nick76 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, MWARLEY2 said: James Maddison / Coutinho type player. Very heavy scorer . But tiny at 5ft 8 and 60kgs . 60kgs? Are footballers just getting smaller and smaller! Just a crazy weight in my mind for an adult male. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 16 hours ago, Kiwivillan said: According to salary article Kamara our top earner on £175000 a week. I guess that's how we signed on a free. This will be expectation of some of players people want to sign for big money Not bad when you consider that Digne is on £2 million for every minute played. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Iñigo Martinez who there have been some links to is apparently house shopping in Barcelona and has agreed to join them in the summer. No idea how correct it is or if we were interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Indigo said: Not bad when you consider that Digne is on £2 million for every minute played. Pound for pound, has there been a worse signing than this under the new owners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 minute ago, AvonVillain said: Pound for pound, has there been a worse signing than this under the new owners? Wesley by a country mile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 16 minutes ago, sne said: Iñigo Martinez who there have been some links to is apparently house shopping in Barcelona and has agreed to join them in the summer. No idea how correct it is or if we were interested. another player Barcelona will struggle to even register? madness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Just now, MaVilla said: another player Barcelona will struggle to even register? madness. Yeah, it's a free transfer but you'd imagine he'd still want to get paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, sne said: Yeah, it's a free transfer but you'd imagine he'd still want to get paid. honestly, not sure why anyone would go to Barca these days, they basically try to hoover up the half decent freebies, register them (after a struggle), then try to sell them off for a profit after 12+ months to help their accounts. they are basically Trotters Traders in Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, Condimentalist said: Wesley by a country mile Not sure. Difficult to argue for certain due to the unfortunate circumstances. Wesley had something about him. It seems more and more that Benitez 'fell out' with Digne because he realised he wasn't very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted March 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2023 7 minutes ago, Condimentalist said: Wesley by a country mile even though he was free, i still say baston was worse wesley at least scored goals in 2 or 3 games that all led to wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Not sure. Difficult to argue for certain due to the unfortunate circumstances. Wesley had something about him. It seems more and more that Benitez 'fell out' with Digne because he realised he wasn't very good. Wesley was not Prem standard. His stats looked OK but his all round game was really poor. I don't know how much we ended up paying, maybe not the full 24m, but a ridiculous amount given his ability/track record. Should have been a Benteke-esque 7m punt. We overpaid for Digne in both fee and wages but at least he is a decent Premier League player, if nothing special. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 22 minutes ago, sne said: Yeah, it's a free transfer but you'd imagine he'd still want to get paid. He is on a huge contract already like a lot of Bilbao big names 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 51 minutes ago, AvonVillain said: Pound for pound, has there been a worse signing than this under the new owners? I dunno, that free kick vs United was worth it alone if you ask me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted March 21, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Condimentalist said: Wesley was not Prem standard. His stats looked OK but his all round game was really poor. I don't know how much we ended up paying, maybe not the full 24m, but a ridiculous amount given his ability/track record. Should have been a Benteke-esque 7m punt. We overpaid for Digne in both fee and wages but at least he is a decent Premier League player, if nothing special. To be fair to the club there was 7 years between Benteke signing in 2012 and Wesley signing in 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 When you look at it, assuming players not in our first team squad this season aren't going to be here next season (either back out on Loan or sold). Then we say Chambers and Traore are to be move on and Young is kept as more a utility squad than specific back up for a position. The squad is efficient, no dead weight and ripe for the sprinkle of quality. RB, CB, CM, Winger, FD - We're 5 short if we want two players per position. Imagine adding 4 or maybe 5 new players to the core team. A young CB, a new RB/RCB, a Guendouzi type CM. A Goncalves Winger and a new Striker/Forward. 140m spent and with players moved on like 50m recouped. It'd be a dream summer. Really we need just 3 maybe 4 added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 36 minutes ago, CVByrne said: When you look at it, assuming players not in our first team squad this season aren't going to be here next season (either back out on Loan or sold). Then we say Chambers and Traore are to be move on and Young is kept as more a utility squad than specific back up for a position. The squad is efficient, no dead weight and ripe for the sprinkle of quality. RB, CB, CM, Winger, FD - We're 5 short if we want two players per position. Imagine adding 4 or maybe 5 new players to the core team. A young CB, a new RB/RCB, a Guendouzi type CM. A Goncalves Winger and a new Striker/Forward. 140m spent and with players moved on like 50m recouped. It'd be a dream summer. Really we need just 3 maybe 4 added. I keep on looking at it as well and agree with you. But i hope we bring Tim and Cam back into the fold at the same time I would be happy witb Ollie Cam and Jhon as the options as striker Somethimg like this Watkins Duran Goncalves Buendia McGinn Archer Guendouzi JJ Kamara Tim Luiz Coutinho Moreno Digne Mings New CB Carlos Konsa Cash Young Martinez new GK 5 in plus the 2 from Jan about 130 mill total And about 10 out about 65 mill total Sanson 7 Davis 7 Dendoncker 7 Chambers 7 Traore 7 Ings 15 Bailey 15 Hause F nakamaba F steer F Thats the perfect window but we shall see . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Indigo said: Not bad when you consider that Digne is on £2 million for every minute played. Jesus, heard earlier that Sterling is on around 350K per week at Chelsea. Football eh? Not what it used to be .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fightoffyour Posted March 21, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Condimentalist said: Wesley by a country mile Not this shit again. Wesley was assaulted and robbed of a career. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 On 22/03/2023 at 06:07, sne said: Iñigo Martinez who there have been some links to is apparently house shopping in Barcelona and has agreed to join them in the summer. No idea how correct it is or if we were interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted March 22, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted March 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Kiwivillan said: Drat you got there before me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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