rodders0223 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 12 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: As a none arsenal fan, Wenger is so frustrating, so I can't imagine what it must be like to an Arsenal fan. Why won't he just spend £70m ish on a top class striker and defender (money which they have) to really make a statement and push for the league title. ...because then he would be under pressure to actually achieve something and we can't have that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Looks like Mahrez is staying at leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 21, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 21, 2016 On 18 July 2016 at 23:25, Zatman said: this another in the famous Wenger defensive signings? He needs to save all the pennies he can to lavish on another small ball playing flair central midfielder, with Arteta retiring he is down to his last 23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 liverpool have bid £25m for wijnaldum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: liverpool have bid £25m for wijnaldum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Very brave of Gotze to go back to Dortmund. I think there are going to have to be some bridges built with the fans that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Wijnaldum £25m Gotze £18m gotze, just turned 24, got 56 caps for Germany, won 5 league titles, 3 cups and the world cup...in before someone calls him shit... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2016 Stoke to bid £30m for Joe Allen?! DId I hear that right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 13m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_avfc Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Just now, Stevo985 said: Stoke to bid £30m for Joe Allen?! DId I hear that right?! £13m. Seems a fairly good price and probably a good deal for all involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 21, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 21, 2016 Just now, tom_avfc said: £13m. Oh I (mis)heard it on the radio. £13m sounds much more reasonable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 21 hours ago, PaulC said: Looks like Mahrez is staying at leicester. I see Steve Walsh has left Leicester to become Everton's head of recruitment. For all their supposed new money, have they actually signed anyone yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 11 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I see Steve Walsh has left Leicester to become Everton's head of recruitment. For all their supposed new money, have they actually signed anyone yet? Maarten Stekelenberg. Whose name sounds as if you're trying to pronounce it with a mouthful of bread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: Wijnaldum £25m Gotze £18m gotze, just turned 24, got 56 caps for Germany, won 5 league titles, 3 cups and the world cup...in before someone calls him shit... English football in a nutshell. An argument would be Gotze wasn't started at Bayern and wanted out, but Wijnaldum wanted out at a club that was just relegated. Plus Wijnaldum has been largely mediocre to poor for most of his time at Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Yeah if you properly wanted to compare apples with apples, player not needed wanting out, sold to a rival, both more or less the same age and role then mata to Utd is probably better, mata went for £37m... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 The sort of prices being quoted and paid by PL clubs this season is quite shocking. The extra TV money has seen an increase of around 100% in transfer fees. The increased TV income is being used to pay inflated transfer fees along with additional money for players wages and their agents fees. Clubs had an opportunity to use some of this extra money to make watching the game more affordable for fans by reducing admission prices. But they did not want to do that did they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 3 hours ago, John said: The sort of prices being quoted and paid by PL clubs this season is quite shocking. The extra TV money has seen an increase of around 100% in transfer fees. The increased TV income is being used to pay inflated transfer fees along with additional money for players wages and their agents fees. Clubs had an opportunity to use some of this extra money to make watching the game more affordable for fans by reducing admission prices. But they did not want to do that did they? It seems stupid really, lower prices, fill stadium, improve atmosphere at the ground and on TV, improves brand, sell brand for more money. I suppose if your already filling 80% of your ground at the current price filling 100% and making less money makes no sense. Especially if your going to get the kind of money from the rights anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2016 (edited) Surely for any Premier League club the difference between selling a ticket for £15 instead of £30-40 is very little when you factor in the TV money. They really could improve everything about football in this country just by making it more affordable. When you factor in you need to pay for travel, food, drink, ticket, merch etc... going to football is an expensive day out, especially if you're taking kids etc.... Edited July 22, 2016 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted July 22, 2016 I would have loved to have seen a criteria of the new bumper TV deal being that a certain percentage of your TV money HAD to go towards reducing ticket prices. You get an extra 100 million a year but 10 million of that HAS to go towards reducing ticket prices.. You're more than making up for the money lost by the TV money you're getting. Never gonna happen, but it would be nice. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Icardi being strongly linked with Arsenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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