Will.I.An
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What does this mean ? That we have a back-up player in mind ? Or have an appointment booked at the local psychiatrist ?
Fuck yeah bitch!!
What me and Modo dont know about football aint worth knowing.
It's as simple as this for me dude, I've no doubt he's a good player. He's not a superstar though.
And the money being quoted can buy you a superstar.
The quickest way for us to get ourselves back in a hole is by overpaying for good players, but not great ones
Yeah fair enough. See I dont know that he isnt a superstar. I agree statistically he doesnt stack up, but United, Chelsea and Arsenal were all in for him 8 months ago when he went to Anzhi for 35m I cant see how they could all be suckered into spending so much on a 'good' player.
Like I said I agree we could spend 30m better, but thats only because I dont know what this lad can do.
If you get a chance, watch Sociedad tonight, Griezmann should play and hes fucking great. Only 22 aswell and would cost maybe 15m
Like I said I agree we could spend 30m better, but thats only because I dont know what this lad can do.
If you get a chance, watch Sociedad tonight, Griezmann should play and hes fucking great. Only 22 aswell and would cost maybe 15m
this isn't carroll or downing shit.
No this is Denilson
tbf, i think you're going on the stats too much with willian. he would be a superstar for us i believe. the way he plays is perfect for us.
That's all well and good but things aren't quite as black and white as that. In an ideal world we'd go out and buy a top player with our money but that's not always easy as we've found out this summer.
The market is ridiculous now with average players regularly being transferred for 20M upwards and whilst you can still get good value (De Bruyne, Van Ginkel, Coutinho are just a few examples) you still need that pulling power to seal the deal.
Every now and again you get presented with an opportunity to sign a player that normally you wouldn't be able to and this is one of those opportunities. Willian is not a top tier player right now, you're right and if we are genuinely serious about spending 30M on him then we're probably banking on the fact that he's got another gear to kick into (it's very possible).
We have a contract killer in a hotel in Russia waiting for a phone call.
I hope it's for Levy then !
It's certainly possible, but when you spend 25-30 million on a player, you're essentially hoping that the players kicks on in 2 years time to become a 40-50 million pound player.
When that player is 25, and hasn't yet set the world alight, that's a bit improbable. Not impossible like - there are examples like Drogba.
When that player is 25, and hasn't yet set the world alight, that's a bit improbable. Not impossible like - there are examples like Drogba.
True. It's a tricky one and I'm not sure what the right answer is.
In fairness to Willian, I think he's suffering somewhat for plying his trade in Eastern Europe. He has set the world alight over there and proven to be a creditable CL performer. None of us really pay much attention to teams over there though.
It seems that the club want(ed) to take the plunge this summer with one player that could take us to the next level and that hasn't quite worked out. Perhaps the feeling that this may be a bit of an impulse / panic gamble as a consequence of that contributes to the overall sense of concern.
There was a video I saw yesterday, which nearly had me convinced. Can't find it now.
Said he had 8 goals and 15 assists last season. Can't really find any stats on this guy other than the ones rurik posted. If he's shown evidence of that sort of end product over the last 3 years, then I could be up for it.
Said he had 8 goals and 15 assists last season. Can't really find any stats on this guy other than the ones rurik posted. If he's shown evidence of that sort of end product over the last 3 years, then I could be up for it.
Didn't Rurik say that the Russian league was a very tough league to score in ? Very defensive minded ?
Am I sensing that choosing player purchases in the transfer market is risky?
It's a gamble.
Problem is its a 30m gamble which seems to be most of the cash we have, when we have other positions that need strengthening.
In his favour is the fact top teams wanted him & I can't imagine a Brazilian is ever gonna be even close to happy running about in shorts in Russia.
Problem is its a 30m gamble which seems to be most of the cash we have, when we have other positions that need strengthening.
In his favour is the fact top teams wanted him & I can't imagine a Brazilian is ever gonna be even close to happy running about in shorts in Russia.
There must be a reason for the delay in giving us an answer
Oh well, I guess we'll just have to settle for Lamela ... HOLLA!
i think so too. i have no idea why anyone would see spurs as a better move than us. really no idea.
That guy who gets everything wrong on Twitter with an EYEtalian name said Roma's management team is in London to discuss Lamela ... Do they really have the purchasing power to get Willian AND Lamela w/o selling Bale?
But they ARE selling Bale.
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