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That choke tho
 
We apologise again for the fault in Manchester United's performance against Liverpool this Sunday afternoon.
Those responsible for renewing Ten Hag's contract after he was given his termination after the FA Cup final, have been sacked.
 
We apologise again for the fault in Manchester United's performance against Liverpool this Sunday afternoon.
Those responsible for renewing Ten Hag's contract after he was given his termination after the FA Cup final, have been sacked.
Ah the more things change, the more they stay the same. It's funny, I was reading an article earlier where Ten hag very much came off like he was malding over the criticism of him being kinda shit, since "only City have won more trophies than him while he's been there". My nigga in Christ you've spent £660mil to get a Carabao Cup, an FA cup, United's lowest premier league finish, and started the new season 1-2.


BBC Sport had an interesting article up about the transfer window in general:
Some kinda wild stats in there. City apparently made a nice profit this window, Brighton had the biggest net spend by far, and the newly promoted teams dropped a fair chunk in an effort to avoid the straight up and down.
 
I think I like it.

Champions League teams who won't make it to the CL knock out stage won't go down to Euro League and Euro League teams who won't make it to the EL knock out stage won't go down to Conference League. It makes every competition a make-it-or-die-competition. I kind of hated it that if you weren't good enough in the CL you got a shot in the EL. Why? Why should better teams get more shots? It puts the weaker teams in a weaker position than they already are.

Sure, when I look at the Conference League teams Chelsea sticks out. Obviously. But that's the exception and not the rule and to every rule is an exception. Premier League teams outrank most of the other teams and leagues anyways. Like Nottingham has more money to throw around than Frankfurt. Looking at the CC of Chelsea they would be ranked 2nd in the Euro League pots behind -surprise- another Premier League team (ManU). Chelsea's CC has a bigger CC than all the teams in pot 3 of the Conference League combined. Even Tottenham (pot 1 of Euro League) outranks every other team in Euro League when we just look at the CC. The only team Tottenham doesn't outrank is -surprise- Chelsea.

Overall the more I look at the new system the more I start to like it - ignoring the obvious downsides like more fucking matches with more fucking teams I can't even spell their names and thus probably don't care at all. At least in theory. How it will play out IRL we have to wait and see. That the matches in the new group stage are just one legged might lead to some surprises which might fuck up things hilariously. With the competitions being closed from each other and the teams only getting one shot at one trophy it should lead to more motivation to win a match and thus lead to more fierce matches. The last matchday could get really exciting. At least that's my hope.
The whole point in the old system was to drive engagement, since most of the money comes from telly, and there are a whole load of really popular teams (mostly from England/Spain/Italy + PSG) who aren't guaranteed to make it out of the group stage. Did Juve/Man U/Atletico have a bad CL group stage? No worries, we can still capitalise on the audience they'll bring to the Europa League knockouts so long as they at least came 3rd

I think the new system follows in the same vein, and was brought in to encourage more big teams making it through in the first place, since everyone gets a wider spread of weaker teams (the teams from the top pots go from 6 games to assert themselves to 8, so the law of averages runs over more of the freak results which could previously have decided a group) and still make it through after coming what would have been third in their group. Not to mention the odd weaker team who makes it through becomes the "David versus Goliath" story to sell till they get knocked out. In the meantime, the big clubs have a better change of getting through and cashing in for as long as possible, and UEFA get the corresponding ticket/TV money - the new format means that only 8 teams get knocked out after the group stage, with 8 making it through as top-ranked teams and the following 16 going through a playoff

As you say, we don't know for sure how it'll play out, but in the same way that league systems with big money become quite predictable (winners being City, Real, Bayern and Juve unless you have a freak year), the more matches you have, the more it favours better teams (these days meaning those from the big leagues with limitless budgets)

All the same, fucking hope you're right mate
 
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Alright, sorry for multiple postings but I have my full transfer window done for the summer. This isn't a full breakdown of all the league's and transfers because the current list has 20 pages. Those pages don't also include my commentary (don't kill me).

So basic rules of what I was going for when finding these
-All transfer ins for these clubs are included
-Transfer outs were anything that actually had a fee (or undisclosed), a player that might be recognizable, or potentially went to a club that should drive interest.
-I used all 20 premier league teams (sorry but its the most popular league), Inter Milan, Juventus, AC Milan, and Napoli, Atletico Madrid, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and PSG.
-Please let me know if I am completely off base on a team's strategy for their transfer strategy. I am going off the net spend and the players coming in and out.
-Please note, net spend isn't what is reported on the books. Incoming money (Revenue) is recognized right away and outgoing money (expenses) will be amortized over the course of the contract. If this is confusing, hire your favorite tax lawyer to teach you accounting principals :)
-All revenue is reported in the british pound. Sorry

Arsenal

In-

David Raya – Brentford

Lucas Nygaard – Nordsjaelland

Tommy Setford – Ajax

Riccardo Calafiori – Bologna

Mikel Merino – Real Sociedad

Raheem Sterling – Chelsea (loan)

Out-

Aaron Ramsdale – Southampton

Eddie Nketiah – Crystal Palace

Karl Hein – Real Valladolid (loan)

Emile Smith Rowe – Fulham

Mika Biereth – Sturm Graz

Mohamed Elneny – Al Jazira

Cedric Soares – Released

Nuno Tavares – Lazio (loan)

Albert Sambi Lokonga – Sevilla (loan)

Brook Norton-Cuffy – Genoa

Charlie Patino – Deportivo La Coruna

Fabio Vieira – FC Porto (loan)

Reiss Nelson – Fulham (loan)

Transfer balance -12.7 mil
Thoughts- Seemed like Arsenal spent this summer clearing out some deadwood and academy products that weren't going to make the cut. There are still some players that need to be taken out and more academy players to bring up but the process seems to be in place. The issue with them right now is that they haven't had to deal with major injury so there's no idea of what to do if X goes down. Hopefully they don't find out the answer this season

Aston Villa

In-

Ethan Amundsen-Day – Copenhagen

Cameron Archer – Sheffield United

Ross Barkley – Luton

Enzo Barrenechea – Juventus

Lewis Dobbin – Everton

Sameul Iling-Junio – Juventus

Ian Maatsen – Chelsea

Amadou Onana – Everton

Jaden Philogene – Hull City

Out-

Tim Iroegbunam – Everton

Omari Kellyman – Chelsea

Douglas Luiz – Juventus

Moussa Diaby – Al Ittihad

Morgan Sanson – Nice

Vijami Sinisalo – Celtic

Calum Chambers – Cardiff

Philippe Coutinho – Vasco de Gama (loan)

Cameron Archer – Southampton

Lewis Dobbin – West Brom (loan)

Cameron Archer – Southampton

Samuel Iling-Junio – Bologna (loan)

Enzo Barrenechea – Valencia (loan)

Net Transfer: -12.7 mil

Aston Villa seems like they really need to get in compliance with the financial rules. While their net transfer spend is negative, the expenses won't get recognized for a while. Its a very narrow tightrope to keep the squad strong for Champions League this year while also not losing a lot of money through transfers


Bournemouth

In-

Daniel Jebbison – Sheffield United

Alex Paulsen – Wellington Phoenix

Luis Sinisterra – Leeds

Enes Unal – Getafe

Dean Huijsen – Juventus

Julian Araujo – Barcelona

Evanilson – FC Porto

Kepa Arrizabalaga – Chelsea (loan)

Out-

Dominic Solanke – Tottenham

Kieffer Moore – Sheffield United

Harry Redknapp Jr – Released

Net Transfer: -32 mil

Thoughts - A lot of moves that seem to be cycling through a squad looking to stay up this year. Its funny to look at some of the teams where players are coming in though. Premier League spending is crazy

Brentford

In-

Igor Thiago – Club Brugge

Benjamin Fredrick – Simoiben

Julian Eyestone – Duke (the university in the US)

Fabio Carvalho – Liverpool

Sepp van den Berg – Liverpool

Jayden Meghoma – Southampton

Out-

Ivan Toney – Al Ahli

David Raya – Arsenal

Frank Onyeka – Augsburg (loan)

Daniel Oyegoke – Hearts

Finley Stevens – St Pauli

Net Transfer: -20.6 mil
Thoughts - Probably should have sold Ivan Toney a year ago. I do like how they used him to fund a squad strengthening but with the fraction of a return you could have gotten, this seems like its it for squad building at the moment

Brighton

In-

Yankuba Minteh – Newcastle

Ibrahim Osman – Nordsjaelland

Mats Wieffer – Feyenoord

Malick Yalcouye – IFK Gothenburg

Amario Cozier-Duberry – Arsenal

Brajan Gruda – Mainz

Georginio Rutter – Leeds

Matt O’Riley – Celtic

Ferdi Kadioglu – Fenerbahce

Out-

Mahmoud Dahoud – Eintracht Frankfurt

Billy Gilmour – Napoli

Valentin Barco – Sevilla (loan)

Pascal Gross – Borussia Dortmund

Deniz Undav – Stuttgart

Kacper Kozlowski – Gaziantep

Adam Lallana – Southampton

James Beadle – Sheffield Wednesday (loan)

Marc Leonard – Birmingham City

Facundo Buonanotte – Leicester City (loan)

Ibrahim Osman – Feyenoord (loan)

Net Transfer: -150.2 Mil
Thoughts: Brighton are Splashing some cash right now. I am guessing that this is the result of getting tons of money from previous transfer windows along with a few new teams adopting their transfer/scouting plans. Definitely see how they are such a threat after looking into this.

Chelsea

In-

Kieran Dewsbury-Hall – Leicester

Marc Guiu – Barcelona

Omari Kellyman – Aston Villa

Tosin – Fulham

Pedro Neto – Wolves

Renato Veiga – FC Basel

Caleb Wiley – Atlanta United

Estevao Willian – Palmeiras

Filip Jorgensen – Villareal

Aaron Anselmino – Boca Juniors

Joao Felix – Atletico Madrid

Mike Penders – Genk

Jadon Sancho – Manchester united (loan)

Out-

Conor Gallagher – Atletico Madrid

Romelu Lukaku – Napoli

Chinoso Chibueze – Stoke

Jamie Cumming – Oxford

Michael Golding – Leicester

Lewis Hall – Newcastle

Omari Hutchinson – Ipswich

Ian Maatsen – Aston Villa

Kepa Arrizabalaga – Bournemouth (loan)

Mike Penders – Genk (loan)

Charlie Webster – Burton

Hakim Ziyech – Galatasaray

Thiago Silva – Fluminense

Andrey Santos – Strasbourg (loan)

Malang Sarr – Lens

Aaron Anselmino – Boca Juniors (loan)

Diego Moreira – Strasbourg

Lesley Ugochukwu – Southampton (loan)

Djordje Petrovic – Strasbourg (loan)

Raheem Sterling – Arsenal (loan)

Armando Broja – Everton (loan)

Net Transfer: -50.4 mil
Thoughts- Seems like the revolution is on at Chelsea. They have figured out how they want to buy players now and get rid of the ones who don't fit that plan. While the transfers in don't entirely make sense (Felix and Neto come to mind) the fact that they were able to offload Lukaku Arrizabalaga, Sarr, Ziyech, and Sterling, even if it is just loans for now, is pretty impressive. They just need to keep a manager in place for longer than 2 seasons to see if this long term plan can come to fruition

Crystal Palace

In-

Chadi Riad – Barcelona

Eddie Nketiah – Arsenal

Daichi Kamada – Lazio

Jemiah Umolu – West Ham

Ismaila Sarr – Marseille

Maxence Lacroix – Wolfsburg

Matt Turner – Nottingham Forest (loan)

Out-

Joachim Anderson – Fulham

Odsonne Edouard – Leicester City

Michael Olise – Bayern Munich

Malachi Boateng – Hearts

Jordan Ayew – Leicester

Sam Johnston – Wolves

Net Transfer: 22.5 mil
Thoughts: Michael Olise is going to hurt a lot. But the club was able to bring in some talent while getting a haul for both Olise and Andersen. Also didn't realize Jordan Ayew was still in the premier league. Seems like this is some solid transfer business for a club looking to finish somewhere between 12th and 14th.

Everton

In-

Orel Mangala – Lyon (loan)

Omari Benjamin – Arsenal

Jack Harrison – Leeds (loan)

Tim Iroegbunam – Aston Villa

Iliman Ndiaye – Marseille

Jesper Lindstrom – Napoli (loan)

Jake O’Brien – Lyon

Asmir Begovic – QPR

Armando Broja – Chelsea (loan)

Out-

Mason Holgate – West Brom (loan)

Lewis Dobbin – Aston Villa

Ben Godfrey – Atalanta

Amadou Onana – Aston Villa

Neal Maupay – Marseille (loan)

Halid Djankpata – Spezia

Net Transfer: 26.1 mil
Thoughts- They have fully backed a Sean Dyche style team while also being strapped for cash. Don't think they will do it with this transfer window though since there aren't 2 guaranteed relegation spots and a third spot being kept alive by financial fair play this year

Fulham

In-

Ryan Sessegnon – Tottenham

Emile Smith Rowe – Arsenal

Jorge Cuenca – Villareal

Sander Berge – Burnley

Joachim Andersen – Crystal Palace

Reiss Nelson – Arsenal (loan)

Out-

Tim Ream – Charlotte FC

Joao Palhinha – Bayern Munich

Tosin – Chelsea

Ibane Bawat – Portsmouth

Jay Stansfield – Birmingham

Net Transfer: -31.4 mil
Thoughts- Very sneaky little transfer window from Fulham. They made 2 major outgoing transfers with Palhinha and Stansfield with a lot of other small offloads and used it to fund a little bit of a spending spree. No idea if it will work but I wouldn't be shocked if they managed to stay mid table with these moves.

Ipswich

In-

Dara O’Shea – Burnley

Liam Delap – Manchester City

Omari Hutchinson – Chelsea

Jacob Greaves – Hull

Darragh McCann – Glentoran

Arijanet Muric – Burnley

Leon Elliot – Crystal Palace

Ben Johnson – West Ham

Conor Townsend – West Brom

Sammie Szmodics – Blackburn

Kalvin Phillips – Manchester City (loan)

Jens Cajuste – Napoli (loan)

Jack Clarke – Sunderland

Chiedozie Ogbene – Luton

Out-

Gassan Ahadme – Charlton

Idris El Mizouni – Oxford

Silva Mexes – Manchester United

Corrie Ndaba – Kilmarnock

Net Transfer: -106 mil
Thoughts- The tried and true strategy of a newly promoted team. Just buy everyone and let go of all your players from the Championship. Just gotta laugh at Kalvin Phillips joining them though. Dude just can't catch a break

Leicester

In-

Abdul Fatawu – Sporting

Odsonne Edouard – Crystal Palace (loan)

Michael Golding – Chelsea

Caleb Okali – Atalanta

Bobby Decordova-Reid – Fulham

Facundo Buonanotte – Brighton (loan)

Oliver Skipp – Tottenham

Jordan Ayew – Crystal Palace

Odsonne Edouard – Crystal Palace (loan)

Out-

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – Chelsea

Net Transfer: -49 mil
Thoughts- Southampton and Ipswich are worse with this but Leicester did go a little crazy now that they can spend again. But new manager trying to stay in the premier league will probably open up the wallet a little tbf


Liverpool

In-

Giorgi Mamardashvili – Valencia

Federicho Chiesa – Juventus

Out-

Nat Phillips – Derby (loan)

Stefan Bajcetic – Red Bull Salzburg (loan)

Adrian – Real Betis

Joel Matip – Released

Thiago Alcantara – Retired

Fabio Carvalho – Brentford

Billy Koumetio – Dundee

Bobby Clark – Red Bull Salzburg

Sepp van den Berg – Brentford

Harvey Blair – Portsmouth

Net Transfer: 42.8 Mil
Thoughts- A lot of fat trimming. The pessimist in me thinks that Arne Slott couldn't get the players he wanted this transfer window and has to keep what Klopp left him. The optimist in me thinks that the squad is good enough and just needed to create some space for future needs in January and next year. The realist in me says that Salah is leaving next year and they need to build a war chest to replace him and a couple other of their aging stars

Manchester City

In-

Savio – Troyes

Ilkay Gundogan – Barcelona

Out-

Julian Alvarez – Atletico Madrid

Liam Delap – Ipswich

Tommy Doyle – Wolves

Lewis Fiorini – Stockport

Sergio Gomez – Real Sociedad

Taylor Harwood-Bellis – Southampton

Yan Couto – Borrusia Dortmund

Alex Robertson – Cardiff

Micah Hamilton – Middlesbrough

Joao Cancelo – Al Hilal

Net Transfer: 106.9 mil
Thoughts- Time to play optimist, pessimist and realist again. The pessimist in me thinks that they have the squad to win Champions League and the EPL so only needed to add a winger with the addition of experience in Gundogan. The optimist in me thinks that they realize they are fucked with these charges so they need to balance their books before joining the National League next year. The realist in me thinks that they are building a war chest for the next manager who comes in after Pep leaves along with most of his players.

Manchester United

In-

Leny Yoro – Lille

Joshua Zirkzee – Bologna

Matthijs de Ligt – Bayern Munich

Noussair Mazraoui – Bayern Munich

Manuel Ugarte – PSG

Sekou Kone – Guidars FC

Out

Jadon Sancho – Chelsea (loan)

Alvaro Fernandez – Benfica

Mason Greenwood – Marseille

Willy Kambwala – Villarreal

Donny van de Beek – Girona

Anthony Martial – Released

Raphael Varane – Released

Tom Huddlestone – Retired

Aaron Wan-Bissaka – West Ham

Facundo Pellistri – Panathinaikos

Will Fish – Cardiff

Hannibal Mejbri – Burnley

Scott McTominay – Napoli

Net Transfer: -94.3 mil
Thoughts- This is Erik Ten Haags team completely now. They splashed the cash on so many players and cleared out the others he probably wouldn't want at this point. Injuries or no, if he doesn't show drastic improvement, he is getting sacked

Newcastle

In-

Lewis Hall – Chelsea

Miodrag Pivas – FK Jedinstvo UB

Odysseas Vlachodimos – Nottingham Forest

Lloyd Kelly – Bournemouth

John Ruddy – Birmingham

William Osula – Sheffield United

Out-

Elliot Anderson – Nottingham Forest

Yankuba Minteh – Brighton

Ryan Fraser – Southampton

Amadou Dioallo – Released

Loris Karius – Released

Matt Ritchie – Portsmouth

Net Transfer: 30 mil
Thoughts- I kinda feel bad for Eddie Howe. Newcastle have these massively rich owners but unlike Man City and Chelsea before them, these rich owners aren't going to splash a ton of cash right away to make a super star team that Howe just has to maintain. Instead they are slowly building up season by season. The first season was a combination of a power vacuum and a fluke to get Champions League. I think they are going to continue to slightly improve and be a real threat to the EPL title in 3 years

Nottingham Forest

In-

Elliot Anderson – Newcastle

James Ward-Prowse – West Ham

Morato – Benfica

Eric da Silva Moreiro – St Pauli

Nikola Milenkovic – Fiorentina

Carlos Miguel – Corinthians

Marko Stamenic – Red Star Belgrade

Shea Cahill – Brisbane Roar

Jota Silva – Vitoria Guimaraes

Ramon Sosa – Talleres de Cordoba

Alex Moreno – Aston Villa (loan)

David Carmo – FC Porto

Out-

Alex Mighten – San Diego

Matt Turner – Crystal Palace (loan)

Remo Freuler – Bolonga

Orel Mangala – Lyon

Moussa Niakhate – Lyon

Brandon Aguilera – Rio Ave

Julian Larsson – Burton

Odysseas Vlachodimos – Newcastle

Net Transfer: -44 mil
Thoughts- I like the contrasting responses to last year from Forest and Everton. Everton, strapped for cash, made a big profit this transfer window with their sales and are suffering a little for it. Forest just flipped the finger and continued to spend money. I didn't look it up but I wonder who has been at this club the longest

Southampton

In-

Aaron Ramsdale – Arsenal

Maxwel Cornet – West Ham (loan)

Ryan Fraser – Newcastle

Flynn Downes – West Ham

Ronnie Edwards – Peterborough

Taylor Harwood-Bellis – Manchester City

Yukinari Sugawara – AZ Alkmaar

Ben Brereton Diaz – Villarreal

Renato Takaoka – Nissho Gakuen High School (Japanese High School)

Nathan Wood – Swansea

Adam Lallana – Brighton

Brook Myers – Charlton

Khiani Shombe – Lewisham Borough

Charlie Taylor – Burnley

Wellington – Sao Paulo

Juan – Sao Paulo

Kuryu Matsuki – FC Tokyo

Cameron Archer – Aston Villa

Lesley Ugochukwu – Chelsea (loan)

Mateus Fernandes – Sporting

Out-

Carlos Alcaraz - Flamengo

Kuryu Matsuki – Goztepe (loan)

Duje Caleta-Car – Lyon

Lyanco – Atletico Mineiro

Romain Perraud – Real Betis

Sekou Mara – Strasbourg

Mateusz Lis – Goztepe

Net Transfer: -62.8 mil
Thoughts- Oh look, another newly promoted team spending a shit ton of money to revamp their squad, haven't seen that before. I really don't know what else to say here but this has been done before. But keeping your squad from the Championship doesn't work. Just look at last year

Tottenham

In-

Lucas Bergvall – Djurgarden

George Feeney – Glentoran

Archie Gray – Leeds

Timo Werner – RB Leipzig (loan)

Min-Hyuk Yang – Gangwon FC

Dominic Solanke – Bournemouth

Wilson Odabert – Burnley

Out-

Emerson Royal – AC Milan

Eric Dier – Bayern Munich

Troy Parrott – AZ Alkmaar

Joe Rodan – Leeds

Ivan Perisic – Hajduk Spli

Tanguy Ndombele – Released

Ryan Sessegnon – Fulham

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg – Marseille (loan)

Bryan Gil – Girona (loan)

Oliver Skipp – Leicester

Net Transfer: -61.4 mil
Thoughts- Daniel Levy is actually spending money on players right now to try and help Ange. Probably gives a tighter leash to Ange this year to try and finish better but its interesting to see him get support

West Ham

In-

Luis Guilherme – Palmeiras

Max Kilman – Wolves

Wes Foderingham – Sheffield United

Carlos Soler – PSG (loan)

Crysencio Summerville – Leeds

Niclas Fullkrug – Borrusia Dortmund

Guido Rodriguez – Real Betis

Jean-Clair Todibo – Nice (loan)

Aaron Wan-Bissaka – Manchester United

Mohamadou Kante – Paris FC

Out-

James Warde-Prowse – Nottingham Forest (loan)

Maxwel Cornet – Southampton (loan)

Nayef Aguerd – Real Sociedad (loan)

Said Benrahma – Lyon

Flynn Downes – Southampton

Thilo Kehrer – Monaco

Nathan Trott – Copenhagen

Mahamadou Kante – Paris FC (loan)

Net Transfer: -85.1 mil
Thoughts- The post David Moyes era is here. They are fully transforming the squad to Lopetegui's design and they are looking like they will splash the cash to make it happen

Wolves

In-

Tommy Doyle – Manchester City

Carlos Forbs – Ajax (loan)

Andre – Fluminense

Rodrigo Gomes – Braga

Pedro Lima – Sport Recife

Arthur Nasta – Larkhall Athletic

Jorgen Strand – Celta Vigo (loan)

Sam Johnstone – Crystal Palace

Ethan Sutherland – St Mirren

Out-

Fabio Silva – Las Palmas (loan)

Max Kilman – West Ham

Pedro Neto – Chelsea

Oliver Tipton – Solihull Moors

Hugo Bueno – Feyenoord (loan)

Net Transfer: 32.5 mil
Thoughts- Jorge Mendes initial pet project in the premier league is becoming an after thought with Nottingham Forest willing to play ball. Wolves are looking like a prime candidate for relegation after looking at this pitiful transfer window

Inter Milan

In-

Davide Frattesi – Sassuolo

Josep Martinez – Genoa

Carlos Augusto – Monza

Marko Arnautovic – Bologna

Mehdi Taremi – FC Porto

Piotr Zielinski – Napoli

Out-

Lucien Agoume – Sevilla

Gaetano Oristanio – Venezia

Mattia Zanotti – Lugano

Nikola Iliev – Botev Plovdiv

Franco Carboni – Venezia (loan)

Juan Cuadrado – Atalanta (loan)

Alexis Sanches – Udinesse

Alessandro Silvestro – Foggia

Net Transfer: -44.3 mil
Thoughts- Looks like they are making some moves to try and strengthen the rest of the team behind Lautauro Martinez. They have one of the best strikers in europe right now, so no need to add much to it.

Juventus

In-

Teun Koopmeiners – Atalanta

Douglas Luiz – Aston Villa

Khephren Thuram – Nice

Juan Cabal – Verona

Francisco Conceicao – FC Porto (loan)

Nico Gonzalez – Fiorentina (loan)

Christos Papadopoulos – Genoa (loan)

Pierre Kalulu – AC Milan (loan)

Michele Di Gregorio – Monza (loan)

Out-

Matias Soule – Roma

Dean Huijsen – Bournemouth

Samuel Iling- Aston Villa

Moise Kean – Fiorentina

Federico Chiesa – Liverpool

Enzo Barrenechea – Aston Villa

Kaio Jorge – Cruzeiro

Tommaso Barbieri – Cremonese

Wojciech Szczesny – Released then retired

Alex Sandro – Flamengo

Marley Ake – Yverdon Sport

Net Transfer: -31.1 mil
Thoughts- The Motta era has begun. A lot of outgoing transfers made that seem like they are trying to cut out some fat. I just can't tell if loans in Italy mean that they are sending them out for experience or trying to find a buyer in the future

AC Milan

In-

Youssouf Fofana – Monaco

Strahinja Pavlovic – Red Bull Salzburg

Emerson Royal – Tottenham

Alvaro Morata – Atletico Madrid

Alex Jimenez – Real Madrid

Tammy Abraham – Roma (loan)

Out-

Charles De Ketelaere – Atalanta

Rade Krunic – Fenerbahce

Jan-Carlo Simic – Anderlecht

Alexis Saelemaekers – Roma (loan)

Yacine Adli – Fiorentina (loan)

Pierre Kalulu – Juventus (loan)

Simon Kjaer – Released

Olivier Giroud – LAFC

Net Transfer: -38.3 mil
Thoughts- I think AC Milan is going to take a lot of steps back this year. Rafael Leao is still their key player but Giroud's loss is going to be hard to fill. Morata, Abraham, and Origi are going to be all tried and I don't think it will work out

Napoli

In-

Alessandro Buongiorno – Torino

Romelu Lukaku – Chelsea

Scott McTominay – Manchester United

David Neres – Benfica

Billy Gilmour – Brighton

Rafa Marin – Real Madrid

Leonardo Spinazzola – Roma

Out-

Leo Ostigard – Rennes

Jens Cajuste – Ipswich

Jesper Lindstrom – Everton (loan)

Deigo Demme – Hertha Berlin

Piotr Zielinski – Inter Milan

Net Transfer: -128.5
Thoughts- Antonio Conte got his way again by spending big. And he picked up Lukaku so its almost a complete Conte squad now lol. Going to be fun watching this team finish 7th with a lot of outbursts along the way from the manager who wants a blank checkbook and an owner who doesn't want to spend

Atletico Madrid

In-

Julian Alvarez – Manchester City

Conor Gallagher – Chelsea

Alexander Sorloth – Villarreal

Robin Le Normand – Real Sociedad

Juan Musso – Atalanta (loan)

Clement Lenglet – Barcelona (loan)

Out-

Joao Feliz – Chelsea

Samu Omorodion – FC Porto

Alvaro Morata – AC Milan

Caglar Soyuncu – Fenerbahce

Santiago Mourino – Alaves

Arthur Vermeeren – Red Bull Leipzig (loan)

Stefan Savic – Trabzonspor

Saul Niguez – Sevilla (loan)

Memphis Depay – Released

Net Transfer: -81.1 mil
Thoughts- Atletico Madrid finishing 4th last year certainly lit a fire under the assess of Simeone and the board at Atletico. They got rid of some dead weight and then went out to buy whatever Simeone wanted. Curious to see if it is enough to finish 3rd

FC Barcelona

In-

Dani Olmo – Red Bull Leipzig

Mamadou Fall – LAFC

Pau Victor – Girona

Out-

Mikayil Faye – Rennes

Julian Araujo – Bournemouth

Marc Guiu – Chelsea

Chadi Riad – Real Betis

Marcos Alonso – Celta Vigo (loan)

Alex Valle – Celtic (loan)

Vitor Roque – Real Betis (loan)

Clement Lenglet – Atletico Madrid (loan)

Sergi Roberto – Como

Ilkay Gundogan – Manchester City

Oriol Romeu – Girona (loan)

Sergino Dest – PSV Eindhoven

Estanis Pedrola – Sampdoria

Net Transfer: -31.7 Mil
Thoughts- FC Barcelona are completely fucked financially. They are in such a bad situation that they cannot get decent market prices for most of their players. They spent 56.6 mil on players this year, sold 5 players, put 5 players out on loan, and let 5 players leave for free but are still in financial trouble. This club needs a third party to run their finances

Real Madrid

In-

Endrick – Palmeiras (officially)

Joselu – Espanyol

Kylian Mbappe – PSG

Out-

Rafa Marin – Napoli

Nico Paz – Como

Alex Jimenez – Milan

Juanmi Latasa – Real Valladolid

Joselu – Al-Gharafa

Peter Federico – Getafe

Nacho Fernandez – Al-Qadsiah

Marvin Park – Las Palmas

Toni Kroos – Retired

Net Transfer: -17.2 mil
Thoughts- The new future is almost here for Madrid. I think they need to have Endrick develop into a center forward and replace both Kroos and Modric with solid and consistent talent in the near future to be a threat and then address the center back position and goalkeeper to be that team that just wins the Champions League constantly again

Bayern Munich

In-

Michael Olise – Crystal Palace

Joao Palhinha – Fulham

Hikori Ito – Stuttgart

Bryan Zaragoza – Granada

Eric Dier – Tottenham

Nestory Irakunda – Adelaide United

Armindo Sieb – Greuther Furth

Gibson Nana Adu – Unterhaching

Maurice Krattenmacher – Unterhaching

Out-

Matthijs de Ligt – Manchester United

Noussair Mazraoui – Manchester United

Malik Tillman – PSV Eindhoven

Bryan Zaragoza – Osasuna (loan)

Yusuf Kabadayi – Augsburg

Maurice Krattenmacher – SSV Ulm (loan)

Frans Kratzig – Stuttgart

Lee Hyun-ju – Hannover 96 (loan)

David Herold – Karlsruhe

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting – Released

Net Transfer: -69.3 mil
Thoughts- A full squad rotation for Kompany in the hopes he lasts longer than 8 months at the club. No idea if this will avert disaster but they are certainly willing to spend money in order to not finish 3rd again

Paris Saint-Germain

In-

Joao Neves – Benfica

Desire Doue – Rennes

Willian Pacho – Eintracht Frankfurt

Matvey Safonov – Krasnodar

Out-

Manuel Ugarte – Manchester United

Hugo Ekitike – Eintracht Frankfurt

Carlos Soler – West Ham

Juan Bernat – Villarreal (loan)

Nordi Mukiele – Bayer Leverkusen (loan)

Renato Sanches – Benfica (loan)

Xavi Simons – Red Bull Leipzig (loan)

Noha Lemina – Annecy

Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid

Ethan Mbappe – Lille

Edouard Michut – Adana Demirspor

Net Transfer: -87.8 mil
Thoughts- Luis Enrique has fully implemented the squad he wanted and PSG have gotten rid of their superstar team that couldn't win anything but the farmer's league trophy. Going to be interesting to see how they develop in the coming years with the French league falling apart.

Thank you for bearing with me on these transfers. Didn't get all the teams I wanted, nor the detail but the Summer dealings were a lot bigger than anticipated. Let me know if there are other clubs you want me to add to the list going forward to throw on here. Not sure if I can add a ton but one or two can probably be squeezed in here
 
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Let me know if there are other clubs you want me to add to the list going forward to throw on here.

Do a list for the Saudi league. Feels like the hype is already completely over and not that many European players or stars went to Saudi Arabia; besides Joselu and Nacho.
This club needs a third party to run their finances

I'll do it. I'll manage Barcelona's fnances. But before I'll take over I need to know which countries have extradition treaties with Spain. For , uhm, reasons.
 
Do a list for the Saudi league. Feels like the hype is already completely over and not that many European players or stars went to Saudi Arabia; besides Joselu and Nacho.
Interesting. I found a list of them so here you go. I will list all the transfers from outside of the middle east cause most of these are within the Saudi Leagues

Al-Ahli SFC
In-
Ivan Toney - Brentford
Alexsander - Fluminense
Out-
Allan Saint-Maximin - Fenerbahce
Al-Ettifaq FC
In-
Marek Rodak - Fulham
Out-
Berat Ozdemir - Basaksehir (loan)
Al-Fateh SC
In-
Amine Sbai - Grenoble
Out-
Jacob Rinne - Djurgarden
Al-Fayha FC
In-
Alejandro Pozuelo - Al-Jazira
Orlando Mosquera - Maccabi Tel Aviv
Renzo Lopez - Independiente (Ecuador)
Aldry Contreras - Angostura FC (Loan)
Out-
Ricardo Ryller - EC Vitoria
Anthony Nwakaeme - Trabzonspor
Al-Hilal SFC
In-
Marcos Leonardo - Benfica
Moteb Al-Harbi - Al-Shabab
Joao Cancelo - Man City
Out-
Matheus Pereira - Cruzeiro
Saud Abdulhamid - AS Roma
Michael - Flamengo
Al-Ittihad Club
In-
Moussa Diaby - Aston Villa
Houssem Aouar - AS Roma
Pedrag Rajkovic - RCD Mallorca
Bryant Ortega - Caracas FC
Out-
Jota - Stade Rennais
Al-Khaleej FC
In-
Konstantinos Fortounis - Olympiacos
Dimitrios Kourbelis - Trabzonspor
Out-
Lisandro Lopez - Burgos CF
Ivo Rodrigues - Arouca
Al-Kholood Club
In-
William Troost-Ekong - PAOK Salonika
Jackson Muleka - Besiktas
Aliou Dieng - Al Ahly
Kevin N'Doram - FC Metz
Norbert Gyomber - Salernitana
Myziane Maolida - Hertha Berlin
Alex Collado - Real Betis (loan)
Out-
Ahmed Yasin - Orebro SK
Al-Nassr FC
In-
Mohamed Simakan - RB Leipzig
Bento - Athletico-PR
Wesley - Corinthians
Out-
David Ospina - Athletico Nacional
Al-Okhdood Club
In-
Damion Lowe - Philadelphia Union
Juan Sebastian Pedroza - Independiente Santa Fe
Ibrahima Kone - UD Almeria (loan)
Out-
Florin Tanase - FCSB
Solomon Kvirkvelia - Dinamo Tbilisi
Al-Orobah FC
In-
Karlo Muhar - CFR Cluj
Jean Michael Seri - Hull City
Gaetan Coucke - KV Mechelen
Emmanuel Boateng - Rio Ave
Johann Berg Gudmundsson - Burnley
Brad Young - The New Saints
Out-
Beni Nkololo - CFR Cluj
Matheus Duarte - HCMC (Vietnam)
Al-Qadsiah FC
In-
Ezequiel Fernandez - Boca Juniors
Cameron Puertas - Union SG
Julian Quinones - Club America
Gaston Alvarez - Getafe
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - Marseille
Iker Almena - Girona
Carlos Jimenez - Levante
Nacho Fernandez - Real Madrid
Nahitan Nandez - Cagliari Calcio
Koen Casteels - VFL Wolfsburg
Out-
Kevin Rodrigues - Kasimpasa
Luciano Vietto - Racing Club (Argentina)
Joel Robles - Estoril Praia
Carlos Jimenez - Villarreal (loan)
Al-Raed SFC
All irrelevant
Al-Riyadh SC
In-
Milan Borjan - Red Star Belgrade
Mohamed Konate - Akhmat Grozny
Yoann Barbet - Bordeaux
Al-Shabab FC
In-
Giacomo Bonaventura - Fiorentina
Wesley Hoedt - Watford
Out
Ivan Rakitic - Hajduk Split
Al-Taawoun FC
In-
Flavio - Trabzonspor
Renne Rivas - Caracas FC (loan)
Al-Wehda FC
Alexandru Cretu - CS U Craiova
Youssef Amyn - Eintracht Braunshweig
Ignacio de Arruabarrena - Arouca
Juninho Bacuna - Birmingham
Out-
Oscar Duarte - Saprissa
Damas FC
All Irrelevant
 
Al-Raed SFC
All irrelevant
Al-Taawoun FC
In-
...
Youssef Amyn - Eintracht Braunshweig

This had me cracking up so hard lol

Why would be a transfer to Al-Taawhatever be more relevant than one to Al-Raed haha It's also probably the weirdest transfer. Why the fuck is a Saudi club raiding one of the worst teams in 2. Bundesliga? Braunschweig barely escaped relegtaion to 3rd league last season. This season they are already ranked last -again- with 0 points out of 4 matches and a goal difference of 3 against 15.

Anyways, a new tranfer got announced today. Mats Hummels whose contract with Dortmund ended after the last season made it official that he has joined AS Rom.

Edit: With the breaks for internationals and the European Nation League matches only starting tomorrow I need my football fix so I'm watching the US Virgin Island versus the Bahamas live right now. Bahamas got a penatly after 20 fucking seconds lol
 
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Just saw an article reporting one of the leaders of the Inter Milan ultras stabbed another ultra who is allegedly also a member of the Ndrangheta mafia family. Italian Ultras are fucking wild :semperfidelis:
 
This had me cracking up so hard lol

Why would be a transfer to Al-Taawhatever be more relevant than one to Al-Raed haha It's also probably the weirdest transfer. Why the fuck is a Saudi club raiding one of the worst teams in 2. Bundesliga? Braunschweig barely escaped relegtaion to 3rd league last season. This season they are already ranked last -again- with 0 points out of 4 matches and a goal difference of 3 against 15.
Sorry, I was only reporting on the transfers in and out of the Saudi league that were to relevant leagues. There were a bunch of transfers between Saudi League teams and with other middle eastern countries but reporting on Al Mohammad Camel Fucker Bin Salami moving to a new club was just irrelevant
 
It hasn't been posted so far but Osimhen got kicked out of the Napoli squad and they didn't even register him for the new season. A deal with Chelsea didn't happen and neither did one with Al Ahli and with the transfer window for the big leagues being closed last Friday he kind of was fucked. But then Galatasaray showed up and he is now with them on a sort of loan deal with an alleged transfer clause of 75 million.
 
History has been made at Serravalle as San Marino have won their first ever competitive fixture, a match against Liechtenstein in the Nations League, since the team was established in 1987.
 
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