Summer Transfer Window 2023

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

11 minutes ago, Colly said:

PIF bought 4 Saudi clubs last month, no idea if it's the ones buying the Chelsea boys.

Al Nassr, Al Ittihad, Al Ahli, and Al Hilal; or so a quick Google tells me. So yes, one each.

[gunnar hendershow]

I doubt you'll see a "all teams are owned by nation states" situation but the days of sport-first owners, who make one big splashy purchase with their wealth and it's a sports team, are probably numbered. At least at the very top levels. Wrexham is more the "future model" for individuals/partnerships who want to use sports as an appreciable asset.

You'll just have these massive, faceless orgs/holding companies with money from everyone and everywhere adding sports to "their portfolios" that also have interests in a South African telecom company and a mine in Kazakhstan. Some will be nation states, some will be oligarchs, most I suspect will just be a lot of people pooling together money all at once. It's very hard to come down on outside of stricter global regulations, which most people don't want to do even in the face of what's been a retreat from post-Cold War globalization.

Boehly and co. are actually a fantastic example of what the real future of sports team ownership probably resembles. It's already becoming the case in the US with NFL teams going for over $6 billion.

[stokeriño]

 

Interested to hear what Arsenal fans think of this analysis, because it seemed very vague and unconvincing to me.

[Naitch]

"Arteta wants to sign an attacking player who doesn't score goals or provide assists, and would require the entire team's tactics/formation to change, in order for him to fit in."

Makes sense.

[stokeriño]

What's been known for months is finally official.

[Hobo]

how long before he moves to Saudi Arabia?

[Gazz]

20 minutes ago, Hobo said:

how long before he moves to Saudi Arabia?

aaaaaand he's gone.

[stokeriño]

Free agent N'Golo Kante has officially joined Al Ittihad.

 

 

[Twist]

Lots of talk that Sandro Tonali is expected to sign for Newcastle as yearly as today.

[Lineker]

 

[Naitch]

@stokeriño HERE WE GOOOOOOO!

Koulibaly going is so good it got "here we go"-ed twice in one tweet.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

Mendy too

 

 

[Bobfoc]

Hudson-Odoi is wanted by a couple of clubs in Saudi Arabia, according to Romano.

[stokeriño]

 

Not a bad recoup for a player who cost maybe £75m three years ago.

[Szumi]

Pretty much official now. I can't understand for the life of me why Arsenal want him.

 

 

[Gazz]

First day of Chelsea pre-season training is just going to be Poch and Nkunku wandering around Cobham, trying to work out how the coffee machine works.

[FLiam]

Rumours persist that Neves will join Newcastle on loan after his transfer to some Saudi club.

Nothing to see there.

[Gazz]

I imagine that will be a double swoop with that Ronaldo loan we were apparently going to do in January...

[METALMAN]

1 hour ago, Szumi - A Polack said:

Pretty much official now. I can't understand for the life of me why Arsenal want him.

 

 

Stockpiling attacking midfielders. They’re still Arsene’s club! 

[TheGrandAvatar]

2 hours ago, Gazz said:

First day of Chelsea pre-season training is just going to be Poch and Nkunku wandering around Cobham, trying to work out how the coffee machine works.

Joey Barton might be able to show them, or lend the one he had at Rangers.

Chelsea is going to be a ghost town. A lot of exits. Which you can understand with a change of manager. Wonder if United will manage to get Mount, along with Kane.