General transfer rumours

Parisian said:


According to L'Equipe, PSG is on the verge of signing Abdou Diallo, a left CB from Dortmund. The fee is announced to be around 32 M€.

I really can't read the transfer decisions of PSG. Sounds more like a Tuchel signing than a Leonardo target. I'm a bit doubtful because it reminds me the signing of Kehrer : a young promising CB with potential. PSG needs a more experienced and leading figure with Thiago Silva getting old.
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Successfully passed his medicals today.
Will be official tomorrow.
5 year contract.
Will join his teammates on wednesday.
 
Parisian said:
To be honest, i'm not even trying to defend PSG here especially.

In my opinion, a player like Maguire is worth as much, not because of Neymar but because Leicester has enough money to price out their players. Only an tremendous offer will make them budge.
When a lot of clubs have a lot of money, prices tend to increase naturally.

There have always been the exceptional transfers of this world like Zidane in his time and the market didn't really went "mad" because the wealth was only in the hands of few teams. Now, you have insane TV rights, CL money, sponsors money. Last year, a newly promoted Fulham could spend 30 M€ on a really average player of Marseille, Zambo Anguissa. Is it because of VVD or Neymar deals ? No. It is just that Fulham had more money than sense and could afford to spend that much thanks to PL money.
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Interesting take on it
 
Gareth Bale being pimp'd around PL clubs.

Real slowly accepting they will have to get what they can for him as Zidane don't want him.

Only snag is the £350k a week he is on..... Be interesting to see how they square this circle. Only one club I know that won't blink at that figure!
 
Gaudion M said:
Gareth Bale being pimp'd around PL clubs.

Real slowly accepting they will have to get what they can for him as Zidane don't want him.

Only snag is the £350k a week he is on..... Be interesting to see how they square this circle. Only one club I know that won't blink at that figure!
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He must be about 103 by now?
 
Parisian said:
Successfully passed his medicals today.
Will be official tomorrow.
5 year contract.
Will join his teammates on wednesday.
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PSG communication team kinda made a mistake and we have the unofficial announcement of Diallo already :

 
Lille president basically saying Nicolas Pepe is on the move. Wonder where he goes. Linked to United, would be decent signing for them unfortunately.
 
Gaudion M said:
Gareth Bale being pimp'd around PL clubs.

Real slowly accepting they will have to get what they can for him as Zidane don't want him.

Only snag is the £350k a week he is on..... Be interesting to see how they square this circle. Only one club I know that won't blink at that figure!
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Rags apparantly not interested looks like Spanish Rags stuck with the Welsh Wizzard just as much as Swampdwellers are stuck with their high rollers, Sanchez, Pogbad and Lumpkaku. Brilliant and long may it continue.
 
Newcastle have broken their transfer record by signing Joelinton from Hoffenheim for £40m.

Tottenham are reportedly close to signing Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon for £20m plus add-ons.
 
Dr Jacoby said:
Newcastle have broken their transfer record by signing Joelinton from Hoffenheim for £40m.

Tottenham are reportedly close to signing Fulham's Ryan Sessegnon for £20m plus add-ons.
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The quote from Bruce would worry me if I were a Newcastle fan.

“He has got everything that a modern-day player wants. He is big, strong and athletic, and of course he's got age on his side too which is vitally important."

So he’s tall, strong, athletic and young.

No mention of his footballing ability. Irrespective of whether he’s good at kicking a ball or not, the fact that Bruce doesn’t even mention it says a lot about the football they can expect. And indeed a lot about the kind of season/league position they can expect.

That quote screams “Steve Bruce is a football dinosaur.”
 
Tricky_Trev said:
The quote from Bruce would worry me if I were a Newcastle fan.

“He has got everything that a modern-day player wants. He is big, strong and athletic, and of course he's got age on his side too which is vitally important."

So he’s tall, strong, athletic and young.

No mention of his footballing ability. Irrespective of whether he’s good at kicking a ball or not, the fact that Bruce doesn’t even mention it says a lot about the football they can expect. And indeed a lot about the kind of season/league position they can expect.

That quote screams “Steve Bruce is a football dinosaur.”
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He may be a dinosaur but he remains a supremely talented crime novel author ;)
 
Uffa said:
@Falcao thoughts on your possible Savic signing (and Pogba going to Real)?
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I don’t watch SMS regularly but from what I’ve seen he’s very gifted, would make sense as a replacement and Serie A supporters seem to rate him highly. If Pogba leaves the club will have to spend big on a replacement.
 
Falcao said:
I don’t watch SMS regularly but from what I’ve seen he’s very gifted, would make sense as a replacement and Serie A supporters seem to rate him highly. If Pogba leaves the club will have to spend big on a replacement.
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Yeah he hasn't had a great season but he's shown countless times that he has the potential to do very well. We've always been put off by his fee but Lotito would probably be more lenient towards a non-Serie A (and especially non-Juve) team, and you have the money to sign him with Pogba leaving. I think he'd be a decent solution to Pogba leaving and having a less glittery image compared to Pogba could also help him succeed, if he's managed well.
 
Uffa said:
Yeah he hasn't had a great season but he's shown countless times that he has the potential to do very well. We've always been put off by his fee but Lotito would probably be more lenient towards a non-Serie A (and especially non-Juve) team, and you have the money to sign him with Pogba leaving. I think he'd be a decent solution to Pogba leaving and having a less glittery image compared to Pogba could also help him succeed, if he's managed well.
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"shown countless times" aka once for one season.

Happy for them to sign another overpriced lanky bag of shite.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
The quote from Bruce would worry me if I were a Newcastle fan.

“He has got everything that a modern-day player wants. He is big, strong and athletic, and of course he's got age on his side too which is vitally important."

So he’s tall, strong, athletic and young.

No mention of his footballing ability. Irrespective of whether he’s good at kicking a ball or not, the fact that Bruce doesn’t even mention it says a lot about the football they can expect. And indeed a lot about the kind of season/league position they can expect.

That quote screams “Steve Bruce is a football dinosaur.”
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He’s just described Jozy Altidore.

Think he’s selling ugg boots round Nell Lane estate these days.
 
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