Holden McGroin 7570 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Both will blame each other when he signs for West Ham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33151 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7570 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 He is learning from Chicken Nonce with a world class caveat at the end. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, ewerk said: Thoughts and prayerys LTA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 7570 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) A journalist has told Adam P that Maxi is leaving. Edited July 18, 2023 by Holden McGroin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 49840 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Holden McGroin said: A journalist has told Adam P that Maxi is leaving. That's it then, deal done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2317 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 The question is, is it looking like ASM will be sold because he'll be surplus to requirements, is our budget really actually that tight, or is it a bit of both. I suppose it's possible that we have enough to sign players for the other two or three positions needed, but we needed to trade ASM in order to also bring in Barnes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 11313 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 @LongTimeAdmirer How you doing? You ok? This is a safe space. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I'm not particularly sad to see ASM go. He was huffy, perma crocked and went missing in games. I can understand him being sold to fund a bigger overhaul of the squad. Replacements or backups for Almiron/Schar/Burn etc. But if this is literally the cash being raised to purchase Barnes then it's a bit of an anti-climax 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 3013 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 If we sell ASM for £40m and pay the equivalent for Barnes then it's seems to be a strange bit of business to me. Perhaps we're concerned that ASM is likely to miss large chunks of the season through injury so are cutting our losses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle 3677 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Get a room you two ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 3013 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said: I'm ice cool. What happened to Pedro, Maddison, sozslarasxai? Romano knows nothing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 36530 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) Players get bought and sold. We haven't done much selling so probably need some money in and he's an asset we could probably afford to let go. I don't think it'll be a straight swap of him out and Barnes in if it happens. We need more in and this will help facilitate it. We're playing with a deck dealt to us by clubs* that don't want their place taken by us. We'll see what happens, time will get us there but if he has to go and it's for the greater good then bon chance, Maxi, and hopefully the club will drive on to bigger and better things you talented but frustrating person, you. You were needed then, now maybe not so much? See David Kelly/Peter Beardsley for how this should work. (Kelly was even more vital to the club in his time than Maxi by some distance in my opinion). *And Ashley's fucking amazing commercial acumen when it came to NUFC that we're still trying to fix. Edited July 18, 2023 by Howmanheyman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 18988 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, LongTimeAdmirer said: Starter LW in CL team or go to saudi? ASM going nowhere “Hi Alan, we’ve agreed a fee of 40 mill with Al-Allahabad Athletic for you , you’re free to speak to them” “I want to stay!” “Alan, we’ve agreed a fee of 40 mill with Al-Allahabad Athletic for you, you’re free to speak to them” 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5918 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 At least we're not selling him to a PL team because you know damn well that if we ever did, his 2 games of being unstoppable every year would be against us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 31 minutes ago, MrBass said: If we sell ASM for £40m and pay the equivalent for Barnes then it's seems to be a strange bit of business to me. Perhaps we're concerned that ASM is likely to miss large chunks of the season through injury so are cutting our losses? Would make sense 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4661 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 I'd honestly like to see him have a great career wherever he goes, but have a feeling that it will fizzle out. Performances on the pitch just dont match up to his social media bravado. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polarboy 2317 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 The thing about going to Saudi is that yes you'll be on ridiculous wages compared to what you could command in Europe, but if you're 26 like ASM and perhaps plan to come back after your contract, are teams going to be clambering to buy you after playing at that level for three or four years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4661 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 It seems they're getting a number of high quality players around that age though so they're lifting the overall quality of the league substantially. This looks to be a completely different scale now than anything the MLS or China has tried to do. And with each new signing the next one become a little more likely because players see so many of their peers moving down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 22774 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Asm is far better in his head than on the pitch 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 33151 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, PaddockLad said: “Hi Alan, we’ve agreed a fee of 40 mill with Al-Allahabad Athletic for you , you’re free to speak to them” “I want to stay!” “Alan, we’ve agreed a fee of 40 mill with Al-Allahabad Athletic for you, you’re free to speak to them” Saudi’dYP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Kid Dynamite said: Would make sense Aye was going to say FFP works that way, it’s why Grealish being sold for £100m has allowed Villa to spend massively the last few years. We’d have the full £40m or so gain, and Barnes impact would be £40m divided by 6 so about £6.5m for the year and then the difference between wages of the two players. So it would free up a load of spending power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7620 Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 CB and RW the priority targets after Barnes (Unless Gordon is earmarked for a RE spot) LB was supposedly one area Howe wanted to strengthen but those links have gone quiet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now