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Ousmane Dembélé
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burning blue soul
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no, the rags and madrid ;)Qataris
TFC
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I agree. The inexorable outcome if it were to carry on like this is £2,000 season tickets and £200/m to watch Sky or BT Sport.
And already people are refusing to pay, hence there are literally millions of people in the UK alone, illegally streaming with Kodi and the like. Sky and BT can only push up the prices so far before it befores counter-productive and revenue actually falls. I think we are already at that point. Ditto ticket prices.
This bubble *must* burst and fees cannot simply carry on going up and up.
I hope it does burst to be honest, its getting ridiculous. I still love to watch the games themselves, but everything that goes on off the park nowadays is a shell of the game I grew up loving.
Calv_from_the_frog
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Dortmund are too greedy.
They just bought Dembele last summer for 16m
As per yesterdays L'Equipe, Barca have only offered an immediate 80m spread over 5 years, with the rest based on ridiculous never, never clauses (Balon d'Or etc).
That is why the haven't accepted. You can't be expected to lose your best player and to replace him in 2 weeks for only 17m.
That said, their diectors are ****s.
The very managers who complain that fees are unsustainable are the very managers who then refuse to accept anything less than overwhelming payments for their own players. Pulis is a perfect example, as is Levy. "We won't sell for less than £40m." "The game is going to hell in a hand cart with countries owning clubs." Bell ends.
J_MCFC21
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As per yesterdays L'Equipe, Barca have only offered an immediate 80m spread over 5 years, with the rest based on ridiculous never, never clauses (Balon d'Or etc).
That is why the haven't accepted. You can't be expected to lose your best player and to replace him in 2 weeks for only 17m.
That said, their diectors are ****s.
Barca trying to save money when the world knows how much they've just got from Neymar, love it. Would be great if City offered Dortmund the money they wanted and fucked Barca over.
Andrew___K
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120m for Dembele would be a better investment that 60m for Sanchez, wonder why we aren't after him if Mbappe is PSG bound. Are we still looking for 'value' on this market? This way we won't get to a top level.Barca trying to save money when the world knows how much they've just got from Neymar, love it. Would be great if City offered Dortmund the money they wanted and fucked Barca over.
J_MCFC21
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120m for Dembele would be a better investment that 60m for Sanchez, wonder why we aren't after him if Mbappe is PSG bound. Are we still looking for 'value' on this market? This way we won't get to a top level.
IMO i'd rather have Dembele than Mbappe. France are very lucky to have so many young talents, fits the profile we have reportedly been looking at too. Maybe we just think its either Barca or nothing for him. Depends on him.
Kompany is King
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Like with Monaco we have bought from Dortmund in the past. From what I read, originally Pep wanted Mbappe & Sanchez.
Dembele &/or Sanchez would improve our forward line.
Not long to wait now, either way.
Dembele &/or Sanchez would improve our forward line.
Not long to wait now, either way.
IMO i'd rather have Dembele than Mbappe. France are very lucky to have so many young talents, fits the profile we have reportedly been looking at too. Maybe we just think its either Barca or nothing for him. Depends on him.
They're much of a muchness. Dembele is a better dribbler, more creative, better passer. Mbappé has the golden touch.
Either would be a brilliant addition, neither are likely to end up here.
Dembelé is more flexible, as he has shown he can play across the front 3, so would be easier to accommodate with Jesus and Sergio.