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Christiffa25
Player Valuation: £35m
IMO this was a very good and sensible transfer window. Both our squad and first 11 are stronger. RM has been in the job only a few months and we SHOULD have by the BOARDS comments have a stack of money left over, which sensibly Roberto can spend in january or in the summer after a season of proper examination of the squad.
We'v lost Mucha Neville Hitz Fellaini and anichebe
And gained...
Robles Alcaraz Barry Mcarthy Delefuoe Kone lakaku and the promotion of the impressive Stones and Barkley.
That leaves us in good shape. Without a massive uphieval of the squad. Yes there's the likes of heitinga and jelavic who will prob need replacing come next summer, lakaku will will go back, but Barry if he does well could well join on a free. But we'v got money to spend plus extra TV money over the coming years.
I actually like the look of all the signings we'v made this summer.
The BIGGEST signing? KEEPING Mr toffee, Mr blue, One of us, Mr Everton, what ever you want to call him Mr Leighton Baines arguably europe's best LB.
As for what we have lost, I don't think any of them will be detrimental to our squad. Fellaini is obviously a great player, but under RM he was playing a different role. Like for like Mcarthy will probably get labeled as his replacement but I don't think he is. Barkley IMO is his replacement adding the goals from midfield and being a match winner. We now have 3 CM that suit roberto's formation in Gibson Mcarthy and Barry.
Good stuff RM....and dare is say BK & Co.
We'v lost Mucha Neville Hitz Fellaini and anichebe
And gained...
Robles Alcaraz Barry Mcarthy Delefuoe Kone lakaku and the promotion of the impressive Stones and Barkley.
That leaves us in good shape. Without a massive uphieval of the squad. Yes there's the likes of heitinga and jelavic who will prob need replacing come next summer, lakaku will will go back, but Barry if he does well could well join on a free. But we'v got money to spend plus extra TV money over the coming years.
I actually like the look of all the signings we'v made this summer.
The BIGGEST signing? KEEPING Mr toffee, Mr blue, One of us, Mr Everton, what ever you want to call him Mr Leighton Baines arguably europe's best LB.
As for what we have lost, I don't think any of them will be detrimental to our squad. Fellaini is obviously a great player, but under RM he was playing a different role. Like for like Mcarthy will probably get labeled as his replacement but I don't think he is. Barkley IMO is his replacement adding the goals from midfield and being a match winner. We now have 3 CM that suit roberto's formation in Gibson Mcarthy and Barry.
Good stuff RM....and dare is say BK & Co.
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First of all I think BK handled transfer day very well - getting £27.5 m. for Fellaini is good business as is £5 for Anichebe.
As some of you know I have been banging on about McCarthy for roughly 3 years now, so I'm fcuking delighted that we have gotten him. Yes he is not a flash player like Mirallas, but one who will make our team tick even better, providing energy, passing and box-to-box displays.
Barry is a seasoned pro, has always conducted himself well and is a good back-up for when Gibson is not available. He is slow like a turtle, but his passing is not.
Lukaku is without a shadow of a doubt the one striker I would have liked us to bring in, so I'm thrilled that he has now arrived. Our strikeforce suddenly looks excellent. Hopefully there is an option to sign him when the season ends.
So IMO we have strengthen the first-team with 2-3 certain starters and move a misfiring striker on and a good player with a tendency to go missing in quite a few games.
As some of you know I have been banging on about McCarthy for roughly 3 years now, so I'm fcuking delighted that we have gotten him. Yes he is not a flash player like Mirallas, but one who will make our team tick even better, providing energy, passing and box-to-box displays.
Barry is a seasoned pro, has always conducted himself well and is a good back-up for when Gibson is not available. He is slow like a turtle, but his passing is not.
Lukaku is without a shadow of a doubt the one striker I would have liked us to bring in, so I'm thrilled that he has now arrived. Our strikeforce suddenly looks excellent. Hopefully there is an option to sign him when the season ends.
So IMO we have strengthen the first-team with 2-3 certain starters and move a misfiring striker on and a good player with a tendency to go missing in quite a few games.
Bungle
Player Valuation: £90m
You really are a top class [Poor language removed]
Christiffa25
Player Valuation: £35m
Haha excellently put bungle!!
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Pretty much this. Squad and first team improved, money left over to clear
debts, can't complain...tho some will
Money to clear debts? You realise next summer we will be needing a first choice striker and midfielder again. We need to spend that money.
If we had done some positive buisness and made better signings I'm convinced
Fellaini would have stayed.
We could have made much better improvements with the money we have spent.
We could have brought in Robles, Deulofeu, Lukaku, Barry all without much cash
Made it clear to agents/players at start of window we want rid of Vic + Osman, Heitenga, Gueye, Jelavic ( say 15/20m?)
We would have 20 Mill we had not spunked on MCcarthy and Kone + say 15/20 from sales to buy at least 1 decent striker,
and another quality midfielder or defender.
To go back to Whelan when he rang up sky sports and made the terms of our offer public is pathetic.
Fellaini would have stayed.
We could have made much better improvements with the money we have spent.
We could have brought in Robles, Deulofeu, Lukaku, Barry all without much cash
Made it clear to agents/players at start of window we want rid of Vic + Osman, Heitenga, Gueye, Jelavic ( say 15/20m?)
We would have 20 Mill we had not spunked on MCcarthy and Kone + say 15/20 from sales to buy at least 1 decent striker,
and another quality midfielder or defender.
To go back to Whelan when he rang up sky sports and made the terms of our offer public is pathetic.
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Hahaha! Some people are just never happy.
Great window in many respects.
+ Made Moyes look like a grade A whopper.
+ Got in some great talent, Martinez is definitely looking to put his stamp on things.
+ Cut lose some dead-wood.
+ Added STRENGTH & DEPTH (!!!) to sorely needed positions.
+ Will be able to appease the bank, somewhat .
+ Selling the big-man for double what we paid for him, most thinking at the time (myself included) the outlay was astronomical.
Impossible task - trying to appease fans and the bank and get good value, but our Spanish patriarch seems to of spun gold.
COYB's!
I can't believe he's gone. I don't really know what to think. After last season, I really didn't want to part with him. Though Barry and Lukaku are good incomings, I still have a sense of sadness this morning. I hope we don't live to regret this decision. I'm really going to miss Victor Anichebe
flibbyflob
Player Valuation: £40m
Happy after sleeping on it. Was getting worried last night but providing the money doesn't vanish before January and RM is allowed to get a couple in and doesn't have to sell to buy to do it and we will look back on it as a very good window. Squad is so much stronger now than last season and I doubt RM will run the first 11 into the ground and leave himself short in the long run.
Having seen we have strengthened now is the time to loan out a couple of youngsters to gain first team action for the future.
Having seen we have strengthened now is the time to loan out a couple of youngsters to gain first team action for the future.
peteblue
Welcome back Wayne
What!!!....looking at who left and who came in, we are in a much stronger position AND financially we are in a better position. Bill and Roberto have played a blinder.....
I have to agree
GwladysBlue
Player Valuation: £70m
We've just took in:
TV money - £22m
Fellaini - £27.5m
Anichebe - £6m
Total: £55.5m
We've spent:
Kone - £6m
Robles - £1m
McCarthy - £12m
Loan fees - £4m at the very most
Total: £23m
Will that £32m be put off the debts? Will it go toward new players? Or will it disappear into the black hole of our board's pockets?
Bill and Co have played a blinder indeed.
TV money - £22m
Fellaini - £27.5m
Anichebe - £6m
Total: £55.5m
We've spent:
Kone - £6m
Robles - £1m
McCarthy - £12m
Loan fees - £4m at the very most
Total: £23m
Will that £32m be put off the debts? Will it go toward new players? Or will it disappear into the black hole of our board's pockets?
Bill and Co have played a blinder indeed.
What is all this rubbish about money left over to spend in January??!
Some simple maths for you all:
Anichebe and Fellaini left for a combined total of £32.5m
4% of that goes to the league via their levy: that's about £1.5m, so we're down to £31m
Standard take 20% of the profit on Felli; we made £10m profit, so that's another £2m gone. Down to £29m
McCarthy comes in for £13m rising to £15m;let's say his wage is covered by Anichebe's old wage. Down to £14m we go.
Then Lukaku comes in, for a reported £5m loan fee. (No mention of his wages yet, but let's say they are covered by the wage space freed up when Felli left.) We're down to £9m.
Barry comes in. This is the bit i'm worried about - how much of his £6m per year salary are we paying? If we're covering the lot, then that's us down to £3m.
Anyone who thinks there's money left for January, because they believe "the McCarthy purchase was not dependent on Fellaini's sale", please feel free to disagree. This is Bill we're talking about though.
Come next June we will lose Barry, Lukaku and Deulofeu. We will need to sign a CM, an RM and a CF. But we won't have any money left from Felli's transfer to do so. That's why we should have held out for more money from United, and that's why we shouldn't have caved in to Dave Whelan's ridiculous demands.
Some simple maths for you all:
Anichebe and Fellaini left for a combined total of £32.5m
4% of that goes to the league via their levy: that's about £1.5m, so we're down to £31m
Standard take 20% of the profit on Felli; we made £10m profit, so that's another £2m gone. Down to £29m
McCarthy comes in for £13m rising to £15m;let's say his wage is covered by Anichebe's old wage. Down to £14m we go.
Then Lukaku comes in, for a reported £5m loan fee. (No mention of his wages yet, but let's say they are covered by the wage space freed up when Felli left.) We're down to £9m.
Barry comes in. This is the bit i'm worried about - how much of his £6m per year salary are we paying? If we're covering the lot, then that's us down to £3m.
Anyone who thinks there's money left for January, because they believe "the McCarthy purchase was not dependent on Fellaini's sale", please feel free to disagree. This is Bill we're talking about though.
Come next June we will lose Barry, Lukaku and Deulofeu. We will need to sign a CM, an RM and a CF. But we won't have any money left from Felli's transfer to do so. That's why we should have held out for more money from United, and that's why we shouldn't have caved in to Dave Whelan's ridiculous demands.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £100m
Supposedly 1 mil barry and 3mil lukaku
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