Summer 2019 - The Zizou Revolution Transfer Thread

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If he plays like he did with Porto he's gonna be an upgrade over Varane too.

 

I'm pretty much thinking the same. As it stands, on current form, he looks superior to Varane.

Hopefully the better player will start next season.

 

I agree, 60m for Jovic is still relatively cheap in the current market. As shocking as that sounds, there’s so many clubs out that that could blow that figure out of the water for him. We will need Jovic to really dig his heels in if we want him to choose us, but don’t be surprised if we end up paying 65-70m for him.

 

So we could sign Mbappe, Jovic and Joa Felix and we would still see this as the starting lineup for the first game. Hazard - Benz - Lucas Vasquez

 

I would not wait for this Jovic deal. I understand the haggling but I'd prefer if we'd just wrap this deal up.

 

As someone said if Eintracht makes it too difficult they will be in the same situation that Lazio faced with SMS. Keeping a semi-motivated player that will leave for less a year later.

 

If we do that then every team we negotiate will follow suit and increase their valuations significantly.

If Jovic wants to come, he's coming. Cristiano only wanted Madrid so it didn't matter how Manchester acted. All that's important is Jovic and what he desires.

Eintracht negotiated in bad faith. They leaked out bid and are attempting to use it as a foundation to drive interest and force us to increase it.

 

The only option is to activate his clause. I don't care what he says or how he feels about it.

From there we can see if he wants to pursue Madrid glory or if his heart lies elsewhere.

 

RM not willing to go that far. His agents will be in Frankfurt tomorrow.

We need to stop doing generous business with any club. We loan them Vallejo, Omar and they do this shady shit. Hope none of that crap anymore.

 

Eintracht are desperate.

Imagine taking a guy on a loan with an option to buy and not being grateful he helped you so much.... you instead get money hungry trying to extort his preferred destination.

We should stay put and watch Jovic turn on them. We shouldn't be held at ransom when we had an agreement in place.

If we cave now just imagine Chelsea amd Manchester? They will turn around as ask for even more right before we're about to sign

 

Didn’t they do this to Barca as well?

 

Barca didn't want to go beyond 50 ME.

 

But there were reports that they had him locked in on a verbal agreement and his agents then decided to talk to more teams.

 

Yeah, like I said I understand that. However, it's not like 70ME is breaking the bank in this market.

 

According to reports they want much more than €70M.

If we fold here we'd have shown our hand and we'll be battered for every signing which doesn't have a specific buyout.

If you notice the trend of recent these clubs are becoming more and more brazen with the amount they are asking. Benfica is rumored to want €150M for Joao Felix.

Every smaller club is inflating just because they feel the bigger clubs will pay.

 

Too easy to blame Frankfurt though.

The 60ME fee was spread around in Spain in particular.

For all we know, they never ever accepted to consider selling him for 60ME.

Spanish press is famous for spreading wrong fees that make spanish clubs look like they are masters of business.

 

They were the ones who leaked this information.

They just finalized his transfer lucky enough that Benfica gave them the forced putchase option.

Instead of looking a gift horse in the mouth they should be grateful and work in good faith. Not leak information consistently and basiclly go to the media begging for other bids to start a war.

 

To think we lent them a valuable defender a few seasons ago in Vallejo and this is how they repay Real Madrid. They can look elsewhere in the future if they wanna borrow a talented young prospect. We'll lend to BvB and Bayer Leverkusen.

 

The risk of assuming that Jovic wants Real Madrid puts them in the same risky situation that Mbappe had with them.

If anybody can pay enough and convince Jovic enough with a better pay and a prominent role, RM risks losing out on the biggest summer transfer target after Hazard.

I'll be the first to admit it: a lotta people scoffed at the idea of paying 160 million for a U-21 Mbappe. It could turn out to be one of the worst missed opportunities of the century. Another 10 million for Jovic (at 70 ME) is reasonable should there genuinely be other, bigger bids. But RM should name their price and hold firm.

 

It's crazy that the aftereffects of PSG and Man City saying "eff you" to the FFP is still being felt to this day. They fundamentally broke the market and now unless you're funded by an oil state, you're hoping for scraps being left behind by them. They cherry pick what they want, and if they're feeling nice, you may get to be second choice.

Florentino has said time and again that we cannot compete against the treasuries of oil states. It's just not gonna work, and pretty much EVERY SINGLE article out there mentions PSG and Man City being in the mix to try and pickup players. It's a common tactic now by agents and selling teams now to inflate prices. Florentino's scared to the bone of angering PSG because he witnessed their wrath upon Barcelona. He knows Real Madrid no longer rules the transfer market.

You can now call their bluff and hope you're right. Or risk having to overpay for a player of lesser quality as a desperation purchase.