Atomiswave 6,119 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 13 hours ago, OneMoSalah said: True there was no FFP, fair, but its not as if UEFA have punished anyone to the point where we should be shitting ourselves about it. Or any other club should be. You could argue FFP was put in motion because of the likes of us, Madrid and various others spending more money than we were earning because of rich owners so why people are so upset about what team A, B or C are doing, I don’t understand. I know they say its to protect clubs from overspending and going into a position where it will jeopardise their existence bla bla bla but in reality, it is to stop clubs that weren't as well backed getting huge influx of cash injected into them from wealthy new owners and to stop a select few who had wealthy owners from continuing to spend above their means to the point where they might break into the status quo of the “original superclubs/elite clubs/insert whatever you want to call them here”, the AC Milans, Real Madrids, Bayern Munichs, Man Uniteds, Juventus’, Liverpool’s etc. The transfer windows one of these things where its dog eat dog unfortunately, particularly for top players. Its not unfair that City or PSG have got a Royal family backing them. Its not more unfair than someone signing a player by offering to double the wages they were offered by another club or whatever. Why we or anybody to be honest has stopped or severely backed off to comply with FFP to the degree we and certain other clubs have done is beyond me, in all honesty. Obviously you don’t have to spend huge sums every season and am not saying we should do that but there’s definitely been times where I have thought why could we not have maybe spent a bit more on top of what we paid for player X to get player Y, who goes to a City or a United for instance. Then it turns out player Y was deemed “too expensive” and instead we signed player X, who is nowhere near the right standard and a year or two later, we end up signing another player to replace them which eventually ends up exceeding what player Y would of probably cost originally. If UEFA were slapping out bans for people spending 50-100m more than they make or whatever the fees was then aye its fair I can see why, but its just been an absolute pointless exercise because others have found ways around it and they’ve investigated these and turns out they aren’t exactly violating the rules. Its not as if FFP has made the market more consistent either or that prices have come down. So it really has been quite a success... FFP was a shit show to begin with and they were made to help out the so called historic clubs ( hate that mantra ). But imo there should be a cap how much you can spend, a cap on wages too. If there wont be a system in place then City will run this league like PSG and BM does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Mino Raiola and Erling Haaland's father are 'set for' #mufc transfer meeting today. [Mundo Deportivo] They're suggesting that Haaland's team will speak to officials from Man Utd, Chelsea and Man City in London. this transfer is set to be a big circus 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 18 minutes ago, milka said: Mino Raiola and Erling Haaland's father are 'set for' #mufc transfer meeting today. [Mundo Deportivo] They're suggesting that Haaland's team will speak to officials from Man Utd, Chelsea and Man City in London. this transfer is set to be a big circus 😅 Almost every big clubs need for a world class striker this summer (Us, City, United, Pool, Barca, Madrid, and Juve) but not many can afford him now. I wager only City, United, Madrid, and Us have the financial power to buy him in this summer. Edited April 2, 2021 by Blues Forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoroccanBlue 5,384 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Haaland or bust for them as well. Think Raiola and Alfie are speaking with other clubs now in regards to Haaland's next summer move vs this year as I can't see any club other than PSG paying for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,710 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Jason said: Seems bullshit to me. If they are not planning to buy striker they would have kept Agüero.. Announcing parting ways with Agüero in March tells me they are very confident to sign a top striker, either Kane or Haaland, if not already done in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said: Seems bullshit to me. If they are not planning to buy striker they would have kept Agüero.. Announcing parting ways with Agüero in March tells me they are very confident to sign a top striker, either Kane or Haaland, if not already done in the background. Tbf, Pep doesn't really play with a CF and he inherited Kun. He could be telling the truth on this one. Only time he brought a big CF it was a clusterf*ck (Zlatan.) Edited April 2, 2021 by King Kante Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styl1994 188 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Or maybe they will sign someone like Sancho and continue using the false nine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said: Haaland or bust for them as well. Think Raiola and Alfie are speaking with other clubs now in regards to Haaland's next summer move vs this year as I can't see any club other than PSG paying for it. Only if they sell Mbappe, otherwise they can't afford Haaland without breaking ffp. There is also a question mark whether Haaland is willing to go to Ligue 1 or not. Edited April 2, 2021 by Blues Forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,710 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 31 minutes ago, King Kante said: Tbf, Pep doesn't really play with a CF and he inherited Kun. He could be telling the truth on this one. Only time he brought a big CF it was a clusterf*ck (Zlatan.) And Lewandowski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kante 1,643 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 53 minutes ago, nyikolajevics said: And Lewandowski. True! But he was a free agent. A bit different to €60m+ Eto'o in 2009 and €150m for Håland today. nyikolajevics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,119 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Blues Forever said: Only if they sell Mbappe, otherwise they can't afford Haaland without breaking ffp. There is also a question mark whether Haaland is willing to go to Ligue 1 or not. FFP has been binned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 368 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) Prepare to buy the Haaland shirts guys, if we get Top 4 were half way through, I can feel it. Edited April 2, 2021 by R2D2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) ^ optimist if we take a striker I have a feeling it will be Lukaku MAYBE Edited April 2, 2021 by milka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R2D2 368 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, milka said: ^ optimist if we take a striker I have a feeling it will be Lukaku MAYBE I'd rather have Torres leading the line again than bringing Lukaku for big money, total waste of cash. Edited April 2, 2021 by R2D2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,395 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 it is not that bad since leaving Chelsea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,119 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) Lukaku is def a good striker, he will do a good job under TT. I cant see us getting EH no matter where we finish, the outlay is too steep for just 1 player. Will cost near 200M with agent fees etc.....just not viable. Edited April 2, 2021 by Atomiswave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Forever 1,232 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 8 hours ago, Atomiswave said: FFP has been binned It hasn't until become official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,889 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, King Kante said: Tbf, Pep doesn't really play with a CF and he inherited Kun. He could be telling the truth on this one. Only time he brought a big CF it was a clusterf*ck (Zlatan.) Where do you get this notion? Not just Ibra’s time at Barca but the CF thing? Anyway, signing Ibra was hardly a disaster, in terms of what he did on the pitch anyway - he certainly played a big part. He scored 21 goals in 41 games that season. His issue was Messi wanted to move centrally (which lets be honest if anyone knew how amazing he could play role they wouldn’t have signed a CF in the first place) and Pep fell out with Ibra (which if it were any other player who wasn’t as confident in himself like Ibra is, it would in all likelihood probably never have happened). And secondly, Pep’s always played with strikers. This season is really the only time his team has prominently not featured a striker of some sort. At Barcelona Henry and Eto’o season 1, Ibra season 2, David Villa season 3, maybe 4th season not as often as Villa missed a lot of games and they had Cesc and Messi in the team. Maybe not as out and out strikers but your not telling me that because Henry or David Villa were playing as wide forwards or basically as split strikers due to other player’s in the team ie. Eto’o and then Messi, they dont count as strikers? They basically played as strikers in the final third? Coming very narrow, being in the box. At Bayern, he had Mandzukic first season and he was top scorer. Then Lewandowski. City, Aguero and Jesus. They will probably try sign a CF for sure. His teams have 90% of the time played with a CF of sorts in their lineup be it wide forwards or an actual out and out CF. Plus you dont let Aguero go and not replace him at all. Edited April 3, 2021 by OneMoSalah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomiswave 6,119 Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 6 hours ago, Blues Forever said: It hasn't until become official. Its as good as dead mate, the FFP as we know it will not exist next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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