Streetspur77
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We need to take advantage of this sporting situation if possible
Gelson Martins
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the watson
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Only feel for the 10% that didn't vote for the muppet president.
wirE
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I think there's gonna be a lot of clubs wanting to take advantage of this situation.
Hakkz
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The agents will have a lot of fun.
Just means all the value has shifted from Sporting to the players and their agents. If there is competition for players, it’s going to end up in the players and agents’ pockets. Total cost of deal will still be high and I doubt they’ll really be any genuine bargains for the best players.
freeeki
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There are a few players there I reckon Levy and Poch would have a sniff at if they're going for free...
William Carvalho, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes are the obvious ones.
Bit of a shame Fabio Coentrao isn't still in his mid 20s really!
Full squad list here: https://www.transfermarkt.com/sporting-lissabon/startseite/verein/336
William Carvalho, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes are the obvious ones.
Bit of a shame Fabio Coentrao isn't still in his mid 20s really!
Full squad list here: https://www.transfermarkt.com/sporting-lissabon/startseite/verein/336
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I think i'd prefer if Spurs were to keep on track and stick to how they had stacked their domino's in regards to player recruitment.
This is a no-brainer. I'm sure it's going to be contractually complicated, but with interest as recently as early last month, bringing in this kind of quality for no transfer fee at his age is incredible. I'd take Martins on a free over pretty much every other WF we've been rumored with. Have to think Levy would jump at this situation.
I know you're joking but in normal circumstances he would have been available for 40-60m or maybe even more so him being available for free is certainly tempting to say the least.
Adam Zampa
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Bas dost as our yearly lump up front with 0 ability, gelso n'martins as our rapid winger who doesn't get game time, sounds good
Cochraam
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Certainly it seems worth our while to monitor the situation for Martins and some of the other players who could fit our style as there could be value to be found. I would worry about a couple things. 1) The players could be stuck in legal limbo for awhile. While it seems to be a strong case of unsafe workplace, I'm not sure it's a given that courts would resolve that quickly. 2) Even if the legal situation resolves to where there is no transfer fee, there will likely be plenty of other money required to sign these players - agent fees, signing bonuses, and wages. That could get messy. Still, worth at least monitoring to see how the legal situation plays out and what sorts of fees are required for Martins and others.
dtxspurs
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Honestly the only reason I would do it. Don't think he'd add anything to our team we don't have wouldn't be worth upsetting what we have now. But if we can resell him for additional funds bring it on. Don't think it works like that though.
Posted in the Fernandes thread yesterday.. we can get a lot better than Martins. Think he only got 8/9 goals and similar amount of assists in around 50 games last year. Never stood out to me when watching sporting in Europe either. Hopefully just his representatives trying to generate some publicity as he and others obviously want out of sporting
daryl hannah
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Questionable end product, but decent dribbler.
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