Summer 2016 Transfer Thread.

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There is an entertaining polemic between Gary Lineker and Mino Raiola (one of the most powerful agents who manages Pogba, but also Balottelli, Ibrahimovic and many other players).
Lineker (who is commenting the Euros for BBC) claimed that Pogba could be the most overrated player in the world after seeing his performances for France. Raiola was visibly upset by this:
“When someone is paid to talk about something, that doesn’t mean he knows what he’s talking about. Lineker is one of those... Considering the qualities Paul has and the prices I see around Europe, I think Paul is underrated."
Raiola is trying to sell Pogba to ManU (although Real is also mentioned) for something between 80 and 100M Euros, but given his performances at the EURO, this price may be wishful thinking.

http://www.90min.com/posts/3397572-...slams-gary-lineker-after-paul-pogba-criticism
 

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chelsea, atletico madrid
these are the only 2 clubs i know of that don't have a turkish or north african player
a few years after we started noticing that clubs started to incorporate arab players to make money in the middle east, the situation is now incredible with every club having its token north african player
even if you consider only the north african players and not the turks, all the big clubs from portugal to england, spain etc have one, while a few years ago there were only a few arabs in the french league

chelsea and atletico madrid are late because they are both very asian clubs
but they are competing to sign useless arab boufal

do you guys know of any big club that doesn't have any north african or turkish player? or even clubs that have turks but no north africans? i know inter milan and dortmund
after this transfer window there might be even fewer clubs without the useless arab marketing player
 

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pogba is not showing any progress and time is passing by
i think people are going to move on
I'm afraid he'll get his money from the English who adore these types of players.
Pogba basically is a defensive middlefielder (who commits about 8-10 fouls a game, always on the verge of getting red-carded or giving away some stupid penalty) with a good shot from outside of the area. A one-trick pony. Once the opponent places someone close to him, he's useless. He's a destructive, not a creative player. It makes me laugh Juventus thought he could be a replacement for Pirlo...
 
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he can go in the premier league i don't care, but he needs to get away from the big clubs
juventus without him would be a pretty good team to root for in champions league

otherwise, arsenal remind us that they are big on arab money but they still love asian money, by buying a japanese striker
it must be the 5th korean or japanese player they buy with disapointing results
 

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reportedly manchester united will buy pogba for 145 millions, making him the most expensive player ever :drink:
i also saw that they signed a black defender from villareal , good riddance
 

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if pogba truly becomes the most expensive player ever by moving to united, blacks will have the records for most expensive player ever, most expensive defender (mangala) and most expensive young player (martial), all french blacks bought by english clubs
and it would only be the top of the iceberg, because then there are all the black flops that are incredibly overpriced, every transfer season
while european-born blacks are nothing in soccer
obviously something is wrong with that league
 

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if pogba truly becomes the most expensive player ever by moving to united, blacks will have the records for most expensive player ever, most expensive defender (mangala) and most expensive young player (martial), all french blacks bought by english clubs
and it would only be the top of the iceberg, because then there are all the black flops that are incredibly overpriced, every transfer season
while european-born blacks are nothing in soccer
obviously something is wrong with that league
Its agents who set the agenda and move the players..
 

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It's looking like Juventus will be signing 21 year old Croatian midfielder Marko Pjaca: http://www.calciomercato.com/en/new...ntus-move-negotiations-at-an-advanced--799514

Meanwhile, in the Premier League: Chelsea look to be signing ANOTHER black defender. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...n-kalidou-koulibaly-and-alvaro-morata-rumours

I'd like to mention; maybe relegation this season will be good for Newcastle; they'll get to sell a lot of their overrated black players.

Also, I've been looking at transfers in the Bundesliga, and so far, they don't seem that bad. They're a breath of fresh air compared to the BPL.
 

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ronaldo injured after 15 minutes
that was one of the things that could be expected from the french teams, very brutal fouls with a licence to kill given by the referee since we are at home
payet injured ronaldo, the best player, and didn't get a yellow card, no foul was even called

i hope the injury won't make him iss too much of the next season
 

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It sounds like Mario Goetze will be going back to Borussia Dortmund. This is definitely a good move for him, as he's looking to revive his career after Pep put him on the bench at Bayern. Goetze should be in line for a lot of playing time, especially with Mkhitaryan headed to Manchester United. I hope he gets his career back on track; Goetze seems to be one of the white players Loew actually likes.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-set-miss-out-mario-8391251
 

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Also, Borussia Dortmund have had some pretty good signings so far: They signed Barcelona's Marc Bartra, who I believe spurned interest from BPL teams to sign with Dortmund. He should be able to play right away and takes Mats Hummels' spot for Dortmund. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...und-latest-transfer-details-reaction-and-more

They've also signed Portuguese fullback Raphael, who's coming off a successful campaign for Portugal in the Euros. They've signed midfielders Sebastian Rode and Mikel Merino as well.

Of course, they signed Turk Emre Mor for marketing reasons (Gundogan is gone now), and their obligatory black French player Dembele, but overall, not too bad of transfer window so far, especially compared to the BPL teams.
 

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http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20160713/403183135958/vietto-fichaje-barca.html

barcelona trying to sign vietto
it would be a good idea because he's a young player with a lot of potential, already experienced in the spanish league, and they need more players like this to have more turn over
lack of turn over is probably what made them lose champions league last season, because the only subtitute availablle was munir
as a resultthey got exhausted in a key part of the season
 

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and if the reported wages are true, you can now go there if you are not that into soccer, and more into money
higuain is a player who seems to care more about soccer than money
i think he could have gone to PL instead of napoli and would have been paid much more since he is an argentine international who played at real madrid and already had seasons with more than 30 goals back then
 

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tss, don't you know balotelli is going to prove himself next season and win the ballon d'or?
i see him doubling his goal tally from last season, by scoring 2 goals, and maybe next he can think about the chinese league
 
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