Either do we. Hasn’t played a minute in two or three years since we signed him. Something to do with his work permit. He’s Nigerian who is one of Britain’s few cool African friends. Gnabry and Coman on the wings with Onyekuru and the Canadian child as backups doesn’t scream “Realistic Champions League Contender” to me. I’m sure they will do something to react with Dortmund’s mouthwatering stash of wingers who Bayern probably ought to have signed at least one of the two.
It’s weird because I understand why the clubs and the players make these moves but I just hate how the German clubs do transfers. Clubs know they will end up getting low balled because the player will run down his contract and will refuse a transfer to say Atletico Madrid who would pay a reasonably fair price. I always gag when English people go on about “taking pride in the shirt” but I wish more German players would be repulsed by the idea turning heel and joining the dark side.
Not trying to be a dick but this doesn't make much sense. If those clubs really wanted to stay in business or turn a profit then why would they not sell outside of Bundesliga and into a larger market? I don't see how ticket prices and selling only to other Bundesliga clubs impact each other at all.
I think the main driver of all this is German players want to play for German clubs and live in Germany. It’s hard to sell players against their will.
Anyone see a price on Hazard? Just wondering how much they still have left after turning Pulisic into Brandt and Hazard That’s absurd
I will never get mad at someone for not playing for Bayer Leverkussen who are lest we forget a continuation of IG Farbens company team. Zyklon B, Heroin and Methamphetamine were all first manufactured in their laboratories. Oh yeah, they created aspirin as well. It’s fucking amazing how many of the companies that were manufacturers for the Nazi war machine are still around and thriving.
I rate Coman and Gnabry as Champions League contender caliber but there’s no way you can expect them to be healthy for the entire season. Coman tears it up for six games and then gets injured for a couple months, rinse and repeat.
22.5M per transfermarkt if that site is correct, the got Schulz, Brandt & Hazard for Pulisic +10M pounds.
It’s also worth noting that outside of Bayern (of course), German clubs both reap the benefits and get burned by these cheap prices/release clauses and willingness to stay in Germany. Dortmund are greatly benefiting this year but it wasn’t long ago that they lost Goetze to a release clause and had Lewandowski run out his contract to join Bayern.
If clubs were smart they would pay a bit more in a bonus or salary or do whatever it takes to not have these clauses. I know it’s required in Spain so you see some stupid high ones but I don’t think it’s required in Germany.
Taking advantage of Pulisic being valued probably around twice his actual worth because he is American and Thorgan being undervalued because of his higher profile sibling is the kind of deal making Donald Trumps brain makes him think he does. It’s scary how much they’ve got coming their way for Sancho who has the being English bump in his value and an inevitable bidding war from clubs everyone knows have all the money.
Looking like Sané and Timo Werner will happen and we’ve still got Tolisso who can fill in on the wing, if he can ever play. Dude stays hurt. That’s 5 possible options at winger.
I really don’t think Pulisic was a huge overpayment given what he’s accomplished at age 20 and the club he’s coming from.
Like pasta said, a large chunk of the German talent wants to stay in Germany. The ones that don’t are usually scooped up by other European teams and replaced with the next German youngster, of which there’s a seemingly endless supply.
I’ve got this theory that any player that plays in the vicinity of Marco Reus appears to be better than they actually are. Batshuayi, Alcacer, Dembele, Axel Witsel etc Most of these guys are still good players but just not that good.
It's really not amazing at all. We rebuilt, shaped and molded half of Germany and Japan after the war. That said need more signings now.
Dortmund and Monchengladbach are the places. Borussia is just an old holdover from the Kingdom of Prussia. I guess the best example in English would be the use of Albion in club names.
Gladbach has sold a lot of key players to Dortmund recently: Reus, Hazard, Dahoud. Dortmund will send out of favour players like Ginter and Hoffman back the other way. It’s funny that Bayern gets criticism for buying the competition (i.e. Dortmund), while Dortmund do the same thing.
I think people’s criticism is Bayern does it to Dortmund. That’d be like City going to Liverpool and Chelsea and taking their players for under their value.
I mean, Dortmund doesn’t have to let their players walk Spoiler they also don’t have to run so close to bankruptcy that Bayern floats them an interest free loan to keep them afloat but tomato tomato
Not that 2003 was forever ago but you’re right. Dortmund’s model has been to scout well and sell young talent abroad. There’ve been a handful of players who came to Bayern on frees (most notably Lewa, Mario Götze and Lothar Mathaus) but usually they get big monies from elsewhere in Europe.
We got a billionaire hedge fund running the show... I don't belive we have had a single link to Coutinho tbqh... But I fully expect Milan to sell off Suso, Crutone, Kessie to help finance a good summer. IF we get that final CL spot it could be a huge summer of purchases.
People who follow Juve seem pretty confident that Pogba returns and Dybala is shipped out to possibly Atletico or someone in La Liga
some site called sportswitness says barca won't come up on de Ligt and de Ligt turned down 250 a week from United