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How much would have that cost you?

 

D’oh for some reason I thought the home leg was yesterday’s game! It was the Manchester game I tried to get tickets for.

 

The Bernabeu is the best stadium I’ve ever seen a game at though so I’d love to go back one day!

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Can someone explain to me how much influence a player has on being transferred? Jonathan David is being linked with pretty much every club right now but his agent has came out and said a move to Manchester United or Arsenal might not be the best move for him. If ManU offers the most money wouldn't Gent just ship him there?

 

Also i was watching a video of some British guy talking up David and the first comment was "wtf is up with Canada producing all these ballers" lmao

 

 

Also pretty sick highlight reel of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2g16jbVRqY

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Can someone explain to me how much influence a player has on being transferred? Jonathan David is being linked with pretty much every club right now but his agent has came out and said a move to Manchester United or Arsenal might not be the best move for him. If ManU offers the most money wouldn't Gent just ship him there?

 

Also i was watching a video of some British guy talking up David and the first comment was "wtf is up with Canada producing all these ballers" lmao

 

 

Also pretty sick highlight reel of him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2g16jbVRqY

 

It wasn't always like this but players have all the power these days. If they don't want to sign for a club, they don't. Worth noting though that the player is often heavily influenced by their representative - an agent - who negotiates with the clubs and makes the demands to get their client the best deal. Agents often get a cut from transfers so it is often in their interest to get their client moved to another club. This is why agents are pretty much universally hated in football!

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It's not always in the player's best interest to go to a huge club because he might not play as often as he wants. If a more medium size club offers him a decent contract, it might be better for him to go there.

 

And then if he really breaks out into a star, eventually move a big club like Man U.

 

That's what i figured but i did not understand how David or his agent could force that move if a big club offered the most money but our English friend explained.

 

I would like to see him go to Ajax. I think he would be a good fit there but sounds like he's going to the EPL or Bundaseliga

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Ajax might offer decent playing time but he could also get that in the EPL + a way bigger contract. All the EPL teams are drowning in money so he's guaranteed a decent contract no matter who he ends up with over there.

 

Another thing i heard is couldn't ManU buy him and then just loan him out?

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It's f***ing crazy just two years ago he was playing for some club team in Ottawa (not even MLS lol) and now all these big European clubs are about to have a bidding war for him.
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David came out and said his preference is to play in the Bundesliga. https://www.insidefutbol.com/2020/02/27/arsenal-and-chelsea-linked-jonathan-david-expresses-league-preference/453177/

 

 

he forward was quoted as saying by Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad: “The Bundesliga would be a good next step for me.

 

 

“The German playing style is something similar to that in Belgium, playing at high intensity and the higher level is a nice stepping stone.”

 

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Belgian site Voetbalkrant report that no fewer than 27 clubs had scouts present at Thursday night’s Europa League clash between Gent and AS Roma, which saw the latter side advance to the next stage of Europe’s 2nd tier conversation.

 

It is believed that the majority of the below sides were present to watch Canadian sensation and attacker Jonathan David.

 

The list included: Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Wolves, Southampton, West Ham United, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hoffenheim, Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, PSV, Lille, Rennes, Nice, RC Lens, Stade de Reims and Sevilla.

 

Lyon, who were not present, made a proposal for David last month, who scored last night.

 

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2020/27-clubs-scouted-jonathan-david-on-thursday-night-nice-lille-included/

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Watching the Classico with a stream of the American beinsports broadcast. f*** me it’s f***ing awful. Co commentator is senile, main commentator thinks he’s watching basketball, they have a sideline reporter giving pointless “insights”, and the half time analysts have literally 10 seconds each between the 3!!! advert breaks. Americans can just not cover football.
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Bayern is playing in a knock out game in the DFB cup today @2.45 pm and it's being shown for free in Canada on YouTube if anyone is interested. My work servers are in the USA so I can't watch but if anyone does I would appreciate updates
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So according to multiple sources Bayern is on the verge of restructuring Davies contract. I think this makes a lot of sense for both player and club (though i still don't really understand player movement in soccer).

 

Currently Phonzie is making peanuts from the original contract he signed as a 17 year old from MLS. He's under contract for 3 more years make 1 million euros per year. The contract would rip of that contract and increase his pay 5x to 5 million per year over 5 years.

 

So esentially it would replace a 3year 3 million euro contract with a 5 year 25 million euro contract.

 

Bayern gets 2 extra years and Alphonso gets a big increase and is still a free agent (is that a thing) at the ripe as at 24 instead of 22.

 

https://en.onefootball.com/bayern-close-to-extending-contract-of-breakout-star-alphonso-davies/

 

https://bulinews.com/news/4690/report-bayern-willing-offer-alphonso-davies-a-five-fold-salary-raise

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Damn we disagree on a lot.

 

I think Bayern or Liverpool will win the whole thing.

 

So Liverpool are out now, but Bayern look very strong. I'll stick with PSG and Man City as my picks for now though!

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So Liverpool are out now, but Bayern look very strong. I'll stick with PSG and Man City as my picks for now though!

 

Liverpool game is still on! (i think)

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