Summer transfer thread

[Insidious]

Yet Dortmund still do business with Raiola.

I'm sure they do so through gritted teeth, but they largely learned from their mistakes in the early 00s when it came to finances and from about 2008 onwards have gone about their transfer business very intelligently - always after the young, hungry players whose careers haven't just taken off yet and always managing to recoup quite a lot from sales and reinvest.

Which makes sense as Bayern have made wallet-to-wallet competition in that League absolutely impossible really.

[scientificred]

yeah the money thing is ridiculous. No one would turn down all that money. But there needs to be some rationality in it all..
mediocre players are millionaires these days.

I would and have done!

[ianlfc]

Going back to Mino Raiola, Dortmund were after 110+million for Sancho at one point. They have been totally robbed. In the sense Sancho will be probably get 200 grand a week. Mino Raiola will get his huge whack for his agent fees. the rest of the money will be half of what Dortmund wanted last summer.
Yet Dortmund still do business with Raiola.

Man city also get I think 10 or 15 % of the transfer.

[LEGS]

Dortmund have done well with Sancho.

Sold for £70-80m yeah its lower than last year but that is because he only has 2 years left not bad to say they got him for £8m.

I dont think we have any of Raiola players on our books he just loves to move players from club to club look at Mario/Zlatan.

[scientificred]

Thanks I didnt know that Jurgen made Balotelli train with the kids. Thats what makes Jurgen such a great manager.. He wanted Balotelli gone.So best way to make that seem he wasnt wanted was to do that.

Balotelli signing was classed as a no brainer. by many pundits at the time.
He was brilliant for Man C
Noel Gallagher said.
Hat trick or sending off.. what's going to happen?
Remember the interview between them two

[eggy81]

Balotelli signing was classed as a no brainer. by many pundits at the time.
He was brilliant for Man C
Noel Gallagher said.
Hat trick or sending off.. what's going to happen?
Remember the interview between them two

Classed as a no brainier by who. I was in favour of him signing but I can definitely remember plenty saying it was a bad move.

[scientificred]

Classed as a no brainier by who. I was in favour of him signing but I can definitely remember plenty saying it was a bad move.

At least by the manager but iirc at least Lawro

[LEGS]

Yep I never wanted him as his style was the complete other end of Suarez.

We couldnt replace Suarez like for like but we needed someone who would at least run/move.

Still you have to give all players a chance and im glad he has gone lets put it that way !

[skyebo]

Balotelli scored wherever he went, it wasn't all down to him that it didn't work out. The same with Robbie Keane.

[scientificred]

Balotelli scored wherever he went, it wasn't all down to him that it didn't work out. The same with Robbie Keane.

Just did not work for us !4