General Transfer Thread Summer 2023

[jozza800]

Oh yeah good point, not sure if it makes it easier or harder, or roughly the same

Depends if they get draws like england or not, i guess

we won't we'll be playing 4 really tough teams at least.

You could be surprised. We play 8 games. Against 2 teams from each pot. Meaning every team should play 8 matches against similar ranked opposition as everyone else.

Example our draw could be.

Real Madrid - Pot 1
Bayern Munich - Pot 1
Atletico Madrid - Pot 2
AC Milan - Pot 2
Lille - Pot 3
Sporting Lisbon - Pot 3
Stuttgart - Pot 4
Bologna - Pot 4

Villa's on the other hand could be -

Leipzig - Pot 1
Dortmund - Pot 1
Club Brugge - Pot 2
Shaktar Donetsk - Pot 2
Maccabi Tel Aviv - Pot 3
PAOK - Pot 3
Sturm Geaz - Pot 4
Sparta Prague - Pot 4


These are the likely pots. Teams with an * have come from qualifiying rounds, so the teams might change slightly.

POT 1

Real Madrid
Manchester City
Bayern München
Paris Saint-Germain
Liverpool
Internazionale
Borussia Dortmund
RB Leipzig
FC Barcelona

POT 2

Bayer Leverkusen
Atlético Madrid
Atalanta
Juventus
Benfica
Arsenal
Club Brugge
Glasgow Rangers *
Shakhtar Donetsk

POT 3

AC Milan
Feyenoord
Sporting CP Lisbon
PSV Eindhoven
Slavia Praha*
Dinamo Zagreb *
Red Star Belgrade *
PAOK Thessaloniki *
Maccabi Tel-Aviv *


POT 4

Ferencváros *
Celtic
AS Monaco
Aston Villa
Bologna
Girona FC
VfB Stuttgart
Sturm Graz
Stade Brestois

[Insidious]

"Al Nassr initial proposal to Man City for Ederson, worth €30m package.

There’s big gap in valuation as Man City won’t accept this fee, they want more than €50m to let Ederson leave.

Brazilian GK has already agreed to move to Saudi Pro League, depends on clubs now." - Romano

[Insidious]

Moussa Diaby close to a move to a Saudi Arabian club.

He's still just 25 or so - what a waste that is.

[justme]

Doubt he thinks so when hes getting millions and millions. some players just think of the money

[Kev0909]

Looks like yoro is joining man utd......

Seems like utd defo going a different direction with transfers.

[teesred]

Looks like yoro is joining man utd......

Seems like utd defo going a different direction with transfers.

The ambition has always been there,it's the application that was missing. Time will tell if that's about to change.
Seemed set in Madrid but they obviously aren't budging on their offer. Utd probably overpaying but if he ends up being as good as people think it's money we'll spent.

[miller0863]

If it’s too much money for Real then we’re definitely not going there.

[Insidious]

If it’s too much money for Real then we’re definitely not going there.

Yeah talk of £175k-per-week wages.

If he turns out to be the next Ferdinand for them they'll consider it a bargain over the course of the contract but that is no sure thing.

If the alleged weekly wage is true then there's enormous potential for years of awkward contract negotiations and bloated wages to satisfy those young players seeking parity.

Still remember multiple fanbases feeling they had "missed out" on "sure thing" Martial and look how that panned out.

[Insidious]

Initial £52m fee as well - for an 18-year old.

What are they like?

[justme]

Initial £52m fee as well - for an 18-year old.

What are they like?

well look at Sancho.they gave him over 300 grand and he was only 20. they never learn. I can't blame us not signing him