thebenjamin
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Players will be more expensive in the summer than they are now.
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Players will be more expensive in the summer than they are now.
tiger666
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Will they? If that's a fact, why are we waiting?
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Neither do I, but the transfer policy of the club has always been pretty clear and you are currently arguing that very topic with me.
Wrong thread for it tbh.
You're not happy with something that's pretty much been the same for many a year - bar that one time we were in the relegation zone ....
7 days for the transfer committee to become 'progressive'. Might be a long wait.
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As much as we are itching for a signing and I would think it could help us in our aim for top 4 at least, I'd be willing to sacrifice any signing now in the explicit assurance that we would have tied down our main targets early for the summer.
I know it will be tough and agents will not want their best players going before the world Cup as 3 good games and their price triples. But that's what this transfer committee is paid well for.
Whether it's true or not, the theory of Pulisic won't go away and if that gets done along with a real top drawer CM (if both agreed like the Modric/Verging hen deals) then I'd be pretty happy with that. Maybe Sessegnon and Maddison also with a bit of haggling, especially if neither get promoted.
Prices may be expensive now, but you watch them inflate higher when the details of the new TV deal comes out
I know it will be tough and agents will not want their best players going before the world Cup as 3 good games and their price triples. But that's what this transfer committee is paid well for.
Whether it's true or not, the theory of Pulisic won't go away and if that gets done along with a real top drawer CM (if both agreed like the Modric/Verging hen deals) then I'd be pretty happy with that. Maybe Sessegnon and Maddison also with a bit of haggling, especially if neither get promoted.
Prices may be expensive now, but you watch them inflate higher when the details of the new TV deal comes out
Shadydan
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You sure about that?
thebenjamin
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Do you think the bottom is suddenly going to drop out of the transfer market? What evidence is there that the prices drop from January to June?
Shadydan
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That's always been the case though, the reason they're so expensive in the winter time is because no wants to sell their players because they don't have time to get replacements in and it creates unexpected squad unrest. Obviously more transfers take place in the summertime which is why you tend to get high fees but that doesn't discount the fact that those players would have been any more cheaper in the winter.
How much do you think the likes of Dier, Sanchez, Eriken or Son for example would have cost if we purchased them in January?
How much do you think Pogba would have cost United if they purchased him in Jan?
Etc...
thebenjamin
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I take your point. But if you look at the signings being made now, for instance Laporte to City for £60M. Would that have been less if they waited until the summer? Why are we trying to do a deal for Malcom now if we really believed he would be cheaper in the summer? Liverpool signed Suarez and Coutinho in January windows for very reasonable prices. We got Dele for £5M, if we'd waited until the summer it would probably have increased on account of his performances.
I don't think it's a universal truth that any deal is more expensive in January. Clubs obviously don't want to sell their best players mid season, but then they don't really want to sell them in the summer either. And, inevitably, there will be some even bigger prices paid when United, Real Madrid and PSG go shopping in the summer and the going rate will rise again.
My overall point is that we should be bold and act. Of course, it's difficult. Shark infested waters. But no CL going into the new stadium would be a fucking disaster, and we're already behind, and so vulnerable to one Dembele injury leaving us incredibly weak in CM (not to mention Dembele is inconsistent at best these days anyway).
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City aren't signing old players, they're building for the future with Jesus, Sane, Sterling, Silva, Stones, Laporte, Ederson and Mendy.
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I get your point, but the first of those three big league games is on the 31st. Deadline day. Yes, we're in fifth, but should we lose those three big games, making the top four with no chance to then strengthen will be a real uphill struggle. Let's see how well we are doing after those 3 games. We could be second or third, but we could equally be sixth.
Shadydan
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Laporte has a release clause so it wouldn't make a difference when he was signed, he'd still cost the same price. Yeah I'm not saying that EVERY transfer is expensive in Jan but there's generally a difference in attitude's of clubs when in comes to keeping their players mid season as opposed to summertime hence the reason why put a high value on a player especially an asset as they're often under no expectations to sell their players. The Dele Alli example is solidifying my point, we loaned him back straight away therefore they had time to find a replacement and it didn't cause any unrest in the season.
How can you guarantee that if we'd sign someone we'd qualify for the CL? There's no assurances either way, you probably want o sign someone just because it's being made fashionable by the big spenders, they can afford to, we're not quite in the same boat.
thebenjamin
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Christ, really?
tiger666
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No, it really wouldn't.
whitelanefever
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I had no idea Florence Malouda was still playing, thought he was banned by Fifa for playing International football for French Guinea without approval...anywayou signed for Luxembourg club FC Differange today
Marty
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They wouldn't ban him from club football over that. Interesting career path.
tiger666
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whitelanefever
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He got banned alright..he might have an appeal pending..apparently he lives in Luxembourg
whitelanefever
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Just looked it up..was only International ban & he has appealed it
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You're right. It's more of a disaster for the likes of United and Liverpool who spend CL money they don't have or haven't received yet.
