Zatman Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 17 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: I see people continual mention he looks like an expensive luxury player. Is £17 million really that expensive? Seems very mild in the grand scheme of modern day footie transfers. His wages and giving a 4 year deal to a 30 year old 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Steve Posted October 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said: I see people continual mention he looks like an expensive luxury player. Is £17 million really that expensive? Seems very mild in the grand scheme of modern day footie transfers. And the fact that he took a massive pay cut. His wages aren’t even that high given the current model of football. People just want to hold it against it because he’s a Gerrard signing. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted October 14, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2022 5 hours ago, The_Steve said: And the fact that he took a massive pay cut. His wages aren’t even that high given the current model of football. People just want to hold it against it because he’s a Gerrard signing. 4 year contract on 200k a week.........£42m + £17m = £60m with no sell on value and let's face facts , he has maybe another 2 seasona left at this level, if he improves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvilla28 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) It's very underwhelming, not covering it up his signing. Edited October 14, 2022 by ozvilla28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 It's a lot of money given his legs have gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 To be honest, I wasn’t that interested on him coming (I’m not usually with getting experienced players anyway, I like the other approach). Although usually with defenders and goalkeepers it works much better. I was worried getting Coutinho and Digne especially the latter as he wasn’t a loan. After some spells from Coutinho I’ve been ok with getting him as he shown glimpses here and there. Also I was a bit worried that someone else takes him and we regret not getting him. But I really think we should go back to our way of things. Carlos for example is ok as a defender you’d expect more from him. Kamara we got him in the right time. So I’m still hopeful that we’re sticking with our way. But we thought some SG signings might leapfrog. We got it wrong. Now we’re stuck with Phil, how shall we utilize him? For me as he’s here he can be an impact sub. We need Buendia because of his Physical presence, Bailey for pace. To be honest, two wasted years is too much, but we’ve seen much worse under Lerner and Xia. Hopefully we can get it right again soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 10 hours ago, Aston_Villan4 said: I see people continual mention he looks like an expensive luxury player. Is £17 million really that expensive? Seems very mild in the grand scheme of modern day footie transfers. £140k/week is a club record for us I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 55 minutes ago, Keyblade said: £140k/week is a club record for us I'd imagine. pretty sure it’s around £125k/week. But if people think Coutinho is expensive, they won’t want to look at what Digne is making per week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Saudi or similar Arab league beckons for him, sadly… It was a transfer worth the risk, just hasn’t worked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 If the Las Vegas Villans takes off I can see him moving there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 9 hours ago, Aston_Villan4 said: pretty sure it’s around £125k/week. But if people think Coutinho is expensive, they won’t want to look at what Digne is making per week. Please tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Strangely enough, Coutinho might resurrect his career if his `mate' was not in charge. Under someone like Pochettino, it's a possibility. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 I think signing Coutinho was a good move. A high profile name, good value in today's market, and a fairly successful loan spell. What has happened since is so confusing. He looks worse than Carlos Gil. My theory is that he needs to start off the left similar to Grealish, rather than a central No 10, and needs support from having good ball players around him. At the moment, he his trying one-twos about with McGinn, Bailey, and Watkins. That is never going to create him any space to work as they move the ball too slowly, or do not have the skill. Ramsey and Buendia are better fits for him, as is Luiz higher up, and probably Sanson too. I don't understand why we haven't tried to get more out of him instead of just trying the same things over and over....but that could be said for a lot of Gerrard's decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 58 minutes ago, May-Z said: I think signing Coutinho was a good move. A high profile name, good value in today's market, and a fairly successful loan spell. What has happened since is so confusing. He looks worse than Carlos Gil. My theory is that he needs to start off the left similar to Grealish, rather than a central No 10, and needs support from having good ball players around him. At the moment, he his trying one-twos about with McGinn, Bailey, and Watkins. That is never going to create him any space to work as they move the ball too slowly, or do not have the skill. Ramsey and Buendia are better fits for him, as is Luiz higher up, and probably Sanson too. I don't understand why we haven't tried to get more out of him instead of just trying the same things over and over....but that could be said for a lot of Gerrard's decisions. His first few games he seemed to work very well with Ramsey. Like everything else that has gone under Gerrard. He is just not getting the best out of his players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 16 hours ago, tinker said: 4 year contract on 200k a week.........£42m + £17m = £60m with no sell on value and let's face facts , he has maybe another 2 seasona left at this level, if he improves. Wasn’t it very publicly £125k per week? (Still a ton of money mind) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, AntrimBlack said: Please tell. Digne is making about $165k per week. And his contract is 4.5 years. Edited October 15, 2022 by Aston_Villan4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 16 hours ago, tinker said: 4 year contract on 200k a week.........£42m + £17m = £60m with no sell on value and let's face facts , he has maybe another 2 seasona left at this level, if he improves. 125k per week would be £26m + £17m fee = £43m. Not cheap but not as bad as £60m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Aston_Villan4 said: Digne is making about $165k per week. And his contract is 4.5 years. That's crazy. But I guess that's what happens when you have a cheque book manager who is incapable of coaching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdomlahor Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 nevermind. think of the shirt sales though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 We are going to be stuck with Coutinho as there is just no way we will be able to move him on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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