Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
@catcherintherye just specifcally on the players you mentioned;
Koulibaly: I think we have no chance. His fee would be north of £60mil and seeing as weve (nearly) spent circa £65mil on 3 players would we then lash out that kind of fee on him when we still need GK / RB / LM ?
Bale: He's an interesting one. It appears as though Real have £30mil in wages to pay him over the next 2 years which amounts to £288k a week. Thats well out of our grasp of course but we could offer £140k a week which is about half + £15mil in 'bonuses'. Also perhaps we could do a deal with Real for a loan 50/50 wages split or something similar?
In his interview he seemed very keen to play and, like James hasnt been playing every week so could be 'fresher' than most.
Is £30mil for 2 years with Bale going to be worth it? Well yes, if it pushes us into the top 4 we would make our money back quite easily.
Coutinho: would he be a good signing if we have James on the right already? Both players arent the quickest of course and im not sure the balance would be right. It 'may' work if James plays as a 10 and Coutinho on the left...but then were short on the right. Also as an ex RS player, i cant see it myself.
Throwing one more in...
Lemar: Rumoured to be available at £25mil having moved to Atletico for £65mil 2 summers ago. On the left i think he would be devastating, cutting inside at pace and driving towards goal and taking passes from James with his fantastic control. The key here also is with Digne behind motoring down the left on paper its the perfect French combo.
Also only 24 and adds to our strong nucleus of players u25.
Koulibaly: I think we have no chance. His fee would be north of £60mil and seeing as weve (nearly) spent circa £65mil on 3 players would we then lash out that kind of fee on him when we still need GK / RB / LM ?
Bale: He's an interesting one. It appears as though Real have £30mil in wages to pay him over the next 2 years which amounts to £288k a week. Thats well out of our grasp of course but we could offer £140k a week which is about half + £15mil in 'bonuses'. Also perhaps we could do a deal with Real for a loan 50/50 wages split or something similar?
In his interview he seemed very keen to play and, like James hasnt been playing every week so could be 'fresher' than most.
Is £30mil for 2 years with Bale going to be worth it? Well yes, if it pushes us into the top 4 we would make our money back quite easily.
Coutinho: would he be a good signing if we have James on the right already? Both players arent the quickest of course and im not sure the balance would be right. It 'may' work if James plays as a 10 and Coutinho on the left...but then were short on the right. Also as an ex RS player, i cant see it myself.
Throwing one more in...
Lemar: Rumoured to be available at £25mil having moved to Atletico for £65mil 2 summers ago. On the left i think he would be devastating, cutting inside at pace and driving towards goal and taking passes from James with his fantastic control. The key here also is with Digne behind motoring down the left on paper its the perfect French combo.
Also only 24 and adds to our strong nucleus of players u25.
