Confirmed Signing James Rodriguez

[rockin' robin]

He would come to us mainly because if Ancelotti, so if he finds real form again and is injury free, why would he want to go elsewhere if we are making good progress as a team, which we will be if he is playing well enough to have ‘big’ teams chasing his signature? Also a loan makes complete sense re FFP, deferring costs etc.

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

4 year deal

 

[hktoffee]

4 year deal

James and Allan coming in because we have Carlo here. This’s exciting Randy Marsh moment.

 

[Ring master]

So seems either a loan,3 year deal or 4 year deal

 

[BlueStevie35]

Marca reckon it’s done for £22m (€25m)

 

[blulouie]

4 year deal

Pity he talks crap.

 

[maccavennie]

Would be a stupendous signing. Now what we gotta do is keep him as fit for as many games as possible. This kid can win games on his own with moment of brilliance and its something we've been lacking for a long long time.

 

[maccavennie]

Marca reckon it’s done for £22m (€25m)

Take that all day long.

 

[Cameron Manning]

So thats about 8mE a season or about £145k p/w. I mean I don't know what you'd discount from the signing on fee from that. I suspect his wages will be a bit lower than that, but we will see.

I think the deal that is being done and quoted is vert good, a £5M loan fee for the season plus just over £4M wages for the season, still a risk of injury but the money is not massive, if he does well we’ll have first bite at signing him permentely plus Carlo’s influence which is the main reason he is coming now.

 

[blulouie]

So seems either a loan,3 year deal or 4 year deal

Year loan (ala Barry) then 3 year contract.

I'm good with that tbh.

 

[Furey1878]

There are pros and cons with both a loan and a 3 year deal.

Loan

Pro - We get to test it out, have his quality and if his injuries are a big enough issue there is no long commitment.
Con - In a years time if things go well we are leaving ourselves open in the sharkpool for a CL club to come in.

3 year deal

Pro - He's tied up for 3 years and can use his quality
Con - How bad will his injuries be?


There are FAIR arguments for and against both. Either will be good in my eyes, a loan with a contract in place if he plays x amount of games would be ideal but doubt that's even legal.

Yeah can't go for the loan.

Think it'd be easy for a player of his quality to become disinterested if he's only here on loan too.

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

James and Allan coming in because we have Carlo here. This’s exciting Randy Marsh moment.

It's like 2016 again but this time with a competent manager, the fact we was trying for Emerson also gives me hope there's still another couple of positions about to be improved hopefully a keeper

 

[Neiler]

The thing i like about a four year contract is, it suggests Carlo wees his own long term future here.

 

[hktoffee]

It's like 2016 again but this time with a competent manager, the fact we was trying for Emerson also gives me hope there's still another couple of positions about to be improved hopefully a keeper

James and Allan are class. Which is the difference.

 

[blulouie]

It's like 2016 again but this time with a competent manager, the fact we was trying for Emerson also gives me hope there's still another couple of positions about to be improved hopefully a keeper

I wouldnt give up on Emerson , Brands has a good relationship with Barca .
He'll be trying every angle to get that done.