EPL 2021 / 2022

@bovidae said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Kane to Man City looks to be a goer.

Harry Kane is set to complete his record-breaking transfer to Manchester City after the Sun revealed that Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy has finally agreed to sell his prized asset to a Premier League rival. The 27-year-old put in a transfer request at the end of last season after Spurs failed to win any silverware once again, but Levy only informed Kane of his decision to allow him to join an English club last week. Manchester City are said to be Kane's "preference" and are set to offer the England captain a contract worth £400,000 per week to join for a record £160 million transfer fee.

I think 160K is a good deal for Spurs. It will be tough losing him, but we are selling right at the top of the market for a 29 year old who will soon start to taper down. Now we have to spend it wisely

@canefan yeah on paper it's pretty hard to say he's worth that much.

But attracting replacements of that calibre will be almost impossible. Spurs will be a weaker side without him.

Bold prediction: Arsenal fans are going to celebrate st totteringham's day if this does go through.

@cyclops said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@canefan yeah on paper it's pretty hard to say he's worth that much.

But attracting replacements of that calibre will be almost impossible. Spurs will be a weaker side without him.

Bold prediction: Arsenal fans are going to celebrate st totteringham's day if this does go through.

I agree about the replacement issue, you don't easily replace the golden boot and assist leader. We will need to see how Nuno restructures the team, considering how many goals and assists Kane and Son got last year and our final placing, it is fair to say major strengthening of our leaky defence will take up some of the slack

Jadon Sancho has joined Man Utd for £73 million:

Man City are trying to buy Grealish, Kane, and are being mentioned as the number one suitor for Lionel Messi. FFP is a farce

@canefan said in EPL 2020/2021:

Man City are trying to buy Grealish, Kane, and are being mentioned as the number one suitor for Lionel Messi. FFP is a farce

They've got Grealish. Not sure they'll get either of the others.

I think Kane will go abroad. Messi could well go to City given it's a free & Pep is there, but I think he's more likely to stay in Europe somewhere.

@majorrage
I forgot that the UK is now floating somewhere in the mid-Atlantic.

Looking less and less like a power play by Barca but I still think he is still most likely to stay with Barca. Even rival clubs know the difference he makes to their league.

Great bit of business by the Villa Board. Grealish is a very good player, but never in a million years is he worth £100 million. It will fund the rebuilding of our squad for the next 3 or 4 years.

@mofitzy_ The speculation is that Messi will probably go to PSG.

English players are always overpriced.

I also expect Messi to stay at Barca.

@sparky
My joke was about the UK not being in Europe.

@sparky said in EPL 2020/2021:

Great bit of business by the Villa Board. Grealish is a very good player, but never in a million years is he worth £100 million. It will fund the rebuilding of our squad for the next 3 or 4 years.

That's how you do it. Now to spend the money wisely..... Spurs should be doing the same, if reports suggesting Citeh were willing to pay 150M for Kane (big if), I'd sell him now

Pep Guardiola has given a press conference. They are very interested in Kane but Spurs aren't willing to sell him for any price at the minute. They are not interested in Messi.

@sparky Yup just a playmaker in the middle of the park is what we need now, and maybe another hoding midfielder.

Looks like Messi might be joining Neymar and Mbappe at PSG

PSG have confirmed that they are in talks with Messi. If he signs, they would have a forward line of Neymar/ Mbappe / Messi.

Leceister won the Community Shield 1-0 in front of a mostly empty Wembley Stadium. The £100 million got some second half minutes for Man City in the Second Half.

Man City aren't stupid. Winning this is a curse.

and we're away and running, up the dons!

If Messi does end up at PSG who would have thought at the beginning of the year, that Messi and Ramos (the Barcelona and Real Madrid captains), would end up as teammates. It's a funny old world.

Feels weird to see Messi in another shirt. But I wonder if this might revitalise Barca a bit. Theye still got plenty of talent and maybe this will help them bring them through.

PSG fans on the other hand must be thinking this is the year. For them. Be interesting to see how they fit in their superstars.

@cyclops said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Feels weird to see Messi in another shirt. But I wonder if this might revitalise Barca a bit. Theye still got plenty of talent and maybe this will help them bring them through.

PSG fans on the other hand must be thinking this is the year. For them. Be interesting to see how they fit in their superstars.

Definitely agree about Barca. They must have a big crop of youngsters waiting for their chance

@canefan And Pochettino goes from a club whose owner never spent money to one where the owners can't spend enough.

@bovidae said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@canefan And Pochettino goes from a club whose owner never spent money to one where the owners can't spend enough.

Yeah. He must be like a pig in fat now. Different problems managing egos for a control freak high intensity coach like him. Now he just needs to sit back and let them run around a bit....

Does FFP not apply in France?

@dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

Does FFP not apply in France?

FFP is a sham. It is my understanding that the regulations that caused Messi to have to leave Barca are specific to La Liga. In addition, if they hadn't let his contract run out he could have had his deal extended and not be constrained by those regulations. In the UK Chelsea football club owe Abramovich hundreds of millions of pounds in loans that will never be paid back. And Citeh should be banned from the UCL because they are clearly running a rort with their sponsorship deals. And yet they slipped out of having to face sanctions too

@canefan Meanwhile Fulham still can't do much in the transfer market because they overspent three years ago in attempt ensure survival in the PL.

It does seem that FFP rules are only enforced against the smaller clubs.

There was a really interesting episode of a Fulham podcast a few weeks back on FFP and club finances in general. The conclusion is Fulham pretty much have to go back up this season or we are deep in the doggy do

Guardiola coming out and saying Citeh can only afford Grealish and Kane? because they sell Academy players is such a crock.

@dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

@canefan Meanwhile Fulham still can't do much in the transfer market because they overspent three years ago in attempt ensure survival in the PL.

It does seem that FFP rules are only enforced against the smaller clubs.

There was a really interesting episode of a Fulham podcast a few weeks back on FFP and club finances in general. The conclusion is Fulham pretty much have to go back up this season or we are deep in the doggy do

Guardiola coming out and saying Citeh can only afford Grealish and Kane? because they sell Academy players is such a crock.

I read somewhere that FFP was designed to rein in the big clubs, but in fact it just cemented their dominance because they can hide it better. Smaller clubs struggle to keep up, and may face a day of reckoning as Leeds did all those years ago.

This was a few seasons ago, and I am sure it is worse now

Chelsea beat Villareal on penalties to win the European Super Cup.

First game of the new EPL season has just finished. Brentford played their first top-flight fixture in 73 years and beat Arsenal 2-0.

I know I’ve gone on a bit before and almost no one will care….but

Tonight (sat uk time) Wimbledon will play its first “home” game in front of fans for 30years, after ground sharing with palace for a decade, then reforming at the bottom and playing on Sunday league grounds and then kingsmeadow (Kingston) for another 17 odd years…first game in Wimbledon in front of fans

It’s huge

hmm who would've thought

Harry Kane's price just went up I reckon.

@dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

hmm who would've thought

Harry Kane's price just went up I reckon.

I haven't watched the game or seen the score, but I'm going to give this comment a tentative upvote pending watching the game tonight

@kiwiwomble said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

I know I’ve gone on a bit before and almost no one will care….but

Tonight (sat uk time) Wimbledon will play its first “home” game in front of fans for 30years, after ground sharing with palace for a decade, then reforming at the bottom and playing on Sunday league grounds and then kingsmeadow (Kingston) for another 17 odd years…first game in Wimbledon in front of fans

It’s huge

god i wish i knew how to share a facebook video

If anyone does watch, the keeper (second one out) is Nik nik tzanev, I sponsor his gloves

@dogmeat said in EPL 2021 / 2022:

hmm who would've thought

Harry Kane's price just went up I reckon.

I watched it from about 30 minutes in. Spurs played it very smart, defended deep as you have to do against City but didn't let them pass without pressure and kept on breaking up attacks. When they did break, the front 4 all got forward fast and were dangerous.

City looked hopelessly short of ideas until Kev de B came on and couldn't get a shot on target when they did get a chance. At least with Kane in the team, throwing a ball across hopefully might have had some reward.

For Spurs, Lucas Moura was very good and the 2 midfielders playing deeper (Skipp and Hojberg) did their job very well.