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88m with 1 year left on the contract isn't exactly awful though. I think if it was 2 years or more, it would have easily have been 120m or probably even higher. Hopefully we have some sort of deal in place to at least get something more in return and not just 88m, because we can't even do anything with the money when we are banned

Euro's. Which is back to the £88m we started on. Considering he has 1 year left on his contract, its actually not bad But I'd have still wanted a lot more tbh

Pretty much this. Just waiting for official confirmation before the delight rolls in

I do agree that its hard to quantify exactly how good someone is. But just looking at some basic facts that lead people to believe Pele is the "greatest ever" 1) His so called 1000 goals.. Majority were in friendlies against farmers and plumbers and in a weaker league, his official tally is far less. 2) his 3 world cups.. 1958 - he was pretty good in it and a youngster, so ill give you that 1962 - played 2 games and was injured the rest, Garrincha single handedly did a Maradona and carried the team to the trophy 1966 - Pele didnt win, wasn't even close to being the best player of the tournament 1970 - Not top scorer, not the best player and pretty much thought all round to be the greatest football team to ever be on a pitch. Anyway, I feel we are getting way off topic here, so should probably move on

Most people seem to rate Pele up high just because he stole credit from other people and is just one of those names you just say. Most people in Brazil seem to say that Garrincha is their greatest ever player and Pele was just lucky to be in the same team as him.

I feel Pele is most certainly overrated tbh. Probably the most overrated player in history. Though I do agree that Messi and Ronaldo (at least a few years ago) were definitely a level or 2 above the likes of Hazard and Neymar. Mbappe still has time, but I can't see him reaching the heights they did, especially for number of years that they did it for.

Oh I do really like him, and hes definitely one of the GOAT players. But people are guilty of recency bias, and calling him the greatest player bar none is quite frankly stupid.

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Dont know about that tbh, Ronaldo was outshone this season by a 36 year old in Serie A. In fact, Im pretty sure he was outscored by several people in Serie A this year when Juventus are by far the best side.

Non-Defenders: Maradonna, Cruyff, Garrincha, Zidane, Original Ronaldo, Matthaus, Muller, George Best, Di Stefano, Defenders (Hard to compare I know): Beckenbaur, Maldini, Baresi, Could maybe add a couple others in there too. I understand lists are subjective, and to be fair even I was second guessing some of those names up there but the disgusting trait that is recency bias thrown out the window, you can make a case for all these players being greater.

Need to send back Higuain without a doubt. If we don't/can't sign anyone, it looks like it'll be Giroud and Tammy as our options and maybe Bats

Messi is up there. But Ronaldo is nothing more than a great goalscorer. Can think of at least 10 people instantly who are better than Ronaldo

Id rather the transfer deal go through ASAP tbh. Imagine having him for one extra year just for him to leave on a free next year? Would be a nightmare by all accounts, just for a extra few million

Fixed it for you

Their team was old and aging and Zidane knew the whole team needed a fresh overhaul after they last won their UCL which is probably why left. SImilar to Fergie in that sense knowng when he needed to leave. And now they are pretty much going ham in replacing their current team. Signing great prospects (like Jovic, Mendy etc) and also sprinkling in some Galactico's (Hazard, maybe Mbappe?)

Have you seen the way the current market is? Maybe 5 years ago it would have been reasonable to think a player like Coutinho would be around 30m if not less, but in todays market there is just no way he is going for that amount

Not to mention Jose trying to sign someone like Zlatan (an over the hill player who's at least 33-34)

Given the current over-inflated market, and players like Chilwell being talked about for 70m and Zaha for 100m... Hazard going for a similar amount is quite a disgrace

I was a massive Jose fan back in the day, but the last few years have left a very sour taste in my mouth. Hes just not the same manager he once was, builds teams that only last 1 season and after that everything goes out the window. Just as we are starting to bring youth into our side like Ruben, Odoi, Christensen and maybe even Reece James and Mount this season... Is it wise to hire someone back as anti-youth as Jose? I dont think so.

Would have been better to play alongside Hazard. But as a Hazard replacement? Im not sure...

Carling cup for me haha!

Seems like a tough negotiation, but I do expect the deal to go through. 120m seems fair

I think we are literally too big of a club to celebrate a small trophy like that tbh. The only ones worth having a parade for are the league and champions league. Of course if we won more than one trophy we can celebrate that too as part of a double alongside one of these.

We would be stupid to let him go tbh. But I dont blame him either after the way he as treated at times.

Been a good servant for us, feel like he was surrounded by top players at times which made him win more than he would have anywhere else. But none the less he played his part in many of our victories and I feel he's leaving at the right time, and on a high.