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Season 2018/2019
Seeing the football season is finished now and the fixtures will be out in a couple of weeks plus the transfer market is now open l better start the new football season thread off with a likely big money transfer.
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Piff and tish, here's a bigger one ;)
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Not surprising given the politics and ego's at this club.
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Hearing that Aston Villa are on the brink of administration and that their entire squad is now for sale. They've just resolved the clubs tax bill but are losing £5m a month after borrowing heavily on parachute payments that hadn't been paid yet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44382488 What actually happened - Lerner was so desperate to get out he sold the club to a Chinese investor who knew fine well he couldn't actually invest due to the restrictions on overseas investments from China. Instead this was an absolute gamble to make a cool £100m profit. He thought he could gamble the clubs future against promotion and resell upon promotion and that's failed miserably. |
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Winter break for Premier League clubs in February from 2019-20.
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Aston Villa held crisis talks this afternoon, nothing much to report on that front, reportedly they've been slapped with a second bill they cannot pay. They can't afford to get rid of Steve Bruce as of yet, Jack Grealish has to be sold, and they're touting him about for £40m, something I doubt anyone will bother to pay when they know Villa are in no position to dick around.
On the same front, Sporting Lisbon are also now on the brink of financial collapse after several terminated contracts, the highest profile being Bas Dost, rated at £50 million, has now left the club. It's thought Benitez is already in for Dost, as are a number of Premier League clubs, but still bad times for Sporting Lisbon who now find themselves owing far more than their club's value and profit on something that's getting worse every day. |
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Fairly reliable source in Dubai has spoken out about the Newcastle United takeover. Staveley still wants the club. However another party submitted a request of asking price three weeks ago and are yet to receive a response. I think that sums up how quick any takeover if any will be done... :erm:
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Cristiano Ronaldo on the verge of joining Juventus. Meeting occurred a few hours ago with the Madrid president and Jorge Mendes to confirm Ronaldo is leaving Real.
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Fiat set to subsidise Ronaldos wages. This is actually happening. I always thought he'd end up back in England. Undoubtedly set to be a Triple League winner in 3 of the top four leagues in Europe. Remarkable if he wins a champions league title at 3 different clubs.
Edit: Contract agreed, medical pending. Juventus are awaiting confirmation from Real to confirm the deal. Edit 2: Lax sources this mind but Juventus have scheduled conferences for Saturday and Sunday. I'm expecting Sunday to be wiped off if he's announced in time for Saturday. Why wasn't Benitez in for him! |
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Massive opening fixture in the National League - Salford v Leyton Orient - be there or be square. Salford are quickly buying their way out of non-league - good riddance i say, money always spoils non-league.
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Few more to get through.
Aston Villa are still no better off. Latest news now claims they currently can't even afford to make free transfers. This still hangs on them getting big money for Jack Grealish, however with Villa's crisis being well known, clubs are obviously low balling the offers knowing that Villa at some point will be forced to take it. Steve Round was sacked as director yesterday and the club is still on the brink of collapse. Newcastle have rejected a £15m bid for winger Matt Ritchie. Holding out for close to £17 million as they aim to bring in Andros Townshend again but for £20 million this time around. Newcastle also had a bid of £20m turned down for Plea of Nice. They're now wanting £27 million. Unsure if that'll be pursued. The sale of Mikel Merino and Chancel Mbemba may play a part in it. West ham made a bid of £20m for Bruno Fernandes of Sporting which is a pretty good deal. Given the situation in Lisbon and the crisis the club finds itself in they may be forced to accept. |
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Aston Villa owner issues unbelievable statement suggesting failure to gain promotion has resulted in this financial difficulty. Not noting that he gambled the future of the club on going up.
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l would suggest with some of these clubs that proper due diligence might have resulted in less of these fly-by-night merchants getting ownership of these clubs.
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Later than expected but Cristiano Ronaldo has signed for Juventus.
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Just glad United didn’t get drawn into it. Stupid money for a 23 year old, insane for a 33 year old.:rolleyes:
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Oh, they will absolutely turn profit from Ronaldo. The guy will be insanely marketable even after retirement. He's just one of those players, similar to the Beckham brand etc.
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Peter Lim owns most of his image rights so most of the money from marketing him directly will go to him but everything from shirt sponsors to the 'Juventus in partnership with' napkins, noodles etc will now have more companies vying for their name to be in the mix resulting in higher fees. Viewership of the league overall will likely increase significantly too so when it comes time to renegotiating TV deals the whole of Serie A will benefit.
Losing him is a pretty big blow to La Liga, Messi and Ronaldo are the main reasons people around the globe were tuning in. |
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If Newcastle go into the season without significant investment I'd call it a certainty that Benitez will leave at the end of his contract next year. Not only would that be disastrous. It'd again be a certainty that we'll see an Ashley backlash far significant than that of Kevin Keegans departure. Two seasons of promises and half a window to go to make it 2 out of 2 for promises not being delivered.
Is there an end in sight to be rid of this lunatic. |
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Thierry Henry quitting Sky pundit role to focus on managerial career.
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Liverpool make world record £62m bid for keeper.
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Ey. You'd want Gianluigi Donnarumma for that money.
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You could have had Forster for £50 and a bag of pork scratchings Den. :)
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Courtois to sign for Real Madrid. £35 Million
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No surprise as he refused to sign a new contract.
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Nothing like football clubs ripping the customer off..
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http://store.manutd.com/stores/manut...=football-kits Shirt is £64.95. Personally I won’t buy anything with sponsors logos all over them. |
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Football shirts are too expensive, don't fit well, look ugly. For the same price you could get a Ralph Lauren Polo Shirt in your team's colors.
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I do have one of these in grey, nice fit, discreet logo, good quality materials.
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You're right though, you want it a tad understated. Paying £60+ to walk around with FLY EMIRATES in a poorly fitted shirt doesn't appeal. |
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Newcastle won't spend unless Benitez signs a new deal. Blackmailing managers at a club now, another crime to add to the list of Mike Ashley. That all but confirms the exit of Benitez next summer or possibly earlier now as the club looms on the verge of another major crisis.
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Benitez gives one of his annoyed interviews. Troubling times ahead for Newcastle. This is why Ashley always wanted a yes man at the helm.
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I was merely pointing out that the article you linked to was factually incorrect and had grossly exaggerated the cost of a shirt.:p:
It’s only a few pounds more than a Liverpool shirt but a much nicer shade of red.:) |
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There are other nice reds available and for a little bit more there is a very nice Sky blue one too.:D |
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Sorry, forgot to mention, there appears to be two shirts. Den is accurate. But as also seen there's an alternative option for cheaper. Unsure what difference there is between the two. Adult replica and Adult kit. Newcastle do the same thing. The former being more expensive. I think its about United Match replica kit being the most expensive.
TL: DR, There are actually two versions. The one Den posted and the one Jim did. Ultimately the article does mislead though suggesting that it's all that's available. The sky one points out there's a cheaper alternative. |
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The very expensive one is ‘ supposed ‘ to be an authentic kit, ie exactly the same as the players wear. The one that 99.9% of people who are daft enough to buy is a replica kit at £64.95.
Cost to produce is estimated at just under a fiver, worth noting that it is also estimated that only around £3 of this actually goes to the club. |
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The Premier League officially stoops to it's silliest level since the TV deal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44907306 :erm: |
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Utter madness especially for one not established..
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Roundabout continues at Newcastle as Benitez is offered a 3 year deal at 8 million a year with a guaranteed 100m minimum transfer spend. What's unclear is whether that starts in this window or the next.
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Watching Liverpool v Dortmund on C551, at least until 22:00 hrs when United kick off.
What on earth made Lallana have his hair like that?:D |
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It looks a bit silly on Pogba but a bit pathetic on Lallana. :rolleyes:
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Newcastle on the verge of Muto deal at 9 million. Seems a bit of a low price in this market. Can't complain I guess. Mitrovic set for Fulham move, 18-20 million. Newcastle still chasing Rondon and will also announce the signing of a deportivo defender shortly.
Isn't megabucks but apparently someone woke up. |
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Manchester United make approach for Harry Maguire.
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Nice ‘fall/dive ‘ from Salah there. :rolleyes:
Stunning free kick from A Pereira, I thought he was good enough for first team last season, hope he gets a chance this time. Strange to see a crowd of 100,000 with United and Liverpool shirts totally intermingled. :) |
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Friendlies are meaningless at the best of times and pre season with half the players resting from the World Cup purely a money making exercise.:(
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Newcastle are on the brink of disaster. The club is disguising the fact its in meltdown right now. I'm unsure what happened. Unsure where the money disappeared to or whether it has. The conspiracies seem to hold weight. That Ashley expected Staveley to crawl back or he's holding funds back to sell at a lower price. A gamble which could destroy the club.
Ultimately Benitez made his position known. He's fed up, the players are fed up. The fans have either fallen over the edge or they're sat on that edge waiting to 'riot' Newcastle are in the most dangerous period of the club's history. https://www.theguardian.com/football...ed-squad-depth |
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I don't see any 'disaster' there.
What I do see is people who want to spend £300 million hoping to compete with the top 4. Not gonna happen. Premiership is simply spend spend spend, only winners are the players and their agents. Play the squad you have, finish 19th, retain your place in the 'best league in the world' and take the money. oh, and if you do buy, buy British :D |
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Eh? Finish 19th and retain your position? Spending 300 million? What on earth are you going on about. There's not a single team in the league with a net spend of that. Nor is it legally doable.
The issue with Newcastle is the complete lack of reinvestment after being paid a decent sum from TV deals. No one is up in arms about top 4 football. They're up in arms about not spending on par with teams around them and then the owner appearing on Sky Sports saying mistakes were made when they go down. They're annoyed that Rafa Benitez was promised all income would be made available to improve a deadwood squad. That's not happened so naturally he's irate. The disaster being Newcastle are heading into a season without the investment they needed, are likely to be among the favourites to go down. Rafa Benitez is in the last year of his contract and will walk away from a board that has screwed him at every turn and the fans will revolt, all on top of the very fair chance the owner won't reinvest in returning to the Premier League leaving Newcastle with huge losses and an uncertain future. I'd say that's a fair disaster. Don't take my word for it though. We'll just use Villa whom had the plug pulled on them and were sold to a chinese investor trying to make a quick buck, just recently securing investment in the championship to keep the club alive but once again find themselves absolutely needing promotion or face potential financial ruin. Then Sunderland who also had the plug pulled on them by Ellis Short. They're now in League One. |
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oooops, I forgot there are only 20 teams up there at the top of the pyramid :D
doesn't matter though, Newcastle won't go down . . . . unless they carry on with the 'negative attitude' and can't be bothered to play :) |
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There are a few clubs in the premiership who certainly have not got the players Newcastle have got as l expect them to stay up as well.
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There were a few clubs in the Premier league weaker than Newcastle. That's quickly disappeared. We're going into the season with a squad on par or slightly weaker than the last. Not forgetting we were teetering on the edge of relegation till the last two months. Teams around us are strengthening. Brighton are investing their new found money whilst ours has vanished. Newly promoted teams are gambling their future TV money vs relegation, which is dangerous of course for obvious reasons.
Club said it itself though. It can't afford to go down and take another hit. With that in mind surely you'd reinvest a decent chunk of the profits, even more so after promising exactly that. Worst part is what I've already said. When the inevitable happens again. We'll get, mistakes were made. The issues fall at my door. I'm not an Arab Sheikh and so forth. Except this time Benitez is all but gone and the fan revolt is already underway. Kevin Keegan departing was one Backlash. The departure of Benitez though is something Ashley will absolutely not recover from. |
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There are a great many players out there who are worth nowhere near their asking price . . and some who are worth a lot more.
Where do you, as a supporter, think the team needs strengthening, and who would you approach to fill the gaps? I'll give you 80 million ;) |
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Honestly think we'd get away with spending 80 million on four players.
I'd be looking at Paco Alcacer right now. The lack of goals should be plugged by that. A second striker and a midfielder. Baring in mind that's with the signings we already made like Kenedy. That should be enough for progression rather than survival. The current team survived but we're not matching the other survivors in strength. Leaving Benitez to pull another rabbit out of the hat. Sadly we'll be signing someone more like Joselu than an Alcacer :D |
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Strangely enough, Newcastle sanction three more signings, presumably that doesn't include Rondon who is expected to sign by tomorrow.
Seems a bit weird for the club to publicly announce this but I expect it was a public response to Rafa's very public outburst. Again I expect Newcastle United are going into the season with the expectation of being sold by Christmas and hopefully it actually comes off this time. |
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Rondon at Newcastle for a medical. Gayle at West Brom
Reports that Newcastle players are refusing to do media duties amid a bonus dispute are seemingly being confirmed as true. Just what we need. Cracking job Mike. Edit: Now confirmed as true. |
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Jose Mourinho getting his excuses in early l see..:D
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Newcastle players now refusing to all media duties ahead of the season start.
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...b-over-bonuses Revolution ahead or dire trouble. |
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Interesting developments at Arsenal, a huge leveraged buy out.:rolleyes:
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Newcastle end player dispute. One worry off the table now.
I don't get the Arsenal thing as I haven't had time to read much this week. I've seen the buyout headlines but what's happening that'd see bad situations similar to Newcastle and Villa unfold? |
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Well all the fans with shares are now obliged to sell them to Kroenke, he can also now dip his hand into the pot and take money out if he so wishes.
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If the future looks bleak and uncertain, you could all come and support a proper football club that doesn't screw it's fan base or spend money it doesn't have
you'll have to be quick though, Luton won't wait for you :D |
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Marlon Santos move to Newcastle off after Work Permit rejection.
Federico Fernandez is in Newcastle for a medical but the deal could still collapse. |
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Mike Ashley splashes the cash at last. He has just bid £90 million for someone called Fraser.:D
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Question, what is the point of Alexis Sanchez. Utter tripe tonight, it's a good job for him he isn't on performance related pay.:(
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Early days, some very fluid movement, Fred looks decent and I have always been a fan of Pereira, just hope they don’t farm him out again. Leicester posed lots of problems and will not be an easy side to play against. Very impressed by Maddison. Brilliant save from Dave to keep us ahead in the first half. More control in second half until one or two tired. A deserved win with plenty of room for improvement.
And Lancashire won as well, so my visit to both Old Traffords on the same evening was a success. :cool: Forgot to mention the thing that pleased me most and that was Luke Shaws performance, I really do hope he gets his mojo back. Also thought that Bailey and Lindelof dealt with the aerial threat from Maguire et al very well. |
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Beat 2-1 but not a bad performance or effort. Unlucky not to have walked away with a point or three given that Spurs retreated for the entire second half. Spurs doing no deals in the summer could be a huge mistake if we're reflecting off their overall performance yesterday. Only time will tell though.
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La Liga to stage regular USA fixture after striking a 15-year deal.
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I think Arsenal think they are playing rugby, two great conversions so far.:D
And a much harder chance put away finally. Both defences look wide open. |
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Kenedy escapes a 3 match ban for Newcastle. Somehow. So one of the worst Premier league games in recent memory combined with one of the worst player performances in Premier league history with a shocking refereeing display ad the cherry on that cake and the FA follow it up by saying a free kick was given so the referee acknowledged that Kenedy had deliberately kicked someone and failed to produce a red card for it but that's fine so long as he seen it. Rather than you know, punishing the player and sorting the referee out.
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A penalty or not in the Palace vs Liverpool game?.
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