I think them fees would be reasonable for Origi and Ings in the current market. Origi is still very young. Ings is a good player, just not a top four player
true. once you ignore ings knee injuries and ignore origi sulk. if people want to pay it I'm delighted. mad market.
Steve Bruce has launched a bid to sign Liverpool’s Ben Woodburn on loan, with the Wales international set to be withdrawn from Jürgen Klopp’s training camp in France. ( John Percy )
Can’t remember where I read it but Soton and Burnley are both interested in Ings and the price was around £20m.
bit mixed in this one. I think the lad needs it and will be tested but I just think he has stalled a bit. putting him in Bruce's hands though....
I think he needs to play but inn the right team. No way we should let the likes of Steve Bruce at him!
Danny Ings is likely to leave, with Crystal Palace leading the race for the £20m ($26m) rated striker. Divock Origi has interest from Valencia, while Besiktas are among the clubs looking at goalkeeper Simon Mignolet. (Neil Jones)
Marko Grujic could join Cardiff on loan, while Lazar Markovic is almost certain to leave on a permanent basis, with Olympiakos joining Anderlecht, Leganes and Getafe in expressing an interest in the Serbian winger. (Neil Jones)
Fees will only go so high. The club has to be sensible about the players they bring in etc. I'm not doubting Pulisic but he needs more time at Dortmund. The fact that we've signed VVD, Keita, Shaqiri, Alisson and Fabinho seems to go over the heads of some people. We've spent a lot of money and I'd much rather that same cash was invested sensibly in a first team player than on a raw talent.
a) you are right about budget. we may well have spent the lot. who knows. b) pulisic is a lot further along than you are giving credit on.
Well it was going to be Fekir, but he's got bad knees. So we signed Shaqiri on the cheap, good deal and saved £40M, some of which will have gone in Allison. All in all we've already invested in that extra forward we Needed, but now have an extra £20-30m to spend. Also if we sell Ings, Markovic, Origi that will mean we're losing cover forwards and bringing in another (maybe) £40m. SO, with that extra forward player already bought and Sturridge looking to be used, why not use any of the extra money to buy one of the very top young talents now at a highish price rather than miss out and later when he's worth £100m
I like Pulisic - huge playing and earning potential. However, I really would love Fekir. He’s well ahead of pulisic (right now) in terms of ability and goal contributions. Fekir is a ready made player and Pulisic is a project. I still hold hope that the Fekir deal is not dead.
Yeah, whilst the big headline figures show that our net spend is 110mill ish and we've gained far more than that when you look at TV deals and sponsorships over the past 2 years, there are so many hidden costs which are pushing us very close to what we can afford. Agent fees are somewhere between 10-15% extra on top of the transfer free, signing on fees another 5-10% extra as well. Then like you say, wages; our wage bill has shot up. We've sold Skrtel, Allen, Benteke, Balotelli, Lucas, Sakho and Coutinho who've been on 'decent wages' and upwards, but we've added Mane, Matip, Gini, Salah, Ox, VVD, Fabinho, Keita, Alisson and Shaqiri who are on big bucks - plus other players like Klavan, Karius and Robertson aren't on negligible amounts. We've got **** all else to spend without selling but that's clearly our next big job going off all the rumours this week, who we can flog to free up transfer funds and, imo more importantly, clear up the wage bill. I think it's in the plan to get one more player in still... If we get either Fekir or Pulisic, our squad will be terrifying and so many formations we could play. Imagine an attacking system against a weaker team with Fabinho and Keita in midfield as a two with Mane, Pulisic and Salah ahead with Bobby up top. Still got Shaqiri and Sturridge on the bench with Gini, Hendo, Milner and Lallana ready too. Plus Ox when he returns.
I agree its all rather guess work, but football finances are all rather ethereal. If the club and owners decided they wanted a player I'm sure money could be found even ignoring sales. Fekir deal is dead. We're too worried about his knees and Lyon wont budge on price, and why should they? They're in no desperate need to sell and Fekir hasn't really pushed it. Fekir or Pulisic? for roughly the same price. I'd take Pulisic, bigger talent, fits more with our style and potential re-sale (if it were to come to it) is alot higher. Since we have a regular front three we don't need a player to go straight into the 1st XI, so can afford to wait a year or two on Pulisic reaching higher levels and use him as cover and occasional starter
