Jude Bellingham

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130 mil is crazy money because of the english hype. normally objectively evaluating him, his price should be around 75 mil instead we will overpay like we did for grealish because he is english and we are a english club.

whatever. if the backroom staff does their work and find the correct role for him, which should be higher up the pitch like gundo playing higher up then he will fit in the team well. he is not the one to control the game. he also is very young and inexperienced in that aspect. so expecting him to control the game will lead to dropping points while he learns.
 
Going to go against the grain on this. He is no doubt a very talented player (but not as talented as the hype suggests at present).He has huge attributes that would improve most teams.

However does he fit into the way we play? Does he have the skill set to be a Pep player....Im just not sure. I can see how he really fits in at the scousers with the way they play but not so much with us. We need players like the Silva's (david and bernardo), players who play in very tight spaces with short very quick passing and very quick feet....I dont see that with Bellingham.

We have seen in the past so many players go to so many good teams and it not work. I feel there is a real possibility that that could be the case with Bellingham to us.
 
Homar said:
I think the era of the best British players going off to play in Spain is long over.
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I wouldn't be too sure.

It's not like Britain have produced many top quality players since Bale - until now that is, but they are mostly still young (Foden, Bellingham, Saka, James etc).
Kane will, IMO, leave for Spain or Germany in the next couple of years.
Sterling has said he wants to play in Spain one day and I wouldn't rule it out.
Bellingham could easily end up at Madrid.
Barcelona have been interested in Alexander-Arnold and Reece James.
Would you be shocked to see Rashford, Sancho, Tomori, Robertson, Ramsey, Ampadu, Abraham or Mount move to Spain? because I wouldn't.

The big 2 in Spain are still a huge draw for most footballers.
Spain is a nice climate, has a rich and competitive league, it's not too far away, and players like Sancho, Edwards, Ramsey and Bellingham have started to popularise Brits playing abroad.
 
kun said:
I wouldn't be too sure.

It's not like Britain have produced many top quality players since Bale - until now that is, but they are mostly still young (Foden, Bellingham, Saka, James etc).
Kane will, IMO, leave for Spain or Germany in the next couple of years.
Sterling has said he wants to play in Spain one day and I wouldn't rule it out.
Bellingham could easily end up at Madrid.
Barcelona have been interested in Alexander-Arnold and Reece James.
Would you be shocked to see Rashford, Sancho, Tomori, Robertson, Ramsey, Ampadu, Abraham or Mount move to Spain? because I wouldn't.

The big 2 in Spain are still a huge draw for most footballers.
Spain is a nice climate, has a rich and competitive league, it's not too far away, and players like Sancho, Edwards, Ramsey and Bellingham have started to popularise Brits playing abroad.
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Kane is 29 and Sterling 28. There is an argument that both have already peaked and certainly will have if they don’t move for another two years
Neither James not Alexander Arnold would consider Barcelona atm
The rest you mentioned are nowhere near elite, with the possible exception of the snide rat from the cult
 
simon23 said:
Going to go against the grain on this. He is no doubt a very talented player (but not as talented as the hype suggests at present).He has huge attributes that would improve most teams.

However does he fit into the way we play? Does he have the skill set to be a Pep player....Im just not sure. I can see how he really fits in at the scousers with the way they play but not so much with us. We need players like the Silva's (david and bernardo), players who play in very tight spaces with short very quick passing and very quick feet....I dont see that with Bellingham.

We have seen in the past so many players go to so many good teams and it not work. I feel there is a real possibility that that could be the case with Bellingham to us.
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All teams evolve and change, including us. We are a very different side nowadays from the Sterling Aguero Sane team, for example
 
simon23 said:
Going to go against the grain on this. He is no doubt a very talented player (but not as talented as the hype suggests at present).He has huge attributes that would improve most teams.

However does he fit into the way we play? Does he have the skill set to be a Pep player....Im just not sure. I can see how he really fits in at the scousers with the way they play but not so much with us. We need players like the Silva's (david and bernardo), players who play in very tight spaces with short very quick passing and very quick feet....I dont see that with Bellingham.

We have seen in the past so many players go to so many good teams and it not work. I feel there is a real possibility that that could be the case with Bellingham to us.
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I am just thinking he may be a bit overhyped but what do I know.
 
Have to admit if this transfer is around the quoted 100-130 million mark we should stay well clear. The pressure on him will be immense from day 1 and it's a price you can't live upto.

Numerous flops have gone for big money in recent years, Nunez, grealish, lukaku, Sancho, hazard, Coutinho, dembele, felix, maguire

Big money transfers like this go wrong far more than they go right, that being said I do think he will be a star.
 
Get Bellingham in and rapid! holding Bernardo hostage any longer in this frozen wasteland of crap restaurants and empoverished northerners is simply, well, cruel, to him and his whip crackin' better half...
 
SJT said:
Get Bellingham in and rapid! holding Bernardo hostage any longer in this frozen wasteland of crap restaurants and empoverished northerners is simply, well, cruel, to him and his whip crackin' better half...
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When you say his “whip crackin’ better half” have you got any, er, photographic evidence to back up that assertion?
 
kye1991 said:
Have to admit if this transfer is around the quoted 100-130 million mark we should stay well clear. The pressure on him will be immense from day 1 and it's a price you can't live upto.
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Sort of like that time he became the most expensive 17 year old in history and his hometown club retired his shirt number after a single season?

Something tells me the guy doesn't feel pressure.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Sort of like that time he became the most expensive 17 year old in history and his hometown club retired his shirt number after a single season?

Something tells me the guy doesn't feel pressure.
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I hear your point but there's a difference between 25 mill and the reported fee Dortmund want.
 
kye1991 said:
I hear your point but there's a difference between 25 mill and the reported fee Dortmund want.
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The point still stands. There isn't a particular transfer fee that magically makes player's knees wobble.

Those players you listed were never worth those fees. It's not like the pressure got to them, it's more a case of the likes of Grealish never being worth £100m in the first place. The only exception there would be the incredibly talented Ousmane Dembele but he's a ****, his attitude is shit and he's made of rice paper.

Bellingham's dealt with playing men's football as a boy. He's dealt with being the most expensive 17 year old in history. He's dealt with playing Champions League and international games at the same age. He's dealt with wearing the armband. And so on. I really don't think you need to worry about him feeling the pressure.
 
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