2023 Summer transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[not3bad]

According to German press agreement reached in principal for Diaby signing. €50 million plus add ons.

[Toronto Villa]

the hope that the Saudi side now targeting Mane is a good sign for us

[VillaTim]

If thats the case i imagine we will be looking to ship out Traore and Bailey

[chrisw1]

Jesus Christ, Al Ahli are offering Marco Silva a £40 million two-year deal to become their manager.

[Brazilian Villain]

According to German press agreement reached in principal for Diaby signing. €50 million plus add ons.

May have come from here (which is also positive news). https://twitter.com/Plettigoal/status/1682023041893801986

[Brazilian Villain]

If thats the case i imagine we will be looking to ship out Traore and Bailey

That'll be Bertie gone then.

[Sexual Ealing]

Jesus Christ, Al Ahli are offering Marco Silva a £40 million two-year deal to become their manager.

I can't see him going. He's famous for his loyalty.

[chrisw1]

If thats the case i imagine we will be looking to ship out Traore and Bailey

I think we'll keep Bailey, unless Saudi offer £40m or so that is.

[VillaTim]

If thats the case i imagine we will be looking to ship out Traore and Bailey

I think we'll keep Bailey, unless Saudi offer £40m or so that is.

That would be a result

[VILLA MOLE]

Jesus Christ, Al Ahli are offering Marco Silva a £40 million two-year deal to become their manager.

I can't see him going. He's famous for his loyalty.

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[pablo_picasso]

It's such a weird way of going about things. If what they truly want is a proper, half decent league, then for the money they've spunked on a dozen players, they could get 200+ lower Premier League/Championship standard players, and have what would be probably better than any of the top 5/6 leagues in Europe in no time at all. You could then add a few higher profile players without having to pay the likes of the ageing and always injured Kante £500K a week.

Exactly. Even if they buy 30 high profile players, & ignoring the fact that half of them are over the age of 33, they will still only have 30 half decent players in the league versus 500 shit ones...

[Monty]

It's such a weird way of going about things. If what they truly want is a proper, half decent league, then for the money they've spunked on a dozen players, they could get 200+ lower Premier League/Championship standard players, and have what would be probably better than any of the top 5/6 leagues in Europe in no time at all. You could then add a few higher profile players without having to pay the likes of the ageing and always injured Kante £500K a week.

Exactly. Even if they buy 30 high profile players, & ignoring the fact that half of them are over the age of 33, they will still only have 30 half decent players in the league versus 500 shit ones...

Well, we're talking about a guy who's idea of urban planning is a 170km-long line called 'The Line'.

[Risso]

And I understand why they're trying to get the likes of Diaby, ie players in their prime. But why on earth offer someone like Kante so much money (actually £2m a week, not £500K as I said before). That's 10 imes what anybody else would have offered him, even on a free transfer. What are they achieving by paying such a ridiculous amount for a player, who as good as he used to be, is always injured and miles past his best?

[VillaTim]

It's sportswashing and it's working. Every other football article at the moment is about Saudi.
Sad state of affairs this

[Dogtanian]

And I understand why they're trying to get the likes of Diaby, ie players in their prime. But why on earth offer someone like Kante so much money (actually £2m a week, not £500K as I said before). That's 10 imes what anybody else would have offered him, even on a free transfer. What are they achieving by paying such a ridiculous amount for a player, who as good as he used to be, is always injured and miles past his best?

I was thinking this earlier, it's not like a normal commercial decision where you calculate what a tempting increase would be. They seem to take some perverted delight in making it obscene for no reason, other than that they can.

Though I guess the agents are also key to selling the idea to the clients, and it makes their cut stupidly large, so maybe that's it.