You need stability in the retainment of your key players to challenge a club of Bayern’s calibre. Besides most of their squad is full of players that have never proven to have that kind of level or consistency in them.
It’s no different from our youth project, you have a batch of talents. The elite ones drag the team above the usual level (Fabregas, RVP, Nasri etc) once they leave/sold the team declines.
Sure, but Bayern haven’t been taking the league seriously recently and have had their fair share of problems. There was a perfect opportunity two years ago to dethrone Bayern but instead they allowed them to recover and then they(Bayern) went on to win the Champions League.
Anyway, I expect both Sancho and Haaland to stay at least for another year. They really ought to make use of them while they can.
Even when Bayern haven’t been their best their overall level in terms of Points and GD is still quite high. Dortmund haven’t performed at that kind of level in the league since Jurgen Klopp + Lewandowski. (2011-12) Also around the time they reached CL finals (the season after).
Be joke if they could afford it, but I’d rather Haaland join Barcelona over say Chelsea.
I’ve been saying this.
Unless a Champions League club comes in for him, Arsenal just need to put up the money and Odegaard is ours. The more pertinent question is how much would Arsenal be willing to pay.
My guess RM don’t blink for anything less than £70m.
Wow. I’d have said £40m-£55m.
It depends on who else is interested. Odegaard is a premium talent in his position rn with huge scope to improve.
Zidane said they’re working on a new deal so I have no clue
talk for ‘give us more money because we wanna keep him soooooooooooooo badly’
I don’t think he’s a premium talent by any stretch of the imagination. He’s started well, but his career is basically;
Being signed at a very young age by Real Madrid and paid handsomely
A good loan stint at Real Sociedad
I think Real are in dream land if they’d ever try to get more than about £40m for him. Especially not in this market.
I like the kid and think he can go far but I wouldn’t want us to overpay for him
He’s definitely on the list of the top 5 creative midfield talents under 23. That a premium talent imo
I’d be worried about competition to sign Odegaard more than anything else.
Unless the market for Ødegaard has grown, Madrid won’t be able to ask for €70m. They’re unlikely to generate much money from selling the other 4 players either, so the conditions are aligning for Arsenal.
If we win the Europa League he’s ours. Bookmark it.
Their phone would get mighty dusty at that figure.
The more I hear about the club wanting to prioritize on Odegaard the more I get the sense that they think they can get him for something reasonable (around £35-40m with some bonuses).
I believe it will be less to do with where we finish but moreso with where Madrid stand.
If Madrid try to rinse us (anything above £35 million) then id rather we didn’t try. Getting fed up of paying over the odds all the time !!
Gotta pay over the odds in today’s market mate, I can see it being about 40m if we sign him, if they’re desperate to raise funds
If he brings us up a level I don’t care if we overpay tbh. As long as we make the right signings, that’s the most important thing. He’s a perfect age profile too.
Don’t forget we’re in a post lockdown/covid situation where the money still isn’t there, clubs have made massive losses and selling club surely can’t expect the same money for players to be there can they?