Summer transfer thread 2022

Unless there is no resolution in his case yet and Spurs are using that as a bargaining chip in order to lower the fee?

If Spurs are using a possible sex offense conviction as a bargaining chip thats lower than a snakes belly. 25M is cheap for a lad of his talent though

Man Utd have made an offer to Eriksen according to the Athletic

Yep. Peanuts

Initial £64m. A lot of money for a player with only one top division season under his belt, albeit not a top 5 league. But Benfica do have history with selling players for large fees. The £64m is not £100m though, and there's be a lot of 100m talk bandied about.

£64m (€75m) seems pretty in line for strikers moving in the last 12-18 months with comparable experience levels, with Vlahovic moving for £73m in January and Osinhem moving for £67.5m the summer previous. Lukaku moved for £100m last July and has not exactly torn up trees. Kane was linked with a £100m+ transfer. Large fees does not equate to success and there will be some pressure on him, but I think Klopp will manage this.

If that fee does eventually rise to the full £85m, which is a very large fee, it's dependant on player & team success including Liverpool winning the Champions League. If Nunez scores the goals to win the CL, and trigger those bonuses, I'm not sure many within Liverpool will be upset. Nunez has to be a success in order to reach the top payable fee.

The 100 million was a euro amount was it not? Which seems to be pretty accurate from the sterling amounts given and the reported targets to hit the clauses.

Benfica will release the financials anyway so won't have to wait too long to confirm either way.

And just like Man City, you have a knack for fudging numbers.

Transfer fee of £12m, potentially rising to £15m if certain add-ons are met.

Never compliment Man City on a good deal or you're a sportswashed fanatic.

If what you're saying was true btw Harry Kane would've been our striker last season, we'd have Jorginho in midfield, Alexei Sanchez and Kaka probably would've played for us too at some stage.

I mean I don't know how often clubs sell on a player they've paid next to nothing for who hasn't made an appearance for the senior team and get 8 figures for him.

Saw a fun tweet too, sold Bazunu and Ferran Torres. Signed Alvarez and Haaland. Net spend 6 million. Maybe we aren't so bad at this net spend stuff after all.

Good job Liverpool I guess? For every great sale Man City make, there's always a better Liverpool one lurking around the corner.

Or they could rise through the ranks organically with smart recruitment and selling on players for large fees, reinvesting that back into the playing squad again. Brighton & Brentford for example. Their success has been gained.

Buying your way up the table and leagues is a different story. The whole of Germany hates RB Leipzig for this reason, and have a disdain for Hoffenheim too. Their success has been bought.

Oh yes. "Rise through the ranks organically" because there's been so much of that post Champions League era. So what clubs have risen through the ranks organically to compete with your Real Madrid's, Barcelona's, Bayern Munich's, Man Utd's of the world? Where are these organic risers that are able to compete with the established elite, whose position at the top of the game was artificially cemented by the creation of the Champions League in the first place.

Brentford & Brighton could start to challenge for the European spots if they can continue on a similar trajectory.

Leicester have done it via mostly smart recruitment. Burnley challenged for top 6 a few years ago and finished 7th. West Ham have broken in to the top 6 in recent years.

Buying success is not the same thing where a sportswashing owner comes in and spunks £100m's every year on new shiny toys just to race to the top. There's nothing smart or clever about that. 'Let's just buy the fastest car with the best driver and we will win the race. No innovative engineering or existing driver development needed'.