Horatio
You're welcome
But Rashford loan is not blocking any other transfer this window. Then if we have a prospect next season we can send him back.
Marcus Rashford
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That doesn't answer my question. But to humour you it does put a big strain on ffp. Paying transfer fee was never a doubt, it's the wages.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Isn't that a good thing?
You pay a premium price for one year and can sign a possible elite talent or player next summer. You don't have to commit long-term when the market for wingers isn't great.
Just look at Bayern who might be overspending for Luis Diaz.
TheStig
Member
Yes when we have huge financial problems ane he takes up a huge chunk of FFP.
You really think Rashford is the only player who we could brought for almost 20 mil per season on the books? There are hundreds of wingers itw, real clubs scout players, not just watch EPL and try to buy their rejects.
serghei
Senior Member
We could have signed Rashford on a permanent deal, agreed with him a lower wage, and then he's cheaper than Olmo probably. But that's not what we want, because a) we can't register him transfer amortisation cost added, and b) we don't know if he can get back his old level from 2 years ago.
If we sign him permanently, his wage would be lower. That would be a mandatory condition for a long term deal I'm sure of it. We pay a bit more for his wages so we can test him to see if he can work in our team, that's the short story.
Say we signed him for 30m with 10m fixed wage per year, for 5 years contract. Then it's 16m per season. Not much more than 14m now. But if he doesn't work out, you're stuck with 80m cost. Compared to 14.
If we sign him permanently, his wage would be lower. That would be a mandatory condition for a long term deal I'm sure of it. We pay a bit more for his wages so we can test him to see if he can work in our team, that's the short story.
Say we signed him for 30m with 10m fixed wage per year, for 5 years contract. Then it's 16m per season. Not much more than 14m now. But if he doesn't work out, you're stuck with 80m cost. Compared to 14.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
If there was a better winger available for that price then Bayern wouldn't be selling their souls to try to sign Luis Diaz.
Anthony Elanga just went for 60m euros.
Premium fee should go for a premium player.
And if we're working under an assumption we are unable to strike a reasonable deal then yeah.
TheStig
Member
They are looking for a starter, we have two of the best wingers in the world. Totally different situation. We could risk it with a lesser known name (we risk it now with this bum anyway).
Maradona37
Well-known member
Elanga is a simply ok player who had a better season than his real ability (and even then, it wasn't amazing). In my opinion.
He might improve at Newcastle, because they have got more out of Gordon than I expected them to, but I still believe 60 million Euros for him is a lot.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
That is the case though isn't it?
There's no premium player available on the market, nor any premium talents.
The market for left-wingers are dry as a desert.
Why would we risk signing a lesser known name on a permanent deal not knowing if said player could actually contribute this season when the entire point with signing a left-winger is so we don't have to play our starters until run out of steam?
It literally defeats the entire purpose?
To give Deco a bit of slack, Flick probably asked for it to be concluded before the tour and thus the steep figure.
Horatio
You're welcome
raphina plays nothing like a lw though.
When have you seen him cut inside and shoot?
I want to see him in centre with rashford lw.
Could be fireworks dunno.
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
It's not an ideal situation, but we're not operating in ideal circumstances either.
Rashford provides Flick and the club with what they need right now. Natural LW with versatility to play as a striker. Basically a one year rental even if the salary is high, but you don't commit and can plan a long-term signing later. Experienced and the right profile, and actually did well for Aston Villa from January.
The absolute worst thing Barca can do right now is actually commit 20m transfer fee to a scrub that won't be useful for us and be stuck with him.
Rashford provides Flick and the club with what they need right now. Natural LW with versatility to play as a striker. Basically a one year rental even if the salary is high, but you don't commit and can plan a long-term signing later. Experienced and the right profile, and actually did well for Aston Villa from January.
The absolute worst thing Barca can do right now is actually commit 20m transfer fee to a scrub that won't be useful for us and be stuck with him.
serghei
Senior Member
True. We need to mix it up more this season. Ferran at this point is also higher in status in the team compared to when last season started and he was seen more like a flop.
This improved version of Torres coming off his best season at the club, plus hungry Rashford. Should technically be a pretty big jolt to our offense. Unlike how it looked last season, when Raph and Yamal had to play every game almost.
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