King Kante

Where I stand on transfers is this. If we can get a Håland or any other high celing/elite player then we should do. If our only options are players like Lukaku/Troare/Ings then don't buy anyone and use the youth or some of the loan players.

If PSG wanted him/he wanted to go there they could just do it this season. Their owners wealth makes Roman look like a peasant.

Not sure Real will be able to do it still. Even next season he is going to be super expensive as there is still a €80m fee. For me, they're much more likely to go for Mbappe.

This is a slightly illogical argument. As what does that mean for all the players not to have made a final/as many finals? Isn't better to make the final and lose, rather than go out earlier?

Lacroix?

Dave is fine at 32. He has never been a player that used he speed to defend. There are plenty of CB's who where still playing at peak levels between 32-35. Silva will need to be managed but he is a Rolls Royce of a player so that is fine. AC and Rudi do need sorting; I am confident on AC re-signing however Rudi is a bit more questionable as he will be looking for absolute top dollar owing to his age. Zouma is also here at the moment, and whilst I am not a big fan of his, he is fine as a CB4/5. Additionally, we also have Sarr and Ampadu who can playing the depth level CB5/6 role if the club want them too and that is before we get to James who is looking more and more likely to end up a RCB in a 3 than a RWB. That leaves us with: Silva, AC, Dave, Rudi, Zouma + James and one of Sarr/Ampadu if desired. Imo, CB is a area that will need to be looked at next season but for this coming one we need to prioritise sort a CF before all else. After that it will then require looking at: 1) RWB1/2 (maybe Liva or Zappa can do that job if James is kept primarily as a RWB) 2) GK2 3) CM (I still have massive issues with our lack of goals from this position.)

Yeah, what ever happens we should under no circumstances buy 'squad players'. If we end up short just use youth or some of the loan rangers. Feck buying new Drinky's or Baka's. Have enough of those as it is.

Barca are such a joke. Greizmann should go full Borgarde on them if they try and shift him like he is a Pjanic/Arthur.

Oh, for sure, Dortmund are a nightmare to deal with. However, fundamentally they're a well run club financially so I am sure there is a cut off point. My guess is that the €175m/£150m sounds like it is in the right ball park, imho. I have always said, even when the links got strong four or so weeks ago, this is a 40-50% chance at best as Dortmund won't do it unless it is completely in their favour as they have proven with Lewa etc before. That 40%-50% also decreased weekly now the Euro's are over as the more time passes the more difficult it becomes to get players in and settled for the new season. Haha, fair enough!

Of course, it is their perogative, they can do what they want. I have outlined elsewhere that their value on him is probably based on a number of intangibles and know we have a weak hand. Personally, from having seen enough transfers there has to be a limit where the deal becomes too good to refuse. £150m seems like that sort of region; although i could be wrong. I mean, they may just not want to sell whatever, at which point you can say, what if we offer £200m and they ask for £1bn? As for Lukaku, if your happy to see us with a CF whose first touch is as bad as his, then I am not sure what to say 😅

Cannot blame him. It is all good being 20 and rated by the club, but if you keep going out on loan, you can end up being seen as just a Loan Ranger.

It is probably just economics. For Dortmund they have a value on what Håland is worth to them if he stays. There will be more than just his buyout fee next year minus whatever we offer. They will also take into consideration: Cost of replacement Cost of replacements wages compared to Hålands now. Eyeballs Håland brings to them Endorsement money Håland beings in directly Money at risk if he goes and they fail to qualify for the CL because of it I cannot say what it is worth and I doubt you can really pin it down into cold hard numbers as there are so many variables, however it is probably significant cost/risk for them. Additionally, Dortmund know we are desperate for a CF so they can milk us, like almost any seller would do to a buyer.

I don't want Lukaku so any news on him being 'untouchable' is good news to me.

Dortmund are capped by want they can demand. I think they're serious about £150m but I cannot see them starting to ask for £200m because of the buy out next season. If we offer £150m then that is the best offer they'll ever get as it is only 10.5 months before the clause kicks in.

Good news.

Varane is a funny one. Form has gone off a cliff in the past 18 months for no real reason.

Please don't post 2017 or Kepa's 2018 price as that was even more painful. At least these weren't absolutely insane prices.

Tbf, we could've got a pretty good profit on him after his first six months at Newcastle but the club quoted them £25m-£30m or something crazy.

Indeed! I will delete.

Dave and AC I think will re-sign. Zouma I see being sold this Summer. James isn't an issue with a 2025 expiry and Silva is 38 next season so not exactly crazy to have him on year to year. Rudi is the one to worry about imo.

Not Fjortoft. He is a grade 3 BS'er who posts anything to get clicks. He is just above grade 4 only as he does seem to know the Håland's.

Edited.

When I mentioned Newcastle it was partly with the idea their potentential Saudi owners take over. If that happens I can see them doing a spree like we and City did in the first few years of Roman/Dubai. Tbf, I didn't make that clear.

Sometimes it is better to let players go through the tribunal to decide the fee. That is what we did with Solanke and got more than the Dippers initially wanted.

I think Liva and Bate will be here, although may get the Solanke treatment when he decided not to extend. For me the club are right to look to sell RLC. Tammy is a bit of a funny one as I would keep him but he needs to accept a CF2 role while if someone comes in with £35m+ you've got to ask whether it os better to cash in as Havertz and Werner can also play CF2.