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Post Ironic

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Instead of making offers of 1m per day with Golovin, Beppe will go down by 10 with SMS. :beppe2:
It is prime Beppe strategy. Claim we are poor club. Start at less than half of selling club's valuation. Bombard them with new "final offer" each day, of 1 million more. Extend the years of payment plan as offer goes up.

:beppe:
 

Adrian

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Jan 31, 2003
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I rather see the money to buy SMS used for Kovacic+Golovin duo, especially his Serbian performances, also Kovacic wants to leave Madrid and we don't have to deal with Lotito.
AGREE. We need to replace khedira and marchisio. Pjanic kovavic can golovin bentancur matuidi...gives us a quality group of midfielders.
 

PedroFlu

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Sep 20, 2011
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Hopefully the WC has put some sense in the minds of clubs who were even thinking about getting close to 100M. Lotito will have to come back to Earth
 

X Æ A-12

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Hopefully the WC has put some sense in the minds of clubs who were even thinking about getting close to 100M. Lotito will have to come back to Earth
It won't change. clubs are well aware of how little performances in an end of season international tournament like the World Cup are actually indicative of a player's ability to turn up for a club.

Plenty of top level players flop in these tournaments, mediocre ones impress. Pretty sure the value of SMS is not as lowered, and the value of someone like Golovin not as raised by this World Cup as fans might think.

No one is going to pay 100mil for SMS but that is not because of Serbia being knocked out. He simply isn't worth it, Lotito is just playing hard ball with us.
 

Hydde

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Mar 6, 2003
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AGREE. We need to replace khedira and marchisio. Pjanic kovavic can golovin bentancur matuidi...gives us a quality group of midfielders.
kovacic, golovin, verrati and maybe even pogba are cehaper options we need to take in account5.
 
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I like that we are jumping out of sms hype train. I think because we are already stronger than last year, we might as well take less risks with our next purchase. I think 25mil for golovin or 40 for Kovacic are much less of a risk and could turn out yet another starting XI upgrade.
 

Robee

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Jun 21, 2011
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I like that we are jumping out of sms hype train. I think because we are already stronger than last year, we might as well take less risks with our next purchase. I think 25mil for golovin or 40 for Kovacic are much less of a risk and could turn out yet another starting XI upgrade.
That might just pay for his left leg.
 

Maddy

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Jul 10, 2009
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So few clubs (that can afford him) are in need of Milinkovic-Savic. Milinkovic-Savic haven't been a recipient of World Cup hype, that could inflate/upheld his asking price. So at the moment I don't see anyone realistically looking into 100+ million for him. As I've stated numerous tiems without an insane World Cup Lotito wouldn't have a lot of leverage in negotiations, Lotito have already bragged about rejecting a huge bid last summer and SMS is worth at least (insert insane number).

So will Lotito's pride or the dealmaker win? He'll look liek an idiot (he already does) if he can't get +100 million, but he'll be an idiot if he doesn't sell for ~80 million.

If we are legitimately interested, there's a good deal to be made here. Milinkovic-Savic have one great season under his belt and he is a player that needs the correct system to be of CL-caliber - yep only the desperate would overpay for him.

60 million + players :beppe:
 

Orgut

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Dec 31, 2002
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Dybala, Mandzu, new signing.
I like Mandzukic but he isnt the quality we need upfront - He is good as a workhorse but I wouldnt want him to be our focal point in attack. He could be a great bench player though..
Dybala Martial D.Costa with SMS Pjanic Can supporting it is what I want (probably asking for too much)

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So few clubs (that can afford him) are in need of Milinkovic-Savic. Milinkovic-Savic haven't been a recipient of World Cup hype, that could inflate/upheld his asking price. So at the moment I don't see anyone realistically looking into 100+ million for him. As I've stated numerous tiems without an insane World Cup Lotito wouldn't have a lot of leverage in negotiations, Lotito have already bragged about rejecting a huge bid last summer and SMS is worth at least (insert insane number).

So will Lotito's pride or the dealmaker win? He'll look liek an idiot (he already does) if he can't get +100 million, but he'll be an idiot if he doesn't sell for ~80 million.

If we are legitimately interested, there's a good deal to be made here. Milinkovic-Savic have one great season under his belt and he is a player that needs the correct system to be of CL-caliber - yep only the desperate would overpay for him.

60 million + players :beppe:
It would be nice but I doubt Lolito would accept 60M+players.. He might if we offer something like 70M+Stu (a player they have expressed their interest in before)
 

Maddy

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Jul 10, 2009
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I like Mandzukic but he isnt the quality we need upfront - He is good as a workhorse but I wouldnt want him to be our focal point in attack. He could be a great bench player though..
Dybala Martial D.Costa with SMS Pjanic Can supporting it is what I want (probably asking for too much)
Underestimating Manbro :baus:

Dude is a monster. The most underrated striker around. He might look obsolete against minnows, but he always shows up when it matters.

I'd rather Manbro than Miss Piggy in CL.
 

Orgut

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Dec 31, 2002
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Nah, he is not worth more than 60 mil. We can do a better job with Rabiot in the middle of the pitch actually. I hope we pass on SMS.
Rabiot is good but I believe SMS is much better and will be amazing for us so unless SMS costs over 100M I`d take him over Rabiot..
 

Maddy

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Jul 10, 2009
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It would be nice but I doubt Lolito would accept 60M+players.. He might if we offer something like 70M+Stu (a player they have expressed their interest in before)
Of course he won't accept, that was not my the point of my post.
 

K.O.

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Nov 24, 2005
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i hate him because of lotito.i think he worth around 50m.and i prefer golovin over him.at least golovin is more dynamic whish we don't have in our squad.
If you're basing this on WC performances, I assume you never watched CSKA play, then remember that Golovin only excelled vs. Saudi Arabia and was decent vs. Egypt and total trash vs. Uruguay.

SMS played against much superior opposition in a deeper role than he's accustomed to.
 

Orgut

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Underestimating Manbro :baus:

Dude is a monster. The most underrated striker around. He might look obsolete against minnows, but he always shows up when it matters.

I'd rather Manbro than Miss Piggy in CL.
Mandzukic is very good and I quite rate him but he isnt the player that can shoot from everywhere or dribble like Martial - He has other attributes which makes him very useful. I would like him to be a part of our team as he can certainly contribute, I just dont want him to be our focal point in attack as I rather see us get someone who can make a difference by his own.
As for Higuain - The guy can score for fun in Serie A but in CL the guy is finished IMO
 

Robee

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Jun 21, 2011
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Mandzukic is very good and I quite rate him but he isnt the player that can shoot from everywhere or dribble like Martial - He has other attributes which makes him very useful. I would like him to be a part of our team as he can certainly contribute, I just dont want him to be our focal point in attack as I rather see us get someone who can make a difference by his own.
As for Higuain - The guy can score for fun in Serie A but in CL the guy is finished IMO
1. Higgy had a much improved CL run.
2. There are also many things Mandzu can do which Martial can't.
3. Looks like Martial is still very expensive
4. Martial still has a lot to prove to be considered an upgrade over Manbro and Higgy.

Only at the right price (50-) I'd take him.
 
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