The Summer Transfer Window Thread 2014/15

[Jimmy]

No chance. If it's not at least £80m, I'll eat Sousa's hat.

I can't see it being 80. Had a better season than Bale, but the bite will take off some value, plus he's not exactly a marketable star like Bale. I Think it'll be 65-70.

[Gazz]

No chance. If it's not at least £80m, I'll eat Sousa's hat.

I can't see it being 80. Had a better season than Bale, but the bite will take off some value, plus he's not exactly a marketable star like Bale. I Think it'll be 65-70.

He is in Spain and South America.

[Rafael]

Yeah, South America loves him and Spain tolerates him

[brenchill]

Not sure how marketable monkey face Bale is.

[Colly]

He is in Wales and zoos.

[MDK]

Chimps go bananas for him.

Please excuse Macaque puns.

[Rafael]

At least monkeys don't bite.

[Colly]

Yes they do. :/

[Summers]

No chance. If it's not at least £80m, I'll eat Sousa's hat.

I can't see it being 80. Had a better season than Bale, but the bite will take off some value, plus he's not exactly a marketable star like Bale. I Think it'll be 65-70.

He is in Spain and South America.

And Skagos.

[Jimmy]

Not sure how marketable monkey face Bale is.

Considering he's in loads of adverts, and is the current poster boy for BT's new European games, I'd say he's very marketable :/

[Nerf]

Not sure how marketable monkey face Bale is.

Considering he's in loads of adverts, and is the current poster boy for BT's new European games, I'd say he's very marketable :/

Suarez is in loads of adverts. What's your point?

[King Ellis]

Danny Sturridge promotes Subway sandwiches, sign him up Barca!

[Cheeky Hughes]

Sergio Aguero is on the front of Pepsi bottles!

[Szumi]

Monkeys don't bite, but they do fling poo. I can't wait to see what kind of ban Bale would get for that.

[Lineker]

BBC reporting £75m for Suarez.

[Rich]

Somebody ask Sousa to send his hat to nerf

[stokeriño]

No chance. If it's not at least £80m, I'll eat Sousa's hat.

I can't see it being 80. Had a better season than Bale, but the bite will take off some value, plus he's not exactly a marketable star like Bale. I Think it'll be 65-70.

I've seen 80m and 63m reported (and now also 75m). When figures as disparate as those two (and one as curiously precise as 63) are quoted, I always just check what the euro/pound exchange rate is.

As it so happens, 80m euros equates to £63.38m.

I can hardly believe this to be coincidental, and suspect that any sources quoting £80m were doing the classic "Currencies? Pfft!" thing that papers do and the real price is actually 80m euros.

[Noah]

Yeah, well Grumpy cat is reporting it's £1000 million plus add ons.

Shit Spurs got robbed with the Bale deal then.

[Hobo]

No chance. If it's not at least £80m, I'll eat Sousa's hat.

I can't see it being 80. Had a better season than Bale, but the bite will take off some value, plus he's not exactly a marketable star like Bale. I Think it'll be 65-70.

I've seen 80m and 63m reported (and now also 75m). When figures as disparate as those two (and one as curiously precise as 63) are quoted, I always just check what the euro/pound exchange rate is.

As it so happens, 80m euros equates to £63.38m.

I can hardly believe this to be coincidental, and suspect that any sources quoting £80m were doing the classic "Currencies? Pfft!" thing that papers do and the real price is actually 80m euros.

On Colly's favorite podcast Tony Barrett said more or less that he had been old £80 million but others are saying its 80 million - so nothing is clear to anyone outside of Liverpool and Barca.

[Nerf]

No chance. If it's not at least £80m, I'll eat Sousa's hat.

I can't see it being 80. Had a better season than Bale, but the bite will take off some value, plus he's not exactly a marketable star like Bale. I Think it'll be 65-70.

I've seen 80m and 63m reported (and now also 75m). When figures as disparate as those two (and one as curiously precise as 63) are quoted, I always just check what the euro/pound exchange rate is.

As it so happens, 80m euros equates to £63.38m.

I can hardly believe this to be coincidental, and suspect that any sources quoting £80m were doing the classic "Currencies? Pfft!" thing that papers do and the real price is actually 80m euros.

From what I've gathered, Liverpool have been briefing that his release clause is £80m. Catalan press have gotten confused and reported 80m euros, which the British media (without Liverpool sources) have latched onto it and done the conversions themselves, even though there was nothing to convert.

You have to remember that the release clause was inserted into the contract at Christmas, when we were top of the league and he was cruising his way to breaking every record ever made. The previous release clause was £40m, and I seriously doubt we would agree a figure so random as £63.38m.

"Sorry Luis, we're not letting you go. That extra £380,000 is vital for us to reinvest."

Edited July 5, 2014 by Nerf