Erling Haaland

[Blue Pete]

Great stuff, he's the one we all really want

I want Jordan Ibe

 

[lee_wsm]

But everyone was saying he wants to play us

Until the player or his dad says he does I would take it as he is undecided if he wants to play for us

 

[KennyG]

 

[Chi-town blues]

fuck ffp

 

[nyCITY]

You've answered your own question, why do it so publicly?

Who stands to gain from it...

A deal of such magnitude is done away from prying eyes, you certainly don't telegraph it for your rivals to counter and outbid you.

It serves Mino, it serves Laporte.

City would rather depend on Messi alone and wait than get played.

Thankfully, City are proper operators and know the lay of the land to inform their workings.

It also serves BVB. To the extent that Dortmund can drive a bidding war - whether real or perceived, helps them push their €180 million demand for the player. There is a reason that Chelsea and Barça are included in this courtship - because they are known to pay-up. That helps BVB more than it helps Haaland.

 

[Coatigan]

If BD are really saying they won’t sell this Summer I cant see this £90 million release clause being true even though the journalist is a good one.

That is certainly one of the typical wordings clubs use in situations like this.

 

[p.taker]

Until the player or his dad says he does I would take it as he is undecided if he wants to play for us

Hmmm? Measured response or be a tit and post something snarky?

I have to say I'm leaning towards being a tit and posting a snarky response.

 

[lee one pen]

Why would they travel in person, in a pandemic? No coincidence FFP has been derailed, either. We’ve yet to buy an established great, and it’s a mountain every premier league side is yet to conquer.

Madrid/Barca can bend the finances and offer the sun. I fear a Kelechi buyback will be the solution.

Totally agree apart from Ianacho. We should be over the moon if we get Grealish and Kane this summer.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

From an article on ESPN about Barca's debt

Everything's not just fine: over a billion euros in debt; wages accounting for 74% of the budget; a short-term debt of €720m; €186m in amortisations; a €488m loss in 2019-20; the need, somehow, to raise almost €200m this summer alone; a negative working capital of €602m; a long list of players to be paid for.

That list of players, by the way, makes for grim reading: €40m on Philippe Coutinho, €48 on Frenkie de Jong, €9.8m on Francisco Trincao, €52m on Miralem Pjanic (who only came as an act of financial engineering in the first place), €8m on Arthur (the man they sold while signing Pjanic, purely to bring the books in line), €6m on Emerson (who hasn't even arrived yet), €10.14m on Malcolm (who's been and gone). They still owe Bayern Munich for Arturo Vidal and Eibar for Marc Cucurella, and on it goes.

Yes, they're owed €46m by other clubs too -- although imagine if they default -- but they owe €126m.spke of those fees

From an article on ESPN about Barca's debt

Everything's not just fine: over a billion euros in debt; wages accounting for 74% of the budget; a short-term debt of €720m; €186m in amortisations; a €488m loss in 2019-20; the need, somehow, to raise almost €200m this summer alone; a negative working capital of €602m; a long list of players to be paid for.

That list of players, by the way, makes for grim reading: €40m on Philippe Coutinho, €48 on Frenkie de Jong, €9.8m on Francisco Trincao, €52m on Miralem Pjanic (who only came as an act of financial engineering in the first place), €8m on Arthur (the man they sold while signing Pjanic, purely to bring the books in line), €6m on Emerson (who hasn't even arrived yet), €10.14m on Malcolm (who's been and gone). They still owe Bayern Munich for Arturo Vidal and Eibar for Marc Cucurella, and on it goes.

Yes, they're owed €46m by other clubs too -- although imagine if they default -- but they owe €126m.

The money they owe for transfers could be the thing that eventually kills them.

A few firms took over the debt, including from Liverpool for the Coutinho tranche.

We were close to going under in similar circumstances under Shinawatra.

Money was due for Elano, Jo and a few others after his assets were frozen.

 

[citizen_maine]

It also serves BVB. To the extent that Dortmund can drive a bidding war - whether real or perceived, helps them push their €180 million demand for the player. There is a reason that Chelsea and Barça are included in this courtship - because they are known to pay-up. That helps BVB more than it helps Haaland.

The bidding war is between the interested clubs and Haaland, not BVD