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I realize this is new for me but this is not an anti-Barca video, it was just an article about Nico Williams that happened to set off my train of thought
You're a liar
Olmo has not played more than 20 League games for the past 3 Seasons. While he is a magnificent footballer his injury issues make it absolutely reasonable to not pay the release clause also according to multiple german sources the release clause has expired on the 20th of July. And Leipzig are still willing to sell him for 60m anyways. So I don't fault Barcelona for negotiating but that first offer was absolutely laughable.
exactly
This should be higher in the comments 👍🏽
Barca were definitely testing water to see how desperate Leipzig were. Obviously they would come back with a better second offer.
thankfully someone here actually knows ball
This video was lazily researched. A common theme on the Barca videos…
The Europa league final is also on San Mamés, Bilbao’s home stadium. So that would be a legendary way for Nico to wave goodbye (for now)
Wait does that mean Bilbao's all about the memes
No, it just means they misspelled it 😂
It's named San Mamés
@@newadarirull thanks, I changed it
@@newadarirull It will still be Saint Memes in my heart
I think Olmo is overlooked because he has a funny looking face. For years now he's had way more end product than his reputation would suggest
Dani is a freaking G. Wonderful guy, met him while he was at Dinamo Zagreb, he bought me and my dad drinks. Everyone at Dinamo always said he is a humble hard worker with an awesome personality. He is seriously underrated and I hope he goes to a club that unlike Barca has their finances sorted out.
He´s absolutely a solid piece when fit, but there´s a lot of recency bias as he had an amazing Euros. When you have mutiple injuries in your knee, you get overlooked.
@@babylol8 It may be recency bias for some but I've followed his career for a long time now and he has shown time and time again that even with injuries he is still a top level player. I just feel like he's unlucky with basically being "too old" for the current market.
Great player but injured too much
@@babylol8not that ik too much about dani olmo's time at Leipzig, but when you're scoring a hat trick against Bayern in a super cup final, you must be a really great big game player
Z’s fm25 save becomes “only signing players over 24”.
His toughest ever save ngl
Why not? I made a save with over 30 only and it was a lot of fun
The problem with release clauses is, unless you can come to an agreement with the players current club, you have to pay all that clause up front. I'd wager that 90%+ of all transfers in recent years have deferred payments. Typical transfers like you referring to Antony to United for 85m will more than likely have a payment plan of say 20mil for 2 years, 15mil for next 3 years for the duration of the contract the player (Antony) signs for with his new club (United), 5 years contract. So Barcelona may have a budget of 60mil that theoretically they can go and pay the 60mil release clause on Olmo, they may have in fact still be owing on previous years transfers reducing what they can pay this year for new transfers, meaning they dont actually have 60mil to spend right now. So they would need to come to an agreement with Leipzig to defer payments on the release clause for 2 to 3 years (or longer). A good example of this is what United did with Zirkzee, they ended up paying Bologna an extra 3to4mil on Zirkzee's release clause of 38mil to defer payments to the next 3 years.
Look up his injury record...
That explains why nobody has come in for him. One of the best players in the world, but tough to pay $60m for that output. I also think the clause expires soon?
the deCaprio-isation of football signings
Real Madrid are probably the DeCaprio of football right now
@@thepowerofsand6180If so, Chelsea is that filthy rich guy, who switches his girlfriend every second day
As a Barca Fan (watching most games), I think spending 60Mio on Olmo is not the right call. He is worldclass and I love to watch his highlights since his Dinamo days (respect that move a lot from him) but he is not what Barcelona desperately need. If the club were in a financially better spot, sure I would take him in a heartbeat, but under current circumstances, the need for a touchline left-winger (Nico Williams) is just way bigger in my opinion.
Olmo likes the halfspaces in the center more, which could work under Fickl's direct system (wingers not glued to touchline). Nonetheless, Barca has huge amounts of talent in that area (Pedri who I think will be the 10 in a 4231, Pablo Torre, Guille Fernández, Noah Darvich even Gündogan can play there...) and are in need of speed in transition. Im going nuts when I see roumers that the club is going for BOTH (Nico and Olmo) because they have more urgent needs and are NOT in the position to spend 120Mio + Wages + signingbonus on them.
I would prefer them going for a 6 in their prime, that can play the double/lone pivot like Zubamendi (my dream but not happening...) or Merino (probably going to arsenal because Barca have wrong priorities...), Nico (lack of left wingers, still believe in ansu but injuries...) and maybe extend Cancelo's loan somehow thats it. La Masia is so promising! I've been anticipating the emerging defensive midfield talents (Bernal, Casado, before them Nico) ever since Busquets left and thats just the tip of the iceberg.
Rumors suggest that Flick doesn't see the need for a 6 (canceled free transfer of Guido Rodríguez) but I still believe that a more defensive-minded and experienced presence in that area would benefit Barca more then Olmo (in case Nico Williams comes).
Thanks for the daily content btw love hearing you talk about the game. Keep it up!
Agreed, a CDM is much more of a priority.
No he isn’t world class
Dani Olmo - Potential - 192/200
Dani Olmo - Injury Proneness 15/20
Recurring injuries don't just magically fix themselves which is a real shame because it's stunted his career badly.
You have to be in San Marino, right? They just won their first game, cant NOT make a video on that! Great idea, Z!
Or the pub team in Gibraltar that also won...
Not between every correlation there's a causation.
When a player have a release clause, the buying club need to pay the full amount of the release clause in front, which I'd very problematic for a lot of teams because they don't have the necessary cash flow (Barca for example), and it the club that have the player don't want to release it, the club that want to buy have the option to pay or not and nothing in between.
In addition, Olmo is on 170k per week, this is a very high salary for most clubs, he have no problem staying in RB and they are willing to increase his salary, so every club that want him need to face issues unless they already have a big space in their wage budget and their transfer budget according to their FFP and FFP became the name of the game for every club in Europe.
Besides Olmo, most of the other cases that you mentioned like Antony and Enzo for example came from totally different things, Enzo was a release clause and Ted was nuts that he was willing to pay it, Antony was a very bad transfer management that lasted a month in a half and eventually Man united were willing to pay because they just did had any other option and it was the last days of transfer window.
No club in the world would buy a player for 120M for so called "sell value" because there is non in buying such a player with that amount these days unless he would literally become the best in the world and some Saudi club will be willing to pay up front gigantic amount and that's a stretch.
Just see as an example Neves from Benfica, 120M release clause, Benfica at the beginning insisted that they will release only for the release clause, couple of days ago the the director of Benfica said in an interview that they will review offers for a much lower amount, because today no club will be willing to risk up front 120M for a "wonderkid" without a real movement in their wage and transfer budget, and this is why PSG is rumor in buying for 60M because that's the cash flow they have and most clubs prefer to get money up front than installments.
Long story short, Dani Olmo is just expensive and clubs that can afford him, or don't need him or prefer better players than him in a deal that will be more beneficial for them financially because they might be able to spread it.
As you said, life is not FM, but because we play so much FM we believe that stuff we do in the game imitate real football business, it's not, in FM you can "just pay" 60M release clause because you already lined up 10 players that came for loan that you are going to sale to get another 300M to you budget, that doesn't work in real life and as I said, FFP is the name of the game these days, that's what ruin transfers like this.
Beside the above, yes, he is a great player, but he is very fragile, i think Neymar had more official games than him in the last couple of years and it says a lot.
Love your content.
Love Dani, from the time he was at Dinamo Zagreb. Awesome dude, hard worker, humble and seriously underrated. He is an superb player, on a City, Real world class level. Absolute beast
Always injured too
i can see olmo being overlooked by barca just because hes not the full on pacey winger nico williams is, having nico as the opposote winger to yamal works so well because they both stretch the other team's line so wide that a poacher type of player like olmo can shine, olmo might have difficulties playing different roles or trying to score when there isn't that much space to begin with, similar to lewadowski's situation.
Just to clarify this particular situation, Barca are trying to bring in both Nico Williams and Olmo. Not Olmo as an alternative signing. They haven't received their lever money yet which will bring them back to the infamous 1:1 rule in spanish ffp. this rule means you are now allowed to spend what you make in revenue, which Barca or other big teams in Laliga, bar Real, aren't allowed to spend since the Pandemic.
Also, Olmo is very injury prone. Do better research, Z
It’s always lazy when it comes to Barca. When he see the news that the crisis is over in a year or two time he will think it happened out of thin air. Madness.
@@DontAttme It's funny how the whole world jumped on the barca-hate train when they were being investigated, calling out as cheaters and bribers and whatnot, calling the current board incompetent, stupid etc. Etc. The same board who are reviving the club saving it from its curses caused by the mismanagement of previous board. But nobody spoke or apologised when Barca were eventually declared not guilty of any wrongdoings by the court. Look at AC Milan, Man utd. And then look at Barca, who amid everything didn't finish lower than 2nd in the last four seasons. Apparently it's a "finished club", they said. A "bankrupt" club challenging Real Madrid, season after season. Winning transfer races to sign the best talents with worse pockets against premier league teams, but the hate never stops...
Z, the article you are reading are misleading you. Barcelona is going for BOTH Nico Williams and Dani Olmo, and they are already negociating with Liepzig. Also, his age is not the problem, the problem is he's injury prone and also Barcelona has 6 players of the same profile as Dani Olmo, but only one of the profile of Nico - Lamine Yamal. And he's 17.
As a Barca fan, as much as I would like Olmo I don’t think we should be trying to sign him. Like you said we already have players that cover his position and even if half of them got injured La Masia turns out gems like crazy.
*Ketan Makwana wants to know your location*
The 60 mil release clause ended days ago
I love you bald man
Dani Olmo is a 60m Ferran Torres with Pedri/Dembeles injury history. Also the clause isn’t available it’s just what Leipzig would accept. That’s a terrible sign.
The problem is the way executives are building clubs now, but that is forced by the scale of risk in any deal. I wonder how much of the bias is now due to the size of transfer fees meaning for Annuitization it is far easier for players with more of their Playing careers in front of them to be justified financially. But as a fan an impact transfer is always more exciting than 1 who will grow into the team.
dani olmo plays sometimes for leipzig hes injured often i think this is a prolblem for some
Your right 25 isnt old 26 ainr either dont forget that VVD was 26 when Liverpool signed him. Players like that have work ethic and are closer to the product you buy then 18 to 22 year olds. I hope after Xavi Simmons Transfer failed to bayern that they go with Olmo he will be great if he doesnt struggle with his knee again.
That's what PSR has done to the game. We (Villa) had Douglas Luiz, who we HAD to sell to fall in line with a system that is 10 years out of date. Clubs look so far ahead now because they will get hammered by their Football Association or UEFA if they don't
Get the player interested, promise the player they want him, player only wants Real, lowball the offer to force the player's club to comply. This does not always work. Real Madrid just had that same tactic backfire with Yoro.
Honestly from what I’ve seen of Olmo he’s one of the most technically gifted players ever (with either foot) yet he’s massively underrated and under noticed
I'm happy that my club seems to be doing this right, sure Ipswich focus on younger players, they aren't going out there signing exclusively 21 year olds, its the 24 25 26 year olds because they're hungry and being overlooked but still have years of development and regular minutes.
This is the product of FFP, I heard Simon JOrdan talking about the finances of Chelsea after their huge spending and how spreading the cost and wages over 5 or 7 years and with home grown players considered 100% profit players is how they get around ffp, so if they get the 22-23 year old who can play keep them for 5 years and get just as much back they will always be able to spend big and stay above ffp
Lol winger with 5 goals that spends the majority of the season injured: "Just pay it"
Dani Olmo went to youth academy at Barcelona before leaving for Dinamo Zagreb. Therefore he already played for Barcelona. He also gets injured too often, with 29 games missed last season, which puts off buyers. I hope this helps.
Wisław Krákow? The 2nd divison Polish team playing in EL Qualifiers? Feels a little early but would be a good one.
Corvinul is another shout, they both play away though this matchday so idk if they count
@edi0157 yeah, I guess Krákow is farther away from Vienna than I thought.
@@FenC919 it s not about the distance really, it s the fact that he picks a club playing at home so he can show off the local area, the stadium, the atmosphere etc, if he went to Vienna/Rijeka that would be more of a video on Rapid/Rijeka than Wisla/Corvinul and idk if those count as obscure enough
Touche. Good point. I'll keep noodling.
It's Wisła Kraków
You are obviously visiting the Cimarrones de Sonora home ground
QEPD ese equipo
I'm frustrated with teams spending large sums on potential rather than proven quality. It's particularly infuriating to see Tottenham do this, while our rivals Arsenal sign established players like Mikel Moreno for less. We've seen this backfire with Chelsea, turning into the billion dollar bottle job. I don't want to see my club be the next one and stuck with players for 8 years.
Well there are 2 strong arguments against players 25 and older:
1. Typically it takes a player at least a full season to fully integrate into a new team and system. So by the time they can potentially play at their best they're already 26, then it takes another full season of them playing at their best to significantly raise their value. But the older a player gets the lower their value ceiling drops. So it's very likely their value will end up stagnating at the club that signed them instead.
2. Nowadays players tend to be overplayed in their formative years. So by the time they reach 25+ they've either already had quiet a track record of injuries or they're expected to develop problems in the near future. So why take the gamble when you can just buy a young player and overplay them instead? Then all you need to worry about is not missing the window to sell them before their body eventually shuts down.
They are in this situation because they gave someone 550 M for 5 seasons . When our best players salaries were 12 M and under ( except Ronaldo and Bale ) they had Umtiti , De Jong and Griezmann ect on crazy salaries
I’m just going based on Fabrizio Romano tweets here but didn’t Olmo’s release clause expire July 20th. Apparently they’re willing to accept a similar fee but they’ve still gotta negotiate terms.
Wunderkids are nice but there's something about a team rock that's still in their mid to late thirties and producing quality results your Celtics Scott Browns Leo messis and Manuel Neuers of the world... I'll take an ageless wonder over a wonderkid any day of the week
"Why would you not pay that?"
Well, disregarding how at the start of the video you were talking like Barcelona shouldn't do any major signings for the sake of their financial health, the larger issue is probably that Barca just don't need another attacking Midfielder when they already have Pedri, Gavi, Fermin, and Gundogan. Willing to splurge for someone who would be your undisputed 1st choice for his position who is only 22 like Nico Williams makes sense; doing the same for a 4 year older Olmo who would face much stiffer competition for his spot, given the Club's finances, makes much less sense.
FYI for Kevin De Bruyne, I don't know if it is still his plan, but in Belgian press he always used to say he wants to finish his career in MLS in New York because he got a lot of friends and family living there. (And also the 3 big money slots in the team of course but that is just speculation.)
Fun guess for the video would be Bruno's Magpies, the pub team that knocked out Derry City and are now facing my club Copenhagen
I agree, I think it's swung t towards overpaying for young players. But another thing that it has done and hasn't been touched on, is that people are now looking to sign players even younger so as to avoid overpaying for these 20 - 21 year olds. That's why players like Endrick, estevao and kendry paez are getting picked up even earlier than they normally would, even before they can play for their clubs.
Inver-Calley are coming for you: RUN!
No, not for the hills numpty!
Barca have made bids which amount to 60 million but they will be paid through amortization, with a release clause you have to foot the entire 60 mill right now
The release clause has expired some days or a week ago, so they'd need to negotiate with RB. And as someone that watches Bundesliga, Olmo is basically getting injured as soon as he really starts going again. The fact that he was able to play in Spains last tournaments seems very fortunate for him.
Most Barca fans are not complaining about his age. Most Barca fans don’t want him because of the position that he plays.
Dani olmo plays in a position in which we have other players (Gundo,Pedri,Gavi ,Fermin etc). We see him as a luxury signing in which we cannot be making at this stage of our finances.
We came into this summer knowing we needed a LW and a DM both of now seem to not be happening anymore. As the DM may be coming from La Masia. There has been no progress for the LW. So signing a Mid seems unnecessary.
TLDR; Barca fans don’t want Olmo because other players on squad already play in his position.
Olmo hasn't hit 1,500 league minutes played in the last 3 seasons (one of them in which he didn't even reach 1,000 minutes). "Just pay it" for such a questionable injury record leans into the lazy transfer business that got Barca into their mess.
Olmos release clause expired on June 20th, (according to sky Germany)so he doesn't have one anymore. However Leipzig is willing to sell Olmo for a similar price
I think one of the issues with signing players in their prime is that you both know in negotiating wages that the guy is really good, which means that you pay more, whereas with a young player you should be able to negotiate a lower wage, which is usually a big part of transfer costs
Olmo, the always injured Freak
Would Chelsea be the epitome of this overvaluation of a young players ceiling? Seems like half their squad would fit the bill.
So, here's my problem with Barcelona and paying clauses. Tebas said they had the money to sign Nico, if they did why didn't they execute the clause? People know your situation and the fact that you have the La Liga president saying "Oh yeah, they can sign soon" will decrease your ability to negotiate. So either they're doing a "We'll pay you next year" or they are giving cooked numbers to La Liga and doing this to distract the fans.
Huh? They have triggered the clause, or want to, but Nico hasn't accepted the offer and is looking like he'll stay. Not because they haven't triggered the clause?? What lol
Apparently athletic convinced nico to stay
It's was later discovered that two of the supposed levers, Barça never received the funds or only received part of the money. By FFP regulations, they shouldn't be allowed to sign several of the players from the last summer's transfer window. But Tebas knows that without any good players at Barça, his Liga would be a complete joke competition / one club show. They will always let Barça do whatever they want, however this time they are too broke to even sign 2nd tier talents. Leipzig and Athletic Club are not dumb, they want the money upfront before selling any players to Barça.
@@RaulEdu33 Nope? First of all last Summer Barcelona spent almost no money. 2nd of all they are back to 1:1 rule or at least close to it, the finances keep getting better and it has nothing to do with that lever. Also, the reason they still passed ffp despite the money not coming through yet (it's still apparently happening) was because Laporta and the board gave up some of their own money to pass ffp and still be able to spend. I'm not saying there isn't some weird stuff going on but it's really not as crazy as some people make it out to be. The new nike deal is going to give us even more money. We are making wage cuts and have scaled back a tonne on wages too.
I didn't know there's a "LOANS" t-shirt. I gotta get me one of those.
I find it a bit mad the clubs are not lining up to buy Nico Williams but gotta respect Bilbao with only having basque players they actually do pretty well 🫡 Dani Olmo too but for some reason he does a lot better player compared to club. Maybe clubs are not scouting players only based on international competitions, some players do really well in a tournament but flop domestically. They probably look at both domestic & international form.
He does well for Leipzig he's been injured for most of last season.
Funnily enough olmos spanish teammate Merino is going for 25-30 million at a similar age profile to arsenal
As a Barca fan none of us aren’t saying he isn’t class or that he’s too old. It’s really just that we have solid depth in his position, and in my opinion we have other much more important priorities like a winger or a CDM.
Resell value is such a joke when you look at elite clubs. Put a kid on a 5 year contract with over 10 million in wage and you can't sell the guy because only other elite clubs could theoretically pay the wage.
Dani Olmo and Lamine Yamal are both "Spanish".
The thing in FM is that you should not buy youngsters at 100 mill but at like 5 to 10 mill.
Also where is the resale value if everyone is looking at 16-year-olds? Why pay 100 mill for a teenager if, as is now, no one wants him in 6 years because he is "too old"?
'Local boys only policy'
2 Africans in the team.
lol
What I don't understand is this. If you buy a young player because you believe in their resale value, but everyone is only interested in buying young players, who do you want to resell that player to once they've grown into a 24-year-old geriatric?
New nickname alert: "Zed" Snowden
You don't get the point: players are financial assets in the balance sheet. You can keep them at least at purchase value as long as it's not proven differently. The younger the players the longer you can keep them. It's like a building: a newer building has higher value than an older building. It has nothing to do with football capabilities and not even with free market: it's just an accounting trick. This is why american sports are so much smarter: a nfl player is not an asset, its value is only measured in draft picks, you can't put him in a trial balance
People would pay more for McRib out of season than they would ever pay for Antony
Why barça wants to sign Nico Williams instead of Olmo:
Barcelona LW options rn:Ferran,Raphinha(prefers to play at the right)Roque(prefers to play as striker)
Barcelona advanced midfielder/mco options RN:Pedri, Gundogan,Fermin Lopez,Pablo Torre.
The left wing and defensive midfield are barça weakest positions,and in the MCD at least there are two good young prospects who will be promoted from Barcelona B
Dani Olmo wasn't starting for Spain this year. He got his chance after the less sophisticated teams kicked Pedri one too many times. He'd be behind Pedri on Barca's depth chart as well. Nico Williams is a much better fit, and I think a better player.
in addition he also came through at la masia before going to dinamo zagreb tbf, makes sense why Barca want him in
I bet he is at one of the clubs in the island of Zealand
The issue is some Release clauses cannot be amortised over the length of the contract. So it is not worth triggering
The biggest mess in football honestly is the Deniz Undav situation
Not really, it's almost guaranteed he's going to Stuttgart. Would be stupid from all sides if he doesn't
@@thepowerofsand6180 Yea it would be, I don't know if the officials at Brighton got that message tho
Smuggle to Highland of Scotland sounds not to bad 🤣
i think one of the reason barca are not willing to pay big bucks on olmo is because barca doesn’t particularly need someone like olmo, it would be nice to have him but unlike nico who is an energetic and fast winger, olmo is more of a tactical player which barca has a lot of, like gondugan, pedri, fermin lopez (ik he is not as good as olmo but he has a bright future) and even rafinha could play in that position if barca can buy nico
the antony callbacks fuckin send me 😭😂
At least, now there's some light 😆
This is exactly where I'm at also, Zealand. 65m for Leny Yoro when you can get De Ligt for 50-65% of that. One of them is playing well in the CL Semis right now, and one of them MIGHT be better than that if everything works out and the scouting report is exactly right and he doesn't get hurt etc etc etc. Just one example, Olmo is another one. Clubs should transition to buying ready made 24-26 year old players who are somehow cheaper than wonderkids. Conor Gallagher another example; the man is very good and Chelsea need to sell him for PSR reasons. Lots of examples.
At this rate Z will end up in phygital jail
No one's gonna talk about the loans shirt
Olmos release clause has expired on 21st July 2024
Not a Barcelona fan but the problem is that the clause has expired.
Now they are talking to RB about the payment distribution since they can't afford to pay 60M right now (RB would let himngo for that) but pay them in 4 years and have some of that quantity (5 to 10M) be not fixed but Bonus
It’s funny because in fm I don’t just go for the young players. Depending on what doing but if I’m a club like Barcelona (I like to play Milan) I’m buying players who will win me a title now, not in 5 years. And if I sign a 26 year old for 50m and win the title with that player as a pivotal role then he’ll probably resell. Or I’ll just keep him and build around him for next season when I sign another player ready to win a title. I often take 30+ year olds on free transfer if they’re going to play a solid role in my team. I don’t care about the resale value at that point. I’m looking for titles. It’s important not to overspend. Spend wisely. But when you’re at that level of the game, it’s not necessarily good to buy for the future, especially with high transfer values. If anything try to buy young players who are undervalued just in case they don’t turn out well. That just seems like common sense. Especially since if all big clubs aren’t looking to buy a 25+ year old. If you sign a 21 year old for 50m you’ll likely not get 50m when they’re 25. It seems too simple for big clubs to be making this mistake
But if Dani Olmo goes to a big club it means he can't be my first choice signing on every FM. Been the guy I signed as soon as possible for the past like 5 years of the games.
Suprised you didn't mention Hojlund. United goes out and spends money that could almost get them one of the worlds best strikers on a guy that might maybe become a fantastic striker some day.
Just has this argument with some West Ham fans about Fullkurg over Duran. Fullkurg just came out of a great season at Dortmund and we can have him for 30mil. He can come in and be amazing immediately and can give us a solid few years. This is better than signing Duran who while he is 21, he is not proven. He barely scored with Villa last season.
Vanuatu video gonna go hard
this is a good one, nice
Ok. But whats going on in the 3rd tier of Bolivia?
Yo Z. Would be fun to hear your take on ESPN's list of the 25 best footballers this century. Controversial maybe, but fun to hear your thoughts on t
as a barca fan, im kinda terrified for what the future holds for us with all our debt and shit, i get why a lot of barca fans want the club to keep spending, but they're stupid. either way, as a football "romantic" (or wtv you wanna call it) im absolutely happy that nico williams chose to stay at athletic club anyways.
The reason why barca can't just go on another season without signing is spanish media ruthlessness and risk of losing even more prestige,they just did 85 points on la liga after losing Busquets,Alba and dembele and only spending 4 million in transfers and by the way everyone reacted you would think that Xavi got the team relegated after signing haaland lmao,Barca cant just have transitional season
The release clause for Williams makes the 60m for Olmo sound like a bad deal. Why pay 60 for Olmo if Williams can be picked up for 55?
The 60M release clause - which has expired - had to be paid up front. Very few clubs can pay that up front for an injury prone player. Barca certainly can’t.
covering a game from the trinidadian second division is insane but ight bro
So you criticize Barca for their overspending and urging them to think about their financial situation. But when they focus on a long-term investment over a medium-term one, that's also bad?
I think a big club completely sitting out a transfer window would be a death knell. Instead they want to be smart and think about the rebuild. They will have a couple of low-spending years in which they want to at least finish second, but probably want to be back in the mix in 3-4 years. So getting players that are not too expensive, good enough at the moment and a brilliant fit 4 years from now when it's all supposed to come together, seems pretty smart.
Do chelsea have significant resale value in mudryk etc. ? I think their signings (1.2bil) are currently worth half that
Achtually the release clause was only valid until right after the EUROs ... now you actually have to make a better bid to RBL to get him. Althought they said they would be reasonable if he really wants to leave
show us the outlets in your room so we can narrow down the countries you might be in lol
I usually agree with you, but I got to say I think you missed on this. There is absolutely no reason to buy Olmo. You have pedri, gavi, fermin, and Gundogan. Dani Olmo is great but Barca needs a LW and DM, maybe even a striker. Dani Olmo just doesn't fill any needs.
Signing Dani Olmo would not make sense for Barca, though. They already have plenty of a) great central/offensive midfielders and b) also plenty of players who have injury problems. I absolutely love Olmo, but it's not what Barca needs. Also, Barca can't just throw 60M at a club :D. Age is definitely not the issue here.
You didn’t mention his injury history
Barcelona don’t want to spend that much money on a type of player already have an abundance of
Also injury prone
Crazy to not getting players at their primes
Instagram said you were in Copenhagen. Cool if you are covering someone in Denmark.