Blue Juice
Player Valuation: £25m
Absolutely no money should be spent if it takes away from potentially being able to sign Gomes at the end of the year
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Watching us yesterday I think its fair to say to have this side good enough to not only get a point at the top clubs but ti aim for 3 consistently and go toe to toe we will need to spend realistically another £150-200 million in the next 2 transfer windows.
Gomes: £35-40 million
Lozano: £30-35 million
Ndombele: £45-50 million (Brands could sign an alternative for less perhaps)
Top Centre Forward: £50-60 million
Zouma: £25 million
Thats about £200 million but you have a side good enough to not only defend well, but also a strong midfield and an actual goal threat going forward which we currently do not have.
Now to combat against the big expenditure the good news is we have alot of deadwood to sell:
Bolasie: £8-10 million
Tosun: £12-15 million
Niasse: £7-8 million
Vlasic: £12-15 million
Besic: £5-6 million
Mirallas: £2 million
Sandro: £2 million
Schnerderlin: £12-15 million
McCarthy: £8-10 million
About £80-90 million we could look to claw back over the next 2 windows if we can shift the majority of the above out.
So basically we are on target to move forward as a club, the big question mark is if the ownership would be willing to put the funds in to take us to the next level but im hopeful they will.
In terms of Janaury, for me a new centre forward is the priority signing with the others waiting to the summer. Gomes on a permanent would be great next month but I think Barca will wait until the summer in the hope his price tag continues to grow.
Bolasie £5mil + Onyekuru £20mil + Walcott £20mil + Mirallas £0 = £45mil
McCarthy £3mil + Schneiderlin £12mil + Besic £6mil + Gana £30mil = £51mil
Sandro £0 + Tosun £20mil + Niasse £15mil = £35mil
Around £130mil there.
Lozano £35mil
Ndombele £60mil
Militao £25mil
£120mil gone
Would still need a Centre Forward + Gomes.
Why don't we see what Onyekuru can do for us before we sell him, Zatman?
Why are you selling Gana?
Bolasie £5mil + Onyekuru £20mil + Walcott £20mil + Mirallas £0 = £45mil
McCarthy £3mil + Schneiderlin £12mil + Besic £6mil + Gana £30mil = £51mil
Sandro £0 + Tosun £20mil + Niasse £15mil = £35mil
Around £130mil there.
Lozano £35mil
Ndombele £60mil
Militao £25mil
£120mil gone
Would still need a Centre Forward + Gomes.
Loan with a fixed price option to buy in the summerGabigol still getting linked at around £18m
What are people’s current thoughts? Risk worth taking?
Why don't we see what Onyekuru can do for us before we sell him, Zatman?
Why are you selling Gana?
I wouldn't be selling Onyekuru, only an idiotic offer would make me sell. He could rip our league up for all we know and we'd look stupid. There's rumours about very good teams in for him.
I can't see a striker in Jan, none would be available you'd think, but another possibility until the rest of the season could be to try Walcott there and move richarlison back out wide. We've got a fair few options that can help us get by until the summer instead of forcing through what could be an unnecessary transfer imo. Top 5 is gone already, I know its early but Arsenal and spurs are a league above us. So we just need to plan for next seasons assault, buying another tosun won't do that.
It doesn't work like that Zat, if you sign Morgan Schneiderlin for 25 million on a contract for five years, selling below that crystallizes a loss that comes off the bottom line.
The club are likely to have entered into payments of 5 mill a season to Utd, that is how all transfers are done - annually. So with three years left on his contract he has a value "book price" of 15 million to Everton, because Everton still owe 15 million to Utd, next year 10 million etc.
So selling Schneiderlin or any of the above below their book price means we make a loss of the bottom line.
Selling Scnchnerlin for 12 million makes a 3 million loss, it doesnt create 12 million.
Thats why we have loaned out so many players that arent part of the squad, we are essentially getting other clubs to help with their cost and lowering their book price.
Why don't we see what Onyekuru can do for us before we sell him, Zatman?
Why are you selling Gana?
Just musings really...so many positions needed to fill and i have no doubt the signings will mostly be unexpected anyway.
We'd have 6 wide players...so need to sell 2 i think.
I know...snag is weve no way to calculate how much weve paid or their book values as were just fans.
Going by what he’s done so far it’ll be younger players who eitherIt’s be interesting to know what brands thoughts are about the likely continued inflation of prices. For example getting the likes of ndombele, Lozano etc in now for big fees and on long term contracts could actually end up being seen as cheap in a couple of years. Alternatively, targeting players coming to the end of the contracts might be the way to go. I wonder what his thinking/plans are.
very difficult to get a top centre forward in jan, i reckon we might get someone on loan tho.Bolasie £5mil + Onyekuru £20mil + Walcott £20mil + Mirallas £0 = £45mil
McCarthy £3mil + Schneiderlin £12mil + Besic £6mil + Gana £30mil = £51mil
Sandro £0 + Tosun £20mil + Niasse £15mil = £35mil
Around £130mil there.
Lozano £35mil
Ndombele £60mil
Militao £25mil
£120mil gone
Would still need a Centre Forward + Gomes.
I’ll have a word with AlisherListen lads it's simple really: outbid Frankfurt and get Jovic's permanent signature, sign either Pulisic or Lozano for the right and seal the Gomes deal in midfield. Then figure out CB and RB and the team would be real strong. Not all of this for January just by the end of next summer.