.A. said:kupest said:.A. said:Would he choose us over Arsenal, a London club with a few fellow German internationals present, a better squad and likely to finish in second place or the chance to work with Van Gaal at a club that is in reality still regarded as bigger than us by neutrals? I'm not sure he would, unless we can make Klopp a factor.
He's pure class and would be a huge improvement on the quality of our midfield, but I won't get too excited about the prospect until it becomes more than a lazy rumour.
I have no idea how you are a City fans with the views you spout on here. There is no way Arsenal have a better squad than ours. In one paragraph you have basically said Rags are great, Arsenal are amazing, City is shite.
It's a degree of reality that appears to have become elusive to most of our fans; since I posted it he's seemingly chosen the rags.
Blind faith is on a par with stupidity. I'm here to talk football, and the most productive manner for us to move forward as a club, not pretend that we can attract the best players in the world. Arsenal have invested well in the previous 3 years, we haven't. On current form they're the best team in the league, and on current form how many of our players would get into their starting 11? Aguero, Hart and Clichy are the only three.
Blue warrior said:Sergi0 Na5r1 said:Blue warrior said:According to think its ajogo and abola Portuguese media we want/looking at Hector Herrera and his team mate Yacine Brahimi this weekend from yes u guessed it Porto lol.
If we want to compete against teams like Bayern successfully the last thing we need to become more like is Porto.
Same as you mate but we seem to have a huge hardon for Porto players. Oh and they both have 40 mil buyouts which Porto will rinse us for, just hope this is bollocks but them outlets had us in for Fernando and Mangala.
sam-caddick said:Ray78 said:How about Arturo Vidal?
United didn''t go for him in the end because of his knee issue.
He hasn't been the same player since that injury last season, very similar to Falcao.
GoMancini7 said:If we want Porto players we better get the checkbook out. We usually pay 5-15m more for players coming form there than their real worth. And all this after long negotiating. Imagine what could have been the cost of Fernando+Mangala if we agree sooner with them and accept a bit sooner something closer to their original price. LOL
Porto is the king of negotiating transfers. They are the masters of it. But also they are masters of scouting talents. James Rodriguez, Mangala etc, they find them somehow, bring them in for 5-10m maybe 15m prices. Then in a year or two they sell them for triple, 4x, 5x prices....
While our scouts only find these players when are already very expensive. Brahimi guy would cost us 35-40m. No one heard of him before this season maybe. What he cost Porto? Less than 10m probably. Thats scouting+top class negotiating gets you.
Manc in London said:GoMancini7 said:If we want Porto players we better get the checkbook out. We usually pay 5-15m more for players coming form there than their real worth. And all this after long negotiating. Imagine what could have been the cost of Fernando+Mangala if we agree sooner with them and accept a bit sooner something closer to their original price. LOL
Porto is the king of negotiating transfers. They are the masters of it. But also they are masters of scouting talents. James Rodriguez, Mangala etc, they find them somehow, bring them in for 5-10m maybe 15m prices. Then in a year or two they sell them for triple, 4x, 5x prices....
While our scouts only find these players when are already very expensive. Brahimi guy would cost us 35-40m. No one heard of him before this season maybe. What he cost Porto? Less than 10m probably. Thats scouting+top class negotiating gets you.
....and an almost non-existent work permit criteria.
I agree with all that apart from the bit about Brahimi he wasn't unknown he had a great season in La Liga also had a decent World Cup. That's what makes it annoying when we are with players like him and Alderwield. We need to use our scouting network and take risks. I'm sure it was mentioned here ages back we were thinking about buying a portugese team it would be a great business move. Maybe problems with conflicts of interest but Chelsea get away with the relationship they have with Vitesse.GoMancini7 said:If we want Porto players we better get the checkbook out. We usually pay 5-15m more for players coming form there than their real worth. And all this after long negotiating. Imagine what could have been the cost of Fernando+Mangala if we agree sooner with them and accept a bit sooner something closer to their original price. LOL
Porto is the king of negotiating transfers. They are the masters of it. But also they are masters of scouting talents. James Rodriguez, Mangala etc, they find them somehow, bring them in for 5-10m maybe 15m prices. Then in a year or two they sell them for triple, 4x, 5x prices....
While our scouts only find these players when are already very expensive. Brahimi guy would cost us 35-40m. No one heard of him before this season maybe. What he cost Porto? Less than 10m probably. Thats scouting+top class negotiating gets you.
@DeutschUpdate: Zorc about the @Guendogan8 to Man United reports: "There is no signature, no contract, no offer, no inquiry and not even any contact."
BayernMan said:Ive never seen SkySports mess up so badly...
@DeutschUpdate: Zorc about the @Guendogan8 to Man United reports: "There is no signature, no contract, no offer, no inquiry and not even any contact."