Except United will demand a ridiculous for DDG (and he surely doesn't deserve it), and Donnarumma, if he leaves, will be demanding ridiculous wages after that PSG offer (and they'd probably pay him too).
Yup. Donna has 70 ME buyout and PSG offered a great deal this summer. Can't see us matching that when we didn't for Mbappe. I think he will stay at Milan for couple of seasons and then move to PSG. Kepa for free would be a smart move.
Wow do you even watch/follow football? No way is Atletico selling Griezmann to us. Same with Laporte given their relationship with RM. DDG saga is over.
He probably meant matching their buyout clause. Griez has 100 ME clause which is not much in this market. Don't forget we signed Theo 'cos he had 24 ME clause. Atletico chose to negotiate to get few more millions.
I am not convinced about Laporte. Looks like an eternal promise to me. And experts who watch Bilbao regularly say he has one mistake in him every game. Hasn't rectified that yet. Wish we had signed Bailly when he was with Villarreal. His profile is similar to that of Pepe and Mou probably scouted him during his impressive game against us. We're linked with Malang Starr from Nice. Lets see whether it's serious.
With Varane and Vallejo still extremely young, Ramos in his prime and aging well, and Nacho developing into a valuable squad player, we can take our time with the search for a new CB. No need to pay through the nose for one, you can spend cheap and take your time developing one.
Dunno much about him either. Highly rated teenager who plays for a good side in France. Has 40 ME buyout. All top clubs are linked with him. Maybe ZZ rates him highly.
Is this release clause confirmed or speculation? I've seen that it arose to 200m as part of his new deal but goes back down to 100m next year .. not sure how true. Would be a steal in the market.
Donna is the best of the young crop of goalkeepers but after last summer's fiasco we will have to pay upwards of 60-70M at the least to get him. Even if we could swallow that bitter pill, and history suggests we don't, the kid is on ridiculous wages in his new contract. All in all the Donnarumma train seems to have passed us by just like the Mbappe one. Time to look elsewhere. If we are serious about going after Kepa we will not be getting him for free. Floro will pay them some money to keep relations normal. That's the way he has done business recently within the league. Already Betis are salty about us signing their top youth player every year for the last 3 seasons on top of signing Ceballos this summer. Kepa looks like a really good prospect and even if he turns out to be at Navas' level that would be amazing value for what we would be paying. If he turns out to be a crack we would be, as someone else said earlier, swindlers. Oh and fcuk DDG. Enjoy Manchester cabron.
I say invest. He seems to be the best up and coming Spanish GK right now and is already an international with the NT. It's been blessing the team investing in local youth. Fucx Donna and De Gea. Sissy boys that don't have the balls to make big boy decisions.
Yea, Marca Spanish version says we are ready to compensate Bilbao even if he's a free agent in 2018. http://www.marca.com/futbol/real-madrid/2017/09/19/59c01b7ce5fdea7f438b4660.html Same. Greedy agents and RM usually doesn't end well. Kepa looks like the stable option long term.
We wouldn't take anyone on a free transfer from a La Liga club, we'd pay the current club something. I'm pretty confident about that.
Regarding my DDG and Griezmann decision, it comes down to the CL/WC. I think France/Atletico and United/Spain are going to be in the semi-finals of the WC and CL and I expect Flo to try to sign both of them.
I just realised that Emre Mor is playing for Celts Vigo this season. He was very impressive in BVB. I think we should keep an eye on him. His dribbling, close control and acceleration is second to none. He just needs to improve his decision making and that comes with experience. He is still 19 so he still has time on his hand. Let's see how he progresses in LA liga.
TFW you see that Pepe Reina is still in the NT and that doesn't mean much since DDG is a guaranteed starter no matter what. Spain has been rotating 2nd GK for a while now too. Even Asenjo got a couple of call ups. Rico is more experienced with this being his 4th season in La Liga and in European competitions compared to Kepa's one La Liga season.
Rico doesn't look RM quality to me. 6 or 7/10 in everything. Kepa's reflexes are on a different level and he's improving every season. Rico made a silly error in CL playoff too to concede a goal. He's a step down on Navas without the upside of 2015-16 Navas.
Dybala to Il Venerdì on the work he's been doing to improve as a player including being good with both feet like Cristiano. pic.twitter.com/3AObHZK1O0— M•A•J (@UltraSuristic_) September 20, 2017 Would love him and/or Werner to take on the mantle from one of the BBC next summer.