General Premier League Thread 2022-23 - mod note in OP 12/03/23

The NFL/MLB/NBA is different in that those spprts are all almost exclusively American based to begin with.

Sure Real Madrid/Barca/Fenerbahce/Olympiakos all have basketball teams but the standard is that low in comparison that they don't actually compete with any NBA team.

The money is only shared out evenly to stop one team doing a Bayern and absolutely dominating, and the salary cap means Musk/Bezos cant come in and load up a team with 500m wages.

Also the reason why the drafts always start with the worst team picking first. Teams that are relatively weak can decide fùck it accelerate the decline to get a superstar in the draft and start rebuilding.

Its also basically the same model in place in Australia for Aussie Rules. Its a sytem that needs a closed shop to work at all.

Next summer Jude will only have 2 years left on his current deal so i don't see him going for more than 100million ,

Considering he will also only go 20 next summer , he could hang on another year & Dortmund would get half that,

There is also the fact he is English so that helps make the case of him wanting to play in the Prem ,

City or Liverpool would be my bet at his next destination ,

I reckon Madrid go big on a forward next summer a CB not a CM ,

Chelsea flexing.

Bellingham will have his pick of clubs this summer - he won't be picking Liverpool.

Can't see him going to Utd either. Think it will basically be a shootout between Real and City. City will obviously be able to offer the money so it depends if he wants to stop off for a payday before going to Real later like Haaland or just go straight to Real.

If he had the same agent as Haaland the answer would be obvious.

Unbelievable talent - whoever gets him is getting some player

It still seems very scattergun approach.

Chelsea continuing to throw money at another forward from the Bundesliga, in the hope that this one finally clicks, rather than working with the ones they already have. Why not persist with Havertz, who cost £75m, and largely plays the same positions as Nkunku in the withdrawn forward type role. They signed both Werner & Havertz with no clear plan for either in place and both transfers then failed.

What's the plan here? With Havertz, Auba, Sterling & Broja already in attack, with Pulisic & Ziyech probably going to leave now. Is Mount finally going to become a midfielder instead instead of playing in the front 3?

Oh dear……talk about missing the point entirely. Anyway….

Liverpool can’t compete in the transfer market with City so if they want Bellingham they’ll be ahead of Liverpool. I thought it was fairly obvious

Where does Valverde go then?

4 midfielders for 3 spots and each of the existing 3 Real Madrid players will have 'waited their turn' for Casemiro, Kroos & Modric to leave so that they could become guaranteed starters every week.