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APC said:
Mind you, I’m hoping Brad in twitter is right, but I’m sure he was adamant Henderson was close last month, I’ll take what he says regarding transfers with a pinch of salt
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JH is one I mentioned a while back.

Then the very random RS one. No media at all for this.
 
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rowley said:
He can go for the cash if he want's, up to him.

But that league is not getting stronger. It might be buying more players' careers, but the league is a joke. Most of the stadiums are small and nowhere near full. There is no history of interest in football there, and very little football played. It is boiling hot there nearly all the time. This league, a league where the teams' players can be allocated centrally, is paying a 40 year old man about £1m a day in his new deal.

It is not about football at all. Nor is the World Cup being there in '34, or having been in Qatar last time out. It is all about corruption and sportswashing.
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Aye but the only thing that matters in terms of "league strength" is the quality of players, which is undoubtedly getting better as they keep hoying silly money at top players.

Likes of Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, CR7, Jhon Duran, Mahrez, Mané, Toney, etc are as good as anything he'd face in the Prem.

Don't get me wrong, there's no prestige and it won't exactly enhance his reputation, but a year or two earning mega bucks before coming back to Europe won't do his career much harm at all, imo.
 
Just had a look at Jonathan David. Rumour is that Juventus agreed a base of €110kpw plus bonuses and fresh. Might be a little out of our price range
 
David Moyes' Stupid Face said:
Aye but the only thing that matters in terms of "league strength" is the quality of players, which is undoubtedly getting better as they keep hoying silly money at top players.

Likes of Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, CR7, Jhon Duran, Mahrez, Mané, Toney, etc are as good as anything he'd face in the Prem.

Don't get me wrong, there's no prestige and it won't exactly enhance his reputation, but a year or two earning mega bucks before coming back to Europe won't do his career much harm at all, imo.
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In fairness the truth is I’d probably only refuse that kind of money for two reasons- ethics ( pretty significant and I don’t think I would go there) or opportunity to play for Sunderland. I’d be pretty ambivalent about my employer outside of the club I love and I suspect that’s true of most footballers.
 
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David Moyes' Stupid Face said:
Aye but the only thing that matters in terms of "league strength" is the quality of players, which is undoubtedly getting better as they keep hoying silly money at top players.

Likes of Milinkovic-Savic, Ruben Neves, CR7, Jhon Duran, Mahrez, Mané, Toney, etc are as good as anything he'd face in the Prem.

Don't get me wrong, there's no prestige and it won't exactly enhance his reputation, but a year or two earning mega bucks before coming back to Europe won't do his career much harm at all, imo.
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Yes, there are some very good players there. But a League needs much more. It needs a lot of competitive teams, a deep background, an intensity only brought about by playing against other top teams, it needs big passionate crowds, and jeopardy.

The Saudi league has none of that, and any player playing there will soon lose their edge. The longer they are there, the more they will lose. That's what is being bought from them, their professional edge.
 
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OLAITAN said:
What was the point in fab Romano posting that Bulka was in talks? Presume KLD has had to pay to have that tweeted out. Surely the club would have been better off not mentioning it at all. @Scout73 mentioned something about putting others off the scent about an alternative transfer target, possibly diarra? I might be wrong in my explanation, but clubs know we will be negotiating several deals at once.
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Was most likely his agent that put the story out, to try get more interest / money... If that was the case, it worked a treat lol
 
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