Not sure about 4+ years, I'd be surprised if he kicks off 2027/8 season still regarded as elite. He'll lose some pace by the time he hits 36, you could maybe draw comparisons to Messi but Messi had a higher skill ceiling and arguably less reliant on pace.
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not even for 250m?
FTFY.
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Has a club milked a LOAN signing as much as Getafe are doing right now? I assume they’re doing it on purpose for PR, regardless of it being bad.
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It is very bizarre yes.
I feel like we have enough midfielders now, if we're in for anyone in January, I'd prefer it to be CB/FB's
Thiago is in the last year of his contract isnt he, get Andre in and thats the midfield locked down for the next 5 years plus.
Saw some chatter about luca netz earlier. Very promising LB.
Presumably because United have basically spent a decade doing that, whereas it's a relatively rare recent misstep for Arsenal
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Have we? Pogba is the only comparison really and we didn't sell him, his contract expired. Even if we had spent a decade doing that surely the Arsenal one would be more newsworthy then as it is different to the norm?
Not quite to the same extent on a single player, but off the top of my head you've recouped very little for Pogba, Fred, Bailly, Sanchez, Jones and are likely to take a bit of a bath on Maguire and Martial at a minimum. And how you did ok out of Lukaku I'll never know!
And "team makes rare bad transfer decision" is not as newsworthy as "team keeps buying expensive players and ruining them"
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Well Sanchez and Bailly were both far cheaper (and Bailly injuries have pretty much ended his career, same with Jones) Bailly and Jones were both at the club a very long time too. Fred likewise, he's been here a a long time and has gone for cheaper now he's in his 30's, that is pretty normal. Martial has been here 9 years, of course we're not going to get our 'money back' but it's not like we got nothing out of him.
Getting Pepe for 4x£18m was literally (I looked it up just now) described as "stonking business" by one Arsenal fan on this forum.
If you add on his wages over 4 years that's potentially over £100m he cost depending on how much of his wages were covered on loan. Must be at least £95m anyway.
I actually agree to some extent that it's a bit surprising more hasn't been made of the waste of money he was compared to e.g. Maguire signed at the same time for a fee only slightly higher.
If you add on his wages over 4 years that's potentially over £100m he cost depending on how much of his wages were covered on loan. Must be at least £95m anyway.
I actually agree to some extent that it's a bit surprising more hasn't been made of the waste of money he was compared to e.g. Maguire signed at the same time for a fee only slightly higher.
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.Every club has a duff signing but its funny to laugh at some clubs more then others plus forwards just get more attention and are plagued by the whole G/A stats.
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I think Pepe got a rough deal at Arsenal.
His stats compare favourably to Anthony and Sancho combined lol
His stats compare favourably to Anthony and Sancho combined lol
Low bar though innit. I mean getting kicked in the shins is preferable to getting kicked in the nuts but that doesn't mean you like it.
He gets a rough deal because of the pricetag, my post in 2019 says he's a player that should've cost in the £15-30m range and he's performed adequately for that price, but not £72m.
He gets a rough deal because of the pricetag, my post in 2019 says he's a player that should've cost in the £15-30m range and he's performed adequately for that price, but not £72m.
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Sancho and Antony are going to be heroes for players when comparing stats, £150m+ and absolutely rubbish.
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How come Turkeys window is still open? Is it like the Whoops aisle in Asda?