Rumoured Luke Shaw

[zolayes 14,489]

so Shaw more expensive than those .. still he is English ...

[The Chels 2,502]

Let me guess, UEFA gets overruled over FFP when City eventually take them to court; and we end up regretfully watching players, who without FFP would have been in our team, star for our rivals for years. Hmm!

[LAM09 6,815]

Real Madrid only paid 5 mil for Carlos back in 97. At the time it was probably a lot of money but these days it's nothing.

Think Coentrao might be the most expensive at €30m.

Barca bought Alves for over €35m.

[Jype 6,398]

Barca bought Alves for over €35m.

Sure but @zolayes asked who's the most expensive left-back, Alves is a RB.

[LAM09 6,815]

Sure but @zolayes asked who's the most expensive left-back, Alves is a RB.

My mistake. I thought he was talking about FB.

[zolayes 14,489]

My mistake. I thought he was talking about FB.

no problem the figure is still relevant

[Jype 6,398]

My mistake. I thought he was talking about FB.

Yeah, right-backs are still very much comparable to their left side counterparts in terms of pricing so it's better to include them as well. If we take lads like Dani Alves and Fabio Coentrao, we see players who were already world class and very much in their prime at the time of the transfer and then we have Luke Shaw, a kid who only has the potential to be world class one day but there's absolutely no guarantees he will come good. World's gone mad when a club pays nearly a world record amount for an 18-year-old child.

[LAM09 6,815]

Yeah, right-backs are still very much comparable to their left side counterparts in terms of pricing so it's better to include them as well. If we take lads like Dani Alves and Fabio Coentrao, we see players who were already world class and very much in their prime at the time of the transfer and then we have Luke Shaw, a kid who only has the potential to be world class one day but there's absolutely no guarantees he will come good. World's gone mad when a club pays nearly a world record amount for an 18-year-old child.

His nationally is what is driving his price up. Ridculous really!

[The only place to be 11,313]

A kid from Kingston rushing to put on the shite shirt of United....how delightfully 90s.

[nyikolajevics 2,601]

This has been a tough day for him.. According to his twitter, he doesn't know if he will stay at Chelsea or not, and now he's officially retired from the national team.

[zolayes 14,489]

Yeah, right-backs are still very much comparable to their left side counterparts in terms of pricing so it's better to include them as well. If we take lads like Dani Alves and Fabio Coentrao, we see players who were already world class and very much in their prime at the time of the transfer and then we have Luke Shaw, a kid who only has the potential to be world class one day but there's absolutely no guarantees he will come good. World's gone mad when a club pays nearly a world record amount for an 18-year-old child.

Thanks but I had seen so many posts saying grab him for 30million...

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Dont think we will match that tbh. I'd expect [depending on outcome of bid] Shaw to now be a Utd player

[Pizy 18,460]

I never want to hear "bought the league" from a United supporter again.

They're now right their with the "money" clubs when it comes to transfer fees.

£27m for Fellaini, £37m for Mata, and now £27m for Shaw. And if they're willing to spend this much on a LB I can only imagine how much they'll throw at the actual world class players they're after.

[iseah100 5,612]

I never want to hear "bought the league" from a United supporter again.

They're now right their with the "money" clubs when it comes to transfer fees.

£27m for Fellaini, £37m for Mata, and now £27m for Shaw. And if they're willing to spend this much on a LB I can only imagine how much they'll throw at the actual world class players they're after.

£55m for Reus, £45m for Kroos, £70m for Cavani.

[Pizy 18,460]

£55m for Reus, £45m for Kroos, £70m for Cavani.

Wouldn't surprise me.

This is why FFP is an absolute joke. Just because United are the biggest global brand they can go out and spend £200m in one window and it's perfectly legal but if ourselves or City do it's illegal and we'd be heavily sanctioned. Bullshit.

[The Skipper 20,593]

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

Thinking of it logically, yes it would be a surprise to not see Mourinho match the bid. But, the fee is fucking steep.

[Waterfall 893]

FFP doesn't even matter to them because 1) they make a lot of money 2) they aren't going to play in Europe anyway