jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Cheers for the update. To be honest i think we are getting as tired of the story as you must be. I would like to have some clarity from both clubs what is really going on, rahter than hanging onto little bits of press rumoring, often from biased press, for example your benfica biased paper, or over here the liverpool biased papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportingFan Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Why aren't we going to sign him? What's your source? Did Bill ring you?You are so negative have a bit of optimism; you would probably be negative if you won the lottery..."oh no, what am I going to do with all this money" *sigh* I think it's because you can't afford the 19.6 million pound Sporting is asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I think it's because you can't afford the 19.6 million pound Sporting is asking. we obivously can now but what would be the point signing 1 player and that player doesnt even play the position we need most, makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I think it's because you can't afford the 19.6 million pound Sporting is asking. Spot on. Unfortunatly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMouse Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Im sure your a red... dont care where you are from..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportingFan Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Im sure your a red... dont care where you are from..... In that colour code you're using, I am green. And white. In horizontal stripes. I'm a Sporting fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Wheter he is a wind up or not is irrelevant (personally i son't think he is a red, but i may be wrong) but he is mainly speaking the truth, sometimes the truth hurts. We probably can't afford Moutinho becasue then we would have spunked our entire budget on one player and we need enforcements elsewhere as we don't have anyone to aptly fill in for carsley at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikels Left Tezzer Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 well, i think this is a bit of rumour mongoring on the part of a clearly benfica-sided paper, but... http://www.abola.pt/nnh/ver.aspx?id=146260 It says basically that, acording to english media, EFC hasn't given up, and it's studying a way to make a bid of about €23M. that seems alot to me, tbh, given what i've read lately about ur funds for signings. Anyways, it quotes the BBC sports section site, so maybe someone may want to do a check around if there's anything new. 23 million euros is close to £18 million, seems quite a leap up from the £13 they offered last week. I lent Bill 5m, he's going to pay me back in kind . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viennatoffee Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 This is amazing much money for a first signing of summer when u have to do much more than one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 "23 million euros is close to £18 million, seems quite a leap up from the £13 they offered last week". I THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO BUY HIM. If the deals come off this week we will have only spent 10.5 million 6 for M'bia, 2 for Smith, and 2.5 for Love on loan, thats the johnson Money, i'm sure a little bird told me we had a transfer budget of 18 mill before we sold AJ, so that is still there plus the Faddy money that was not spent. I think we can and will buy him before the window closes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1eng Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Didn't we have 20+ mil to spend before we sold johnson? i'm sure we did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporting4ever Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 In that colour code you're using, I am green. And white. In horizontal stripes. I'm a Sporting fan. Ei, another one! yeah, SCP rullez but i think EFC have the funds for him, just that it would blow their budget and severely limit any other signings. bias aside, i dont see it happening this year. and i hope it doesn't happen period it's about time we stop sending our best away. can't even imagine what we'd still be like with viana, quaresma, ronaldo still here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Wish I had you're optimism Bill! I can see how those figures work out, but I'm still not confident that we'll pull it off. If we do though I will shit a brick.... which i believe Mark and a few others will be doing after the pledges they made if the transfer went through!!! Edited August 11, 2008 by jamiemaher85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMouse Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Im sorry for nagging but............How do you know we had 20mil for sure???? Agreeing with you though... we SHOULD have at least 20mil Im affraid I think if Sporting hold out we will not find the money to push it through..... Edited August 11, 2008 by DangerMouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1eng Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Im sorry for nagging but............How do you know we had 20mil for sure???? Im affraid I think if Sporting hold out we will not find the money to push it through..... what can we be sure of anything? it's the figure that was bounced around, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viennatoffee Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Everton defender Nuno Valente has backed the club in their pursuit of Sporting Lisbon midfielder Joao Moutinho. The Portuguese Liga club have since stated that Moutinho will not be leaving Estadio Jose Alvalade this summer. Valente, however, is hopeful that Everton will succeed in landing the 21-year-old as he believes his compatriot will add much to David Moyes' current squad. Valente: "We need players with quality. Everton is a team already that has quality and we need to add to that. Moutinho, of course, is a good player and he is someone that I know. He was a star at Euro 2008 for Portugal. He is sharp, he plays good football and he drives his team forward. He is also a leader - if he wasn't, there would be no way that he would be the captain of a big club like Sporting at the age of 21. If we spend so much money on a player like him, he would pay it back in the next few years. I would like to see him here because he is Portuguese, but the reason I would want to see him here most is because he is a good player and will improve us." from: http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,1...3966080,00.html Well, Valente will of course know him enough and maybe he´s right what he´s saying, but that amount of money sounds just too much for me personally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1eng Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) Off Topic How do you make your wife cry when having sex? it'll cheer you all up Edited August 11, 2008 by Chris the Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporting4ever Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Off Topic How do you make your wife cry when having sex? it'll cheer you all up call her on the phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 call her on the phone? top answer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1eng Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 top answer! bloody right answer too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporting4ever Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Ok, i have a suggestion to make, so if someone can pass it up to EFC management, that'd be great Espanyol, the 2nd team from barcelona, is having financial problems, and there's a guy there that's on top form, at the moment, called Luis Garcia. Our "dear" rivals benfica have been after him pretty much all summer, but the spanish side is asking for what benfica think it's too much, around €12M, roughly £9.4M. I honestly dont know how good a player he is, but he had a wonderful last season, earning him a spot on the spanish team at the euro. for your consideration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Berno Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Loves quality I don't know whats all the fuss is about whats the harm in a loan deal? The Russain league is very good of coruse its not up to the standereds of the EPL, La Liga and Seria A but its still good got a lot of teams in that league plus theres alot of money in that league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I'd prefer Joao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikels Left Tezzer Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Ok, i have a suggestion to make, so if someone can pass it up to EFC management, that'd be great Espanyol, the 2nd team from barcelona, is having financial problems, and there's a guy there that's on top form, at the moment, called Luis Garcia. Our "dear" rivals benfica have been after him pretty much all summer, but the spanish side is asking for what benfica think it's too much, around €12M, roughly £9.4M. I honestly dont know how good a player he is, but he had a wonderful last season, earning him a spot on the spanish team at the euro. for your consideration Luis García Fernández? He's gash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Didn't we have 20+ mil to spend before we sold johnson? i'm sure we did I heard it was £15m plus the Faddy money, but £2 mill was spent on Pienaar ( best buy of the season ?) so i reckon its £18 or 19 mill left. And Moutinho as always been the number one Target. Sporting4ever's arse is beginning to twitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporting4ever Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 Luis García Fernández? He's gash. *looks it up* you mean vulgar? i don't really know, i just want to annoy benfica fans by diverting players they want somewhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1eng Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 I heard it was £15m plus the Faddy money, but £2 mill was spent on Pienaar ( best buy of the season ?) so i reckon its £18 or 19 mill left. And Moutinho as always been the number one Target. Sporting4ever's arse is beginning to twitch. You can hear itfrom here, he'll make a mess of his lfc boxers when Joao signs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporting4ever Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 (edited) I heard it was £15m plus the Faddy money, but £2 mill was spent on Pienaar ( best buy of the season ?) so i reckon its £18 or 19 mill left. And Moutinho as always been the number one Target. Sporting4ever's arse is beginning to twitch. You leave my arse out of the conversation, he has enough confidence issues as it is and if you can find a fee that we basically say "that's a too good an offer to pass on", well kudos for you. we're known for our skill in youth training. We'll make more altough i still think it's rumor. my take on it, until you know what you'll have left over from other signings, you won't move on him. Edited August 11, 2008 by Sporting4ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 You leave my arse out of the conversation, he has enough confidence issues as it is and if you can find a fee that we basically say "that's a too good an offer to pass on", well kudos for you. we're known for our skill in youth training. We'll make more So its win win then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris1eng Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 You leave my arse out of the conversation, he has enough confidence issues as it is and if you can find a fee that we basically say "that's a too good an offer to pass on", well kudos for you. we're known for our skill in youth training. We'll make more You sound like the west ham of Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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