I'm really hoping that Can isn't our "big signing" of this summer. That would be so tragic. If Beppe says Can, Douglas Costa and Pjaca back are like 3 new signings. Would be so messed up
I agree. 5 mil or less is a good catch, i think a lot of other clubs wanted him too. Liverpool's midfield isn't great but it isn't shit and a lot of Pool fans say he's their best CM.
Oh, okay. Fair enough, if you want to weigh brand, fans, impact, etc more heavily, I think this would be my ranking
Real
Bayern
Barcelona/Milan
Manchester United/Juventus
Liverpool
Ajax
Benfica/Merda
I was looking mainly at achievements with a small wwightage on following. My list is based off club achievements which is the most objective. If you talk about global following, Man U fans have an argument that they're greater than Real Madrid
I agree with you if you're talking about adjusting for recency. Eg. Only UCL era. However, if you look at whole history with equal weight, have to say Liverpool have a decent ammout of League titles and Europa league/Uefa Cups too.
I think you can argue that over their whole history that they are ahead of us but no way are they ahead of Bayern.
I think the club greatness list (top10) probably goes something like this IMO (trying to consider full history)
Real
Bayern/Milan
Barca/Liverpool
Juventus/Ajax
Man U/Merda/Benfica
wonder if this will actually happen in the end. not 100% sure he's exactly what we need but if he's free and wages arent crazy high, definietly worht it