Transfer: 2023 Summer Transfer Window - Open Window Edition
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Manchester United ready to rival Arsenal for Declan Rice with player-plus-cash offer
Exclusive: Harry Maguire or Scott McTominay could be involved in the transfer, though Arsenal will bid again and City are interested in Rice
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Harry Maguire and £200M gets it done.
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You are missing the point. Clearlake isn’t in bed with Galatasaray or Zenit. They are in bed with the Saudi League. This is financial doping. And even when people were making those Turkey / Russia league moves they were generally cut rate moves or loans. That is not what is happening here.
I don't see how it's financial doping when they are going to sell Koulibaly for a loss, Ziyech less than what they paid for him as well. Even if they do sell CHO it isn't going to be for a big amount. The main thing is clearing the salaries off the books which is what those loans did.
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I don't know where Neves fits into all this. Reports are saying his salary is going from 3 million pounds to 10 or 15. That is a massive jump.
You are definitely right, not every players is going to take the money.
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Again, because no one else was going to give them any fee. It’s inflating their players own transfer values because they are selling to themselves. Getting a fee for a guy that they’d probably have to loan out to get rid of anywhere else is doping. Juventus was under investigation (and we docked points) for inflating transfer fees. We will see what happens here. This is worse than what Juventus did
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I’m just as mad that that greasy prick Boehly and Chelsea are getting bailed out of their own billion dollar splurge by Saudi oil bucks, but you can’t prove the quid pro quo here. All you can do is confirm priors and I, too, think Chelsea is a soulless husk of a club. Unfortunately that counts for nothing lol
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Didn't they just pay 10M and full wages to loan in Felix for 6 months? Were they and Athletico financial doping with that deal? A lot of loans there's a loan fee involved, not as much as a full transfer would be, so it's not like they sent those players out for nothing. I'm sure they could loan Koulibaly to teams in Italy for a few million the next few years till his contract ends or just dump him now for a loss and move on.
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Proceeds of Chelsea Sale Have Yet to Reach Any Ukraine War Victims (Published 2023)
A $3.1 billion fund was established when Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club, but the fund’s head says a “bureaucratic quagmire” has kept the money frozen.
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Maguire actually might be able to do well at a place like West Ham where he's not expected to cover nearly as much ground.Manchester United ready to rival Arsenal for Declan Rice with player-plus-cash offer
Exclusive: Harry Maguire or Scott McTominay could be involved in the transfer, though Arsenal will bid again and City are interested in Rice
Harry Maguire and £200M gets it done.
Granted he doesn't add anything to an offer, but it's the type of place he might be able to rehab his form a bit at.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
btw, end of an era today. N'Golo leaving Chelsea. Absolute f***ing legend. One of the best to ever play for the club. Once Azpi goes, that'll be the last of those late-10s teams.
Yeah, joking mostly. I honestly wouldn’t even mind his inclusion. They won’t pay him anywhere near what United is though, so would come down to how much he wants to play. And as you said, there’s no real value there as far as the fee would go.
A lot of the reporting has said Rice only wants Arsenal, but I wonder if United gets Mount if the BFF thing changes his mind.
Wee Baby Seamus
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Is Saudi Arabia funding Chelsea? Exploring football's new conspiracy theory
Chelsea need to raise transfer funds quickly, now multiple players are discussing moves to Saudi Arabia. It has fuelled a conspiracy theory
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In which actual journalists talked to actual experts and SHOCKER their conclusion was precisely, almost verbatim, what I've been saying through this entire thread.
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Are we sure PIF isn’t invested in a the Athletic/NYT?Is Saudi Arabia funding Chelsea? Exploring football's new conspiracy theory
Chelsea need to raise transfer funds quickly, now multiple players are discussing moves to Saudi Arabia. It has fuelled a conspiracy theory
In which actual journalists talked to actual experts and SHOCKER their conclusion was precisely, almost verbatim, what I've been saying through this entire thread.
For that matter, how much are they paying YOU Wee Baby Seamus?! Don’t fight it.
Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
i actually work for clearlakeAre we sure PIF isn’t invested in a the Athletic/NYT?
For that matter, how much are they paying YOU Wee Baby Seamus?! Don’t fight it.
