Transfer thread

[Glenda's Legs]

Surely the player's agent would just inform PL clubs at the point when a club from another country agrees a deal. A PL club can then just beat the overseas bid by a small amount and it's still a better deal for the selling club.

I think clubs definitely push their luck with the fees they request from English clubs and English clubs sometimes bite if they think they need to get in before another English club but if you're prepared to wait until later in the window then the fees will definitely come down as selling clubs are forced to get realistic for fees they can demand for unwanted players.

But then get slated for not paying whatever in order to get the deal done early?

 

[monkeybarry]

Can someone remind me of the Burger King story again? Was it the Zokora pic or another Ben story?

If I remember correctly, Ben was up a tree, at the airport, looking at the Burger King.
He got hungry, so ordered an ITK Whopper deal.
Didier Zokora delivered the meal, but forgot to bring the drink.
Ben then saw Giuseppe Rossi order some chicken tenders, with yellow mustard. This left Ben feeling blue.

(I don't know. Who even knows if there is a burger king?!)

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

The actual problem I think we’re causing ourselves is that people will very quickly forget why the fees were potentially arranged in such a way - so if Savinho comes in and doesn’t hit the ground running he’s going to have all sorts of stories and views on him of “how much?!” The media and fans saying he isn’t worth the money for the output, and it’s going to heap a ton of pressure on him really early on. Despite the fact that I do think it eh fees will just be accounting admin more than anything

You can't continue to make allowances for people without a brain?

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

Ornstein is reporting that Palhinha is being sold to Benfica for 14m euros with 5m more add-ons. That's a big hit for Bayern, and also shows the Premier League Premium considering the amounts being mentioned when he was linked back with us as well as Villa or Saudi Sportswashing Machine.

Wow...thought he was a Sporting lad thru and thru?