>Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Liverpool all fighting over Anthony GordonSomeone explain this to me
>>154878550No way in hell Barcelona is getting him
>>154878550Anthony Gordon is the red heifer
>>154878550>can play FlickballThat's it
>>154878550all divisions where defending is non existent
17/5 G/A out of 46 appearances this season, averaging a goal contributiom every 169 minutes (rising to one every 302(!) minutes in the PL). Seems like a bang average winger, but also has a habit of getting reds with stupid tackles. Either they think Howe is playing him wrong or they're just desperate for a squad player.
>>15487877016 goals in PL/CL8 were pens0 contributions when they actually needed them (losing 8-3 to Barca)
He looks like some fairy elf creature
>>154878868Looks like a 65 year old princess diana to me
>>154878550>Someone explain this to methey need a lucky englandman on the team but trashford isn't it
>>154878550Top 5 in the top 5 leagues for off-the-ball workrate. Big teams that play football like Flick (and Kompany) don't want divas wingers that do no defensive work anymore, they workhorses that press and win balls like crazy. If you need more convincing, Raphinha is also in that top 5.
>>154878550Makes sense for Flick and Kompany, his pressing is among the best, which is the top priority for both teams (both FCBs are at the top of distances covered, km/h and pressing runs in the top 5 leagues).His goal output seems low, but both teams have clinical finishers already. Not sure why Slot wants him, his teamplay isnt really about pressing but mostly retaining ball possession.The fee is high but it looks like atleast for Barca its not a problem.
Raphinha cost less and has a better offensive output. 80 million for this guy seems too much.
>>154878550>BarcelonaDesperate >Bayern MunichThey could get my cousin and he'd score 20 in bundes with that service>Liverpool Finished club, officially back to their banter era
Where the fuck did barca get £69m from? Buy trashford you shitcunts
>>154879235The money for the few was never the issue, it was La Ligas salary cap. Rashford earns 350k at United, Gordon earns 150k per week. Thats a huge gap.Nvm the fact Gordon fits Flickball much better than Rashford, who is very lazy with tracking back and pressing.
>>154879276Yeah but that's still 70 mill for a guy who's gonna warm the bench for Raphinha
>>154879342call it price adjusted for inflation. Newcastle's Saudi owners aren't gonna let him go for pennies either
Temu Dirk Kuyt
>>154878550he runs in a straight lineit's hard to find that
Newcastle can't play football, they have some decent players and some retard English coach (no good) who makes them look bad.
Why not Foden tho?
>the kwaber of karabagAnother shitter who’ll look good because he’ll be playing against championship tier teams for 34 fixtures, just like Rashford
>>154879697>buying the definitive "system-babby"
>>154878562it's happening
>>154879726are they buying him to replace lewa? howe sometimes plays him as a striker and hes shit there
>>154879744probably as a backup for both wing positions and striker
>>154879714rashford looked good against madrid
>>154879697>why not a completely different profile of player?
>>154879867come on nowthat madrid team just had punch ups days before the match
>>154879726Color me surprised. Thought that with Bayern sending an offer Barça was done for. In any case, 70k for him seems way excessive for what he offers, especially for a team that is still a few years away to cut their debt. Post world cup market anxiety won over Barça
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>>154879978My grandmother could rise from the grave right now and play better than Rashford
>>154879978yeah but what about feeding dem kidz
>>154879189>FCBswhy does bayern go by FCB not FCBM?
>80mi thought Barca was broke
>>154879978Uhm, that's Sir Marcus Rashford M.B.E for you actually. Very problematic not including his titles.
>>154879978>player can run and press a lot and that's all it takes to be considered an elite player these daysI hate this era of football so much lads
Is he better than Yildiz though?
>>154880206Not as broke as two years ago, but also still not doing too good, which is why paying that much is a bit risky
>>154880265Also, never trust meme stats
>all these experts in barça financeslmao faggots
>You can't care about your club's finances because... you can't, ok?Fuck off
>>154880326>barça financesoxymoron
Hear me out, why don't Barca go for Martinelli? I think he's much better than gordon and he tracks back like a mother fucker and has rapid pace.Gordon isn't 80 million good
>>154878550>Broke club>Two years of almost full spanish hegemony, and they get some financial leverage>Start pissing it away in overrated playersThey never learn
>>154880206bro thinks it's still 2022
>>154879978These stats don't show that Gordon ruins every attack by trying to take on everyone in the box
but football is so hecking wholesome and not about corrupt transfer deals
>>154879978“Possession adjusted”Meaningless stats
>>154880888his mistakes are coachable, Flick will get more out of him than Howe
barca want a better price for rashford
>>154880206i guess if it's a long contract, 80m isn't that big. i assume the club has mainly been cucked by salary caps in the recent years and some bigger earners now being kicked to the curb, they can afford to bring in some people
How does Barca keep affording this shit? Is this on top of £30m for Rashford? How are they then dropping £100m on Alvarez?
>>154881520they have massive revenues anon, they made huge endorsement deals.
he fast
>>154878770if you remove context and just look at gordon's g/a this season, i guess it looks dumb. but you can make anything look dumb with no comparisons or any context. if you go back in time, you will find people saying raphinha was overpriced and barca are retarded for spending 50m on a leeds player, and now it looks like they stole himi bet gordon will end up the same way. he has the mentality you want from a player and i think he'd just rise to the level of barca>>154880728you forgot to include that martinelli has rocks in his head
>>154881623Barca have €2.5bn in debt, anon. They're the biggest debt laden club in the world. Even United isn't in that much debt (getting close tho).
>>154878868That's just what we look like in Britain uwu
>>154881659>you forgot to include that martinelli has rocks in his headthat applies to gordon more so, he's pretty mediocre all things considered. Also Raphina was one of the best players at Leeds and Arsenal/Chelsea wanted him at the same time. It was not like barca randomly bought him.
Anything to not have to see the Barcelona social media guy calling him "Rashy" again
>>154881813>>154881659Martinelli hasn't been the same since the ACL tear. For some reason he can score blooters in the CL but couldn't do shit in the PL.
>>154879726Newcastle are retarded. England reaches the semis and they coudl have sold for 120 mil
>>154880206Clear case of sports washing
>>154878550Someone has to clean the locker room toilets
>>154881983i'd be shocked if they got out the groups to be fair.
>>154881960the way arsenal play currently doesn't suit him and teams in the PL just put up a deep block against them. He would do well for Barca with how open their games are
>>154881983Lol we ain't going anywhere except home very early.
what the hell? someone at barcelona smoking that ooh wee
>high IQ technical white manYou wouldn't understand, Batumidele Okachuku Gibbs-Thompson.
>>154881520it's not 2023 anymore, they aren't broke
Rashford must be seething, he was begging Barça to spend the money on him
>Barcelona have agreed a deal worth more than £69m with Newcastle United for England forward Anthony Gordon.wew its actually happening
>>154882789He's the ngubuest white player since Bale but Bale was actually decent
>>154882822>spend the money on himUnited happy they essentially got £20m via Barca paying Rashford's wages for a season kek.>>154882817Wut? They're literally struggling to get the 1:1 rule adhered to.
>>154878770Bang average prem players turn into beasts abroad. He's getting 20 goals minimum
>>154880206>>154879744It's a Trashford replacement first and foremost. If Barca wanted to pull the trigger on his €30M option they'd have done it ages ago. You can argue that retaining him still makes the most sense because of financial reasons but apparently his high wage demands mean that Gordon for €80M on a longer and cheaper contract is better in that sense too.
>>154883176rashford and gordon are almost the same money wise in total but gordon will be 5 years contract vs 3 years and gordon is 5 years younger
>>154878550>not signing the next rashford>for the super low price of 69 mln id do the same if i was barca tbqhwy desu
>>154878550So basically what happened wasHe’s really good at football and when you’re really good at football big teams want to sign youHope it helps!
Hold on Im watching his highlight reel on YouTube to form my opinion
>>154878550>Someone explain this to mehe kinda cute
>>154884941>He’s really good at football
>>154878550What? Newcastle have a bang average player? Don't tell Liverpool, they'll pay 200 million for him
>>154884941>football big teams want to sign you
>>154880888so he is Englands Sané?
>yet another season of Barça having massive debt and big problems with La Liga's fairplay>yet another season of Barça doing whatever they want while smaller clubs have to adhere to the rulesIt's all so tiresome. Is futsal the same? I may switch it up this time.
>please watch us bigstrong eplel customers. we need the £££ or we starve
rats scrambling over the unwanted breadcrumbs dropped from the rich man's table
>>154878868he looks like a man from medieval times
>>154879697PFodz would tear La Liga's arsehole apart forever
>>154881983they learned from the isak saga last year to not sell your key player very late in the window, missing out on a few millions is better than being forced to spend big on some complete shitters
>>154891019From>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FRANCO SAVE METo>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PEDRO SANCHE SAVE ME
>>154878550>Barcelona still wasting 100s of millions on mediocre players they don't needThought they were doing better after their fall.
>>154878868looks like a field-tilling 13th century serf
just be a forward and press and you'll be wanted.fucking moneyballisation of the sport.
>>154878550why does he look like a 45 year old?
>>154879726This is such a bizarre transfer; definitely money laundering
>>154878550see >>154906474
>>154878550MASSIVE upgrade for Anthony. Imagine living in Neufchatel sur Tyne and moving to Barcelona with a pay raise and all expenses paid. Amazing.
>>154917102Geordies are based
