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Would you spend €100+ on Paul Pogba??

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I haven't seen any City fans say this is a perfect world class signing 
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 he's clearly a raw talent with lots of potential that has a ways to go to being consistent thats obvious.
 
Lukaku would be cool to have back at Chelsea, but it doesn't solve all of our problems. We still need another central midfielder (I've had enough of Oscar), another CB and if Costa leaves another striker in addition to Lukaku.

Son, im so happy Conte realizes that Oscar is useless. Really hope Inter takes him off our hands. Mou and Guus has given him too many chances to prove himself. So tired of his face looking like he has Downs.
 
So disappointed that Oscar has never lived up to his full potentials. I had high hopes for him. We should have kept our Player of the Year two times Mata and sold Oscar. Selling him is the best for both team and him
 
Damn Oscar gone?

I bet he goes and balls out at Inter in them nice *** kits they got
 
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A fresh start might do Oscar some good too. I like his game id like to see him some where getting consistent first team play. I thought he would be as good as Ozil at one point.
 
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he's very talented, but don't forget that he has only played well for one half season in the Bundesliga.

This really amazes me. I'll be honest, I don't know much about his game, but I thought he'd been boomin out the gates for a while now based on the way people were talking about him...
 
Nope every city signing is a perfect one. All world class. At least that's what they tell you.
Who's they? KDB has been the only World Class signing in years and there's basically only 3-4 at the most who post in here and none of us have boasted world class signings every time we sign a player.

Yes Sane has played well for only one season but that talent is raw and much needed on the right side. Its a gamble I'm willing to take. There really aren't many quality right wingers in the world we can get this transfer market and I'll take anyone that keeps Jesus Navas on the bench. Its an investment for the future too.
 
So disappointed that Oscar has never lived up to his full potentials. I had high hopes for him. We should have kept our Player of the Year two times Mata and sold Oscar. Selling him is the best for both team and him

Brazilians often struggle in the Prem.

Doesn't surprise me.
 
Nope every city signing is a perfect one. All world class. At least that's what they tell you.
Who's they? KDB has been the only World Class signing in years and there's basically only 3-4 at the most who post in here and none of us have boasted world class signings every time we sign a player.

Yes Sane has played well for only one season but that talent is raw and much needed on the right side. Its a gamble I'm willing to take. There really aren't many quality right wingers in the world we can get this transfer market and I'll take anyone that keeps Jesus Navas on the bench. Its an investment for the future too.

"City have agreed to pay an initial £37 million after protracted negotiations with Schalke, although that fee could rise to around £42 million with add ons" All for raw talent.

"United paid £36 million up front for Martial, but his contract contains three bonus clauses worth £7.2 million each, taking the potential fee to £57.6 million."

Amazing how the market has changed.
 
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And now rumors of Lukaku for 80 Pogba for 100+  Stones for 50....certain young talents go for a premium these days.
 
MLS doubles expansion fees for new franchises, will top $200 million
By Caitlin MurrayFOX Soccer @caitlinmurr
Aug 1, 2016 at 5:05p ET
For cities that want to join Major League Soccer, the cost is going to be considerably higher from now on and expansion fees will almost double.

MLS deputy commissioner Mark Abbott has reportedly told Bloomberg the fees for new expansion teams will now be upwards of $200 million. That is a massive increase from the $110 million Los Angeles FC paid to become the latest expansion team, set to start playing in 2018.

The 20-team MLS is looking to expand to 24 teams in the near term,with Atlanta United joining next year and Minnesota potentially coming next year, too. The league has also been in a drawn-out process of getting a David Beckham-backed Miami franchise. But the league wants to add four more teams for a total of 28 in the long term, with plenty of cities having already stated their interest.

It remains to be seen if the new increased $200 million expansion fee will affect the crop of ownership groups that have been vying to be next in line. Notable candidates include the Sacramento Republic, San Antonio FC and Cincinnati FC of the lower-tier United Soccer League, along with ownership groups in Detroit, San Diego and St. Louis, among others.

Neither Abbott nor commissioner Don Garber have publicly shared a timeline for when the next expansion cities will be named. Sacramento appears to be the closest to being ready, with a high-powered group of investors and plans already in motion to build a soccer-specific stadium near downtown. But Sacramento's sudden and rapid rise in the expansion conversation proves how unpredictable and quick-changing the expansion landscape can be.

MLS is operated as a single-entity organization, which gives the front office unique control over the make-up of the league. But according to Forbes, the average MLS team is now worth $157 million. As of last year, the Seattle Sounders topped the list of MLS franchises with a value of $245 million.

While I am for MLS and football growing as a sport here in the US. Wasn't expanding too fast was what killed NASL??

28 teams long term. They need a pro/reg system even though theyre not gonna do it.
 
They need to attract better players to the lot of teams they have now.

Expanding and thinning the quality out ain't going to help.



Patrick Mullens had one heck of a goal on his DC United debut :hat
 
Nope every city signing is a perfect one. All world class. At least that's what they tell you.
Who's they? KDB has been the only World Class signing in years and there's basically only 3-4 at the most who post in here and none of us have boasted world class signings every time we sign a player.

Yes Sane has played well for only one season but that talent is raw and much needed on the right side. Its a gamble I'm willing to take. There really aren't many quality right wingers in the world we can get this transfer market and I'll take anyone that keeps Jesus Navas on the bench. Its an investment for the future too.

THIS :lol

Jesus Navas is good for what he is....a back up winger. But when he was getting starts last year i was like this has to change
 
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Everton [emoji]10004[/emoji] ‎@Everton
CONFIRMED: Everton sign Idrissa Gueye from @AVFCOfficial on a four-year deal. #WelcomeIdrissa
11:30 AM - 2 Aug 2016

Steve Walsh doing it again

Got Gueye for just 7.2 mill pound

Great steal

Kante is the only player made more tackles and interceptions than Gueye last season
 
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The MLS should be no larger than 20 clubs, mostly in Major Markets, with the NASL serving as a feeder/development league
 
Thats a nice move for Everton. Low-key that promo photo of him looks like a funeral program though 
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The MLS should be no larger than 20 clubs, mostly in Major Markets, with the NASL serving as a feeder/development league

Why? Because the Prem is 20 teams?

The United States is a country that's the size of the continent Europe. How does a twenty team league make any sense relative to the nation's geographical size and population.

What's right for a European nation the size of one of our states isn't necessarily right for the sport in our country.

There's a reason all of our professional sports league sit around 30-32. That's generally the number of teams that maximizes market potential for first division pro sports in our country.

They need to attract better players to the lot of teams they have now.

Expanding and thinning the quality out ain't going to help.
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The league is wrapping up a decade of unprecedented expansion yet the quality has grown exponentially during that time. I'm not buying that further expansion will dilute the quality as long as it proceeds at a reasonable rate.
 
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MLS should be 28 teams. 14 each conference, top 8 from each make the playoffs. If it's at all possible, it'd be interesting to have the bottom 2 from each conf. relegated to the NASL. Chicago would never amount to much in the current MLS format, but imagine if the owners were threatened with at least a year of NASL purgatory.
 
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The MLS should be no larger than 20 clubs, mostly in Major Markets, with the NASL serving as a feeder/development league

Why? Because the Prem is 20 teams?

The United States is a country that's the size of the continent Europe. How does a twenty team league make any sense relative to the nation's geographical size and population.

What's right for a European nation the size of one of our states isn't necessarily right for the sport in our country.

There's a reason all of our professional sports league sit around 30-32. That's generally the number of teams that maximizes market potential for first division pro sports in our country.

They need to attract better players to the lot of teams they have now.

Expanding and thinning the quality out ain't going to help.
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The league is wrapping up a decade of unprecedented expansion yet the quality has grown exponentially during that time. I'm not buying that further expansion will dilute the quality as long as it proceeds at a reasonable rate.

I meant at this time, Soccer isn't as popular here as it is in Europe.

In the future could MLS support 30 teams? Maybe. But I would rather they focused on creating a product that can compare in quality to at least the lower quality leagues in Europe.

This way they could sign higher quality free agents, secure loans of higher caliber players, and improve the skill level of domestic talent.

No one in Europe is gonna want to play in the MLS in cities like Oklahoma City, Columbus, and Sacramento. No offense.

But it will be more attractive to them if they can train in LA, NY, Chicago, Toronto etc.

Just beacause he NBA, NFL, NHL, has 30 team I don't think the MLS should as well
 
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MLS should be 28 teams. 14 each conference, top 8 from each make the playoffs. If it's at all possible, it'd be interesting to have the bottom 2 from each conf. relegated to the NASL. Chicago would never amount to much in the current MLS format, but imagine if the owners were threatened with at least a year of NASL purgatory.


Will never happen until USL and NASL come to terms on something to merge, etc.. USL currently has the direct partnership with MLS and seems to be going in the better direction business wise. But regardless I think USA is far away from any type of relegation.
 
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