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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby LMAO » Tue Jan 04, 2022 7:07 am

Mbappe y Haaland

VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

Big thanks to PSG who has more money than sense for making this operation possible.

(Rumors from Papa Flo's mouthpiece Pedrerol are Mbappe will announce his free transfer after the Ro16 tie and Haaland has communicated that his preference is to join Los Blancos in the summer.)

Madrid is really about to have the top 3 attackers of a generation in one team. Mbappe, Haaland, and Vini is going to be dynamite.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Santi » Thu Jan 06, 2022 1:40 pm

Was stupid of him to go to PSG in the first place, wasted 2 years but at least made Monaco fat cash.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby LMAO » Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:27 am

LMAO wrote:Rumors from Papa Flo's mouthpiece Pedrerol are Mbappe will announce his free transfer after the Ro16 tie




5 more weeks until an epic Parisian, Qatari, and Brazilian meltdown :cloud9:

Imagine the scenes if PSG still gets knocked out at the Ro16 after turning down €200 million for their local star :rofll:
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Zenith » Tue Jun 07, 2022 10:33 pm

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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby alexafc12 » Sat Jul 16, 2022 10:49 am

How is €50m for a 34 year old Lewandoski good business for Barca.

Something is very odd about their transfer dealings for a club that is bankrupt
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Zenith » Sat Jul 16, 2022 11:43 am

alexafc12 wrote:How is €50m for a 34 year old Lewandoski good business for Barca.

Something is very odd about their transfer dealings for a club that is bankrupt

In order to 'raise' roughly €200m, Barcelona agreed to sell a 10% stake in their LaLiga TV rights for the next 25 years to an American private equity group.

Uefa's FFP system is full of loopholes, predominantly because national and international law prevents FFP from being effective. (Of course, Uefa has always known this and benefited from it.)
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby EliteKiller » Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:07 pm

alexafc12 wrote:How is €50m for a 34 year old Lewandoski good business for Barca.

Something is very odd about their transfer dealings for a club that is bankrupt


Footballing wise makes little sense - but commercially it pays for itself (like Ronaldo and Messi) - all about the income.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby alexafc12 » Sat Jul 16, 2022 12:56 pm

Zenith wrote:
alexafc12 wrote:How is €50m for a 34 year old Lewandoski good business for Barca.

Something is very odd about their transfer dealings for a club that is bankrupt

In order to 'raise' roughly €200m, Barcelona agreed to sell a 10% stake in their LaLiga TV rights for the next 25 years to an American private equity group.

Uefa's FFP system is full of loopholes, predominantly because national and international law prevents FFP from being effective. (Of course, Uefa has always known this and benefited from it.)


I understand how they have raised the money. It seems a strange one though. Essentially kicking the can down the road and hoping for the best.

Anyway but point was more how is signing a 34 year old with no re-sale value on big wages good business.

I guess you could argue he may last until 37/38 ala Ronaldo. But does Lewandoski really have the same commercial clout as CR7 or Messi ?

They should be thinking about the future imo and building another young blooded squad.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Highbury Hillbilly » Sat Jul 16, 2022 2:41 pm

alexafc12 wrote:How is €50m for a 34 year old Lewandoski good business for Barca.

Something is very odd about their transfer dealings for a club that is bankrupt


Lewandowski is a Top 3 striker in world football and can play top level till he's 40. His fitness is Ronaldo-level if not better. He hasn't even had the injuries Zlatan has and big Z is about to sign an extension at Milan age 41.

Way better buy than €50m for Floppan Torres in Jan.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Zenith » Sun Jun 04, 2023 6:05 pm

https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2023 ... nt-benzema

Official Statement: Benzema

Real Madrid Football Club and our captain Karim Benzema have agreed to bring his brilliant and unforgettable time as a player at our club to a close.

Real Madrid would like to show our gratitude and affection to a player who is already one of our greatest legends.

Karim Benzema joined our club in 2009, at just 21 years of age, and has been a fundamental player in this golden age of our history. During the fourteen seasons in which he has represented our badge and our shirt, he has won 25 titles, a record number for any Real Madrid player: 5 European Cups, 5 Club World Cups, 4 European Super Cups, 4 Leagues, 3 King's Cups and 4 Spanish Super Cups.

Karim Benzema is the current UEFA Ballon d'Or and UEFA Player of the Year, as well as being included in the FIFA FIFPRO XI and winning the Pichichi Trophy 2022. Awards received after one of the most extraordinary seasons in our history, especially in the Champions League, in which our captain played some memorable matches that contributed to Real Madrid winning their 14th European Cup in Paris, being the top scorer of the competition with 15 goals.

Karim Benzema is the fifth player who has worn our shirt the most times with 647 appearances, and is Real Madrid's second all-time top scorer with 353 goals. He is also Real Madrid's second all-time top scorer in both La Liga and the European Cup. He is also the fourth top scorer in the history of the Champions League and the fourth top scorer in the history of La Liga.

Karim Benzema's career at Real Madrid has been a shining example of conduct and professionalism, and he has represented the values of our club. Karim Benzema has earned the right to decide his future.

Madridistas and all the fans all over the world alike have enjoyed his magical and unique football, which has made him one of the great icons of our club and one of the great legends of world football.

Real Madrid is and always will be his home, and we wish him and all his family all the best in this new stage of his life.

Next Tuesday 6 June, at 12:00pm (CEST), an institutional act of homage and farewell to Karim Benzema will take place at Real Madrid Sport City, which will be attended by our president, Florentino Pérez.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Ach » Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:29 am

Real Madrid get Bellingham for 88.5m

What a signing

One of the best in the world and he'll go up another level. Can only be good for England as well.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby jayramfootball » Wed Jun 14, 2023 1:51 pm

That is a lot of money for Bellingham.
He actually reminds me a lot of Dele Alli.
Real better hope he develops really really well.
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Rockape » Wed Jun 14, 2023 3:41 pm

Jay...you really do come out with some classic shite! Bellingham has been our best player along with Kane for some time now and is only 19 years old.

Another player on your list of average players, who joins Haaland, Rice and others that don't spring to mind immediately!
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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Zenith » Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:32 am

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Re: International Transfer Rumours and Deals

Postby Zenith » Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:30 pm

Jordan Henderson has not received a penny from Saudi club after deferring wages to avoid UK tax

Exclusive: With a move to Ajax possible, Henderson may never be paid for the six months that he played at Al-Ettifaq

Jordan Henderson has not yet earned a penny from his short time in Saudi Arabia having deferred salary payments, Telegraph Sport has learnt.

Former Liverpool midfielder Henderson has travelled to Europe to complete a move to Ajax having agreed with the Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq a mutual cancellation of the three-year contract he signed in the summer.

Henderson’s U-turn is set to cost him millions and Telegraph Sport can now reveal that he has left Saudi without earning any of his £350,000-a-week wages to date, with sources close to the player believing he may never be paid for the six months he spent at Al-Ettifaq.

The key reason for the deferral is not entirely clear, but Telegraph Sport understands that it was in part so that he could return to Britain to play for England in the short term, unrestricted by the time limitations placed on those without UK taxpayer status.

Under UK law, an individual is considered resident for tax purposes if they spend more than 90 days in the country.

Henderson is understood to have been advised that up to the end of last year, pro rata he must have spent no more than 21 days in Britain if he wished to be considered non-resident for tax reasons. That limitation in spending time in Britain was the key part of his initial decision to defer any salary payments. Returning to Britain with his young family to visit friends and relatives was also part of the consideration.

As a result, Henderson had not been paid any of the £350,000-per-week salary that he agreed in July. Now that he is leaving Saudi after just six months, it is quite possible that he never will. Sources close to the player say that the expectation is that he will not be paid for the six months he spent in the Saudi Pro League.

On Tuesday morning, he agreed with Al-Ettifaq executives that his contract would be cancelled by mutual agreement and he flew back to Britain. He has an agreement in principle with Ajax to join the Eredivisie club although as of 3pm on Wednesday no announcement had been made as to whether that deal had been concluded.

It is expected that Henderson will explain his reasons behind leaving Saudi at some point although it is clear now that the former Liverpool captain was unhappy with life at the club in the city of Dammam on the Gulf coast.

Saudi Pro League sources insist they do not hold a grudge against Henderson over his departure understand his reasons for wanting to return so quickly.

There is also no suggestion that Henderson’s U-turn will be held against other English players by the Saudi Pro League and its leading clubs.

Sources expressed fears to Telegraph Sport that Saudi clubs would be wary of trying to sign the top English players in future because of Henderson’s decision to quit so quickly.

But this has been dismissed by insiders at the top of the Saudi Pro League, who described the Henderson situation as “small teething problems” and reacted with horror at the suggestion that English players could be snubbed as a result.

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