Who said he's leaving? He's been worse than Vini this season. Only difference is he had the excuse of being played out of position, but his latter performances have nothing to do with his position.
Allow me to pat myself on the back for bringing up Huijsen and Kerkez back in January long before we were linked to them One worry I have right now is how much Carreras will cost. These newspapers keep pointing to his release clause of 50 million but to me that seems steep. If we weren’t willing to pay that for Davies, how are we going to do that now for Carreras? That can’t be the final price.
I prefer Kerkez, his ball control whilst playing at a high intensity level is remarkable, and exactly what we need.
Davies wasn't available for 50 ME. Bayern always wanted to renew him. We paid 48 ME for Mendy and 50 ME for Militao in 2019. Inflation adjusted, Huijsen and Carreras are probably cheaper in 2025. Probably stings them to pay 50 ME for Carreras given he left for free though. Liverpool are after Kerkez so he'd cost similar as well.
Football is so broken man. So many teams spend money nobody convince me they are generating. It's fine because we're living at a time of hyperexpense and buy today, pay tomorrow even in private households but this game is practically without rules, i'm kind of glad PSR is shafting clubs. There still has to be a penalty that works as a deterrent.
High wages with signing bonuses, are still an "investment". Clearly we are spending more after the injury crisis this season though, shown by us paying the release clause on Hujsen and beating out top prem clubs before the season has even ended.
I think Carreras might be tricky with Man Utd still having a 18ME buy back until December 31 on him. We might have to go to the table with both Benfica and Man Utd to secure him
Rudiger and Alaba were for short term. What matters the most is young signings work out though. We were fortunate to have Ramos for 15 years, Nacho, Varane, Carva, Pepe, Marcelo contribute for a decade. Transfer fee spent during that era were on back ups like Coentrao, Danilo, Theo and Odri.
Reckon Carreras wants RM move and Utd probably looking to cash in as they are struggling with PSR and already have starting LB in Dorgu. Utd have a sell on clause rumoured to be in 40-50% range so they'd be hoping Benfica gets 50 ME as well.
It's the global economy has a whole. The founder of WeWork is worth over £2 billion but the company he founded never made a profit and even accumulated over £10 billion in losses. World is pumped with fake money that ultimately the every day person ends up paying for one way or another.
A crappy source, but we've seen this story before. We will buy a load of new players and then towards the end of the transfer window, sell 1 (or 2) major players. 🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid also want to sign a midfielder. The options they like: 🇦🇷 Exequiel Palacios🇩🇪 Angelo Stiller🇳🇱 Tijjani Reijnders@tjcope pic.twitter.com/uvlTtfA3pJ— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) May 15, 2025
If both Modric and Cebellos leave, we definitely need 2x midfielders coming in. We could sign a star and opt to bring back Nico Paz.
🚨 BREAKING: Real Madrid also want to sign a midfielder. The options they like: 🇦🇷 Exequiel Palacios🇩🇪 Angelo Stiller🇳🇱 Tijjani Reijnders@tjcope pic.twitter.com/uvlTtfA3pJ— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) May 15, 2025 Tijjjani will be awesome signing
Former Bayern youth team captain that got poached by Hoffenheim with the promise of first team opportunity, german international since he was a teenager, currently playing under Hoeneß at stuttgart who i think highly of. When it comes to German football development, it barely gets better than this.