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jamrock

jamrock

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The fact that we can go back just a few months and read how 95% of the forum was praising kounde and missed him in the CL, to now thinking he's what a 30-40m euros player? Come on.

Kounde since he's been signed for us has been between very good & excellent, he's off to a slow start this season and he's now. Not able to pull in serious interest if we put up for sale? Lol
 
Andresito

Andresito

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jamrock said:
50m is for decent player these days in the EPL. Kounde is way above that in any of those two positions.
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Yes but that is usually for players with potential, worse players than Kounde currently but with the hope of them becoming better, 20-24 year olds, not 27. Potential is usually what is being paid for these days, not so much current ability.

Kounde is at his top level now. This is what you get. Barca aren't really satisfied with this level, why would anyone else be? Tottenham or United maybe. Would Kounde want to go there?

It's the market that decides the price, us saying he is worth 50m doesn't mean any club will want to pay that on top of his big salary. It's just unrealistic.
 
jamrock

jamrock

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Andresito said:
Yes but that is usually for players with potential, worse players than Kounde currently but with the hope of them becoming better, 20-24 year olds, not 27. Potential is usually what is being paid for these days, not so much current ability.

Kounde is at his top level now. This is what you get. Barca aren't really satisfied with this level, why would anyone else be? Tottenham or United maybe. Would Kounde want to go there?

It's the market that decides the price, us saying he is worth 50m doesn't mean any club will want to pay that on top of his big salary. It's just unrealistic.
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27 is 4-5 years in your prime. He's better than almost every RB & CB in the EPL, with very few exceptions.

The market will indeed determine the price, and there is no market where a 27-year-old, two-time league champion, France national team starter, who many serious football people called the second-best RB in the world last season and has probably been top 5 since signing for Barcelona, is going for 30m euros.

Since in your scenario, I'm assuming you think Frenkie would go for much more than him.

Just his versatility alone adds to his premium.
 
Andresito

Andresito

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jamrock said:
27 is 4-5 years in your prime. He's better than almost every RB & CB in the EPL, with very few exceptions.

The market will indeed determine the price, and there is no market where a 27-year-old, two-time league champion, France national team starter, who many serious football people called the second-best RB in the world last season and has probably been top 5 since signing for Barcelona, is going for 30m euros.

Since in your scenario, I'm assuming you think Frenkie would go for much more than him.

Just his versatility alone adds to his premium.
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That's a great CV, but nobody is buying players based on that. If he is so good, then we should keep him. People talk about replacing Kounde with Muñoz, a player from Crystal Palace, what CV does he have?

I've already mentioned Frenkie in a previous post.

I said both would get us like 80m. Players are one factor, but Barca is another. The fact that we rarely get market value for our players destroys the thought that 120m is reasonable.
 
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