7 hours ago, doctorblue said:

Not entirely sure that spanking £60m on him is money well spent...other teams were interested like BM but walked away at the price RM wanted...don't see why we're prepared to cough up that sort of dough for unwanted player...I would have thought we'd have been better holding off and waiting for RM to shell out £120m for Mbappe and swop in when they've dropped their trousers? 

 

On 6/15/2017 at 14:16, RMCM said:

Source? I'm not seeing that anywhere, in fact most papers are saying we're the frontrunners

A respected journalist on Serbian national tv said it in live show. He also mentioned that James has an agreement with Adidas to always wear no.10, so that could also mean that Rooney is gone.

Some reports say his pricetag is 62m pounds set by Real Madrid. I think it is decent for his talent. Not sure if we need him though.

I can't see a Conte team with James, Hazard and Fabregas all in the starting eleven. 

60odd million for a player who wouldn't command a starting berth is wild.

I've heard multiple sources stating Bayern are in advanced talks with him. 

I'm sure Bayern are talking to real but I think James & morata might be a good package

 

 

 

1 minute ago, ozboy said:

I'm sure Bayern are talking to real but I think James & morata might be a good package

 

 

 

James is a good player but is he really worth getting? We've already got fantastic wingers in Hazard, Pedro, Willian and to an extent, Musonda. He would just be filling a spot in our Squad that we could use for either a homegrown player or another position that needs replenishment. 

23 minutes ago, ozboy said:

I'm sure Bayern are talking to real but I think James & morata might be a good package

 

 

 

He could be replacing Douglas Costa who's on his way to Juventus...mind you that's a lot of money for BM to spend...I'll be happy to see young Charly Mousonda Jr given a chance this year...

Edited July 11, 20179 yr by doctorblue

I wouldn't turn down James, another player who could be world class for us.

It does feel like he is abit like Oscar, a player who doesn't really have a place in our formation.

I can't see a Conte team with James, Hazard and Fabregas all in the starting eleven. 

60odd million for a player who wouldn't command a starting berth is wild.

That is Real Madrid. They have second choice 40-60m players. James could command a starting place if there werent more suitable or better players in front of him.

However I have no idea where he'd fit in our system. Not a pure winger or a CM.

Bayern bound on a 2 yr loan deal + option to buy

 

Very odd move. Why loan him out for the whole two years if he's young, highly rated and is in demand? And Bayern has too may midfielders as it is, and now they've added Tolisso and James.

Confirmed to Bayern. Another one bites the dust, what a summer this is turning out to be!

I suppose if we were in for him then we would have got him by now. Like most fans can see, his move to here wouldn't have made much sense.

Strange it's a 2 years loan deal though.

Details are trickling in saying it's 2yr deal 5m/yr and 35.2m team option

2 year loan deal. That would've been great for us. 

Interesting to find out how much the loan fees are, if they're not ridiculous that is incredibly good business by Bayern. He's a match winner and to get him on a 2 year loan with the option to buy is very shrewd if as I say the fees aren't ridiculously high.

3 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I suppose if we were in for him then we would have got him by now. Like most fans can see, his move to here wouldn't have made much sense.

Strange it's a 2 years loan deal though.

That's a lot of salary off the books...

2 year loan? 

Brilliant bit of business by Bayern, they've had an excellent summer recruitment already. 

Matt Law meanwhile saying we were never in for him. 

1 minute ago, BavarianAfrican12 said:

Details are trickling in saying it's 2yr deal 5m/yr and 35.2m team option

That's a cracking deal if true IMO.

That's a cracking deal if true IMO.

Local Madrid propaganda piece is calling it a 60m team option so I'm just waiting till the club spills the details

Good.

Money better spent elsewhere and like most are saying, bit of a luxury player we cant afford in our system.

 

 

1 hour ago, evissy said:

That is Real Madrid. They have second choice 40-60m players. James could command a starting place if there werent more suitable or better players in front of him.

However I have no idea where he'd fit in our system. Not a pure winger or a CM.

I think at this point in time, James may not even be 2nd choice at Real. He's probably borderline 3rd choice by which I mean in the CL final he didn't even make the bench

Like james, but we would have had to either change system or sell Fàbregas to accommodate him. So obviously wasn't in for him. 

51 minutes ago, buzzcfc said:

Confirmed to Bayern. Another one bites the dust, what a summer this is turning out to be!

We were clearly never in for him, it's not one we've 'lost' at all.