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[Football] Other teams Transfer Business
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southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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Anybody having any doubts we'll actually sign a new striker this window or will GP just try to improve what we have? All gone a bit quiet on this front although we've still got two and a half weeks before the big kick off.
Bob!
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Hotchilidog
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I think we will, but it will be complementary striker to Maupay who I believe will still be our number one striker at the outset. Someone like Nunez fits the bill and I for one hope it is him. Connolly will have the opportunity to push on and Glenn will remain the stalwart back up.
I do not expect any sort of glamour signing at the forward position. The way this squad is shaping up, there is actually a lot of competition to get into that first XI right now.
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He’s also very prone to injury, not big injuries but niggly muscle pulls etc, should serve him well in Bielsa’s unrelenting physical style.
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I appreciate you speaking on behalf of all of us, but Rodrigo is a not a player that I would particularly want. His goal scoring record is very underwhelming and he’s quite susceptible to injury.
It seems to me that most clubs haven't really progressed in this window so far. Chelsea look to have strengthened, but lost William, and Arsenal look the better for having William. We've also added two quality players and lost no-one we don't want to. City have lost Silva and Sane, replaced them with less good players but tried to sort out their defence with Ake - overall probably staying in about the same place. Saints and Spurs have a similar lost-one-gained-one but doesn't look to have made them better or worse on paper.
Still a long way to go.
Still a long way to go.
bobbysmith01
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Could be, but my QPR mate reckons, superb 1-4 games, then bloody awful. Like all
Signings (including our signing that youngster from Leeds, White?) they are a risk, you will never know how they work out. If they can get him playing more consistently, then it might be a good signing.
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FatSuperman
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If you strip out broadcast revenue, they are roughly £12m ahead. You'd expect both commercial numbers to be increasing, but Leeds very likely to increase at a greater rate than ours. They are clearly a bigger commercial draw and won't give a shit about getting into bed with retail gambling outfits, etc. But, the delta is really not that significant, given broadcast is over £100m. God knows what they'll be paying Rodrigo, who must be on close to £100k pw at Valencia. You'd think they'd be insane to pay him anywhere near that, but their wage inflation might get out of control if they start down that road. Ours is bad enough - largely due to having 16,000 players.
Leeds
£18m Matchday
£21m Commercial
Brighton
£18.5m Matchday
£8.8m Commercial
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saafend_seagull
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He doesn’t play upfront, same as trossard position. So trossard is shithouse too.
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He's not to dissimilar to Andone just played in a better side in Spain. Think there's better out there for far less and think our Striker options are still far better than theirs. Good signing for them nonetheless if it doesn't work out that's a lot of money on a player reaching the end of his prime years.
schmunk
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This season these numbers will tank, making the difference somewhat less.
Originunknown
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100k a week, he will need to score the goals to keep them up because that will sting in the championship.
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I think the key to [MENTION=24838]Bladders[/MENTION] point is reference of a ‘top club’. If Trossard had been playing for a team that had finished 4th, 4th and 9th in La Liga you’d have grounds for a comparison, however, Trossard has a similar record whilst playing for a bottom half Premier League club. A player in Rodrigo’s position should be scoring more goals than he has.
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It’s got Soldado stamped all over it.
Agree, and I’m not just saying this Leeds lurkers, but I genuinely don’t see the appeal of this signing.
Past his best striker, no Prem experience. No other clubs after him, poor record.
He reminds me of the Spanish lad Spurs got many years ago who couldn’t score. Trivia question there if anyone can remember (not Llorente).
Well one things for sure, we are definitely being linked with a fair number of strikers this window. More than previous years.
So would assume the club are actively trying.
It may well go to deadline day. Let’s see.
Originunknown
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I thought their chairman wanted to emulate our more sustainable less fool hardy approach to the PL?
100k wages as a newly promoted club, smashing your existing high earner's stricture by 150% is not something we would do and thankfully so.
100k wages as a newly promoted club, smashing your existing high earner's stricture by 150% is not something we would do and thankfully so.