If you can’t see that they’ve overtaken us this season in the quality of their football (due largely to the success of their big money signings) then I can’t help you.
We’re behind them now, and we’ll be behind them at the end of the season. I’d be delighted to bet money on that with anyone naive enough to think otherwise.
Because if it was that easy everyone would do it?Why aren't we targeting these young players who come to Europe, instead of waiting two years to pay a premium for them?
The ones that can't get a WP in England?Why aren't we targeting these young players who come to Europe, instead of waiting two years to pay a premium for them?
Why aren't we targeting these young players who come to Europe, instead of waiting two years to pay a premium for them?
Buy them and loan them out?
Chelsea does it with great success.This isn't football manager.
Think he's a better dribbler the Malcom and might/should cost less amongst other things. I've seen more of Malcom then Neres as I have said earlier in this thread so could well be wrong but Neres seemed to me to have a little more of what we are lacking. Lozano would also be an exciting option from Holland even though he is a little older but that's nether here nor there. Neres or Malcom would both be good buys.Why's that?
We currently don’t spend at the level of most other clubs in percentage terms. Net spend is the lowest in the league and has been basically zero for the last five seasons. Even a net +£30 a season million could have pushed us on ...
Chelsea does it with great success.
Chelsea does it with great success.
If it clearly works, why would you not want to do that? That makes no sense. Oscar, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Salah, Nathan Ake, and I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting. Now of course they had a coach that refused to grow and develop these players themselves but it's clearly a strategy that works. It's like if the Portuguese clubs had the funds to hold onto their talent or Monaco. We just did it with Foyth.Good for them. Chelsea have the resources to stockpile dozens of youth prospects and I wouldn't want us doing anything like them thanks.
Part of why we have been able to spend so little in terms of net is that we've sold players for really good money. Not only players like Bale and Modric, but we've also fetched good sums for the majority of less lucrative outgoings. When you fetch the kind of money that we did for Bale, and you churn the cash 100% for squad players, then you can proceed with buying and selling without a gross spend. Furthermore, I think there can be no doubt that we are seeing a shift in the transfer approach (finally, one might say) eg. fees for Sissoko and Sanchez, and I commend the club for that. The only further thing I would wish for is a bold January transfer.
Arjen Robben?
If it clearly works, why would you not want to do that? That makes no sense. Oscar, Lukaku, De Bruyne, Salah, Nathan Ake, and I'm sure there are more I'm forgetting. Now of course they had a coach that refused to grow and develop these players themselves but it's clearly a strategy that works. It's like if the Portuguese clubs had the funds to hold onto their talent or Monaco. We just did it with Foyth.
Yeah because it's worked for Chels................oh waitBuy them and loan them out?
You said you wouldn't want to do anything like them, when what you're saying you don't want to do is part of what makes them so successful.I don't know what you're on about. Someone brought up the idea of buying young players with potential and sending them overseas for years to get European nationality for a work permit. That's what I was referring to.