Because they're going to be exceed both Barcelona and Real Madrid by being the greatest club in the world*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36539242
*according to their new chairman anyway
They've got Gestede so will probably only need to acquire one. Apart from that it will be a case of getting players in with the right attitude, otherwise they could easily go the way of QPR.
His last was as assistant manager at Ajax's reserve team that play in the Dutch 2nd tier too. If I was a Reading fan,I'll be deeply concerned by that - expect the football will be negative and uber cautious too.
If that is true... than it's a small and depressing list:
Alan Pardew
Steve Bruce
Eddie Howe
Sam Allardyce
Gareth Southgate
Couldn't argue that any of them would be a better appointment.
You're getting Tika confused with his brother Charly. Tika is a defensive midfielder who's only made a handful of appearances for their youth team, but tbf the last defensive midfielder we got from them turned out to be a very good acquisition.
Joel Ekstrand from that list was solid for Watford in the year they got promoted from the Championship and the year before, but was out for the entirety of last season with a Cruciate injury.
Dan Burn wouldn't be a bad acquisition. Played 34 times for Fulham last season and is used to the championship, can play either on left or right central positions, 6.7 tall so should be good in the air and is 24 years old. He's also just recently left Fulham.
Think Troost-Ekong is looked after by someone different... but yeah, there's def a chance that we're interested in another of his clients such as Per Ciljan Skjelbred.
Problem with most deals for these type of players is you're not just paying what they are worth now, the selling club is often building in an addition about what they 'could' be worth in future. Factor in that he's English and 'homegrown' and it adds up to a ludicrous amount. No wonder us and...
Aston Villa odds will be based on the fact that Di Matteo is a good manager, has got a team promoted before and with the money (60m?) promised by the chairman to rebuild the squad any half decent manager should be able to get them promoted.
Not always,but almost definitely in the cases where there are two or more clubs of similar stature vying for the players signature but it may still work out cheaper than actually having to pay a transfer fee. TBH the best way to look at any transfer is how much it will cost each year over the...
Depends on the player brought in. Alejandro Faurlín's contract is up at QPR, as is Alexander Tettey's at Norwich, both could be good additions. Not all good signings will include a transfer fee, the addition of Rosenoir last season proves that.