Transfer discussion thread

[Marcel Proust]

They are going to have to make a call on some of their better players. Nobody should be taking the deadwood on huge wages but Griezmann, Busquets, De Jong, Alba or Ter Stegen may need to be sacrificed.

I doubt they get rid of de jong, terStegen or pedri

 

[Bradesmaen]

I hope no one takes any of their players. Now that would be the icing on the cake.

I hope people do but for peanuts. Force them to sell players for 1/10th of their value.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

I doubt they get rid of de jong, terStegen or pedri

They won't want to but they may have to sacrifice someone they don't want to sell. Some reports today that Griezmann is being offered around.

 

[jod23]

But who can afford Griezmann? He's on obscene wages and he is not gonna want to take a paycut.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Not many clubs hence why he is being offered around. With players like Griezmann, Barca may have to pay some of his wages. Lets say he is on £400k per week, quite a few clubs would take him on if Barca paid half his wage. It is what United had to do to get rid of Alexis Sanchez.

 

[drd23]

When Barca swapped Arthur for Pjanic, everyone knew there was something wrong. Nobody knew how bad it was though. Can't believe they have waited until now, when everyone knows they are f’ed, to offload players when they could have done it quietly 12-18 months ago. Now it is a firesale situation.

They have been* (or in the case of some**, have been trying), but they are coming from such a high base in terms of wages that they have basically had to halve their wage bill

*Its a large part of why they basically gave away Suarez and Vidal last summer
** They've been trying to get rid of Umtiti for about 2 years, but he keeps rejecting any offers from elsewhere because nobody can match his salary

 

[drd23]

But who can afford Griezmann? He's on obscene wages and he is not gonna want to take a paycut.

FWIW (which is not much, the source is effectively like the Daily Mail)

 

[Marcel Proust]

Reports say, grez 800k euro wage per week, goes to 900k, this season.

Big money if they are true.

Salaries from last season apparently - p/w

Lionel Messi - £1,224,000.
Antoine Griezmann - £795,000

 

[Bojan KantKick]

They have been* (or in the case of some**, have been trying), but they are coming from such a high base in terms of wages that they have basically had to halve their wage bill

*Its a large part of why they basically gave away Suarez and Vidal last summer
** They've been trying to get rid of Umtiti for about 2 years, but he keeps rejecting any offers from elsewhere because nobody can match his salary

fair enough

 

[Bojan KantKick]

FWIW (which is not much, the source is effectively like the Daily Mail)

Reckon that's bullshit unless Barca are paying most of the wage. City and Chelsea won't want to destroy their wage structure for him. United don't need him and everyone else bar Everton are crying poor.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Romano] Barça president Joan Laporta to La Sexta: “Everything is going well for Leo Messi’s contract”, he told to @JosepSoldado . #FCB The agreement has been reached since days - just a matter of ‘when’ will be officially announced. #Messi

 

[jod23]

Reports say, grez 800k euro wage per week, goes to 900k, this season.

Big money if they are true.

Salaries from last season apparently - p/w

Lionel Messi - £1,224,000.
Antoine Griezmann - £795,000

Our highest earner, Mo and VVD are on around 200-220K a week. Just no chance we could afford Griezmann, not that we'd be interested anyways, he's a bit meh.

 

[Oshka]

Have always thought Griezmann was a bit overrated. Seems like a bit of a knob as well.

 

[Cruyff14]

Have always thought Griezmann was a bit overrated. Seems like a bit of a knob as well.

Agree.

His Fortnite celebration does my head in and I hate him as a result.

Arrogant **** too.

 

[Sphynx]

 

[pantskyle]

They have been* (or in the case of some**, have been trying), but they are coming from such a high base in terms of wages that they have basically had to halve their wage bill

*Its a large part of why they basically gave away Suarez and Vidal last summer
** They've been trying to get rid of Umtiti for about 2 years, but he keeps rejecting any offers from elsewhere because nobody can match his salary

And here lies the problem. Let's Suarez leave and replaces him with Aguero. Back to square one.

They are a stupidly run club.

 

[Bostonian]

 

[Magma]

Reckon that's bullshit unless Barca are paying most of the wage. City and Chelsea won't want to destroy their wage structure for him. United don't need him and everyone else bar Everton are crying poor.

and plays in a position where most teams are pretty well covered

 

[Marcel Proust]

Zach Lowy] - Correction: Barcelona need to lower their wage bill by €200 million, not €200,000. I took 'kilos' to mean thousands as in a kilogram; I didn't realize it was used as slang in Spain for million. Apologies for the confusion and mistranslation.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Zach Lowy] - Correction: Barcelona need to lower their wage bill by €200 million, not €200,000. I took 'kilos' to mean thousands as in a kilogram; I didn't realize it was used as slang in Spain for million. Apologies for the confusion and mistranslation.

Only 12 hours late on that one, Sandra Sully.

 

[SM]

FWIW (which is not much, the source is effectively like the Daily Mail)

I think that's a bit ambitious by us, should probably wait until next year in the PL before signing him.

 

[wadistance]

I think that's a bit ambitious by us, should probably wait until next year in the PL before signing him.

His wage would cover our whole starting 11 and then some


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[Bojan KantKick]

 

[Magma]

said plenty of times by everyone but bloody hell that pjanic/arthur swap was so awful

 

[Marcel Proust]

Simon Philips] "With Chelsea FC, for the moment, there is nothing concrete, nothing official. What I can say is that I will start my season with Bayer Leverkusen. We keep our fingers crossed for God to guide us to the right path." - Edmond Tapsoba