I can't see us spending the best part of £80 million on two strikers when at least one of them will be sitting it out.

IF we are in for Morata I fully expect Costa to leave.

He told Atletico's president he wants to return (according to Atletico's president), so I reckon we will facilitate the move. I just hope we make Atletico pay through their noses. Imagine if Costa was playing for an Italian side and an English team were after him. In today's market we'd be stung with a 60m pound price tag.

He told Atletico's president he wants to return (according to Atletico's president), so I reckon we will facilitate the move. I just hope we make Atletico pay through their noses. Imagine if Costa was playing for an Italian side and an English team were after him. In today's market we'd be stung with a 60m pound price tag.

Yeah I read the same thing.

It will probably be for what we paid for him. £32 million odd which is not huge considering players who haven't played much football are moving for that kind of money.

Yeah I read the same thing.

It will probably be for what we paid for him. £32 million odd which is not huge considering players who haven't played much football are moving for that kind of money.

That would be a bargain for Atletico. Didn't we only get him for 32m because of his buyout clause?

I reckon he's probably just a level below level the likes of Suarez, Aguero, Lewandowski etc., so would try and get at least 40m for him.

Marca say a bid of between 50-60 million euros has been submitted.

He only has three years left on his contract. People often fail to take these kind of things into account.

 

Bayern signed Lewandowski on a free, does this inherently mean that he is of equal value to a player like Danny Graham?

Marca say a bid of between 50-60 million euros has been submitted.

Can't see anything about that on their website?

With respect to Morata I think Costa is and will always be a better and more dangerous player.

Can't see anything about that on their website?

http://www.marca.com/futbol/atletico/2016/06/30/5774b6d7e2704e59588b45f3.html

"Las ofertas se mueven en cifras entre los 50 y 60 millones de euros"

Edited July 1, 201610 yr by summer is coming

With respect to Morata I think Costa is and will always be a better and more dangerous player.

Morata is like Costa's nice brother

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Morata is like Costa's nice brother

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Not sure it they are the same species [emoji1]

Apparently Real have slapped a 75m pricetag on the man. No one in their right mind is going to pay that for Morata. He is in 30-45m category depending on the club.

Apparently Real have slapped a 75m pricetag on the man. No one in their right mind is going to pay that for Morata. He is in 30-45m category depending on the club.

I think Madrid are desperate to sell so they can fund a bid for Pogba well so some Spanish journos are claiming.

They will never get over £40 mill odd for him though, he's simply not good enough.

I think Madrid are desperate to sell so they can fund a bid for Pogba well so some Spanish journos are claiming.

They will never get over £40 mill odd for him though, he's simply not good enough.

Yes. That is good for anyone wanting him. If we'd manage to get him for 40m euros I think we should go for it. The potential is there. If Conte uses two strikers he is already familiar with the setup.

€40 mil is what we paid for Bats. Surely Morata is worth that? Didnt Costa recently come out saying he wants to be part of Conte's plans?

I think Madrid are desperate to sell so they can fund a bid for Pogba well so some Spanish journos are claiming.

They will never get over £40 mill odd for him though, he's simply not good enough.

Can't they just print more money? Isn't that what those big spanish clubs do?

Can't they just print more money? Isn't that what those big spanish clubs do?

Tax mans going tonto.

Apparently Real have slapped a 75m pricetag on the man. No one in their right mind is going to pay that for Morata. He is in 30-45m category depending on the club.

what has he achieved to deserve such price tag? people at Madrid are truly idiots to value him that high, but the bigger idiot is the club who believe that he actually worth that much. hopefully not us

Apparently Real have slapped a 75m pricetag on the man. No one in their right mind is going to pay that for Morata. He is in 30-45m category depending on the club.

 

75 million is utterly insane. I assume it's just a number they threw out there to scare off the clubs who aren't serious. If they desperately want Pogba, they'll part with him for less in order to help fund it.

75m EUROS

 

whats that today ? 55-60m ££

 

still way too much, rather bring in one of our own.

Are they brain damaged? £60m for a player who has never scored 10 league goals in a season. We can get Icardi for half of that.

 

That said, I am happy to go into the season with - Costa, Batshuayi, Traore and Tammy.

Seems to me Moratta has somehow got himself a reputation for something he doesn't do a lot of. Which is score goals. It's abit strange he's been touted as worth the money he has cause he doesn't even seem worth half what's been said.

I can't say I was that overwhelmed with this transfer before, but I'm certainly not any longer if that is the price tag Real are expecting.

 

Also, I could understand us going for 3 "marquee" strikers if we were in Europe and thus had the games to keep everyone happy.  But, I think with Costa and Batshuayi as the main two, and Traore and Tammy as back ups, we've got a good thing going.

 

Only way we make a signing this big, monetarily, is if we are selling Costa

He has displayed zero quality thats warrants that ridiculous price tag,.

Despite scoring in some big games for Juve last year, he was incredibly inconsistent last season. For 75m, you'd hope for someone who guarantees 20+ goals a season. Morata isn't that.

I can't say I was that overwhelmed with this transfer before, but I'm certainly not any longer if that is the price tag Real are expecting.

 

Also, I could understand us going for 3 "marquee" strikers if we were in Europe and thus had the games to keep everyone happy.  But, I think with Costa and Batshuayi as the main two, and Traore and Tammy as back ups, we've got a good thing going.

 

Only way we make a signing this big, monetarily, is if we are selling Costa

 

We're possibly going to play with 2 strikers, no way is Costa, Batshuayi, Traore and Abraham good enough if we are.  We'd basically be one injury/suspension from Abraham being the first off the bench.

 

Traore needs to be 4th on the list, not 3rd.