1 hour ago, nonotnowjim said:

As someone who always watches the ukrainian league, I can say that this guy is a baller....

...who am I kidding....i have never heard of him.

That’s made me smile. Who does watch the Ukrainian league? Probably the Russians I guess. Once upon a time players came out of South America that no one had ever heard of and some did ok. 

16 minutes ago, ozboy said:

That’s made me smile. Who does watch the Ukrainian league? Probably the Russians I guess. Once upon a time players came out of South America that no one had ever heard of and some did ok. 

Joking aside - a mate of mine who is working in Warsaw has seen him 3 times (SD have been playing their champions league home games in warsaw) and said he looks very handy. 

I and I have just finished playing a lazy sunday morning game of fifa 23 with my 11 yr old boy - and he said The lad was electric fast on fifa 🤣

What could possibly go wrong?!

The lad has Mud written all over his name. 

3 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

21 years old,  played 40 something games and scored 12 goals in the Ukraine league ( with all due respect to their league), now he's worth 90M? Even at 50M is a rip off, we just got into a bidding war and decided to go over the top since Arsenal just happens to be the opponent ( can't beat their on the field so let's out bid them off field). The 7 years deal is just offset the FFP, a few years on loan if the players don't cut it. Arsenal will just move on and find another 50M player, while we will be in serious debt with mad spending and NO european football next year.

I find it hard to believe that there are no good wingers part from 1 young talent that is already scouted by Arsenal. Sounds like we don't really do much of any real scouting, the club makes life a lot harder for itself by having a process that is comparable to going through twitter about transfer gossip in order to find a transfer target...

Gotta rebuild smartly, I have a pla. oH waiT Arsenalo is buying an obscure winger from the Ukraine?! Outbid Hah yes!

Edited January 15, 20233 yr by Gol15

Another ten/wide player? It means that the latest three transfers has almost the exact same profile (Felix, Mudryk, Nkunku) - and we already have Havertz who does his best work in that position. Weird.  Reminds me of Everton all those years ago, when they signed like 5 10’s in the same transfer window.

Its a cool power move though, and one that will piss off Arsenal fans immensely. Ill give Boehly a few kudos points for that

 

Edited January 15, 20233 yr by AndyDowsleftflank

6 hours ago, ducavis said:

Can’t see the Felix deal happening, he occupies the same space as Nkunku. It will be 

 

Murdyk               Nkunku           Sterling

 

behind a 9. If Sterling can’t get his act together, we might look in the market for a RW. Might be why we are after Madueke, problem is it will be difficult to shift Sterling’s mad wages. No club on the continent will be interested as they feel English players are overrated.

Mount will need to get his act together quickly cos I can’t see where he fits as a starter with these big money signings and his wage demands. 

I have a theory, based on absolutely nothing whatsoever,  that Potter isn't having Sterling.  I can easily see Sterling being moved on at some point and, dare I say it, I could see him going to Spuds as I don't think Arteta will have a lot to do with us for a while.

Just spent some time watching Donetsk in this years champions league against Leipzig, Real Madrid and Celtic. In the extended highlights he looked consistently good. Good control, accurate shooting and a decent turn of pace. 
 

his Donetsk team mates were generally hopeless so he’ll  feel right at home. 

Edited January 15, 20233 yr by ozboy

I think a squad overhaul is happening right now. It’s the only explanation for this sighing.

4 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I think a squad overhaul is happening right now. It’s the only explanation for this sighing.

You could well be right there 

100m Euros package for a player very few people have even heard of ?

This must be some sort of covert CIA backed US funding for the Ukrainian war effort LOL

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

I have a theory, based on absolutely nothing whatsoever,  that Potter isn't having Sterling.  I can easily see Sterling being moved on at some point and, dare I say it, I could see him going to Spuds as I don't think Arteta will have a lot to do with us for a while.

To where though? It’s one thing not wanting him, the club will soon find there is no market for him because of the ridiculous wages he is on. Spurs is out of the question;  he is way out of their budget, isn’t Kane their highest earner on £250k/w. Same applies to Arsenal. Boehly is going to have a hard time shifting these ridiculous wages for these players he has signed if they don’t perform.

2 minutes ago, ducavis said:

To where though? It’s one thing not wanting him, the club will soon find there is no market for him because of the ridiculous wages he is on. Spurs is out of the question;  he is way out of their budget, isn’t Kane their highest earner on £250k/w. Same applies to Arsenal. Boehly is going to have a hard time shifting these ridiculous wages for these players he has signed if they don’t perform.

It's a very good point. I suspect we will have to move them on at rock bottom fees to make the overall package attractive for the buying clubs. But its a valid point, if you're going to pay North of 250k a week there is a whole raft of players better than him.

All in on this one, as with Fernandez.  They’re clearly after young emerging talent and rebuilding the team.  Clearly midfield needs to be addressed, but that feels as much a case of who is currently available.

This guy might be a footballer that gets people out of their seats again - we need some of that.  Felix did that with his few touches, and shows how poor many of our players are.  Potter is struggling, but maybe Jose was on to something with his eggs and omelette speech.

Get this over the line!

Edited January 15, 20233 yr by PhilH930

46 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

100m Euros package for a player very few people have even heard of ?

This must be some sort of covert CIA backed US funding for the Ukrainian war effort LOL

It's not unheard of for players to command a big fee after a huge breakout season.

Drogba (£24m was huge back then) and Alisson two prime examples.

what are different type of add ons?

1 minute ago, Mário César said:

what are different type of add ons?

Fees after a certain amount of appearances.

Fees based on trophy wins.

Fees based on international appearances. 

Sell on Fees.

So it looks like the fees are initial payment of £66m that could rise to £88m if all clauses are met.

So as usual nowhere near the ridiculous figures banded about. Same as most deals we make lately with the media and twatter f**kwits inflating figures, and unfortunately the gullible believe them.

18 minutes ago, dkw said:

So it looks like the fees are initial payment of £66m that could rise to £88m if all clauses are met.

So as usual nowhere near the ridiculous figures banded about. Same as most deals we make lately with the media and twatter f**kwits inflating figures, and unfortunately the gullible believe them.

Think part of those add ons is us winning the Champions League. Currently they may well have put in an add on for when he orbits the earth in a NASA shuttle.

I'm very excited by this transfer, very excited!

 

 

 

Which one is this again?

12 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Think part of those add ons is us winning the Champions League. Currently they may well have put in an add on for when he orbits the earth in a NASA shuttle.

Is he playing that far wide ? We could be a bit more expansive, this can only be good, right?

 

2 hours ago, Andy2461 said:

You could well be right there 

I’d agree!

Can see some players being moved on at a cut price, not the end of the world if we start performing better.

31 minutes ago, dkw said:

So it looks like the fees are initial payment of £66m that could rise to £88m if all clauses are met.

So as usual nowhere near the ridiculous figures banded about. Same as most deals we make lately with the media and twatter f**kwits inflating figures, and unfortunately the gullible believe them.

Even so, £66m on a player who has 12 career goals and only 65 senior appearances seems utterly bizarre. I'm seriously concerned about the amount of money being spent of late, it's like nothing I have seen at any other club and I don't see how this is sustainable. It's not like we are even doing anything to recoup the money spent. This is more than Barcelona's spending that landed them in the sh*t they are in now.

1 minute ago, enigma said:

 

The cynic in wants to know who leaked that to Romano and why? Potter is now the talent whistler is he. Well he must be a great manager.