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Nigels Tackle wrote:deal to be announced once that famous media embargo (thanks sam lee - aka goal's tolmie) ends at 2230

speaking of whom - his latest Dynasty original cast video is exercising the critical faculties of the residents of the other place - someone called Evans played someone called Alexis and there was a Martinez in there apparently - two CBs!

Justified logic wrote:

Mase wrote:Quite a few places reporting we've met with Messi's representatives and he's seriously considering joining us should we meet his Buy Out of just under £300 million.

Crazy rumour and even crazier money!

I hope Messi has missed his chance. £300m for a 30-year-old? Plus weekly salary. How many good years in the physical PL would he have left in him? Four, max? That would be £75m per year plus salary. We would be crazy to do it. He should have made the move when he was contemplating his Barca renewal contract (I assume the buy-out fee would have been less than £300m, any transfer fee certainly so) and before we signed all our exciting, younger players. £300m even now should get us a lot more exciting young talent.

Going along with the crazy of the situation, I think in one year we could cover the transfer fee just from smart marketing. Would be the biggest move in the history of this game, both financially and football wise.

But still, a deffo no for me.

Take him for 30 mill.

Im going to get my 'Messi MCFC 2017' tattoo now.

Rumors that Mbappe and Fabinho are going to PSG for €220m and Lucas Moura.

Saul Goodman wrote:Rumors that Mbappe and Fabinho are going to PSG for €220m and Lucas Moura.

I'd love us to sign Mbappé but part of me also hopes, secretly, that he goes to PSG for one of the monster sums being quoted. Having already signed Neymar, I want to know what they intend to do about the forthcoming wrath of FFP which surely must fall on their heads ??.

They've either got some creative accountants who are going run rings around UEFA's flagship system, they've got some sort of legal defence for restraint of trade or suchlike, or they just don't care and are up to something else completely (setting up a European Super League of some sort - or even the threat of it ??).

Heaven only knows what they are going to do but I'm intrigued to watch the outcome.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:Rumors that Mbappe and Fabinho are going to PSG for €220m and Lucas Moura.

I'd love us to sign Mbappé but part of me also hopes, secretly, that he goes to PSG for one of the monster sums being quoted. Having already signed Neymar, I want to know what they intend to do about the forthcoming wrath of FFP which surely must fall on their heads ??.

They've either got some creative accountants who are going run rings around UEFA's flagship system, they've got some sort of legal defence for restraint of trade or suchlike, or they just don't care and are up to something else completely (setting up a European Super League of some sort - or even the threat of it ??).

Heaven only knows what they are going to do but I'm intrigued to watch the outcome.

PSG have bulging pockets. I'm working on the theory that they have been assured a Blatter like blind eye will be turned to it. FFP is like a knife in the cupboard. You can get it out and wield it round or simply choose to leave it where it is.

Didn't Neymar buy out his own contract rather than PSG paying the buy out clause direct?

Mase wrote:Didn't Neymar buy out his own contract rather than PSG paying the buy out clause direct?

It's apparently how Spanish buyout clauses work - PSG gave the money to Neymar because it had to be him that bought his own contract out.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:Rumors that Mbappe and Fabinho are going to PSG for €220m and Lucas Moura.

I'd love us to sign Mbappé but part of me also hopes, secretly, that he goes to PSG for one of the monster sums being quoted. Having already signed Neymar, I want to know what they intend to do about the forthcoming wrath of FFP which surely must fall on their heads ??.

They've either got some creative accountants who are going run rings around UEFA's flagship system, they've got some sort of legal defence for restraint of trade or suchlike, or they just don't care and are up to something else completely (setting up a European Super League of some sort - or even the threat of it ??).

Heaven only knows what they are going to do but I'm intrigued to watch the outcome.

Mbappe will be a loan with obligation to buy next summer thus deferring that large sum to another period

the eerie calm before the storm..........

phips wrote:

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:Rumors that Mbappe and Fabinho are going to PSG for €220m and Lucas Moura.

I'd love us to sign Mbappé but part of me also hopes, secretly, that he goes to PSG for one of the monster sums being quoted. Having already signed Neymar, I want to know what they intend to do about the forthcoming wrath of FFP which surely must fall on their heads ??.

They've either got some creative accountants who are going run rings around UEFA's flagship system, they've got some sort of legal defence for restraint of trade or suchlike, or they just don't care and are up to something else completely (setting up a European Super League of some sort - or even the threat of it ??).

Heaven only knows what they are going to do but I'm intrigued to watch the outcome.

Mbappe will be a loan with obligation to buy next summer thus deferring that large sum to another period

The fee will be amortised anyway so this makes no sense.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

phips wrote:

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

Saul Goodman wrote:Rumors that Mbappe and Fabinho are going to PSG for €220m and Lucas Moura.

I'd love us to sign Mbappé but part of me also hopes, secretly, that he goes to PSG for one of the monster sums being quoted. Having already signed Neymar, I want to know what they intend to do about the forthcoming wrath of FFP which surely must fall on their heads ??.

They've either got some creative accountants who are going run rings around UEFA's flagship system, they've got some sort of legal defence for restraint of trade or suchlike, or they just don't care and are up to something else completely (setting up a European Super League of some sort - or even the threat of it ??).

Heaven only knows what they are going to do but I'm intrigued to watch the outcome.

Mbappe will be a loan with obligation to buy next summer thus deferring that large sum to another period

The fee will be amortised anyway so this makes no sense.

With such a high fee, even the amortisation for the first year is substantial, i.e. 44m if it's a 5 year contract in Mbappé's case.

sigh....

the earth is round. got a rebuttal for that too?

phips wrote:sigh....

the earth is round. got a rebuttal for that too?

Actually earth is sphere shaped. Or possibly flat.

Word is Barca have agreed with Dortmund for Dembele.

£138.4m/150m Euros

PrezIke wrote:Word is Barca have agreed with Dortmund for Dembele.

£138.4m/150m Euros

Fucking ludicrous but prefer that.

Beanieboy wrote:

phips wrote:sigh....

the earth is round. got a rebuttal for that too?

Actually earth is sphere shaped. Or possibly flat.

It's an oblate spheroid - bulging around the equator. (and I want to shoot myself for knowing that)

Dameerto wrote:

Beanieboy wrote:

phips wrote:sigh....

the earth is round. got a rebuttal for that too?

Actually earth is sphere shaped. Or possibly flat.

It's an oblate spheroid - bulging around the equator. (and I want to shoot myself for knowing that)

Everyone knows it is balanced on a tortoise.

Beanieboy wrote:

phips wrote:sigh....

the earth is round. got a rebuttal for that too?

Actually earth is sphere shaped. Or possibly flat.

I thought the world only extended from New York to Los Angeles, as evidenced by the baseball (or rounders as we call it) "World Series".