Non-Juve Transfer news (official or rumors) (110 Viewers)

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BayernMan12

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Tottenham apparently refused a 100M offer for Bale, and claimed they felt "humilliated" by the fact that Madrid wanted to buy their best player after having bought Modric last season. They are now asking for 145M. And here I sit, laughing my ass off at this "who's the dumber rich person" contest between Florentino and Levy, and feeling very sad about the future of football transfers.

Source: Marca
 

JuveJay

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But what's really baffling is when fans start demanding transfers almost for the sake of it, as though they need a £30m deal every summer just to convince themselves they still support a big club. You see it on deadline day each window, people taking to Twitter and comments sections to berate their club for not being involved – when of course the truth is that, in the vast majority of cases, deals done on deadline day are hurried and not necessarily well-conceived. Or take the reaction among some Manchester United fans to the signing of Shinji Kagawa last season: there was a discussion to be had about his ability and his capacity to adapt, about where he'd fit in the team, but at least some expressed frustration he was "only" an £18m player. The urge to sign Cesc Fábregas seems to follow a similar logic: that United must somehow "prove" they are backing David Moyes by making a glamour signing.
That sounds awfully familiar.
 
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