peach0000 Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 1 minute ago, st albans fox said: His wages are 20m if we take him off Barca’s hands for the season and cover those it’s like a £20m an fee with no wages they’d probably agree to that if the alternative is that he says he is staying and sitting on the bench - they absolutely have to get rid of his wages! I think it would be very likely that Barcelona will agree to paying a large part of his wages just to get him out considering their situation. If he’s on 400k a week it wouldn’t surprise me to see him on say 200k here with Barcelona making up some of the rest and him taking a bit of a pay cut. It would be good for all parties if Coutinho wants to move for footballing reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasyls Pec Deck Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 (edited) Given the finances involved this will only be in the realms of possibility if Maddison goes to Arsenal Edited 18 July 2021 by Wasyls Pec Deck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach0000 Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 1 minute ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said: Given the finances involved this will only be in the realms of possibility if Maddison goes to Arsenal I’m not so sure. Although the wages would be big the overall liability of the deal would not be that large considering the rumoured transfer fee. A lot of that money needed would be being spread over the length of the contract as well seeming it’s the wages that will make up most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 25 minutes ago, peach0000 said: I’m not so sure. Although the wages would be big the overall liability of the deal would not be that large considering the rumoured transfer fee. A lot of that money needed would be being spread over the length of the contract as well seeming it’s the wages that will make up most of it. You give a big signing on bonus 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 (edited) On 17/07/2021 at 15:31, Kent-Fox said: Ronaldo was told his knee was done. came back and proved every 1 wrong same thing can happen again Brazilian magic. 😀 Difference being Ronaldo was THE goat. Just loved lady boys a burgers too much. On a side note, it would be extremely silly to let Madders leave and bring in Coutinho. Very silly indeed. Edited 18 July 2021 by Pliskin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 (edited) His tatoo artist will want 20 grand a week and then there is his hairstylist , his minders, his chauffeur . Thankfully it can never happen. Edited 18 July 2021 by An Sionnach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty98 Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 He's clearly a talented player but he's coming back from injury and would destroy our wage structure. Can't see it happening, would be too much of an unnecessary risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM1968 Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 Complete risk with no real upside. It would be insane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Earle Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 4 minutes ago, ARM1968 said: Complete risk with no real upside. It would be insane. Granted it’s probably all agent talk, but no upside? If (astonishingly HUGE ‘if’) he recovered both form & fitness, he’s world class. Seems to me to be a potential upside. Not likely, but possible. If Barca made it financially attractive & our medics approved, why not? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 It cost Spurs a lot of money to take Bale for a year , he was decent but overall it benefited them very little.These players price themselves out of a useful job. They join the idle rich. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 11 minutes ago, matty98 said: He's clearly a talented player but he's coming back from injury and would destroy our wage structure. Can't see it happening, would be too much of an unnecessary risk. Problem is, Brendan has stated before he is the best player he has ever worked with……. So given the chance, I don’t think he would think twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambiasso Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 He's the kind of player who could potentially take us to the next level, If the club feel he's worth the money then in Brendan we trust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Sionnach Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 1 minute ago, Pliskin said: Problem is, Brendan has stated before he is the best player he has ever worked with……. So given the chance, I don’t think he would think twice. Of course its not Rodgers's money here and I don't see our very careful owners taking that sort of risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UHDrive Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 (edited) At the moment we don't have a recognised CAM and are still left in limbo on the RW situation. I can see us going in for him if we can't get Berardi (which I've heard nothing of lately). If his injuries hold up then I'd imagine he'd float around in front of Tielemans/Soumare's position with a view to cover the right side more. On a personnel note he's supposed to have a top notch personality so he would fit right in here. If this does happen then Kabak is a necessity as a final summer signing and to give our defence a minimum amount of depth. Edited 18 July 2021 by UHDrive Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MGLCFC Posted 18 July 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 18 July 2021 The owners had a long term objective to be a top 4 club. At some point we will have to move to the next level in the transfer market to make that achievable. I'm not saying a massive yes to Courtinho, but this is the type of player and transfer that puts out a statement. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 It would be a gamble for sure but if it worked, he would be better than anything else we can realistically get. Every transfer is a risk, we could spend £30 on someone who flops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarriedaLeicesterGirl Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 1 minute ago, MGLCFC said: The owners had a long term objective to be a top 4 club. At some point we will have to move to the next level in the transfer market to make that achievable. I'm not saying a massive yes to Courtinho, but this is the type of player and transfer that puts out a statement. It's great to say, "we use the Dortmund model." At the end of the day, Dortmund has one superclub in front of it; we have 6, and at least 3 wannabe "Dortmund models" in the mix. The next level isn't spending 60 million on a player; but it is something that looks a lot like this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopic Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 Christ this feels so Everton but I want him anyway. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlo Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 Surely this would mean one of Madders or Perez would have to go, who's combined wages would be about 200k. Adding another 200k for Coutinho would leave us with 400k in wages for 3 players competing for a single CAM position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 His heart wouldn't, perhaps even couldn't, be in it. Avoid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 People are acting like this is the same as Everton signing James… difference is he had one decent World Cup and not a lot else… Coutinho has 41 goals and 37 assists in the Premier League!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winteriscoming Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 Never gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 1 minute ago, AjcW said: People are acting like this is the same as Everton signing James… difference is he had one decent World Cup and not a lot else… Coutinho has 41 goals and 37 assists in the Premier League!!! I think that is a bit unfair to Rodriguez, he has been a brilliant player in Spain, Portugal, Germany, and France - he actually performed much better than Coutinho has in Spain and Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxinNotts Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 Again, just like the Bertrand signing (obviously for completely different reasons) can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t want this to happen 🤷🏻♂️ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambiasso Posted 18 July 2021 Share Posted 18 July 2021 This thread has similar tones to the Cambiasso thread all those years ago; the terms past it and we won't break our wage structure for him etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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