Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[The Lusophone]

In this market, with this TV deal? Absolutely he is.

30 million is the new 13 million.

[stokeriño]

Plus a new 7% markup if you're buying from a club who set their asking price in Euros.

[Nerf]

3 hours ago, brenchill said:

£30m?!?!

Well, £25m plus potential add ons.

Averaged a goal or assist every 91 minutes two seasons running in Austria, translates to every 138 minutes in England. Ridiculous numbers for someone that isn't a striker, plus fits the manager's style of play etc. It's really not that high a price to pay.

[Adam]

1 hour ago, brenchill said:

No way is Mane worth 2 Alan Shearers.

It really depends if either of the Shearers are Shinies or not.

[brenchill]

4 minutes ago, Adam said:

It really depends if either of the Shearers are Shinies or not.

In Blackburn kit, full head of hair, non shiny.

[Rafael]

Is Sadio Mané going to be a game-changer for Liverpool in a way that Gotze or Lucas Moura could've been/can be or has the upside of an Ousmane Dembelé (just naming him, probably he wouldn't come)? I don't think so. Good option, but not exactly what the club is needing right now.

Edited June 24, 2016 by Rafael

[Jimmy]

15 minutes ago, Rafael said:

Is Sadio Mané going to be a game-changer for Liverpool in a way that Gotze or Lucas Moura could've been/can be or has the upside of an Ousmane Dembelé (just naming him, probably he wouldn't come)? I don't think so. Good option, but not exactly what the club is needing right now.

Ah, but you're not factoring in PREMIER LEAGUE EXPERIENCE!

[Rafael]

5 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

Ah, but you're not factoring in PREMIER LEAGUE EXPERIENCE!

Oh yeah, I forgot Sané was proven.

[Nerf]

17 hours ago, Rafael said:

Is Sadio Mané going to be a game-changer for Liverpool in a way that Gotze or Lucas Moura could've been/can be or has the upside of an Ousmane Dembelé (just naming him, probably he wouldn't come)? I don't think so. Good option, but not exactly what the club is needing right now.

um, Mane's numbers over the last three seasons absolutely blow Goetze's away. I'd have liked Goetze for a number of reasons, but likewise he has just as many question marks surrounding him. Choosing him over Mane would be a case of going for name value over figures grounded in reality. Dembele already moved to Dortmund.

Mane is exactly what the club is needing right now, and it's a refreshing change of pace for us.

[Gazz]

Bollocks, if Goetze had just signed for Liverpool you'd be extolling him as the test tube clone of Maradona and Pele.

[Rich]

On 24/06/2016 at 09:22, brenchill said:

No way is Mane worth 2 Alan Shearers.

Adjusted for inflation he is worth about 1 Alan Shearer.

You see Brench, over time the value of money implicitly changes due to the perception of what goods and services are worth, a pound now is not worth what a pound was 20 years ago, or even a week a go.

[The Lusophone]

And with the TV deal, these transfers will become commonplace. It's going to take a lot more to get a Watford or a Southampton (unless the latter continues to be a selling club for some reason) to sell their best players, because they are just that much more financially secure. It's going to take some serious mismanagement for an established Premier League club to end up in financial trouble.

[brenchill]

10 minutes ago, Rich said:

Adjusted for inflation he is worth about 1 Alan Shearer.

You see Brench, over time the value of money implicitly changes due to the perception of what goods and services are worth, a pound now is not worth what a pound was 20 years ago, or even a week a go.

It was a joke between me and Benji, since we had a discussion in this very thread about how Benji still sees Alan Shearer as the bench mark of transfer fees all these years later 

[The Lusophone]

I'd do that for Ronaldo, but that would make every transfer look like the club was overpaying.

[TCO]

Even though it was a world record, even at the time £80mil was a bargain for a 24 year old Ronaldo.

[Rafael]

So, Nathan Redmond to Southampton is a DONE DEAL.

[Nerf]

Show me the Mane!

[Rich]

2 hours ago, PentaNerf Jr. said:

Show me the Mane!

[MDK]

I think Matt chatted her up once

[King Ellis]

I don't care what anyone says, I think Sarah Jessica Parker is a very attractive lady.