Summer Transfer Window 2017

[The Lusophone]

Manchester City's defence is now the most expensive in footballing history, at more than £300 million:

Bravo £15.4 million
Ederson £34 million
Walker £50 million
Danilo £26.5 million
Kompany £6 million
Stones £47.5 million
Mangala £49 million (31.8 to Porto, 18 mil to rights holders)
Mendy £52 million
Otamendi £37 million

For a total of £317 million.

[9 to 5]

Big teams spend big money.

[MDK]

38 minutes ago, 9 to 5 said:

Big teams spend big money.

Yes, some teams have just bought their Premiership title, eh?

[The Lusophone]

48 minutes ago, 9 to 5 said:

Big teams spend big money.

For comparisons sake, selected top teams defensive spend:

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Man Utd:
De Gea £17.8 million
Bailly £30 million
Lindelof 30 million
Jones 16.5 million
Rojo 16 million
Smalling 12 million
Blind 13.8 million
Darmian 12.7 million
Romero Free
Shaw 31 million
Total £169.8 million

Chelsea:
Willy Free
Rudiger £29 million
Alonso 24 million
Courtois 7 million
Cahill 7 million
Azpi 7 million
Luiz 34 million (or 54 million)
Zouma 12 million
Christensen Youth
Moses 10 million
Kenedy 6.5 million
Total 136.5 million (or 156.5)

Bayern Munich:
Neuer 22 million euros
Sule 20 million
Hummels 35 million
Martinez 40 million
Rafinha 5.75 million
Bernat 10 million
Boateng 13.5 million
Alaba Youth
Ulreich 3 million
Kimmich 7 million
Total 156.25 million euros/£139 million

Barcelona:
Ter Stegen 12 million euros
Cilessen 13 million
Marlon 5 million
Pique 5 million
Semedo 30 million
Mascherano 22 million
Vermaelen 15 million
Alba 14 million
Digne 16.5 million
Vidal 18 million
Umtiti 25 million
Douglas 4 million
Total 193.5 million euros/£172 million

PSG:
Trapp 9 million euros
Areola Youth
Thiago Silva 42 million
Kimpembe Youth
Marquinhos 31.4 million
Meunier 7 million
Aurier 13.5 million (including 5.5 mil loan fee)
Kurzawa 25 million
Dani Alves Free
Berchiche 16 million
Total 143.9 million euros/£127 million

Real Madrid:
Navas 10 million euros
Carvajal 6.5 million
Vallejo 6 million
Ramos 28 million
Varane 10 million
Nacho Youth
Marcelo 6.5 million
Casilla 6 million
Hernandez 30 million
Total 103 million euros/£92 million

Fees are as quoted by wikipages, transfermkt or media outlets, in that order.

[DavidMarrio]

A lot of those City signings though have been when there has been a lot more money in the Prem or they've purchased from teams that they are competing with aka Tottenham or teams where the player was highly rated aka Everton. 

I don't think you can really compare them to say United signing Smalling from Fulham years ago or Jones from Blackburn. 

[9 to 5]

41 minutes ago, MDK said:

Yes, some teams have just bought their Premiership title, eh?

Only teams post 1996 would have the nerve to do such a thing.

[Lineker]

Cassano has retired. Again.

 

[TCO]

Big teams don't need to make calculated smaller buys as a result of good scouting anymore. They let your midtable teams do that and then spunk £40-50mil on the ones that work out in the league. Those teams reinvest that money and the cycle begins again. The same clubs peddle their loan farms as and world class facilities as some sort of revolution as if they make any difference to their success.

Only now they have the lovely addition of buy back clauses for all the youth they acquired but don't have the means to actually develop due to the above process taking up all the spots. You know, just in case smaller clubs have the audacity to succeed.

Meanwhile lads from all over the globe slag each other off on twitter about their "clubs" in broken English, despite not being able to point Manchester or London out on a map. They're decked out in the latest kit in their profile photos though. 

Its all good though because the club signed a official middle east shoelace partner while on its latest friendly tour. So rest assured as they can snatch any decent players that may be emerging in Europe for their latest marketing campaign or loan farm.

Football at the top level is shit now and its completely lost touch with itself as a sport.

[MDK]

2 hours ago, Paul Scholes! said:

For comparisons sake, selected top teams defensive spend:

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Man Utd:
De Gea £17.8 million
Bailly £30 million
Lindelof 30 million
Jones 16.5 million
Rojo 16 million
Smalling 12 million
Blind 13.8 million
Darmian 12.7 million
Romero Free
Shaw 31 million
Total £169.8 million

Chelsea:
Willy Free
Rudiger £29 million
Alonso 24 million
Courtois 7 million
Cahill 7 million
Azpi 7 million
Luiz 34 million (or 54 million)
Zouma 12 million
Christensen Youth
Moses 10 million
Kenedy 6.5 million
Total 136.5 million (or 156.5)

Bayern Munich:
Neuer 22 million euros
Sule 20 million
Hummels 35 million
Martinez 40 million
Rafinha 5.75 million
Bernat 10 million
Boateng 13.5 million
Alaba Youth
Ulreich 3 million
Kimmich 7 million
Total 156.25 million euros/£139 million

Barcelona:
Ter Stegen 12 million euros
Cilessen 13 million
Marlon 5 million
Pique 5 million
Semedo 30 million
Mascherano 22 million
Vermaelen 15 million
Alba 14 million
Digne 16.5 million
Vidal 18 million
Umtiti 25 million
Douglas 4 million
Total 193.5 million euros/£172 million

PSG:
Trapp 9 million euros
Areola Youth
Thiago Silva 42 million
Kimpembe Youth
Marquinhos 31.4 million
Meunier 7 million
Aurier 13.5 million (including 5.5 mil loan fee)
Kurzawa 25 million
Dani Alves Free
Berchiche 16 million
Total 143.9 million euros/£127 million

Real Madrid:
Navas 10 million euros
Carvajal 6.5 million
Vallejo 6 million
Ramos 28 million
Varane 10 million
Nacho Youth
Marcelo 6.5 million
Casilla 6 million
Hernandez 30 million
Total 103 million euros/£92 million

Fees are as quoted by wikipages, transfermkt or media outlets, in that order.

And just for further comparison here is the amount of money that Orient has spent on their Premiership title challenge:

[Lineker]

Sky sources understand Everton have made an improved bid worth £45m for Swansea playmaker Gylfi Sigurdsson. It is understood the offer is £40m plus £5m in add-ons.

[Roster Depth Sicko No. 2]

I don't really get why they need Sigurdsson now? There seems to have been zero movement with regards to Barkley leaving.

[TCO]

Barkley is a bit shit though. If he wasn't English nobody would bat an eyelid at him.

Gylfi is a huge improvement even at that price.

[Lineker]

Moot now anyway - Sky sources understand Swansea have rejected Everton's improved bid for Gylfi Sigurdsson. Paul Clement's side want £50m for the Iceland international.

German newspaper Bild reports Liverpool have returned with a €83m (£74m) bid for RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita.

West Ham have confirmed the signing of Javier Hernandez from Bayer Leverkusen for £16m. He has signed a three-year deal and will now fly out to Germany to attend the club's pre-season training camp. It is understood he becomes West Ham's highest paid player on £140,000-a-week.

 

[stokeriño]

"Chelsea want to buy four more players. For this they have a shortlist of...four."

That's a very short shortlist.

[Lineker]

Manchester United have signed goalkeeper Theo Richardson.

The 18-year-old joined the club on trial earlier this year and impressed for the Under-18s as well as being named on the bench for the U23s' penultimate game of the season.

United have not announced the signing, but Richardson now has a profile on the club website, which reads: "Signed on a permanent contract after arriving on a short-term basis towards the end of the 2016/17 season.

"Formerly with Leeds United, he produced some outstanding performances when thrust into the Reds' Under-18 team to earn a deal over the course of the summer."

[Baddar]

Sounds like a regen. 

[Lineker]

Watford are interested in signing Valencia centre-back Aymen Abdennour. Sky sources understand they have made a £1.8m loan offer with an option to buy for £7m.

Adam Smith has signed a new four-year contract at Bournemouth until 2021.

[Lineker]

Some potentially big news from Spain as Marca are reporting Real Madrid and Monaco have reached a €180 million agreement for the transfer of Kylian Mbappe.

It is reported that the deal will either be €150m/€160m and then €30m/€20m of add-ons. Mbappe, 18, will sign a six-year deal with the La Liga champions.

 

[Lineker]

Tottenham are being heavily linked with Hoffenheim and Germany-U21 right-back Jeremy Toljan for just £3.1m, as his contract is running down. Would be more than happy with that, if true.

[Moses Julep]

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

Tottenham are being heavily linked with Hoffenheim and Germany-U21 right-back Jeremy Toljan for just £3.1m, as his contract is running down. Would be more than happy with that, if true.

Make it happen Lineker!