It's undoubtedly true, the media have been spot on so far.
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Gonzalo Higuaín (47 apps, 8 goals in CL and 43% chance conversion rate) (114 Viewers)
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How have they been spot on when we haven't concluded a single deal ? All the rest is just guessing. And in Llorente's case they were far off btw...
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[marotta apologist]Let me sidestep the question by telling you this:
Juventus is poor, we have no money, just look at us 2 seasons ago. It doesn't matter, Marotta won 2 scudetti alone. Conte is just his pawn. Italy is crap, even the North Korean league is more attractive to WC players. We should just thank our lucky stars that we aren't bankrupt and in Serie C2. [/marotta apologist]
Juventus is poor, we have no money, just look at us 2 seasons ago. It doesn't matter, Marotta won 2 scudetti alone. Conte is just his pawn. Italy is crap, even the North Korean league is more attractive to WC players. We should just thank our lucky stars that we aren't bankrupt and in Serie C2. [/marotta apologist]
The thing is that what they want isn't an unreasonable fee for a player of his qualities. I understand why we'd try to settle for less first, but we have to keep it in mind that there are other clubs who could snatch him for that €30M fee, and honestly, I don't see us not having the €30M for him right now.
He doesn't have too high a salary right now neither, so our €4.5M wage cap would be ideal for him as well.
He doesn't have too high a salary right now neither, so our €4.5M wage cap would be ideal for him as well.
It's not unreasonable to us, but then we don't have control of the books, knowledge of how it would be paid, agent fees, clauses, bonuses, even what salary he wants.
I can piss other people's money away very easily.
The only way we'll really see if we have the money is when he actually moves, if it is to us, Arsenal or any other team.
I can piss other people's money away very easily.
The only way we'll really see if we have the money is when he actually moves, if it is to us, Arsenal or any other team.
With this rate, we'd be able to sign such players in 2035 then. We're coming from 2 Serie A titles and a 1/8 elimination in the CL. There probably would also be some income from sales. We have offloaded Iaquinta (€3.5M / year) from our wage list. What better chances do you see us getting in the future than this without capable players upfront?
Do you mean what better chances do we have of signing someone like Higuain? Better this season, better than that the season after, and so on... 2035 is an exaggeration, we have a good model and improving profit. It wouldn't surprise me to see a big forward signing this summer.
I'm not going to get into the subjectivity of what constitutes a big signing, as I'm sure there will be complaints whoever it is.
I'm not going to get into the subjectivity of what constitutes a big signing, as I'm sure there will be complaints whoever it is.
Who would you rate as a big signing out of:
Higuain
Tevez
Jovetic
Suarez
Lewandowski
Nani
Chicarito
Sanchez
Personally I wouldn't rate Jovetic, Nani, Chicarito & Sanchez as big signings. They might seem big for us considering what we've had to deal with for the past few seasons but in a general view I don't think they could be rated as big signings.
Higuain
Tevez
Jovetic
Suarez
Lewandowski
Nani
Chicarito
Sanchez
Personally I wouldn't rate Jovetic, Nani, Chicarito & Sanchez as big signings. They might seem big for us considering what we've had to deal with for the past few seasons but in a general view I don't think they could be rated as big signings.
That's true, and I'm sure it is something they have considered. Do they really want to spend each summer on the market for a player in the same position? I'm sure they don't, so they can either go this route with big name strikers or look at developing the next one.
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