ALL Transfer talk - merged thread

[mcdowell42]

Aaron Ramsdale close to agreeing new contract with Arsenal. Club have agreement in principle with Bukayo Saka and in talks with William Saliba. Dialogue remains open with Reiss Nelson, too.

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[BobbyPires7]

Aaron Ramsdale close to agreeing new contract with Arsenal. Club have agreement in principle with Bukayo Saka and in talks with William Saliba. Dialogue remains open with Reiss Nelson, too.

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I saw Reiss Nelson walking his dog the other day. Aggressive thing it is!

[gooner265]

My view with transfer fees over the years has changed considerably

I used to be offended - now to be honest, Rice is worth whatever we are prepared to pay. Who cares if its 80m, 100m etc - its not our fucking money. Its the decision of a billionaire and football long since stopped being a sustainable business model. FFP "rules" have never been worth the UEFA paper they are written on. When a club loses hundreds of millions, the owners convert the debt to equity or write it off completely. No consequence, no care for any supposed rules

Sign the bloke if you can afford him and want him

When football clubs lose millions eventually some other dopey c.unt comes along and pays even more for it than the last bloke anyway

Even gary neville (c.unt ) says declan rice is only worth 60m - if we pay anything above 80m we will have been raped on a pepe level

And what part of a fuck should I give when

a. It isn't my money
b. FFP doesn't exist
c. The bloke who owns us is worth several billion

You are talking about it as though (a) it is the only transfer in the world and (b) we have owners that will spend billions to bring us success - reality is that neither is true. We will have a few players on our shopping list and will not have an unlimited budget, so every player that we overspend on, will leave less in the kitty for our other transfer deals and I am very worried that it looks like we are gonna massively overspend on the very average shammers captain. Like I said yesterday, McAllister would be my number 1 priority above caciedo and def ahead of rice because he think that he is the best player out of the 3 of them, plus I think he will bring more of what we need

We've spent more in the past 2 years than at any point in our history - off the scale compared to the £40m we gave a certain manager 4 years and expected to shit miracles

If we sign Rice for 100m, McAllister for 120m, Caceido for whatever the fuck million - who fucking cares?? Just sign the right players! Kroenke is worth billions. The club's transfer policy is changing - yes granted we aren't Chavski or the spoilt old brats, but we have loosened the purse strings and £20m is nothing to this wig wearing c.unt

We are going to sell a few anyway to boost things - whether we like it or not Balogun is gone and for a bloke who has scored the goals he has in France, if we got less than €40m, I'd be fuming. Lets pray the Swiss mong brings in €20m+.

You need to stop caring about what we spend. If your logic is true, we'd still be saying that because we wasted €72m on Pepe, we wouldn't be able to sign anyone else.

Have to agree with this , I've never understood the overpaying argument, its not our money, if it gets us where we want to be or at least challenging then do it. How many players have other teams overpaid and has benefitted them and how many times have we moaned we havent paid the extra to land a player, you cant have it both ways, just get it done .
We'll have a lot more pulling power this summer, just hope we make the right calls. We will also finally generate some money on outgoings as well. Im nothappy about Balogun going though , Id rather sell Eddie

[DB10GOONER]

See, my thinking on overpaying is more like this...

No pot is bottomless.

We buy (for arguments sake) Rice for £100million and £200k a week salary. He turns out to be shit. The club then say "well that's us done spending, look we whacked out a hundred million, you can't say we are not competing!".

Is it worth the risk to pay overinflated prices for an English player that is not valued as a great player by most people (or at least alot of people)?

I'd rather the club buy a top foreign player (or two!) for that £100million. Particularly if they are PL experienced.

This isn't about Rice in particular. I'm talking about the inflated premium in England on all English players.

Imagine we'd pissed away a hundred million on Scuba Grealish? The guy is fucking useless. All that seperates him from most pub footballers is his stupid fucking hairband and his "most fouls won" stat (diving to you and me).

[mcdowell42]

No mate I looked on Twitter.

Twitter or other wise known as my source at the club

[OneBardGooner]

No mate I looked on Twitter.

Twitter or other wise known as my source at the club

I know mate that's why I looked on Twitter it is far more reliable than some sources (cough! cough!)

[BobbyPires7]

I saw a bloke in the village the other day. He was ranting at people like the guy you see outside Arsenal tube on match days. Seemed to be regurgitating Twitter rumours to anyone that would listen using his megaphone. Sad times. I threw a pound into his megaphone out of pity.

[OneBardGooner]

I saw a bloke in the village the other day. He was ranting at people like the guy you see outside Arsenal tube on match days. Seemed to be regurgitating Twitter rumours to anyone that would listen using his megaphone. Sad times. I threw a pound into his megaphone out of pity.

You shouldn't mock the afflicted, we don't.

[DB10GOONER]

[TeeCee]

We've been there paying a fortune for a foreign player that looked good......Pepe was his name, turned out well didn't it!
Signing Rice is not a gamble, he's an excellent player, only 24 and will get exponentially better playing at a top team (us) rather than Wet Spam. In 3 to 4 years time, he'll probably be worth 150m plus. In my opinion, he'd be the best signing since Sol Campbell. Even if he didn't look that great, we'll still be able to sell for what we pay for him because he is
A) A very good player, proven
B) Young
C) English
D) Experienced premiership player

We can dick around with £30-50m players and it will keep us in the fight for top 4.
If we want to win something meaningful.....ie: not just the FA Cup or league cup, then we need to recruit on a different level!
We need three 80-100m players to get us on the next level realistically unless we can pull off another couple of magical youngsters for pocket money...... Not sure that is likely to happen to be honest.

I'd cream my pants this summer if we signed Fresnida, Vlahovic, Rice and Mac Allister........and Ndicka on a free. How fucking amazing would that be!! Would cost maybe around 250m..... Supposedly Arteta will have 150m to spend plus sales...... We could do that....... I'll keep dreaming!!

[DB10GOONER]

We've been there paying a fortune for a foreign player that looked good......Pepe was his name, turned out well didn't it!
Signing Rice is not a gamble, he's an excellent player, only 24 and will get exponentially better playing at a top team (us) rather than Wet Spam. In 3 to 4 years time, he'll probably be worth 150m plus. In my opinion, he'd be the best signing since Sol Campbell. Even if he didn't look that great, we'll still be able to sell for what we pay for him because he is
A) A very good player, proven
B) Young
C) English
D) Experienced premiership player

We can dick around with £30-50m players and it will keep us in the fight for top 4.
If we want to win something meaningful.....ie: not just the FA Cup or league cup, then we need to recruit on a different level!
We need three 80-100m players to get us on the next level realistically unless we can pull off another couple of magical youngsters for pocket money...... Not sure that is likely to happen to be honest.

I'd cream my pants this summer if we signed Fresnida, Vlahovic, Rice and Mac Allister........and Ndicka on a free. How fucking amazing would that be!! Would cost maybe around 250m..... Supposedly Arteta will have 150m to spend plus sales...... We could do that....... I'll keep dreaming!!

Hang the fuck on! Who exactly did Pepe look good to? Most fuckers had never heard of him.

Also, don't misconstrue not buying English players because they are dear with "we have to buy foreign players because they are cheap even if they are shite". Its not a black and white either/or issue.

But why would you want to pay £100million plus £200K a week for Rice if you could get two foreign players as good as or better than him for the same price?

Personally I really don't rate Rice. For me he is average to goodish on occasion. He has demonstrated his ability to be average in the PL. Thats different to being "PL-proven" in my book. Will average improve us?

But as I said previously he might be better with us than he is with the shammers. But for me it's not worth the risk if Baldy Racoon Features is sticking to this rumored £150 million.

[SteveO 35]

I couldn't give a shit which country they are from or what we pay for them. Buy the right players. The amount of money these days comes down to what Rich Bloke A wants to sell for, and what Rich Bloke B wants to pay. Any concept of balancing the books goes out of the window.

Just look at Man Ure - 100m on Antony, 85m Maguire, 80m Sancho, 100m Pogba. English or foreign, who gives a flying fuck. All overpriced but they paid the money, continue to pay the money....and despite all of that some Saudi arse still wants to pay 4 billion for them !

[OneBardGooner]

We've been there paying a fortune for a foreign player that looked good......Pepe was his name, turned out well didn't it!
Signing Rice is not a gamble, he's an excellent player, only 24 and will get exponentially better playing at a top team (us) rather than Wet Spam. In 3 to 4 years time, he'll probably be worth 150m plus. In my opinion, he'd be the best signing since Sol Campbell. Even if he didn't look that great, we'll still be able to sell for what we pay for him because he is
A) A very good player, proven
B) Young
C) English
D) Experienced premiership player

We can dick around with £30-50m players and it will keep us in the fight for top 4.
If we want to win something meaningful.....ie: not just the FA Cup or league cup, then we need to recruit on a different level!
We need three 80-100m players to get us on the next level realistically unless we can pull off another couple of magical youngsters for pocket money...... Not sure that is likely to happen to be honest.

I'd cream my pants this summer if we signed Fresnida, Vlahovic, Rice and Mac Allister........and Ndicka on a free. How fucking amazing would that be!! Would cost maybe around 250m..... Supposedly Arteta will have 150m to spend plus sales...... We could do that....... I'll keep dreaming!!

Hang the fuck on! Who exactly did Pepe look good to? Most fuckers had never heard of him.

Also, don't misconstrue not buying English players because they are dear with "we have to buy foreign players because they are cheap even if they are shite". Its not a black and white either/or issue.

But why would you want to pay £100million plus £200K a week for Rice if you could get two foreign players as good as or better than him for the same price?

Personally I really don't rate Rice. For me he is average to goodish on occasion. He has demonstrated his ability to be average in the PL. Thats different to being "PL-proven" in my book. Will average improve us?

But as I said previously he might be better with us than he is with the shammers. But for me it's not worth the risk if Baldy Racoon Features is sticking to this rumored £150 million.

Who the holy heck is Baldy Racoon Features??? Is it someone on here?

[DB10GOONER]

We've been there paying a fortune for a foreign player that looked good......Pepe was his name, turned out well didn't it!
Signing Rice is not a gamble, he's an excellent player, only 24 and will get exponentially better playing at a top team (us) rather than Wet Spam. In 3 to 4 years time, he'll probably be worth 150m plus. In my opinion, he'd be the best signing since Sol Campbell. Even if he didn't look that great, we'll still be able to sell for what we pay for him because he is
A) A very good player, proven
B) Young
C) English
D) Experienced premiership player

We can dick around with £30-50m players and it will keep us in the fight for top 4.
If we want to win something meaningful.....ie: not just the FA Cup or league cup, then we need to recruit on a different level!
We need three 80-100m players to get us on the next level realistically unless we can pull off another couple of magical youngsters for pocket money...... Not sure that is likely to happen to be honest.

I'd cream my pants this summer if we signed Fresnida, Vlahovic, Rice and Mac Allister........and Ndicka on a free. How fucking amazing would that be!! Would cost maybe around 250m..... Supposedly Arteta will have 150m to spend plus sales...... We could do that....... I'll keep dreaming!!

Hang the fuck on! Who exactly did Pepe look good to? Most fuckers had never heard of him.

Also, don't misconstrue not buying English players because they are dear with "we have to buy foreign players because they are cheap even if they are shite". Its not a black and white either/or issue.

But why would you want to pay £100million plus £200K a week for Rice if you could get two foreign players as good as or better than him for the same price?

Personally I really don't rate Rice. For me he is average to goodish on occasion. He has demonstrated his ability to be average in the PL. Thats different to being "PL-proven" in my book. Will average improve us?

But as I said previously he might be better with us than he is with the shammers. But for me it's not worth the risk if Baldy Racoon Features is sticking to this rumored £150 million.

Who the holy heck is Baldy Racoon Features??? Is it someone on here?

Retro....

Nah only fucking with ya. Its Kroenke at night after he takes the syrup off. During the the day he's Wiggy Raccoon Features.

[rodders999]

I couldn't give a shit which country they are from

As the great man once said - I don’t look at the passport of people