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He is a modric esque player, if he is still good, then he will improve the team massively. A player of his attributes is exactly what we have been missing in midfield for awhile now.
correct, there will be no future resale value on the player currently being offered around without a transfer fee.
Christ the way some of our fans view our own players is mad lol.Currently Pjanic isn't better than Ndombele or Lo Celso. He wouldn't be guaranteed starter so paying >200k for backup player wouldn't be smart.
Almost as baffling as the way they view younger players we are linked with they havent heard of until the first link. Under 23? Best thing since sliced bread. Sign him immediately. Over 30? Terrible. Old. Not better than what we have. Would be a waste.Christ the way some of our fans view our own players is mad lol.
What’s resale value got to do with it if he’s on a free ?But no resale value with a guy in Pjanic age either. Compare that to a young player that may raise in value.
Let's do that then, tell we'll pay him triple the wages we paid Oliver Skipp last year.Dodgy accounting combined with Barca trying to keep Messi.
What’s resale value got to do with it if he’s on a free ?
No transfer fee...but with high wages and a big sign-on. So all things included it can be the most costly transfer of them all.
Or just doesn't overrate other players.Christ the way some of our fans view our own players is mad lol.
Ultimately if we could sell Winks for £25m and bring in Pjanic on a free or on loan, that'd be pretty good business wouldn't it? Yes, his wages would be higher but surely that'd be more than offset by the transfer fee we'd receive for Winks.
I know it's a simplistic way of looking at it, but I'd assume we're going to be operating more or less on a 1 in 1 out basis this window.
This logic rarely gets used when talking about normal signings or when we brought in Bale though. If we buy a player for 10M and sell him for 10M it means “we got our money back”.
But with this signing all of a sudden wages would be a sunk cost when it really isn’t different than other signings except we wouldn’t be paying a transfer fee or expecting a sell on fee.
No one is saying to break out wage structure to bring Pjanic in. People quoting 42M give me a break we are never paying for that number and it doesn’t seem real based on info out there.
If we could get him for ~150-160k a week without a transfer fee that wouldn’t be bad business. That’s all some or saying. The “nothing is free” crowd are doing some serious mental gymnastics to suggest anyone is saying anything different.
Christ the way some of our fans view our own players is mad lol.
Ok, I can give you an example. When Ramsey signed for Juve on a free transfer he got the highest wage ever for a GB-player with over 400k/week (Ornstein). Do you really think Ramsey would have got that much if he wasn't a free transfer?
Where is the link for this anyway? It's an article in AS apparently. What does it say and how reliable are they?
There's an article about it in each of the big 3 Spanish papers that cover Barcelona - Sport, Mundo Deportivo, and AS (who are more Madrid-based). All say the same thing, Paratici wants to get this deal done but Pjanic is waiting for Juve before he commits to anywhere else.
Ok, I can give you an example. When Ramsey signed for Juve on a free transfer he got the highest wage ever for a GB-player with over 400k/week (Ornstein). Do you really think Ramsey would have got that much if he wasn't a free transfer?