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  1. 1 hour ago, The Dog said:

    Puli tells Lyon to fuck off: (ETA Lyon would pay the higher transfer fee but salary for Puli would be more at Milan)

    Chelsea will not be selling him to AC Milan for 15mil. Unlike Inter, AC Milan actually has the money to spend.

    Interesting piece with Lyon is that they are now owned by an American with a decent amount of youth talent. Would be an interesting project for him to hop over to. He also owns 40% of Palace.

  2. On 8/30/2021 at 7:22 PM, texifornia said:

    Mbappe/Camavinga/Vinicius whewwww

     

    Rolling through the thread for fun.

    Think this is probably the best business of the window.

    Other highlights are Messi and Barca break up and Dortmund blocking Haaland sale.

  3. 6 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

    Outsider looking in... this doesn't seem like an improvement. I guess you play a false 9 with Nkuku?

    I think this is the first step, clear out the dead weight and bloated salaries.

    Jackson won't be a main no. 9, we will add some depth here and Broja coming off an injury should simply be considered depth at this point. Victor keeps popping up but I don't think that happens. I think Vlahovic is more likely, who knows maybe we end up with a disgruntled Lukaku until we sign Toney in January.

    Outside of that spot, I'm not mad at all. We need to add depth at outside but with Nkunku, Colwill, Gusto coming in and add a couple more signings we will have a young talented squad. I don't expect us to light the league up next year, but I hope we have more consistency in the line up and in the managerial spot.

    Lot's of positive news that Caicedo is close. I fully expect Gallagher, Auba, Lukaku, CHO and Pulisic (ztejas) to be sold. I almost expect us to lose Mount on a free after next season at this rate. Chalobah and Maatsen might be out as well.

    It's going to be a very different team out there. 

     

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  4. Fun story regarding one of our academy studs, Livramento, we sold to Southampton.

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    It is not set to be an easy transaction, with Chelsea, his previous club, owed a hefty sell-on fee in any deal — meaning Southampton require a large sum to ensure a sizeable profit for themselves. Brighton & Hove Albion also retain an interest. These are the ins and outs of the potential move.

    Southampton’s relegation means interest in their players is now high — including the likes of midfielders James Ward-Prowse and Romeo Lavia — but they are charging a premium for them as they look to return to the Premier League at the first attempt.

    Livramento is still getting back up to speed after more than a year out with that initial ACL injury and subsequent hamstring issues that further delayed his comeback. Still only 20, the focus had been to get a defender with 25 England age-group caps playing regularly for the first team again having been appreciative of the work done by Southampton’s medical staff in getting him back on the pitch.

    Sporting director Dan Ashworth had been keen to sign Livramento while he was in the same job at Brighton — who are interested in the player again now.

    Livramento’s ceiling is seen as extremely high — a player who can both contribute to his new club immediately and still develop in the future. The stumbling block, though, is the fee…

    Right, so how does this sell-on fee work?

    It is understood Chelsea’s sell-on clause relates to any profit made by Southampton from selling Livramento. They paid £4million for him — effectively making that amount exempt from the clause. Chelsea’s profit-share then exists on a sliding scale — the higher the total price, the larger slice of it they receive. Correspondingly, Southampton get a smaller percentage if they agree a bigger fee.

    For example, should the agreed package be £30million ($38.2m), Southampton would keep around 60 per cent of that (about £18m) — but if it rose to £50m, they would make roughly £28m (in the region of 56 per cent).

    What fees have been discussed so far?

    Southampton are looking to make at least £25million-£30million from any deal, which values the total package at close to £50m. It is understood that when Newcastle enquired about Livramento’s availability, that was the amount they were quoted, with Southampton mindful of his form pre-injury.

    Newcastle are not willing to spend that much on a non-priority position, especially given the €70m (£60m; $76.6m) they are about to spend on AC Milan and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali. However, they did submit a counter-offer of around £23m — just under half of Southampton’s asking price. The Championship club would receive roughly £15m if they accepted that bid.

    It is understood the clubs are still some way off an agreement, though there is optimism a deal can be reached. Newcastle are considering improving their offer, though they will not exceed a total outlay of £30million.

    What about Chelsea’s buy-back?

    Chelsea are still admirers of their former youth player and it is understood their buy-back clause kicks in for the first time this summer. That number is believed to be around £50million — but due to the sell-on clause, they would only end up needing to pay around £35million-£38million to get Livramento back.

     

  5. The cleanse so far with more to come:

    • Havertz - £60 million +£5 million add ons

    • Kovacic - £25 million + £5 million add ons

    • Koulibaly - £20 million

    • Mendy - £16 million

    • Ziyech - £12 million (rumoured)

    • RLC - £15 million + £ 5 million add ons


    Total Currently without add ons: £148 million

    Total with Add ons: £163 million

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