>Manchester United are in talks with with Inter Milan over a £36m bid for their 28-year-old Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic. (Sky Sports)
Meanwhile, Chelsea have been told they will have to pay £48m if they want the winger. (Daily Mail)
>Atletico Madrid are interested in re-signing 28-year-old striker Diego Costa from Chelsea this summer.(Independent)
The Spain forward is set to have talks with the Premier League champions over his future.(Daily Telegraph)
>Claude Puel "expects to be sacked" at Southampton and has already held secret talks with French Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne.(Sun)
Chelsea's departing captain John Terry, 36, has urged the club to invest heavily in the transfer market to compete in the Champions League next season. (Guardian)
>Manager Arsene Wenger will tell the Arsenal board on Tuesday that they should ignore fan opinion and focus on the facts when they consider whether they want him to stay on. (Daily Express)
West Ham have made a bid for Manchester City's £20m-rated striker Kelechi Iheanacho, 20.(Daily Mirror)
>Long-term Manchester United target, 30-year-old midfielder Blaise Matuidi, has refused to commit his future to Paris St-Germain.(Manchester Evening News)
West Ham are reported to be preparing a cash-plus-player offer worth around £25m for 22-year-old Sunderland goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.(Newcastle Chronicle)
>Birmingham City boss Harry Redknapp was at Hampden Park for the Scottish Cup final to check on 29-year-old Aberdeen winger Jonny Hayes.(Birmingham Mail)
Ernesto Valverde, who is set to be announced as Barcelona manager on Monday, is keen to sign 27-year-old Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera. (As.com - in Spanish)
>Monaco left-back Benjamin Mendy, 22, is set to enter negotiations with Manchester City about a move to Pep Guardiola's side. (SFR - in French)
And City are confident of beating rivals Manchester United to a second Monaco signing after their deal for Bernardo Silva. (Daily Express)
Julian Lewis
>West Ham have made a bid for Manchester City's £20m-rated striker Kelechi Iheanacho, 20
>£20mill for a kid who has scored a couple of tap ins over 3 seasons
Benjamin Gomez
TODAYS MATCH CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY OFF FINAL Huddersfield Town v Reading KO 3pm
Michael Morris
>Sky Sports News HQ @SkySportsNewsHQ 9m >BREAKING: Benfica goalkeeper Ederson due in Manchester today for talks ahead of Man City medical on Tuesday, Sky sources understand #SSNHQ
Jose Hughes
>and has already held secret talks with French Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne Apparently they're more interested in Fabio Celestini. Though I guess they'd have to buy him out of his contract.
Kevin Kelly
>£44m - Bernardo Silva >£35m - Ederson >£40m - Mendy Is Pep going nuts? Only Mendy is most likely to do well in the prem.
Sebastian Scott
>+4 GD Championship Team vs. -2 GD Championship Team
"Winner" will clinch a return trip by the end of March
Logan Cox
>underestimating the Hef baka
Carter Mitchell
you now remember city spent 180m net last summer (nolito, bravo, jesus, sane, gundogan, stones, ruli, marlos moreno)
And 150m net the previous season (otamendi, de bruin, etc)
it's going to be hilarious if they spend as much (probably more since they still need defenders and wingbacks) this season
like I said, foreign mega owners should be outlawed
Luke Barnes
>Reading Maybe the overall worst premiership team ever >Huddersfield Literal whos from a literal who town that would become the worst premiership team ever
All of this and Brighton are coming up as well. RIP Premier League
Daniel Adams
how are they not violating financial fair play rules?
James Russell
They'll probably get some chinks to buy Joe Hart or Yaya for 100billion to get out of it
Chase Bailey
they're a money laundering scheme for illegal off OPEC oil sales. Just like Etihad Airlines and other loss making vehicles.
Jacob Davis
dodgy business deals >Melbourne City pay them 'intellectual licence' >NYC FC pay them 'intellectual licence' >Man City Womens Team pay them 'intellectual licence' >Eithad stadium naming rights (same owner as club) >Etihad shirt sponsoring rights
Ian Gonzalez
>Rulli I had forgotten about that. Why did they even let him go for like 1m profit without even trying him out when the need for a GK was obvious?
Andrew Smith
Bernardo Silva is really good
like really fucking good
Justin Green
That as it may be, their midfield wasn't an issue.
Brody Phillips
they are, they just pay the fine
Asher Williams
I don't know the specifics but I remember reading that clubs can trick the system with sponsor deals and infrastructure investment (academies, training grounds, etc)
considering the owner of city is practically their sponsor too I guess the trick is pumping in money through sponsor contracts. Not sure how infrastructure investment fits in the equation, maybe they increase the transfer cap as long as you keep investing or some shit, really don't know
also, no club owner should be allowed to own a second or more clubs
Jacob Ortiz
they increased capacity of stadium and claim it sells 95%+ of tickets every match...
Noah Bell
It probably does, the owners probably have a few hundred season tickets and buy the rest of the tickets on game day when no one shows up
Liam Torres
Reminder that the FFP exist to protect the clubs that could spend big when it was introduced and to protect the status quo of the moment, and was NEVER about stopping City from spending big. This is without talking about the politics side of the situation, with the Arabs being the current big market for UEFA/FIFA.
Jacob Ramirez
before it was funny, but city now is genuinely buying good players.
Isaac Wright
Clever accounting.
For example clubs rarely pay the entire transfer total at once and instead they them across multiple years. Like 50 million transfer paid across 4 years would only count for 12,5 mill towards the financial fair play rules each year.
David James
>Man City on 100M before anyone else even got off the gate
single team billion transfer window when single player billion transfer fee when
Hudson Evans
Any updates on the Javi Martinez situation?
Charles Thomas
More like stockpiling players in positions they already have covered.
Henry Gomez
>Silva won't play 60 matches a season forever >New Silva is actually more talented >GK was definitely not covered if they keep this going, there's cause for concern
Charles Nguyen
Will Shanta Ronaldo be the first 1 billion pound player?
Julian Price
>get beaten by monaco in the cl >Buy all their players
Hmmm. Is this the genius of pep?
Nathaniel Williams
is perisic good or just a meme?
Xavier Myers
>get beaten by Monaco in the cl >buy all their players >make them pass sideways for 80 minutes >concede >blame ref and sperg out at interviewers
>FFP exist to protect the clubs that could spend big it was also done so clubs, usually smaller ones with new owners, didn't sign players they couldn't afford with wages they weren't going to pay. They would compete a season playing these new players above their club means while the matter was being resolved legally, something that was happening with malaga, iirc, who made cl semis while not paying wages or transfers of some of their players
this is not what city is doing, they are paying everything upfront
psg and other clubs did it a couple years ago with 'loan with obligation to buy next season' type of contracts, which should also be outlawed
Dominic Perez
Is £36m on 28 y/o Perisic really that bad when City are about to drop £50m on a 27 y/o Walker and Chelsea spent £36m on a 29 y/o Luiz last year
Jason Bell
You lads and Pep weren't kidding.
Sup Forums >Pep doesn't know what he's doing Reporters >What do you think you need in this window? Pep >More attackers And the madman is actually signing more attacking players.
Caleb Anderson
>Chelsea didn't bother with a Young Player of the Year award at their end of season awards. Top kek >C-Conte will be applying the youth next season la'
Robert Hughes
Perisic always looks good but never blows me away. At least they're spending "normal" money on decent players to bolster this time.
I used to support United but don't anymore, so couldn't really care if that shit eater wastes all his transfer budget again anyway.
Joseph Morris
when pep revolutionizes footy yet again by playing two strikers as central defenders you'll see his genius
Julian Cox
He plans to win every game 7-6.
Brody Moore
It's not terrible, it's just that his price should be closer to ~£25m and PL teams are paying extra as always.
>£50m on a 27 y/o Walker This kind of makes sense, fills the English player quota, is one of the best RBs in the league and there's a shortage of good full backs in the market in general.
>£36m on a 29 y/o Luiz You can't say it didn't pay off, he played almost every game, he wasn't bad and he was bought back for less than what he was sold for.
Daniel Rivera
I hope so. I mean, I really like watching City sometimes. They look really nice on the ball really often. The man just seems utterly clueless though. How can he possibly not make a CB a priority? His backup is John fucking Stones.
Austin Green
Walker is from another English club. It adds so much value to harm your most direct competitors.
Nicholas James
he's Barcelona through and through. Barca still haven't replaced Puyol. They just fucking hate defenders in general
Kayden Smith
>£50m on a 27 y/o Walker i-is this real?
Xavier Gonzalez
...
Joseph Ward
Walker really isn't that good lads
Gabriel Green
Sure, the prices of players have jumped yet again. 30 million for a starter is now a bargin for the big clubs.
Jason Scott
>>Manager Arsene Wenger will tell the Arsenal board on Tuesday that they should ignore fan opinion and focus on the facts when they consider whether they want him to stay on. (Daily Express) The fact that he gave away the title to Lester last season and finished out of top 4 this season? Gramps' suicidal. >Monaco left-back Benjamin Mendy, 22, is set to enter negotiations with Manchester City about a move to Pep Guardiola's side. (SFR - in French) >And City are confident of beating rivals Manchester United to a second Monaco signing after their deal for Bernardo Silva. (Daily Express) They're getting the wrong Monaco players!
UEFA should really do something about it. Seriously.
Jacob Mitchell
this desu, just le generic pacy english black lad moved back ever so slightly, if they don't have anyone to cover him when he's up the picth with le pacy english jemaican terrible haircut black lad they'll be twice as fucked.
Elijah Ramirez
He's the best RB in this crappy leauge along with Poop wanting more English players to work with. Makes total sense.
Brody Jackson
How many RBs better than Walker that are up for sale can you name? Also keep in mind that City need more than one now that Zabaleta, Sagna and even Navas left.
Joseph Ward
btw uefa/fifa get a small percentage of every transfer made, so the more inflated transfers are the more money they make. And the more a club spends, the more they give to uefa/fifa
don't expect any market regulations soon
Daniel Mitchell
Ederson is 1000x better than Bravo. Plus he is super young. A GK that wins games. Wish he would stay in Benfica forever.
Easton Robinson
t. jorge mendes
Sebastian Young
How would you compare his season with Oblak last year in Benfica? Better, worse, same level?
Xavier Garcia
Just checked Kyles instagram, he's on holiday in Greece, coincidence?
Jordan Walker
Spurs set a precedent by buying the likes of soldado and lamela for 30m
Now they reap the rewards
Alexander Clark
Thanks
#woke
Asher Wright
Not sure about Mendy. He's been like a totally different person in monaco than in marseille. Also this guy is all over the place in the locker room.
Bernardo is really fucking good but not used to getting charged every 30 seconds like he'll be in EPL. Hope he doesn't get injured.
Andrew Miller
Reminder to ignore 190kg faggot
Jayden Morgan
we've had some fun, but after Leicester won the league, all the mega rich plastic clubs have decided to stop messing about and just spend stupid money until they win by default
it's not fun anymore, what's the fucking point anymore lads when poop can cover up how shit he is by spunking over £100m a week after the league finishes
can't stand city, chelsea and united, they want football to be boring as fuck just so long as they win and get their chink fans to buy shirts
Nicholas Carter
It doesn't make a difference if they all do it. I like having the chance to see some of the best players in the world play regularly though, so I'm all for it.
I've got no problems as long as they play attractive football ie. not United.
James Campbell
Obviously lad, top tier football is done, I just watch the lads down the park now.
Aiden Wood
>Claude Puel "expects to be sacked" at Southampton and has already held secret talks with French Ligue 1 side Saint-Etienne.(Sun)
YES
THANK YOU GOD
>next manager is even worse and >we get relegated
Cameron Butler
They're idiots, the fact David Silva is still their best player shows how poor signings have been in the past. They're the type who claim Aguero is top 3 in the world which shows they don't watch at all I want to know if this Ederson is any good, saw the goal he conceded off a corner a few days ago
Juan Scott
I unironically enjoy the 4CC more than the average real footy game. I might have to start watching lower league football just to get the spark back
Nolan Wright
>They're the type who claim Aguero is top 3 in the world is that why they've all but shown him the door
Wyatt Hernandez
>if they all do it
it's three clubs, one of which is managed by shithouse '10 men in your own penalty box' Jose, and Chelsea have never cared about good football.
it's going to end up as boring as the current NBA, except it'll probably last longer.
Lucas Garcia
I'm talking about the average poster on this chink site, Hristo
Christopher Brown
yeah, he's a fucking threat to your own team in set pieces or whenever he decides to leave the goal. might be funny to see him in the Premier. but he's God-like at stopping
Robert Stewart
Next season will be hilarious, Poop is going to fail yet again in a league with more than one title rival. It's just not in his blood to have real competition.
Jordan Turner
it's unfair to include chelsea in the current spending craze.
While abramovic has spent big in the past, he's also been very conscious about money and adding up the last three seasons they have spent 20m net
Yes, that figure is correct, chelsea have spent 20m net in the last three seasons
Chase Wright
>Yes, that figure is correct, chelsea have spent 20m net in the last three seasons Becuase they just so conviently have been the biggest target for Chinese clubs willing to pay three times the price for players. Gee I wonder if that shady Russian owner has anything to do with it.
Brody Allen
>net spend meme go away Moh
>buy $250M worth of players and win a load of trophies with them >sell them on to China or whatever for a very small loss or even a gain >"see, we barely spent anything, we're not a money club"
David Scott
>le make dodgy deals to sell shit players to China team
yeah, that figure isn't honest
David Richardson
>le money laundering mobster
Don't try and tell me that £60m for Oscar is legitimate in any way.
Sebastian Williams
if he parked the bus and played like mou does he would have more draws but he doesnt want to play like that and im glad. fuck off with your disgusting boring football
James Ward
sorry if it hurts your feelings, but chelsea have done great in the transfer windows
nothing forbids other clubs to sell their trash to china to keep their books in balance, and it's a very smart move
Nathaniel Cruz
Not even a Inter fan but selling Perisic would be stupid, he is one of the few decent players in team.
Angel Torres
>implying setting up a team to defend well is not a skill he just doesn't know how
Alexander Rodriguez
it's only a skill if your team is shit and facing superior opposition. Anyone can park the bus with $35M defenders
Zachary Moore
its not.having eight players sitting back to counter is for desperate low tier clubs who have no other option
Cameron Jones
He wants to leave, and how can you blame him. I think it's bad for them too but i'm sure they'll gett good money from United to buy a suitible substitution
Chase Powell
Still not enough. Their revenue is at least £100m/season less than Man Utd and they still spend more.
Julian Hall
For me it's Tammy.
Gabriel Morris
Good. Maybe plastics like you will fuck off then.
Carter Davis
Noones feelings are hurt you just have to call out bullshit when Chelsea foreign bandwagoners get too delusional.
Jayden Myers
It's quite clearly a money laundering scheme though
Wouldn't be surprised if it turns out the whole Chinese league is rigged by a handful of criminals
Jose Morris
>spending £40m on a shit goalkeeper >already giving up on the shit goalkeeper he paid £20m for last summer >selling City's only academy prospect to West Ham
What the fuck is his problem?
Julian Williams
Is batshuayi any good lads, barely seen him play
Justin Walker
had a breakdown after winning fewer trophies than coventry city did this season
Brody Cook
If we get another full episode of autistic Coop I'm gonna be pissed.
Jackson Wilson
Because he defends by having as much possession as possible/pressing the ball high and quickly which keeps it as far away from his goal as possible. After all, what really are tackles?
Michael Perez
Perisic would be a solid signing, he can play on the right or left wing