It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[BlueDejong]

Contact at the airport says Josko on the list for arrival Thursday.
He did say Wednesday but reckons Thursday.

Thought I'd put it on here as well as the Gvardiol thread.

interesting..

 

[Centurions]

I cant remember any specific examples but it just feels like we allow ourselves to be lowballed and dont sell our players for the true value, but maybe thats more of a feeling than relaity

It's definitely not reality.

Don't go off other posters slaughtering Tkixi on here just because we've not got their current shiny new toy or sold Scott Carson for £150 million to Saudi.

 

[simon23]

why mate? If we have promised Bernardo a transfer at a set price?

IF bernardo wants to leave then yes.....If it was just a straight swap (ie neither player wanting to leave and if you are asking which player Id rather have then Bernardo hands down

He has the bigger skill set....certainly more fight....I also question FDJ personality....he chooses the easy lifestyle and place in Barca....that says something about him as a person and although it is only minor we have seen through Pep how a players personality is very important....Cancello for instance...sublime skill but a dodgy personality who was quickly binned off (not saying FDJ is poison like Cancello but more that he may not have the fight required - which Bernado has in spades with the sublime skill to match

 

[Centurions]

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I also question FDJ personality....he chooses the easy lifestyle and place in Barca....that says something about him as a person and although it is only minor we have seen through Pep how a players personality is very important....Cancello for instance...sublime skill but a dodgy personality who was quickly binned off (not saying FDJ is poison like Cancello but more that he may not have the fight required - which Bernado has in spades with the sublime skill to match

Behave yourself, I know the club looks a bit of a disaster right now but it's Barcelona, not Stockport County. The location possibly is important to himself & his family (it would appeal to me TBF) but he's playing for one of the top teams in the world and getting paid (eventually :) ) a shed full of money all while living his dream.

 

[Chappie]

maybe we stick to our agreements with the player though unlike Levy?

We do but at the present time , no one has met our valuation.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

Fairly sure it's a jump on what we'd let him go for previous years. He's at his peak at the moment, but he's turning 29 this year.

If you look at the transfer fees for players over 30, apart from Ronaldo, there's nothing even close to £70m. He's at the peak of his wage earning power, but likely have little resale value.

I did read that City considered the price that Rice went for as a new benchmark, but I'd be surprised as, even though Bernardo is better now, players his age don't sell for anything like the price of the top 24 year olds.

Casemiro?

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

I miss Tolmie. I wrote a few lines to some up my feelings and this thread.

I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. Still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they're gone. I guess I just miss my friend.

 

[bluenova]

Casemiro?

True - He'd been missed off the lists I saw.

But it's still around £70m (£60m+ addons) - so comparable to what we want for Bernardo - and for a five times Champions League winner. There was even quite a lot of talk that they'd overpaid as they were desperate for a big hitter.

Compare with Antony, at 22, who United paid a good chunk more for, without ever having played in one of the big five leagues.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Casemiro?

Should any purchase by the rags considered to be @ market value ?

 

[simon23]

Behave yourself, I know the club looks a bit of a disaster right now but it's Barcelona, not Stockport County. The location possibly is important to himself & his family (it would appeal to me TBF) but he's playing for one of the top teams in the world and getting paid (eventually :) ) a shed full of money all while living his dream.

That is your take on it...players like bernardo Haaland etc want to test themselves in the most competitive league. Fdj doesn't strike me as a player who wants to be out of his comfort zone....and I don't think gor one second that he isn't good enough but it's about mindset