Erling Haaland

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58 minutes ago, kiwi1691 said:

 

 

Love that. Every country should make a stand here. WC in Qatar began with corruption, continues with bloodshed.

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11 hours ago, King Kante said:

I would hope: 

DCL, Kane (even more impossible than Håland), Kun, Ings. 

Those are the only options imo. Maybe Martinez but I am not sold on him at all. 

Calvert-Lewin still has 4 years left on his contract. He won't come cheap at all, even if Everton are interested in selling him.

Kane is impossible.

Aguero may be possible but he would just be a short term solution.

Ings...nah. He's not a game changing striker that we want to lead the line. 

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The answer might be we don't get a striker and Tuchel plays with the attacking players we have. Silva is not got that many years left and we need one more quality CB. A bigger problem is reducing the players we have. 

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I feel like we need a striker for sure. However, if I we can not get Haaland this summer then we should get an experienced vet like Immobile for cheap.

Then look at what happens in WC 2022, because the World Cup always seems to produce talented up-and-coming players.

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7 minutes ago, Azul said:

I feel like we need a striker for sure. However, if I we can not get Haaland this summer then we should get an experienced vet like Immobile for cheap.

Then look at what happens in WC 2022, because the World Cup always seems to produce talented up-and-coming players.

Worth remembering that the one time Immobile stepped out of Serie A/Italy, he was loaned out after just 1 season and was then subsequently sold.

Immobile also has 4 more years on his current contract. So, he won't come cheap either.

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Don't even think I'd take Aguero. Feels like he's been out for two seasons. 

Anyone been watching Andre Silva? Looks like he's having a great season at Frankfurt. 22 goals and 7 assists in 26 games . Involved in 1.2 goals every game. 

 

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Erling Haaland overheard saying "I f***ing hate this" as he stormed down tunnel

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/erling-haaland-overheard-saying-i-23794733

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He is either city or united bound, especially with FFP binned.

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2 hours ago, Atomiswave said:

He is either city or united bound, especially with FFP binned.

Nah, Dortmund by all accounts want the fee upfront. Utd work on a debt model, so buy all their players with it and spread the money out over the duration of the contracts. Barca and Real also use this method. That is why all three have massive bank debts. 

Utd also have the problem that the Glazer's are currently pumping over $100m into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the moment to circumnavigate the NFL cap rules. They are doing this by signing a lot of expensive players with 'signing on fees' with contracts with voidable years rather than giving them a fixed salary for each year. 

This works as follows: 

Tom Brady - $50m signing on fee with something like $9m incentives. They gave him a 5 year contract with 3 voidable years as the geezer is 44 in the Summer (thus meaning they cancel his contract in 2, which is when he wants to retire.)

That consequently makes his cap hit for next year as approximately $11.8m rather than $29.5m (approx.) as this then allows them to sign more high quality players to the team as the NFL have very strict salary rules. They are doing this as their team is in a 'win now' phase where the owners have to pony up right away as they only have 2-3 years before they have to rip the side apart and rebuild (owing to age of players and the salaries.)

This is great news for the Bucs as their team is now an absolute powerhouse. However, it is costing the Glazer's serious coin. Here is the signing on fees they have laid out in the last few weeks (all approx.): 

Brady - $50m 

Suh - $5m

David - $20m 

Gronkowski - $6m 

Barrett - $38m 

Succop - $4m 

Godwin - $15.5m 

That is around $140.5m they have shelled out on signing and they still have other players they have to sign/restructure to get under the cap and have a full squad. So, essentially Utd cannot finance it as all the Glazer's money is going into the Bucs and they cannot buy Håland with debt. 

Barca situation is also bleak. Laporte got £100m+ loan but that need to finance existing debt, Messi's new contract for the first year (his re-signing was a pledge) and they have to buy other players, whilst the ones they have got won't attract much owing to contracts (similar to us with the dregs.) 

Real also have similar issues with their stadium build/debt payments/existing costs etc. 

That consequently only leaves City, Chelsea and PSG as options who can finance it this year. By all accounts Håland won't go to PSG due to the quality of the league (although this could be BS) which then just leave us and City who can do it this year. 

If he stays at Dortmund this year, then 8 clubs could probably buy him as the buyout is low and they can finance it with debt. They are: Munich, Utd, Juve, Barca and Real, along with the 3 that can afford him this year. 

Edited March 25, 2021 by King Kante

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8 hours ago, Jason said:

Worth remembering that the one time Immobile stepped out of Serie A/Italy, he was loaned out after just 1 season and was then subsequently sold.

Immobile also has 4 more years on his current contract. So, he won't come cheap either.

Immobile has grown as a player and if you use the eye test and watch him play for Lazio, then you can see that he is one of the most lethal finishers in the world. (Scored a very good goal as I was typing this).

Having 4 years on your contract does not necessarily mean that the player will be expensive. He's still 31 years old, which means that it would be silly for him to be overpriced. 

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2 minutes ago, Azul said:

Having 4 years on your contract does not necessarily mean that the player will be expensive. He's still 31 years old, which means that it would be silly for him to be overpriced. 

But he is one of Lazio's main assets, if not the main one. They have no need to sell and I don't think Immobile is necessarily interested in leaving either.

Moreover as you pointed out, he's already 31 years old and we know the club's stance when it comes to players over 30 years old.