Transfer Speculation (1st June onwards)
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He's a 21 year old with 19 international caps, more than 100 games in the Bundesliga, more than 20 games in European competitions, with a record of one better than 1 goal every 3 games, and 60 assists in his last three seasons.
We argue that Rice should be worth at least the same amount as that, and he has similar experience to Sancho. When you add on the fact that he's an attacking player and they always go for more, I can't see why £80m is overpriced (apart from the obvious argument that that is a disgusting, eye watering amount of money and the game is absolutely gone if those are the amounts clubs are paying for players).
At his age, with those numbers, games under belt already, relative maturity in decision making etc (plus the potential to get comfortably better) there aren't many around his age that can be considered or deserve to be in a higher price bracket
14 Sep Duisburg in the Pokal
28 Oct Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions League
27 Feb Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga
Before that he'd not taken a penalty since 2017
Also scored from a direct free kick against Club Brugge in the CL
League season 20-21 - appearances and outfield goals
Sancho Apps 24 (+2) Goals 7
Dawson Apps 22 Goals 3
I mean there’s not a lot in it…
Its not just Haller, big money players like Dembele, Havertz, Werner, Jovic, Mkhatarayan, Pulisic, Keita, Draxler, Joelington haven't done nearly as well since they left the league (Havertz/Pulisic are very good but Havertz got 17 goals last year in Germany)
Off the top of my head, de Bruyne is the only big money signing that has turned out as good in the Prem as he was in the Bundesliga and arguably Aubameyang but even he hasn't been quite as good as he was for Dortmund
Style of play definately makes an impact but you see that pretty much all of the top 15 most expensive transfers have been less than impressive (save KDB/Aubameyang) then you have to start raising questions
For the record, I think Sancho is worth £80mil and is a terrific player, just I can't see him getting close to his bundesliga stats playing in the Prem
If he got double figures for goals and assists I'd be more than impressed
James Tarkowski
Duje Caleta-Car, Marseille, 24, 14 caps for Croatia, available for £13m (Atlantic)
Nikola Maksimovic, Napoli, 29, 25 caps for Serbia, has rejected a new contract, will be available on a free but could go to Inter (Gazzeta)
Calcio Mercato reckons we've got a better chance of signing Junior Firpo from Barcelona because we want a transfer (£18m) and AC Milan want a loan deal
Didn’t take long!
West Ham, Southampton and AC Milan are in contention to sign 24-year-old Dominican defender Junior Firpo from Barcelona, with the Catalan club inclined to sell to a Premier League side rather than take Milan up on a loan deal with an option to buy. (Mundo Deportivo - in Spanish)
England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 28, has told Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that he wants to remain with the Red Devils after a successful loan spell at West Ham last season. (Sun)
Ok, Honduras isn't exactly South America, but the joke doesn't work otherwise.
He has told friends “ type nonsense, surprise surprise.
Let's be honest, Lingard is a Man Utd fan, who has always played for Man Utd, who wants to always play for Man Utd. If Solskjaer says to him "you will play a lot of football next season" then he'll want to stay there. If Solskjaer says "you'll be a squad player, but Bruno is going to play most games" then he'll want to come back to West Ham and play football. It's not rocket science, really.