Rodrigo de Paul - Midfielder - Atletico Madrid (8 Viewers)

electricRoo

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Feb 27, 2011
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We should have signed this guy last summer. Instead we spent 72 mil + 10 mil bonus on Arthur :lol:
Yeah. I always thought how Sergej is overpriced, plus even more since he's under Lotito. But when I see how we signed Arthur it makes me literally sick. I can't believe how high his fee is considering how useless he is. He's not good at any role in midfield.
We didn't spend 72 mil + 10 million bonuses on Arthur, we spent something like 17 million assuming all bonuses are activated. Barca bought Pjanic for 60 million + 5 million in bonuses from us and only then did we buy Arthur for 72 million + 10 in bonuses. It was an accounting trick, given we amortise the cost of the transfer through the duration of the contract, while the bank gives us the full amount in one lump sum from the sale.
 

rainhard

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May 5, 2004
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We didn't spend 72 mil + 10 million bonuses on Arthur, we spent something like 17 million assuming all bonuses are activated. Barca bought Pjanic for 60 million + 5 million in bonuses from us and only then did we buy Arthur for 72 million + 10 in bonuses. It was an accounting trick, given we amortise the cost of the transfer through the duration of the contract, while the bank gives us the full amount in one lump sum from the sale.
This call simbiosys mutualism
 

zizinho

Senior Member
Apr 14, 2013
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We didn't spend 72 mil + 10 million bonuses on Arthur, we spent something like 17 million assuming all bonuses are activated. Barca bought Pjanic for 60 million + 5 million in bonuses from us and only then did we buy Arthur for 72 million + 10 in bonuses. It was an accounting trick, given we amortise the cost of the transfer through the duration of the contract, while the bank gives us the full amount in one lump sum from the sale.
And thanks to this trick, we are stuck with useless Arthur for years.
 

Boksic

Senior Member
May 11, 2005
13,382
Had McKennie fooled in every 1 v 1 but I'm not sure about him. He won't get that space for us and seems to be reliant on having the freedom to float about wherever he wants.

I don't think he is good enough to do that at the level we should want to be.
 

Dostoevsky

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Administrator
May 27, 2007
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who would you like to see us getting then? (realistically ) options are limited
Journalists seem limited. I somehow fail to see how out of hundreds of clubs only options are Locatelli, de Paul and Aouar. Really? I doubt elite clubs would chase first two players mentioned. Does that mean non of the elite clubs are capable of signing a mid player this summer? I doubt it.
 

juve123

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Aug 10, 2017
15,337
Journalists seem limited. I somehow fail to see how out of hundreds of clubs only options are Locatelli, de Paul and Aouar. Really? I doubt elite clubs would chase first two players mentioned. Does that mean non of the elite clubs are capable of signing a mid player this summer? I doubt it.
You are missing out on pogba
 

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