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Right, so Inter sell Lukaku to Chavs for £97m then sign him back on loan 12 months later for less than £7m loan fee. Is this a money laundering scam of some sort because it makes no sense otherwise…
Either way, Italian clubs must be pissing themselves. Up in Manchester you have Pogba joining Juventus from United on a Bosman a few years ago, then sold to United for £80m then signs for Juve on a Bosman again
Meanwhile we turn down good money for Mikataryn then a few months later basically pay him off so he can join Roma on the cheap. We then loan out Torreira to Fiorentina with an option to buy clause only for Fiorentina to low ball us and offer half the transfer fee that was agreed.
People say football is a business but I’m not so sure
Football once a sport and the "Peoples Game" - Is a business now, but alas! Has become a Very VERY Corrupt Business.
I’d say it’s more incompetent rather than corrupt.
Even deals like we made for Auba, Ozil and Willian made little sense at the time but then compounded by paying them all £millions to leave. That’s basically an admission of incompetence
Yes there is a HUGE amount of incompetence, due to those running , manager, coaching clubs; like Arsenal being "Incompetent", but I still think in years to come it will be discovered (too late) that there is all kinds of fraud and corruption and other arfur daly dodginess going on.
Yes there is a HUGE amount of incompetence, due to those running , manager, coaching clubs; like Arsenal being "Incompetent", but I still think in years to come it will be discovered (too late) that there is all kinds of fraud and corruption and other arfur daly dodginess going on.
It's blindingly obvious that massive fraud, corruption, match-fixing and doping has been going on for years and nobody bothers to do anything about it. Players getting moved on as a way of laundering money, companies or individuals owning multiple clubs, refs getting paid huge bribes. All going on and the authorities doing nothing because they know that one leak will blow the lid on the entire corrupt, immoral mess.
Right, so Inter sell Lukaku to Chavs for £97m then sign him back on loan 12 months later for less than £7m loan fee. Is this a money laundering scam of some sort because it makes no sense otherwise…
Either way, Italian clubs must be pissing themselves. Up in Manchester you have Pogba joining Juventus from United on a Bosman a few years ago, then sold to United for £80m then signs for Juve on a Bosman again
Meanwhile we turn down good money for Mikataryn then a few months later basically pay him off so he can join Roma on the cheap. We then loan out Torreira to Fiorentina with an option to buy clause only for Fiorentina to low ball us and offer half the transfer fee that was agreed.
People say football is a business but I’m not so sure
There is a mix here between utter incompetence of how english teams buy and see as well as the European market now being much weaker than it was before.
Inter cannot afford to buy Lukaku back, Fiorentina...who knows they are either trying their luck or don't have the cash.
The Pogba one is laughably bad from Man Utd which is great.
I welcome this latest development but can we start flushing some turds away now please starting with that slack jawed dead eyed c.unt Pepe
I think most of them have gone haven't they now? I wouldn't mind getting Cedric out, and if we can get a decent fee for Pepe then all good (won't be easy though).
Arsenal made 1st formal offer to Leeds for Raphinha last night. While it fell well below #LUFC valuation & has now been rejected, interest remains strong. May be a long/difficult process due to competition but #AFC determined to sign 25yo @TheAthleticUK
I welcome this latest development but can we start flushing some turds away now please starting with that slack jawed dead eyed c.unt Pepe
I think most of them have gone haven't they now? I wouldn't mind getting Cedric out, and if we can get a decent fee for Pepe then all good (won't be easy though).
Xhaka ? Bellend ? Cedric ? All useless c.unts that should be flushed before a single player is bought.
Maitland-Niles, Leno and Torreira are all players that pep's cone boy has decided he doesnt want, so they too should be gone if arteta remains
Lokongo and tavares are players who are supposedly being pushed out on loans
That's 8 players listed that arent wanted by the basque clown (and lets face it there are more) so I dunno how you can claim that most have gone
If the club wants raphinha then just pay what they want ffs
Honest to god whoever sanctions making a bid for raphina should be sacked on the spot - I feel like we have a crowd of kids running our transfer business like they are playing FIFA on playstation What the fcuk do we need him for ? How many wingers and attacking midfielders does this basque c.unt want to accumulate ffs ? How about someone actually addresses our weak areas before signing another winger ? Any squad that has the swiss turd in the top 4 options for centre midfield (much less tp 2 options) should not be looking at buying more wingers until the centre midfield options are hugely improved
I welcome this latest development but can we start flushing some turds away now please starting with that slack jawed dead eyed c.unt Pepe
I think most of them have gone haven't they now? I wouldn't mind getting Cedric out, and if we can get a decent fee for Pepe then all good (won't be easy though).
Xhaka ? Bellend ? Cedric ? All useless c.unts that should be flushed before a single player is bought.
Maitland-Niles, Leno and Torreira are all players that pep's cone boy has decided he doesnt want, so they too should be gone if arteta remains
Lokongo and tavares are players who are supposedly being pushed out on loans
That's 8 players listed that arent wanted by the basque clown (and lets face it there are more) so I dunno how you can claim that most have gone
I welcome this latest development but can we start flushing some turds away now please starting with that slack jawed dead eyed c.unt Pepe
I think most of them have gone haven't they now? I wouldn't mind getting Cedric out, and if we can get a decent fee for Pepe then all good (won't be easy though).
Xhaka ? Bellend ? Cedric ? All useless c.unts that should be flushed before a single player is bought.
Maitland-Niles, Leno and Torreira are all players that pep's cone boy has decided he doesnt want, so they too should be gone if arteta remains
Lokongo and tavares are players who are supposedly being pushed out on loans
That's 8 players listed that arent wanted by the basque clown (and lets face it there are more) so I dunno how you can claim that most have gone
Let’s not forget Pablo Mari as well
Bellerin and Mari were on loan anyway. If we can get rid, then sure.
I would be suprised if Lokonga goes on loan with our midfield options.
Xhaka...difficult one. I don't think he would be a bad bench option to be honest.
Arsenal made 1st formal offer to Leeds for Raphinha last night. While it fell well below #LUFC valuation & has now been rejected, interest remains strong. May be a long/difficult process due to competition but #AFC determined to sign 25yo @TheAthleticUK
What the fcuk do we need him for ? How many wingers and attacking midfielders does this basque c.unt want to accumulate ffs ? How about someone actually addresses our weak areas before signing another winger ? Any squad that has the swiss turd in the top 4 options for centre midfield (much less tp 2 options) should not be looking at buying more wingers until the centre midfield options are hugely improved
