Trying to make sense of the summer transfers

[Rosco]

Top 10 fees this summer

1. De Bruyne
2. Sterling
3. Di Maria
4. Martial
5. Benteke
6. Firmino
7. Kondogbia
8. Vidal
9-11. Arda Turan, Jackson Martinez, Depay

I think the interesting one that isn't on the list is De Gea (presuming he goes) , he's arguably the best player that moved during the summer both in terms of past performance and future potential. Which is an obvious pointer to the fact that goalkeepers are still undervalued (or else it's just evidence that when a player is set on one destination, the selling club gets fucked)

The top fee went on De Bruyne who at age 24 has two good seasons under his belt in the Bundesliga. I don't know why but I'm not the slightest bit worried about City signing him. Will he start ahead of Silva or Sterling , or play with them ? (I wonder how FFP is working for them)

It's baffling to see the more accomplished, younger , Son sign for Spurs for less than half of what De Bruyne cost. He's a player I've thought we should have considered in the past so I'll be watching how he goes.

I get the feeling the Martial and Di Maria fees and moves are at the hands of Mendes, and it baffles me that anyone puts up with his shit.

Martial is 19 years old and has 11 goals in 52 games , in France. That seems like a massive outlay on pure potential.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe?]

FFP doesn't exist anymore.

 

[keniget]

De Gea is cheap relatively speaking because he's in the last year of his contract, no? Otherwise Real would be having to stump up in excess of 50M I reckon.

I was chatting to a City fan last night about the De Bruyne transfer and he was a bit non-plussed by it. City finally look like they've hit upon a balanced system that gets the best out of all their key players and De Bryune is potentially going to come in and mess with that. It might be that there is a grand plan that is not immediately obvious or that De Bruyne is actually so good that he even if it's hard to fit him in there will be a net improvement but he is looking very much the luxury purchase right now.

 

[Hansern]

De Gea has one year left on his contract and Navas was supposed to be included, hence the low fee.

 

[ILD]

I think De Bryune is excellent. He could be scary alongside Sterling, Aguero and Silva. He'll push Nasri and Navas down the pecking and will improve city.