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didn't expect us to sign Gakpo and I was fully prepared to laugh at Man U overspending on this year's James Rodriguez, but now that it's happening I'm convinced Gakpo is the new Johan Cruyff (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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TheRat posted:Honestly he's probably a good signing but he plays in a position where he'd compete with rashford/sancho/garnacho/elanga(heh) and what Man Utd really needs is a striker, which he is not. Funny, then, that he also plays in a position where he'll compete with Liverpool's extensive list of wide forwards when what we really need is a midfielder. The perennial Bellingham rumours continue, though, which would be a great signing if they can pull it off.
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mila kunis posted:not sure why this signing was necessary given the dire need for at least one improvement on central midfield Klopp constantly talking up Bellingham makes me hopeful that it's a signing in addition to strengthening the midfield, but all the stuff I've read says Dortmund don't want to sell him in January so maybe they'll do that thing where they don't sign anybody because they have a specific target in mind who isn't available immediately.
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TheRat posted:https://twitter.com/alarabiya_brk/status/1608877532866035714 he looks thrilled about it, too https://twitter.com/khubrani2030/status/1608880301270523904
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Now that's a proper World Cup fee
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He's only been at Benfica for six months and they signed him for like 10m
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Vegetable posted:Apparently the 7.5 years lets them amortize the fee over the long period and look less bad for FFP. iirc the reason 5 years is the standard max contract length is because the Bosman rule means players can walk away after five years no matter what their contract says. I'm not sure whether that means the club can also cancel the contract after 5 years or not, but from a player's point of view a 7.5-year contract is basically a 5-year contract with a couple of optional extensions at the end.
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Dangerous I know to pose a real question in a comedy forum, but does Brexit have any impact on Bosman rule in the UK? Quick google/wiki article leads me to believe this was an EU court ruling? I've wondered the same thing in the past but so far I don't think anybody has tried to test it. I think somebody trying the poo poo they pulled on Bosman himself (not letting him join another club even though his contract had expired) wouldn't get past British courts even now that they're no longer subject to the EU court ruling, but what that means for the other elements of the ruling like the 5-year limit, who can say. Maybe Chelsea are doing exactly that with their new longer-than-five-year contracts.
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Shrapnig posted:Well, yeah, it's The Athletic. 10,000 words summarizing stuff you already know from reading TRP shitposts is the Athletic's whole thing
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Call me crazy but I don't think this is the career of a 100m player
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Insurrectionist posted:https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/mudryk-completes-transfer-to-chelsea Maybe with the new American owners they've started structuring contracts in American ways with increasing wages over time.
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Apparently Man U have signed Wout Weghorst on loan
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In case anyone else was wondering, yes that is Albin Ekdal's younger brother lol nice edit
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wild that it turns out Chelsea are even more profligate without Abramovich
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I don't think FSG have ever liked doing signings in January, I've always got the impression that the club thinks players are always overvalued in midseason and so they'll only sign somebody then if they think it's a price they would have got in the summer anyway, like with Gakpo.
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L.H.O.O.Q. posted:Is Jorginho totally washed? He was great like one or two seasons ago…..or was it three or four…. he was really good at the 2020/1 Euros, so like 18 months ago I guess they're hoping that he's looking bad right now because of Chelsea's crisis but that a change of scenery will make him good enough to cover for Partey for six months
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all I want for Christmas is for every one of these insanely long Chelsea contracts to pull a Winston Bogarde
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I think transfer deadline day also just has a lot of time compression in it. Deals that would take weeks to iron out earlier in the window get done in hours because there's a time limit, so even if a club tries to get a deal done early it might take the pressure of the deadline to actually get it pushed over the line. Ditto for last-minute second choices like spending the whole window negotiating with Brighton only to find out that even with the deadline pressure they aren't going to budge on the price and you have to sign Jorginho instead.
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as of yesterday, Chelsea's net spend this season was supposedly minus 389 million pounds, and I assume that's not counting the Enzo Fernandez fee which means they're likely to break the half billion pound transfer spending mark in a single season e: actually I guess Arsenal paying them a nominal fee for Jorginho might push them ever so slightly under half a billion
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lol this has been quite a deadline day
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looking at how much money they've lost on some of the players they sold this season is also eye-opening. Rudiger signed for €35m and left on a free. Batshuayi signed for €39m and left for 3.5. Jorginho signed for €57m and left for 12. Timo Werner signed for €53m and left for 20.
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TheRat posted:There's a giant Lukaku-shaped hole in your list he's only on loan so he doesn't count yet
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blue footed boobie posted:I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in whatever executive meeting Chelsea had where they approved spending three quarters of a billion pounds on “idk whoever” and “maybe players other teams are trying to buy.” one fifth of a billion pounds pounds on a guy who's never played outside the Ukrainian league and a guy who had some good games at the World Cup
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FullLeatherJacket posted:to be fair, they got 100+ games out of Rudiger and Jorginho and moved them on when they were old Rudiger is 29 and currently starting for Real Madrid
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T Bowl posted:Meanwhile Thiago Silva is pushing 40 and getting a new contract? Hmm He's their best signing and he was free
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