summer for the premier league since 2016. Teams were balancing the books. Selling before buying was high on the agenda. We were only the 7th biggest spenders, and even then outspent City and Liverpool 3x each. There were no marquee transfers - unless you choose to count someone like Ugarte, Zirkzee or Felix.

I share these numbers to reassure you that Edu is not a sleeper agent sent to sink the club as many of you seem to think. It’s always good to have the global perspective. Spurs are still spending tons and still far from our quality. Again, helps to highlight the quality of Edu’s work.

Burnwinter

Claudius This was the 3rd lowest net spend summer for the premier league since 2016.

Reckon this is because a number of the big clubs (including us to some extent) are either over or close to the 70% revenue limit for European competition.

flobaba

invisibleman18 bookmarked

invisibleman18

flobaba fair enough. I hope I'm wrong and it gets quoted for that reason. I seem to be the only one not keen on him so I hope I'm just missing something.

flobaba

invisibleman18 bookmarked

flobaba

Burnwinter just think about what you know about Arteta and what you've heard. I think folks who are complaining are doing him/Edu a great disservice if they're thinking we half assed the transfer window, after the pain and heartbreak of the previous two seasons.

I think we have done the best we can do under the circumstances, and I think we have done well. Remains to be seen if we have done well enough. Let's go Arsenal.

QuincyAbeyie

flobaba most people think we've done well. If we didn't sign Sterling, I don't think we would've done well - but we did. Most of the complaining I've seen was about if we didn't sign an attacker.

flobaba

Gazza M burnwinter definitely likes this

Burnwinter

flobaba I do indeed. Sterling is a "Trossard" and a half. I'm a bit worried Merino is an R-T and Calafiori is an R-S ...

Clrnc

QuincyAbeyie The window is a 7/10 window for me. If we didn't sign Sterling we would have failed, 3/10.

It's not as if Sterling was our dream signing at the start of the window (as Edu admitted), but beggars can't be choosers and now we have to take the positives.

Funnily enough he might just be our best signing of the window, given that what we really needed this summer was attacking reinforcements. Thankfully our manager also agreed and manage to push this last min signing through. Excellent work, excellent deal.

Claudius

We should be thankful that Chelsea has basically opened up a players wholesale down the road from us. We can go back in January and grope around in the bins for another luxury bargain.

Don Pacifico

Claudius and they still weren't able to sign Osimhen!

lorddulaarsenal

Whole left side upgraded this window - can’t complain about tha

Team nearly won the league last season playing like it had had a stroke

Mirth

GooneriC to put in context - in terms of numbers, Sterlings worst ever seasons were about on par with Smith Rowe’s best. ESR is a loss because of wasted potential but in terms of numbers it’s a wash

Claudius

Mirth let usnot compare ESR to Sterling please. ESR hadn’t scored a goal for us in 3 years when he left. Sterling had 18 G/A in a shit show of a season last year.

Mirth

invisibleman18 Sterling’s played for Liverpool, England and Man City with absolutely no complaints on attitude. The only time it’s even slightly spicy is at Chelsea and I’m willing to blame that clown show for that

Don Pacifico

Mirth added to that, a lot of the 'controversy' around him has been generated by the media rather than Sterling himself.

goon

Claudius

ESR is very talented and ideally I’d rather invest in his potential, but the sad truth is I don’t think he would have ever been able to adapt to Mikel’s off the ball demands - and he’s never going to get the run in the side to try and figure it out while we’re going for a title charge.

Sterling’s off the ball work is intense. I remember watching City back in their pomp when they were fighting it out with peak Liverpool and it was his off the ball work that made me realise just how hard they worked to win the ball back when they didn’t have it. The intensity, discipline and aggression he and the rest of them showed was immense.

goon

City and Liverpool made a profit, very low net spend for us too this window. Feels odd.

City feel like they’re gearing up for some time in the lower leagues…

Qwiss

goon City are getting ready for post-Pep life. Surprised at Liverpool though, would've thought Slot would want to put more of his own players in. Liverpool are on a knife edge with contracts though. Salah, Trent, Van Dijk could all walk at the end of the season for nothing.

Clrnc

goon we made a profit as well no?

goon

Qwiss

The Liverpool fans I know predicted they wouldn’t spend this summer when Klopp left, their feeling was that was a big part of why he walked away.

Since their peak they’ve barely invested in the side in a serious way.

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