2019/20 Marcel Brands

[Goat]

The puppet master wont be getting me.

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

At least it sounds like we have a proper transfer strategy these days

 

[roydo]

Whats really scary? If Brands identifies another Digne for the RB role, and another Richarlison, except a striker, and 1 more loan move equal to Gomes, in just over a season he will have transformed this team into a very dangerous one AND on a budget we can meet.

Pickford
Digne2 Keane, Mina, Digne
Gueye/Gueye replacement, Gomes/New Gomes
Bernard Siggy Richarilison
StirkerRicharlison

That lineup would cost us about $0 net spend with the deadwood players we can sell.

If he even gets close to that, some on here will still focus on the size of his ears.

 

[Goat]

Do you mean top 6 apart from the RS?

Always.

 

[davek]

....I don’t see an issue in investing and selling on at a profit. It’s not saying the club want to sell its best talent, but a club in our position will inevitably be approached to sell and the players involved will be keen to move. It’s happened with Stones, it’s happened with Lukaku and it’s happened with Barkley.

It’s the way things are. If the value of players we sign increases, then it’s an indication they have been successful signings. It hopefully means the club are progressing.

The aspiration is to keep our best players, but the reality is that isn’t the situation we are in.

It's a change in the Moshiri era. Previously we could believe that if the club wanted to keep a player then we had the ambition and financial clout to keep them here; this is now an admission we have gone back to the Kenwright era paradigm.

 

[Eggs]

It's a change in the Moshiri era. Previously we could believe that if the club wanted to keep a player then we had the ambition and financial clout to keep them here; this is now an admission we have gone back to the Kenwright era paradigm.

....I really don’t think that’s the case. Contracts are massive now. More money wouldn’t have kept Stones, Lukaku or Barkley at Everton.

 

[Toffeelover]

....I really don’t think that’s the case. Contracts are massive now. More money wouldn’t have kept Stones, Lukaku or Barkley at Everton.

I agree Eggs, quite different now. Plus how on earth can Dave say we are back in the BK era is beyond me.

 

[roydo]

....I really don’t think that’s the case. Contracts are massive now. More money wouldn’t have kept Stones, Lukaku or Barkley at Everton.

Its like we are the only club in the world who would rather have players that will improve and if they want to leave, we make a few bob on.

Levy at Spurs is sweating on some running down their contracts there, apparently.

 

[davek]

I agree Eggs, quite different now. Plus how on earth can Dave say we are back in the BK era is beyond me.

Unfulfilled stadium dreams, squad full of dross that's hard to shift, sell to buy.

Not difficult to join the dots.

 

[MikeH72]

Of course we’re going to sell players to bigger clubs because that’s how football works. Even the likes of United can’t stop their best players being taken by Madrid and Barca, we’re an average Premier League club.

 

[Simon Buttle]

It's a change in the Moshiri era. Previously we could believe that if the club wanted to keep a player then we had the ambition and financial clout to keep them here; this is now an admission we have gone back to the Kenwright era paradigm.

Im not so sure about, all clubs need to be self financing at some point, Solskjaer was on about United having to do this the other day and they are the richest club in the world. FFP is a huge pain in the rear end, and we are pushing it to the limit at the moment, things will be very different once we get rid of all the hangers on, they are killing us at the moment from a money point of view.

 

[Kinky Koeman]

You know things are getting better when Daveks about. x

 

[Kinky Koeman]

I’ll also add, I am in the Brands cult. x

 

[davek]

Im not so sure about, all clubs need to be self financing at some point, Solskjaer was on about United having to do this the other day and they are the richest club in the world. FFP is a huge pain in the rear end, and we are pushing it to the limit at the moment, things will be very different once we get rid of all the hangers on, they are killing us at the moment from a money point of view.

You wont see too many negative net spend transfer windows at United.

The clubs we have to hunt down wont be drawing in their horns.

 

[COYBL25]

I’ll also add, I am in the Brands cult. x

The first rule of the Brands cult, is you do not talk about the Brands cult