Transfer discussion thread.

[LukasTheGreat]

Neither is a 16 year old kid getting Ronaldo's wages. I'm saying that sort of money is nothing to big clubs.

 

[Latro]

I just posted that because some posters are interested in him. Arsenalmare close to signing a Polish kid and he will be on a million pounds a year.

 

[Magma]

and you give a kid that much money and he'll ruin his career.

it's absolutely absurd. give a 16 year old around 20,000 dollars a week and watch him be retired by 20.

 

[jod23]

Id match that if I were Liverpool. By the time he is 21, even if he hasnt taken the world by storm you could still sell him on and recoup most of it.

 

[Kaan]

I'd be fine with it if he was happy to play that Lampard/squad/bench player role.

If he wants to come in an play every week or he'll kick then no thanks.

it's wesley sneijder. we both know he wouldn't be. plus he's want half the earth's money.

Believe it or not Sneijder is only on £67k p/w right now after you factor in the signing-on fee.

 

[chef]

to whoever asked whether abramovich has lost somewhere between 450 million and 5.5 billion depending on what you read on twitter, mostly a decrease in the value of assets due to the russian economy falling apart. no idea if it has an impact on chelsea. highly unlikely due to them breaking even/being on the verge of doing so each season.

Apparently Roman lost 288m and Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov lost 518m

 

[moomba]

Believe it or not Sneijder is only on £67k p/w right now after you factor in the signing-on fee.

... of a billion zillion quatrillions.

 

[pantskyle]

Unitet confident of signing Strootman in Jan thanks to City knocking Roma out of the CL.

 

[Kaan]

... of a billion zillion quatrillions.

I mean with the signing on fee included he's on £67k p/w. He's on a base wage of £48k p/w and he gets a signing-on bonus of £1m (£19k p/w) per year for 3 years.

We want to keep him and he wants to stay but the club isn't doing well financially so we might not have a choice but to sell.

 

[moomba]

I mean with the signing on fee included he's on £67k p/w. He's on a base wage of £48k p/w and he gets a signing-on bonus of £1m (£19k p/w) per year for 3 years.

We want to keep him and he wants to stay but the club isn't doing well financially so we might not have a choice but to sell.

That is surprising. Think United were going to pay him £200k a week a few years back, and he wanted more. At £67k (even a bit more) I'd be ok with it.

 

[pantskyle]

That is surprising. Think United were going to pay him £200k a week a few years back, and he wanted more. At £67k (even a bit more) I'd be ok with it.

He wanted 200k and we were offering 150k. He wouldn't budge, nor did we.

 

[ADL9798]

Will be interesting to see who the sponsor of the new stand at Anfield will be. FSG and Ian Ayre been spending a lot of time in Dubai by all accounts.

I'd say you're almost certainly on the money here. Haven't heard specifics with respect to which companies we're speaking to but it sounds like it will definitely be coming from that part of the world.

 

[Jatz]

Anyone want to hear the worst rumour you'll come across this window?

Fernando Torres to Leicester.

They don't even bother trying to make it realistic anymore

 

[chef]

Anyone want to hear the worst rumour you'll come across this window?

Fernando Torres to Leicester.

They don't even bother trying to make it realistic anymore

The one I read was Rafa to replace Pearson and he will bring Torres with him

 

[Jatz]

The one I read was Rafa to replace Pearson and he will bring Torres with him

That's even worse hahaha. As if we're a shot at Rafa

 

[strauchanie59]

#pantswithbantz

 

[Magma]

i still dont understand the whole torres can get out of his milan loan contract stuff

 

[Jatz]

i still dont understand the whole torres can get out of his milan loan contract stuff

Apart from the fact it's absurd, I believe they were trying to claim that we'd buy him outright. Chelsea would recall him and then piss him off for good.

 

[chef]

Apart from the fact it's absurd, I believe they were trying to claim that we'd buy him outright. Chelsea would recall him and then piss him off for good.

For us to sell him we'd want £13.5m to cover his FFP impact for the next 18 months of his contract(plus the buying club would have to negotiate a wage that Fernando would be happy with). If we arent get any offer close to that we are better off leaving him at Milan with them covering his wage.

 

[FAITH]

Anyone want to hear the worst rumour you'll come across this window?

Fernando Torres to Leicester.

They don't even bother trying to make it realistic anymore

about his level atm good fit imo

 

[Jatz]

For us to sell him we'd want £13.5m to cover his FFP impact for the next 18 months of his contract(plus the buying club would have to negotiate a wage that Fernando would be happy with). If we arent get any offer close to that we are better off leaving him at Milan with them covering his wage.

It's all redundant, we aren't buying him haha.

 

[chef]

It's all redundant, we aren't buying him haha.

Yeah I wasn't talking about Leicester specifically, just what we'd want if there was someone crazy enough to buy him.

 

[Genesis67]

Apparently Roman lost 288m and Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov lost 518m

Usmanov is only the minority shareholder tho, isn't he? Around 30% stake?

 

[NUFC Tiger]

SM Any truth to the rumours Hull may terminate Ben Arfa's loan in January?

Did he have a falling out with the team or Bruce or something recently?

 

[SM]

SM Any truth to the rumours Hull may terminate Ben Arfa's loan in January?

Did he have a falling out with the team or Bruce or something recently?

100%. He's gone. No falling out per se, just doesn't want to put in the hard yards for the team. Reportedly on 50k a week with us which is absurd.