22 Feb 2016 19:43:05
Eds is anyone looking at firmino with his performances lately? ? He's always looking bright even when we are horrific.
{Ed002's Note - His agent believes PSG are starting to consider him as an option to others they are looking at.}
22 Feb 2016 21:54:09
Ed 02 informed us that Firmino cost €41m rising to €50m I don't see PSG or anyone else paying that and we wouldn't sell him at a loss.
22 Feb 2016 22:03:03
Edoo2's always a ray of sunshine NOT!
22 Feb 2016 22:12:04
The French website quoted 70 million Euro. I never believe these numbers mind.
22 Feb 2016 22:21:58
He's just giving us info we wouldn't get anywhere else, just because PSG may or may not be interested it doesn't mean he's off, they won't pay what it would take to sign him.
22 Feb 2016 22:22:38
Ed will you please start banning people like acered? I realize you guys wanna keep an opinionated web page but people that feel the need to insult ruin the page for the rest of us.
22 Feb 2016 22:59:27
We paid a vast amount of money for him.
If PSG want him, they will need to make it worth our while.
I don't see any problem here.
22 Feb 2016 23:04:18
I don't think he'll leave obviously given the fact that he just came last summer but seeing his agent is gauging interest in him is kinda depressing as we're not the same powerhouse we were I mean when PSG becomes a more interesting option ahead of us just shows how much we've fallen anyways thanks ed.
{Ed002's Note - It is simply how the game works.}
22 Feb 2016 23:29:13
PSG also wanted Arnautovic as well. Whatever happened to that? if PSG want him which I doubt, they will have to pay up.
{Ed002's Note - This is why there is a reluctance to tell stuff to you sometimes. You don't really grasp how any of this works.}
23 Feb 2016 07:27:35
Although he is playing well, if PSG offer more then we paid for him and he wants to go, I don't see the issue? He hardly irreplaceable. I wouldn't choose to sell, but like or not PSG almost guarentee titles and CL football so you'd understand his interest in going there.
23 Feb 2016 08:17:48
No ones irreplaceable but you're also ignoring the costs of finding another replacement, signing on/ agents fees, relocation costs, competing on new wage terms, risk of them not fitting/ gelling etc. etc.
Selling Suarez and buying Benteke and Balo (probably similar financial position or even worse in the end) and selling Sterling and buying Llalana and Markovic didn't help us either.
Not to memtion what it says about Klopps Long term strategy to sell a recent recruit who's just started to really show significant potential.
In short I understand why everyone is constantly happy to sell any player that starts to play well for us because they're not irreplaceable. we've proven its damn hard to replace an in form player with another inform player let alone what signals that sends.
23 Feb 2016 10:05:48
Sorry I meant I DON'T understand why many are happy to talk of selling our better players - and Firmino is definitely one who would be first on he team sheet at the moment.
23 Feb 2016 12:30:49
Relax - how many players have we looked at over the past couple of windows? It's my understanding, from the eds numerous posts, that clubs look at loads of players - they'd be foolish not to - and gradually, over months, whittle it down until they're ready to make an offer on one. Even then, as we saw with Alex Tex, it's very easy for no move to happen. Having clubs that are currently performing better than us looking at our players isn't a bad thing, although I agree it was better for the ego in the days when it was only Barcelona / Madrid or Chelsea's money that were big enough to poach our best talent. I'd be more worried if Villa were talking about taking our best.
22 Feb 2016 22:14:56
Den82 you do realize PSG is owned by a sovereign wealth fund that has unlimited resources? Qatar is the richest country in the world and hell-bent on promoting their country, culture and brand globally. They paid a nonsensical astronomic fee for dross like Luiz can you imagine what they will pay for someone Who is half decent? I don't think money is the issue here my friend.
23 Feb 2016 13:36:25
just because they have lots of money it doesn't mean they will spend it on a player that the could have bought for less last season. Maybe they will explore taking Ronaldo in the summer, if real don't move him on before their transfer ban kicks in he will leave on a free. Maybe they might still be sniffing around hazard, there are all sorts of options open to them.
{Ed002's Note - Whatever interest there is in Firmino is entirely separate to the PSG interest in Ronaldo which I have dealt with at length. Again - what happens with Hazard is irrelevant in respect of PSG who are looking at a large number of players knowing that they have already lost Lavezzi and will be losing a number of high profile players in the summer.}