Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:58 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Villa could make the top 6 if they get Bailey, Cantwell and JWP. They're also after Damsgaard. It's mad to think their spend could be £300m+ since promotion.

Minus the 100 million they get for Grealish and 200 over 2 years doesn`t sound bad.
We should be spending at least 50-70 mill this year to compete I reckon.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Aug 03, 2021 3:47 pm  

Yeah, in prem you need to take a step forward just to stand still.. need to buy well do Leeds just to get anywhere near last years league finish.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:23 pm  

chapylad wrote:

Minus the 100 million they get for Grealish and 200 over 2 years doesn`t sound bad.
We should be spending at least 50-70 mill this year to compete I reckon.

Not a chance we spend more than £50m, especially in the age of covid. We've spent £27m already.

Just looking at the net spend over the last 5 years of the Premier league clubs, and only 3 teams have had a average net spend over £50m

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:36 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Not a chance we spend more than £50m, especially in the age of covid. We've spent £27m already.

Just looking at the net spend over the last 5 years of the Premier league clubs, and only 3 teams have had a average net spend over £50m

Really!? That is a surprising stat.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Aug 03, 2021 6:40 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

Not a chance we spend more than £50m, especially in the age of covid. We've spent £27m already.

Just looking at the net spend over the last 5 years of the Premier league clubs, and only 3 teams have had a average net spend over £50m

I find that unbelievable tbh, wow.
How much did we spend last year? I thought that was well over 50m?
We could cut our losses and try and get back the money we paid for Costa.
We need at least one player in the 25m plus standard and maybe 2 more at around 10m imo otherwise we will struggle to improve on last years finishing position.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:32 pm  

It's easy to look at the spend the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Man U, have done and assume it's indicative of the whole league, but it isn't really. It's very uncommon to see clubs spend big 2 years in a row. PLeeds had one of the highest net spends in the league last season. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier ... bewerb/GB1 Obviously, there's still for those figures to increase before the latest transfer window shuts.

It's easy to look at the spend the likes of Man City, Chelsea, Man U, have done and assume it's indicative of the whole league, but it isn't really. It's very uncommon to see clubs spend big 2 years in a row. PLeeds had one of the highest net spends in the league last season. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier ... bewerb/GB1 Obviously, there's still for those figures to increase before the latest transfer window shuts.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:00 am  

Some press talk today linking us strongly with Damsgaard.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:29 am  

Trebor1 wrote:

Some press talk today linking us strongly with Damsgaard.

If it's not from Phil Hay, Romano or Smyth then it's probably bollox. Especially from the Italian press.

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:20 pm  

Jack Burton wrote:

If it's not from Phil Hay, Romano or Smyth then it's probably bollox. Especially from the Italian press.

Phil Hay saying today in the Athletic, that we were in for Gallagher, Orta made a presentation to him but he chose Palace

He's expecting a good midfielder to come in and the door still open to a good winger.. (Lang, Kent, James all possibilities).

Re: The ONLY LUFC Football Thread : Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:27 pm  

Trebor1 wrote:

Phil Hay saying today in the Athletic, that we were in for Gallagher, Orta made a presentation to him but he chose Palace

He's expecting a good midfielder to come in and the door still open to a good winger.. (Lang, Kent, James all possibilities).

Probably thought he had more chance of game time at Palace although I think he`s a better player than Klich.
Did I read somewhere that Pereira has signed for West Ham?