villanmac Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 Tottenham sign Joe Roden for 11million, he plays 15 games for them in 2 years and it's clearly decided he is a bust, gets loaned to Rennes with an £18 million option to buy. The premium that comes with playing for the top 6 is insane. I swear if El Ghazi played for Spurs they'd get 12 million for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 2 hours ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Cucurella handed in a transfer request to force the move to City. Been there a year and City wont pay what Brighton are asking. Is there any point in the title race anymore? City will win it again this season. Something needs to be done, it’s become stale and boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, villanmac said: Tottenham sign Joe Roden for 11million, he plays 15 games for them in 2 years and it's clearly decided he is a bust, gets loaned to Rennes with an £18 million option to buy. The premium that comes with playing for the top 6 is insane. I swear if El Ghazi played for Spurs they'd get 12 million for him. I think they’d get even more, £20M easy. As you say, it’s crazy the premium that gets added just for being at one of those clubs. He’s totally surplus to requirements there, too slow for the PL and yet they can get that kind of money for him, whilst we struggle to offload decent players like Traore, El Ghazi, Sanson (perhaps). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 Think it's a pretty good chance that Rennes will not pay that £18m fee option to sign him next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 47 minutes ago, Tommo_b said: Is there any point in the title race anymore? City will win it again this season. Something needs to be done, it’s become stale and boring. Sky won't think so They'll start the season saying its a 7 horse title race - chucking Newcastle in the mix but at least they've finally stopped putting Everton in there By the WC it'll be a 2 horse race but they'll still claim Chelsea and Spurs are in the mix By the end it'll be the greatest 2 horse race in the history of football And even after that they'll have the fall back position of it still being better than most of the other European leagues 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 3 hours ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Cucurella handed in a transfer request to force the move to City. Been there a year and City wont pay what Brighton are asking. I'm just pleased to see that "Thinks his asking price is too unrealistic" unhappiness trait in CM/FM finally be an actual thing 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, bobzy said: I'm just pleased to see that "Thinks his asking price is too unrealistic" unhappiness trait in CM/FM finally be an actual thing Championship manager 97/98 season, what a game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuwabatake Sanjuro Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Zatman said: from Barcelona academy and most of the City hierarchy are Catalan Fabrizio Romano has been stirring the pot there too also. He is very helpful to agents and Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 20 minutes ago, Kuwabatake Sanjuro said: Fabrizio Romano has been stirring the pot there too also. He is very helpful to agents and Man City. Pretty sure it's how he gets his exclusives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted July 29, 2022 Visiting Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2022 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: And even after that they'll have the fall back position of it still being better than most of the other European leagues The worst part of it all. We can complain about gaps between the top teams all we like but aside from Italy I can't think of a genuinely competitive league. The drop off in the likes of Spain and Germany is absolutely enormous 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 9 hours ago, The_Steve said: Cucurella deffo got tapped up TBF if you were Spanish and Guardiola came in for you after playing your career for mid table clubs you'd have to be very settled to turn the move down considering it will probably be triple wages aswell. Didn't he come through at Barca aswell before he went to Getafe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Rino8 said: The worst part of it all. We can complain about gaps between the top teams all we like but aside from Italy I can't think of a genuinely competitive league. The drop off in the likes of Spain and Germany is absolutely enormous Depends what metric. In Germany you had Freiburg just missing out on top 4 but they're in europa, can't remember if Union Berlin made it aswell in the end. Premier league is just very stale top 6/7 now although you can still get a Leicester or West Ham threatening to finish 4th before they inevitably run out of steam by start of April. I do think in 12 months time Spurs will drop a bit as Kane and Conte could easily leave in the same summer. It was happening last season before Kane just couldn't leave and then Conte decided he fancied managing them in November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Depends what metric. In Germany you had Freiburg just missing out on top 4 but they're in europa, can't remember if Union Berlin made it aswell in the end. Premier league is just very stale top 6/7 now although you can still get a Leicester or West Ham threatening to finish 4th before they inevitably run out of steam by start of April. I do think in 12 months time Spurs will drop a bit as Kane and Conte could easily leave in the same summer. It was happening last season before Kane just couldn't leave and then Conte decided he fancied managing them in November. Union finished over Freiburg in the end and Koln also made it into Europe, season before Frankfurt and Wolfsburg made it in and then before that Hoffenheim and Monchengladbach Last 3 seasons has had 11 different teams qualify for Europe in a league with just 18 teams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 36 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Depends what metric. In Germany you had Freiburg just missing out on top 4 but they're in europa, can't remember if Union Berlin made it aswell in the end. Premier league is just very stale top 6/7 now although you can still get a Leicester or West Ham threatening to finish 4th before they inevitably run out of steam by start of April. I do think in 12 months time Spurs will drop a bit as Kane and Conte could easily leave in the same summer. It was happening last season before Kane just couldn't leave and then Conte decided he fancied managing them in November. It’s no different to most other top leagues in Europe. Haven’t Bayern won the league 10 times or more in a row or something? Spain it’s always Barca or Madrid, occasionally Atletico recently. Holland is always PSV, Ajax, used to include Feyenoord but they’ve dropped off a cliff. France is now PSG every season and for the foreseeable future. It’s football in general, not just the PL that’s suffering from a lack of competitiveness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 7 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: It’s no different to most other top leagues in Europe. Haven’t Bayern won the league 10 times or more in a row or something? Spain it’s always Barca or Madrid, occasionally Atletico recently. Holland is always PSV, Ajax, used to include Feyenoord but they’ve dropped off a cliff. France is now PSG every season and for the foreseeable future. It’s football in general, not just the PL that’s suffering from a lack of competitiveness. Its like the rules to cap spending has benefitted the richest clubs the most The disparity is getting worse too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 7 hours ago, bannedfromHandV said: It’s no different to most other top leagues in Europe. Haven’t Bayern won the league 10 times or more in a row or something? Spain it’s always Barca or Madrid, occasionally Atletico recently. Holland is always PSV, Ajax, used to include Feyenoord but they’ve dropped off a cliff. France is now PSG every season and for the foreseeable future. It’s football in general, not just the PL that’s suffering from a lack of competitiveness. Won’t change without a salary cap system or tighter rules about how much you can spend (not linked to revenue - LOL). America gets a lot of things wrong, but the way their sports are run over there, whilst not perfect, is admirable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted July 30, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) Newcastle had a £40m bid for Maddison turned down Edited July 30, 2022 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Newcastle had a £40m bid for Maddison turned down Daft bid. May as well bid £20m for Justin as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 hours ago, PieFacE said: Newcastle had a £40m bid for Maddison turned down Just scattergunning now. Clearly they've been rejected alot over the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, KAZZAM said: Just scattergunning now. Clearly they've been rejected alot over the summer. Gets them headlines and the Geordies excited. It shows how ambition doesn’t actually translate into substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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