useless Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 Last summer Wolves sold Costa and Caveleiro for £20m each, neither had been anywhere near as good as El Ghazi or Trezeguet in the premier league. Although fee was originally £15m for each, but they got a £5m bonus for both when Leeds and Fulham were promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Adam henshall joining our recruitment team from doncaster accordubg to football insider. No idea who he is or if he is any good but for us to poach a league one scout he must be highly rated. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Confirmed along with mile jedinak returning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 It’s so good we’re actually building a full modern off-field structure that the ‘big’ clubs have probably had for years. We might not see an immediate impact, but these things are building blocks to being one of the big clubs ourselves in 3-5-8-10 years time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Watching Dortmund tonight, i was very impressed with some of their young players.....Bellingham has come on leaps and bounds.....maybe we could go prospecting there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, TRO said: Watching Dortmund tonight, i was very impressed with some of their young players.....Bellingham has come on leaps and bounds.....maybe we could go prospecting there. I’m sure I read from them/sources close to them they are only thinking of selling one this summer either Haaland or Sancho, the rest of the players are off limits because they know they will get all the money they need from one of those sales. Haaland contract has got a one time 70m get out clause next summer (year 2) so they’d rather sell him for big bucks this summer but then Sancho contract length means to get big bucks they probably next to sell him this summer. They only want to sell one and keep the young squad together. Edited April 7, 2021 by nick76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 23 minutes ago, nick76 said: I’m sure I read from them/sources close to them they are only thinking of selling one this summer either Haaland or Sancho, the rest of the players are off limits because they know they will get all the money they need from one of those sales. Haaland contract has got a one time 70m get out clause next summer (year 2) so they’d rather sell him for big bucks this summer but then Sancho contract length means to get big bucks they probably next to sell him this summer. They only want to sell one and keep the young squad together. Dortmund have a really impressive operating model tbh. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 46 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Dortmund have a really impressive operating model tbh. If Villa had that squad and were performing like Dortmund are, there would be a lot on here calling for everyone's head that is involved in the club. They're the second richest club in the league, gave up trying or at best accpeted they couldn't keep up with Bayern, got too comfortable thinking they'll be second and they're guaranteed CL football every year, and now they are 7 points off the CL places after losing at home to the team in 4th over the weekend. They might be making money for now, but they're not really performing on the pitch. If they don't get CL they are looking at losing both Haaland and Sancho this summer in order to make enough money to rebuild. At the moment they are not very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 hours ago, nick76 said: I’m sure I read from them/sources close to them they are only thinking of selling one this summer either Haaland or Sancho, the rest of the players are off limits because they know they will get all the money they need from one of those sales. Haaland contract has got a one time 70m get out clause next summer (year 2) so they’d rather sell him for big bucks this summer but then Sancho contract length means to get big bucks they probably next to sell him this summer. They only want to sell one and keep the young squad together. Shame, I think JB will be a huge star.....was we ever, interested in him, when he was with Blues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 minute ago, TRO said: Shame, I think JB will be a huge star.....was we ever, interested in him, when he was with Blues? I don’t think so but the Dortmund arrangement seem to have done over a long period so maybe nobody else got chance to get in the door with him. For a talent, which even we knew he was the rumour mill seemed only to be Dortmund. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) On 07/04/2021 at 10:24, sparrow1988 said: If Villa had that squad and were performing like Dortmund are, there would be a lot on here calling for everyone's head that is involved in the club. They're the second richest club in the league, gave up trying or at best accpeted they couldn't keep up with Bayern, got too comfortable thinking they'll be second and they're guaranteed CL football every year, and now they are 7 points off the CL places after losing at home to the team in 4th over the weekend. They might be making money for now, but they're not really performing on the pitch. If they don't get CL they are looking at losing both Haaland and Sancho this summer in order to make enough money to rebuild. At the moment they are not very impressive. I was quite impressed with them against City....they was unlucky at times......all looked powerful and comfortable with the ball.....bit slow in the build up, but it was against City. Bellinghams goal was nailed on....total injustice, that. but I don't watch them regularly enough, to know much more. Edited April 8, 2021 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 4 hours ago, MaVilla said: Dortmund have a really impressive operating model tbh. They really dont, they think they do but have made some terrible decisions for the last decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Zatman said: They really dont, they think they do but have made some terrible decisions for the last decade Reminiscent of Spurs. They have some lovely players though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Just now, Adam2003 said: Reminiscent of Spurs. They have some lovely players though. Pretty much so except Levy isn't stupid enough to give the contracts that Hummels and Meunier got They also **** up not selling Sancho as they wont get a similar price again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, Zatman said: They really dont, they think they do but have made some terrible decisions for the last decade They've got the youth part right which makes everyone get excited Unfortunately they've made a right mess of the players at their peak and the older heads to hold it all together, they have some proper shit in the squad and from what I've seen a lack of consistency in the line up, they never have a settled 1st 11 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 As much as they might deserve "hate" from other fans RB Leipzig are doing a lot of things right. Their scouting (with the help of affiliated clubs) is top notch. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 1 hour ago, TRO said: I was quite impressed with them against City....they was unlucky at times......all looked powerful and comfortable with the ball.....bit slow in the build up, but it was against City. Bellinghams goal was nailed on....total injustice, that. but I don't watch the regularly enough, to know much more. They're a good side and they do click every now and then but that is usually by coincidence and not by design. Last night when the expectations were low is ideal for them. A crunch match at home against a not so strong opponent but still a very close rival for the CL spots as on Saturday against Frankfurt and they wilt. 7 pts off 4th with the second best squad (arguably joint second with Leipzig) in the league is a big failure considering the drop to the 4th best squad. Leipzig have a much more impressive system in place. For all their exciting attacking talent Hummels, their CB is 3rd top scorer for them with 4 goals. Maybe it will change when Rose comes in in the summer however he's got a big job on his hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, sne said: As much as they might deserve "hate" from other fans RB Leipzig are doing a lot of things right. Their scouting (with the help of affiliated clubs) is top notch. upamecano shows how it works, signs for Salzburg, moved to Leipzig, got his big move putting money back in to the cycle Slozboloi or whatever his name is has huge potential, so does adeyemi, okafor, daka, onguene... Problem is Salzburg are not much of a secret anymore and leipzig will do well to get 1st dibs on these guys but then they've also got their own good scouting getting players like olmo, konate, mukiele Unfortunately for them they have bayern in their league who are one of of not the best ran club in the world and quietly get away with being filthy **** rich and their owners pumping tons of money in, not sure why ze germans think that the ownership model RB have is so bad, bayerns sponsorships from their owners is worse than man citys but no one really seems to hate them or question it because Audi isn't oil money 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 7, 2021 Moderator Share Posted April 7, 2021 Dortmund have particularly close relationships with some agents. Haaland ended up there because it allows his agent to make £20m twice in a relatively short space of time, they're exceptionally generous to key agents in terms of the clauses they'll allow to be added to contracts. I guess on the positive that means they get access to some great young players, but they're a showroom, not a collector. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow1988 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 16 hours ago, villa4europe said: upamecano shows how it works, signs for Salzburg, moved to Leipzig, got his big move putting money back in to the cycle Slozboloi or whatever his name is has huge potential, so does adeyemi, okafor, daka, onguene... Problem is Salzburg are not much of a secret anymore and leipzig will do well to get 1st dibs on these guys but then they've also got their own good scouting getting players like olmo, konate, mukiele Unfortunately for them they have bayern in their league who are one of of not the best ran club in the world and quietly get away with being filthy **** rich and their owners pumping tons of money in, not sure why ze germans think that the ownership model RB have is so bad, bayerns sponsorships from their owners is worse than man citys but no one really seems to hate them or question it because Audi isn't oil money Change or innovation. They are terrified of it. Ask them why their internet is so slow comapred to the UK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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