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Atletico just spent 126m on Joao Felix from Benfica. Fucking hell
What in the wide world of sports....??!
Atletico just spent 126m on Joao Felix from Benfica. Fucking hell
Mental isn't it. So that's the new benchmark for top potential these days? I think I read he's only had 26 top flight matches, and 1 international cap.Atletico just spent 126m on Joao Felix from Benfica. Fucking hell
Atletico just spent 126m on Joao Felix from Benfica. Fucking hell
Christ, not sure who's making the bigger blunder - United for trying to buy him at that price or Leicester for not biting their hands off.
Atletico just spent 126m on Joao Felix from Benfica. Fucking hell
Atletico have had a busy few weeks.
Joao Felix in, Hector Herrera in, Felipe in from Porto, Marcos Llorente in last week, a Brazilian left back and Argentine striker also signed.
Lucas Hernandez out, Rodri out, Gelson Martins out, Vietto out, Mensah out. That's about 200m Euros there. Marginal profit so far, I'd think. Godin left for free.
Big rebuilding summer and probably Greizmann leaving very soon too.
Buffon doing his medical today - This had me laughing so hard
West Ham saw his work and offered him head of security job?I wonder what ever happened to that steward? I would assume he was sacked but haven't heard anything since the day after it all happened.
Leicester just signed Ayoze Perez from Newcastle for £3million. It's being reported in the media as £30million but i'm pretty sure thats a typo as i'm sure Leicester couldn't possibly be that dumb.
Leicester just signed Ayoze Perez from Newcastle for £3million. It's being reported in the media as £30million but i'm pretty sure thats a typo as i'm sure Leicester couldn't possibly be that dumb.
Leicester just signed Ayoze Perez from Newcastle for £3million. It's being reported in the media as £30million but i'm pretty sure thats a typo as i'm sure Leicester couldn't possibly be that dumb.
I was just having a look on a couple of Newcastle forums and they just don't care any more, this site would be in meltdown if we'd just sold one of our best players but there's hardly any posts, they really have given up. Can't really blame them....
Have I gone mad or have I just wandered into an alternative dimension where Ayoze Perez is actually worth £30million?
Honestly, this transfer absolutely boggles my mind. Football's gone crazy. £30million is more than we paid for Moura, Son, Janssen, Lamela, Soldado, etc. all of whom were higher profile players than Perez when they signed.
Yeah. It’s beginning to become bad business buying even semi proven talent from England. Better to buy talented potential youngsters very young or develop your own snd spend the money on foreign players around Europe where you can get equal or better quality cheaper.Have you been watching the transfer window of late? It's really hard to compare Soldado and Lamela's transfer to Perez's because of when they were. Even Son and Janssen's were still a while ago in comparison to when the transfer marker and prices sky-rocketed.
Of the players you've mentioned, Moura is the best comparison and it's not that hard to explain it. Yes, Moura is the better player but Moura wasn't playing at PSG and was literally not needed there which made his value decrease. Not to mention there's always been a premium put on Premier League players so they'll cost more.
Look at some recent premier league transfers and their prices:
Wan-Bisaka just went for 50+ million after literally one good season
Dominic Solanke went to bournemouth for 21 million last season
Ben Gibson cost 16 million from Middlesbrough to Burnley
Matej Vydra cost 12 million from Derby also to Burnley
James Maddison cost 25 million from Norwich to Leicester
Harry Maguire is rated at above 70 million
Zaha is rated at 80 million
I'm not saying they're all bad players (a fair few of them are great talents and prospects) but 30 million for Perez isn't that weird today.