Summer transfer wish list - 2018

[Disconosebleed]

If he's not Eriksen's agent then he has no influence on the situation, and if he does have influence on it then he is de facto an agent regardless of whether that is official or not. This sort of thing literally happens all the time - how is it any different from, say, Tottenham players tapping up an opposition player on international duty to see if he is interested in a move, or ex-players talking up potential moves in the papers?

All clubs use any means possible to manipulate situations in their favour, whether that be pushing for transfers to happen or trying to drum up interest in players on their way out. You are living in a dream world if you think this sort of thing doesn't happen with every transfer going and, once again, we will be benefiting from it as much as anyone.

If you have a problem with the practice, fine - but you're a hypocrite if you're only taking issue when it works against us.

 

[mill]

Would Barca even be able to afford eriksen? I know they got big money for Neymar but they did more on coutinho and dembele, I’d guess we’d want a similar kind of fee for eriksen that coutinho cos. I get they can sell some fringe players but they need a few players not just one

 

[Disconosebleed]

Would Barca even be able to afford eriksen? I know they got big money for Neymar but they did more on coutinho and dembele, I’d guess we’d want a similar kind of fee for eriksen that coutinho cos. I get they can sell some fringe players but they need a few players not just one

Top clubs always find the money from somewhere. If we assume Eriksen would cost £120m, Barca could knock half of that off getting rid of Andre Gomes and, say, Denis Suarez, Alcacer or Delofeu. If they really wanted Eriksen (and I suspect they would - I'd see him as a long-term replacement for Iniesta potentially) there's no doubt they could get him.

 

[The Swellhead Spur]

If he's not Eriksen's agent then he has no influence on the situation, and if he does have influence on it then he is de facto an agent regardless of whether that is official or not. This sort of thing literally happens all the time - how is it any different from, say, Tottenham players tapping up an opposition player on international duty to see if he is interested in a move, or ex-players talking up potential moves in the papers?

All clubs use any means possible to manipulate situations in their favour, whether that be pushing for transfers to happen or trying to drum up interest in players on their way out. You are living in a dream world if you think this sort of thing doesn't happen with every transfer going and, once again, we will be benefiting from it as much as anyone.

If you have a problem with the practice, fine - but you're a hypocrite if you're only taking issue when it works against us.

You really don't understand do you, I don't care that a player of ours is linked away, it happens everyday, but for an agent to basically say sack your agent and join me in a national newspaper is unheard of.

Then for him to disrespect the father's of Agger and Dolberg is also ridiculous, good to see that it isn't going down well in Denmark.

 

[Disconosebleed]

I don't think this is an issue of me not understanding.

 

[cider spurs]

Well Barca can suck my plums. No deal arsewipes. He's steadily heading for World class status in a Spurs shirt.

 

[bubble07]

Love Eriksen which is why he needs to have an awful world cup

 

[Haddock]

Liverpool should be more nervous than we are to be honest. If it's one good aspect of Salahs form this seasons it's that he'll be in the limelight this transfer window instead of our players.

 

[Disconosebleed]

I suspect that if and when someone does go in for Salah, it will have to be a truly insane figure to get him - his relevance to the Arabic football market in particular makes him worth an absolute fortune.

On a related note (apologies anyone who doesn't care about the unseen financial elements, I do the dull reading so you don't have to), Salah is sponsored by Adidas, which makes him even more valuable to Madrid as they would have total control (known as 360°) of his image rights. This is becoming increasingly important in major transfer deals - I don't fully understand why it's so lucrative, but from the reading I've done it seems like aligning star names with clubs who share the same branding is a major part of the big deals nowadays. Obviously this mainly involves Nike and Adidas, as shown by the major recent deals...

Neymar/PSG (Nike)
Pogba/United (Adidas)
Dembele/Barcelona (Nike)
Coutinho/Barcelona (Nike)
Bale/Madrid (Adidas)
Mbappe/PSG (Nike)

 

[Shadydan]

Salah will be too expensive for Real Madrid this summer.

It's pure wishful thinking to suggest that Salah will go to Real this summer, maybe next if he repeats what he did this season.

 

[WiganSpur]

Surely Salah would cost £200m. Couldn't see him going to Madrid.

 

[Shadydan]

Surely Salah would cost £200m. Couldn't see him going to Madrid.

Doubt his value will be that much, the only reason Coutinho went for so much was because of Neymar, he'll be expensive though.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

aligning star names with clubs who share the same branding is a major part of the big deals nowadays. Obviously this mainly involves Nike and Adidas, as shown by the major recent deals...

Neymar/PSG (Nike)
)

So what you are saying is that Neymar is off to Tottenham?

 

[Disconosebleed]

I'd say it's more or less beyond doubt. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Fat Ronaldo too.

 

[hellava_tough]

Salah will be too expensive for Real Madrid this summer.

It's pure wishful thinking to suggest that Salah will go to Real this summer, maybe next if he repeats what he did this season.

Surely Salah would cost £200m. Couldn't see him going to Madrid.

Doubt his value will be that much, the only reason Coutinho went for so much was because of Neymar, he'll be expensive though.

If Madrid offered £140m to £150m and Salah's camp forced the move, I think it would happen

 

[Shadydan]

If Madrid offered £140m to £150m and Salah's camp forced the move, I think it would happen

That's if Real would spend that much on one player when they need to strengthen other areas, for that amount it probably would happen but I don't believe that Real want to part with that much money for just one player.

 

[absolute bobbins]

I suspect that if and when someone does go in for Salah, it will have to be a truly insane figure to get him - his relevance to the Arabic football market in particular makes him worth an absolute fortune.

On a related note (apologies anyone who doesn't care about the unseen financial elements, I do the dull reading so you don't have to), Salah is sponsored by Adidas, which makes him even more valuable to Madrid as they would have total control (known as 360°) of his image rights. This is becoming increasingly important in major transfer deals - I don't fully understand why it's so lucrative, but from the reading I've done it seems like aligning star names with clubs who share the same branding is a major part of the big deals nowadays. Obviously this mainly involves Nike and Adidas, as shown by the major recent deals...

Neymar/PSG (Nike)
Pogba/United (Adidas)
Dembele/Barcelona (Nike)
Coutinho/Barcelona (Nike)
Bale/Madrid (Adidas)
Mbappe/PSG (Nike)

Moyes/West Ham (Ann Summers)

 

[TEESSIDE1]

Zak?

Meant ZeZe lol

 

[cider spurs]

I thought you had to perform season on season to be considered decent.

Scousers used to aim that at Kane...one season wonder. On that basis...Salah cream stays.

 

[T-Love92]

Wouldn't call him one season wonder .... it spurred Harry on to 2 consecutive golden boots, so let Salah think he's the new messiah