I've seen that it's more like £13.5m but have a feeling that could just be a poor currency estimate. Either way something seems genuinely off about it to me. Even with a year left on his contract that's a ludicrously low fee. PSG probably have FFP issues to deal with so may have knocked a bit off but even still I have a feeling they've got some other kind of deal in place.
True but he's 30 and only had 1 year left on his contract so the fee was never going to be that high. Still at that price, i can't believe the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and City etc weren't in for him
I've seen that it's more like £13.5m but have a feeling that could just be a poor currency estimate. Either way something seems genuinely off about it to me. Even with a year left on his contract that's a ludicrously low fee. PSG probably have FFP issues to deal with so may have knocked a bit off but even still I have a feeling they've got some other kind of deal in place.
Or the owners are so minted that they don't really care what fee Juve pay.
I've seen that it's more like £13.5m but have a feeling that could just be a poor currency estimate. Either way something seems genuinely off about it to me. Even with a year left on his contract that's a ludicrously low fee. PSG probably have FFP issues to deal with so may have knocked a bit off but even still I have a feeling they've got some other kind of deal in place.
Or the owners are so minted that they don't really care what fee Juve pay.
I was thinking that, team like PSG are the best team to buy from.
How much would Matuidi have cost had an English team wanted him though and not Juventus?
A lot more.
But when we started paying silly money because a player was English we showed our hand.
I wouldnt even say it was to do with just English players now, its simply the SKY money that the rest of Europe are easily aware of.
i.e. Drinkwater = £40m | Sigurdsson = £45m
Both are completely different types of Midfielder and both are very good in their respective positions which mean the £5m is probably justified yet should surely be no more than £10m / £15m in reality
In very weird transfer news today; West Brom have turned down an £18m offer from Man City for Jonny Evans.
Of all the CBs out there he's one of the last that you'd expect to be linked to City... I know that Evans has won titles with Man Utd but for City to have a pairing of Stones | Evans and title asperations seem crazy
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
I would still rather sign Matuidi at 3 years older.
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
I would still rather sign Matuidi at 3 years older.
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
I would still rather sign Matuidi at 3 years older.
Yeah i would too, but Chelsea desperately need English players. They've got rid of Terry, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah and Solanke from last seasons squad and as far as i can tell they only have Cahill who's english plus Moses and Fabregas who qualify for the homegrown player ruling.
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
I would still rather sign Matuidi at 3 years older.
Yeah i would too, but Chelsea desperately need English players. They've got rid of Terry, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah and Solanke from last seasons squad and as far as i can tell they only have Cahill who's english plus Moses and Fabregas who qualify for the homegrown player ruling.
Yeah was about to say the same. My mate tells me they have all the 17 'foreign' players in the squad now. So they might have to get rid of Costa and/or Remy before they add any anyone other than home grown players.
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
I would still rather sign Matuidi at 3 years older.
Yeah i would too, but Chelsea desperately need English players. They've got rid of Terry, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah and Solanke from last seasons squad and as far as i can tell they only have Cahill who's english plus Moses and Fabregas who qualify for the homegrown player ruling.
Yeah was about to say the same. My mate tells me they have all the 17 'foreign' players in the squad now. So they might have to get rid of Costa and/or Remy before they add any anyone other than home grown players.
A bit careless to loan Loftus-Cheek out and sell Chalobah then! The home grown rule certainly puts a premium on domestic players
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league. Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
I would still rather sign Matuidi at 3 years older.
Yeah i would too, but Chelsea desperately need English players. They've got rid of Terry, Loftus-Cheek, Chalobah and Solanke from last seasons squad and as far as i can tell they only have Cahill who's english plus Moses and Fabregas who qualify for the homegrown player ruling.
Yeah was about to say the same. My mate tells me they have all the 17 'foreign' players in the squad now. So they might have to get rid of Costa and/or Remy before they add any anyone other than home grown players.
A bit careless to loan Loftus-Cheek out and sell Chalobah then! The home grown rule certainly puts a premium on domestic players
absolutely. They still have non home grown players out on loan too who would be good enough to play for a lot of Prem teams.
Great signing still and hope they give juventus a good challenge at the top this season.
Is he a great signing though? Don't know much about him to be fair but never seen to play well when I have seen him, and that's in Italy and not just in a Blackburn shirt.
We understand Arsenal have allowed Carl Jenkinson and Cohen Brammall to join Birmingham City on season-long loan deals.
Jenkinson, 25, who has one England cap, suffered a cruciate knee injury while on loan at West Ham two seasons ago and has not played for the Gunners since.
Bramall, 21, joined Arsenal from non-league Hednesford last January and featured in the club’s pre-season tour of Australia.
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Danny Drinkwater £40m...
Hmmmmmm......
But when we started paying silly money because a player was English we showed our hand.
i.e. Drinkwater = £40m | Sigurdsson = £45m
Both are completely different types of Midfielder and both are very good in their respective positions which mean the £5m is probably justified yet should surely be no more than £10m / £15m in reality
Of all the CBs out there he's one of the last that you'd expect to be linked to City... I know that Evans has won titles with Man Utd but for City to have a pairing of Stones | Evans and title asperations seem crazy
Go home football, you're drunk
Man City have had an £18m bid for Jonny Evans rejected by WBA.
The one who was average at Man U for 9 years.
Matuidi - foreign, 30 years old, 1 year left on contract, never played in the premier league.
Drinkwater - english, 27, 4 years left on contract, premier league experience
I'm not for 1 second saying he's worth 40m (i'd say 20-25m at most) but it's not hard to work out why he'd cost more than Matuidi. If Matuidi was 27 with 4 years left, he'd have cost 40m+ easily.
Yup another one we missed out on back then...
http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11684/2365343/matuidi-claims-addicks-interest
Belotti would've been better but cost too much.
Great signing still and hope they give juventus a good challenge at the top this season.
Jenkinson, 25, who has one England cap, suffered a cruciate knee injury while on loan at West Ham two seasons ago and has not played for the Gunners since.
Bramall, 21, joined Arsenal from non-league Hednesford last January and featured in the club’s pre-season tour of Australia.
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