Erling Haaland

[Vesper 30,083]

17 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

He's going to Real, end of.🤐

Lets jump forward 2 seasons (to 2023/24)

the only under 30yo (Cuntois will be over 30 but still easily a top GKer) players Real Madrid will have are (from their current roster, if they keep them)

Éder Militão   shite
Ferland Mendy   decent, but hardly WC atm
Álvaro Odriozola    shite and likely gone
Federico Valverde    WC, their best player in terms of who is now on the roster when looking ahead two years
Vinícius Júnior  has really regressed, only 3 goals all comps this season, although he is still very young (20yo)
Rodrygo    has really regressed, only 1 goal all comps this season, although he is still very young (20yo)
Marco Asensio is a shadow of what people thought he would be

and some out on loan (IF they do not sell them by then)

Martin Ødegaard coin toss if he is still there
Dani Ceballos meh and likely sold
Takefusa Kubo
Reinier
Luka Jović bust so far
Brahim Díaz meh so far
Borja Mayoral  meh

zero chance, even with Håland and then the older (some really old by then) players that is a CL winning side

they would have also add a shit tonne of other class players

they are a hot mess atm

[King Kante 1,643]

19 hours ago, bigbluewillie said:

He's going to Real, end of.🤐

Real got another bail out for the Spanish Government or something? Real and Barca are absolutely buggered with their finances at the moment and can hardly pay the liabilities they currently have. Unless something drastic happens neither have the finances to pull it off. Further, Håland is Northern European with a father that only played in Northern Europe. It is unlikely he has that Latin pull that Barca and Real use to secure players from Latin America and the Med. 

At the time of writing only five clubs have the finances to pull him off and they are; Bayern, PSG, City, Utd and Chelsea. PSG can be ruled out as Håland is uber competitive, so unless they go absolutely mental on wages he isn't going there. Bayern probably can be ruled out too as they don't usually pay top dollar. That leaves City, Utd and Chelsea. 

Personally, I see him going to City, they need a striker, his Dad played there, their finances dwarf both us and Utd and they are currently top dogs. Utd are probably second choice as they have a more stable environment and also have very exciting young players. We do have a chance but I think it is unlikely as we are just so unstable, whilst Werner, Harvetz and Ziyech struggling so much is also not a great look. 

Edited February 20, 2021 by King Kante

[Tomo 21,751]

36 minutes ago, King Kante said:

Real got another bail out for the Spanish Government or something? Real and Barca are absolutely buggered with their finances at the moment and can hardly pay the liabilities they currently have. Unless something drastic happens neither have the finances to pull it off. Further, Håland is Northern European with a father that only played in Northern Europe. It is unlikely he has that Latin pull that Barca and Real use to secure players from Latin America and the Med. 

At the time of writing only five clubs have the finances to pull him off and they are; Bayern, PSG, City, Utd and Chelsea. PSG can be ruled out as Håland is uber competitive, so unless they go absolutely mental on wages he isn't going there. Bayern probably can be ruled out too as they don't usually pay top dollar. That leaves City, Utd and Chelsea. 

Personally, I see him going to City, they need a striker, his Dad played there, their finances dwarf both us and Utd and they are currently top dogs. Utd are probably second choice as they have a more stable environment and also have very exciting young players. We do have a chance but I think it is unlikely as we are just so unstable, whilst Werner, Harvetz and Ziyech struggling so much is also not a great look. 

Out of interest why would you say United are more stable than us? They've been a spectacularly poor run basketcase of a club since Fergie has left. We offer quite good stabilty for players the old guard, Hazard, Azpi, Cahill, Kante, Willian etc.

[King Kante 1,643]

9 hours ago, Tomo said:

Out of interest why would you say United are more stable than us? They've been a spectacularly poor run basketcase of a club since Fergie has left. We offer quite good stabilty for players the old guard, Hazard, Azpi, Cahill, Kante, Willian etc.

I think if you look at Utd, they give their managers more time than us. With us, if you have a bad 4-6 weeks Roman starts getting twitchy with his trigger finger. Further, Utd are not too dissimilar to us with their squad make up - slight suspect back line, great collection of young players. That is why I would give them the edge. 

This said, I think it doesn't matter who is ranked 2nd and 3rd as I am certain he'll end up at City. 

[Jase 43,479]

10 hours ago, King Kante said:

Real got another bail out for the Spanish Government or something? Real and Barca are absolutely buggered with their finances at the moment and can hardly pay the liabilities they currently have. Unless something drastic happens neither have the finances to pull it off. Further, Håland is Northern European with a father that only played in Northern Europe. It is unlikely he has that Latin pull that Barca and Real use to secure players from Latin America and the Med. 

At the time of writing only five clubs have the finances to pull him off and they are; Bayern, PSG, City, Utd and Chelsea. PSG can be ruled out as Håland is uber competitive, so unless they go absolutely mental on wages he isn't going there. Bayern probably can be ruled out too as they don't usually pay top dollar. That leaves City, Utd and Chelsea. 

Personally, I see him going to City, they need a striker, his Dad played there, their finances dwarf both us and Utd and they are currently top dogs. Utd are probably second choice as they have a more stable environment and also have very exciting young players. We do have a chance but I think it is unlikely as we are just so unstable, whilst Werner, Harvetz and Ziyech struggling so much is also not a great look. 

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Share prices are on the up - come on Roman splash the cash and get the next Messi...🏐👍

[King Kante 1,643]

22 hours ago, Jason said:

 

Knew there would be state money involved somewhere if they had 😅. That said, not sure this still covers them. There 1bn renovation of their stadium plus existing contracts has really put them in a corner; not as much as Barca but I still don't see them going mega money on Haaland, as their principal target by all accounts is Mbappe. 

I could be wrong but I am still confident Haaland ends up in England and mostly likely at City.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,799]

CHO swap and cash for Sancho and Haaland. I think people just get high and dream this stuff up.

https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/report-Chelsea-could-offer-hudson-odoi-as-part-of-potential-deal-for-haaland-and-sancho/

 

[Vesper 30,083]

4 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

CHO swap and cash for Sancho and Haaland. I think people just get high and dream this stuff up.

https://www.thechelseachronicle.com/transfer-news/report-Chelsea-could-offer-hudson-odoi-as-part-of-potential-deal-for-haaland-and-sancho/

 

lol, that is more than getting high

that is a psychotic break from reality

Edited February 22, 2021 by Vesper

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On 22/02/2021 at 06:06, Vesper said:

lol, that is more than getting high

that is a psychotic break from reality

my friend used to work for one of these websites 90min or some Israel-based site I can't recall which one. Entire day his job was to make up rumours - David Silva to Bayern, James Milner to Inter Milan and so on. Few hours after his site posted, he'd see other sites post the same

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Pizy 18,848]

If we hadn’t splashed out so much last summer I could buy him being a target. But not now. 
 

Unlike last summer the big boys will be much more active. There will be 6-8 top clubs desperate to sign him, ALL of which will have CL football while we may very well not.