Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

10m for a 17 yer old who only played in leaugue 1?

madness

It is madness but unfortunately it's the direction football is taking. However, some people also view it as a risk which you have to take in these fickle markets, pays off and you get a player who could be worth 20m plus and not having to pay a more lucrative sum.

It wouldn't be £10m upfront. It'd be 4/5 with add ons based on his success later in his career I imagine.

Don't think it's madness at all.

javier pastore costed palermo 10m when we buy him from argentina league where he was awarded best u21 player in that league

is this chamberlin boy achieving similar feat to being worth that much? i bet if he was italian boy he would be worth 1/4 of that amount, probably even less

that is 10 million aussie dollar by the way, in pounds pastore costed us around 6m

is show how overprice english player is. is outrageous

mauro wrote:that is 10 million aussie dollar by the way, in pounds pastore costed us around 6m

is show how overprice english player is. is outrageous

No, it shows that Southampton don't really want to sell him, so will put a high price on him to try and keep interest away from him.

Dan wrote:

mauro wrote:that is 10 million aussie dollar by the way, in pounds pastore costed us around 6m

is show how overprice english player is. is outrageous

No, it shows that Southampton don't really want to sell him, so will put a high price on him to try and keep interest away from him.

Shame is hasn't worked

Pretty much all transfers are payed via clauses and aren't up front cash anyway, usually monthly sums.

/FM talk

£10m is mad, the fact that Arsenal could be paying that is even... madder.

van der Vaart was 8m

dena wrote:£10m is mad, the fact that Arsenal could be paying that is even... madder.

van der Vaart was 8m

I thought that too

no is show how overprice english players is. i think because there is very limited quantiy of good english players, any english player that might be good enough for epl has value inflated because of homegrown rule and fact that not many good english players around so everything is overprice

look at price of player such as kjaer who is linke with chelsea for price approx 12m pound, they will buy him and not some overate and overprice english player like shawcross who is value by pulis at 20m pound

arsenal bought nasri for 12m pound, is a guy who is french international, very experience in marseill in ligue 1 and champion league

yet that is only 2m mroe then league 1 17 year old? crazy crazy

sergio canales costed real madrid 4m pounds, probably more talented, had more experienced at higher level etc and all because he no english national

It's nothing to do with being an English international

Wasn't Bale like £5m upfront with clauses that could rise to 10?

Pretty sure a few of you at the time thought that was mad and way over priced. Look at him now, being touted to be worth 2/3 times that.

Same with Walcott.

You pay for the potential and hope they reach it. Chamberlain is one of the hottest English youth prospects at the present time, so he's gonna be worth a tidy amount....

luke. wrote:It's nothing to do with being an English international

english national = person of english citizenship

bale is much different, he was playing in championship and was best player in that league. not league 1 and still only costed half of that?

i dont know how much walcott costed

mauro wrote:

luke. wrote:It's nothing to do with being an English international

english national = person of english citizenship

bale is much different, he was playing in championship and was best player in that league. not league 1 and still only costed half of that?

i dont know how much walcott costed

I know.... It has nothing to do with that.

mauro wrote:arsenal bought nasri for 12m pound, is a guy who is french international, very experience in marseill in ligue 1 and champion league

yet that is only 2m mroe then league 1 17 year old? crazy crazy

mauro wrote:sergio canales costed real madrid 4m pounds, probably more talented, had more experienced at higher level etc and all because he no english national

Good points. Especially about the homegrown rule thing, that probably adds some pounds.

blackskar wrote:Wasn't Bale like £5m upfront with clauses that could rise to 10?

Pretty sure a few of you at the time thought that was mad and way over priced. Look at him now, being touted to be worth 2/3 times that.

Same with Walcott.

You pay for the potential and hope they reach it. Chamberlain is one of the hottest English youth prospects at the present time, so he's gonna be worth a tidy amount....

Wasnt Bale and Walcott in the Championship though? I know it's only one division lower, but paying 10 million for a 3rd division 18 year old is too much, even if buying off potential.

I do think that English players are overpriced though, part of it has to due with what mauro said, part of it has to do with the fact that I think English managers/directors of football/transfer guys trust English players more than foreign players (understandable really) and so they are willing to pay the extra dollar for someone they feel is secure.

so i doing some research

walcott also costed 5 millions but potential rose to 12

but he also playing in championship

i think people are forgeting this guy is play in league 1

a level that is lower than league like korea, usa and probly australia

luke. wrote:

mauro wrote:

luke. wrote:It's nothing to do with being an English international

english national = person of english citizenship

bale is much different, he was playing in championship and was best player in that league. not league 1 and still only costed half of that?

i dont know how much walcott costed

I know.... It has nothing to do with that.

then what the hell r u talking about?

mauro wrote:

luke. wrote:It's nothing to do with being an English international

english national = person of english citizenship

bale is much different, he was playing in championship and was best player in that league. not league 1 and still only costed half of that?

i dont know how much walcott costed

Bale would cost about the same as is being touted by the media towards Chamberlain. So no not half that at all And it isn't much different at all, Chamberlain is showing League 1 isn't good enough for him already. You'd see that if you had actually watched him play. But I'm sure you were just watching McEachran in some reserve match while knocking one out ()

Walcott was like £5m upfront too, with add ons to be like 10/15m I think. So about the same.

McEachran > Chamberlain.

Didn't say different did I

blackskar wrote:Didn't say different did I

Was just saying.. no need to get all worked up mate.

I'm not

Takes more then that to work me up

blackskar wrote:

mauro wrote:

luke. wrote:It's nothing to do with being an English international

english national = person of english citizenship

bale is much different, he was playing in championship and was best player in that league. not league 1 and still only costed half of that?

i dont know how much walcott costed

Bale would cost about the same as is being touted by the media towards Chamberlain. So no not half that at all And it isn't much different at all, Chamberlain is showing League 1 isn't good enough for him already. You'd see that if you had actually watched him play. But I'm sure you were just watching McEachran in some reserve match while knocking one out ()

Walcott was like £5m upfront too, with add ons to be like 10/15m I think. So about the same.

there are players thatare proving that they are probly to good for mls and k-league, im sure they wouldnt be worth 10m pounds

dont even bother with mceachran he is to good to be compare with third division player that is sit on the bench for mceachran in u18 and u19 squads

Well you rolled at me

Fuck sake.

I NEVER COMPARED CHAMBERLAIN AND MCEACHRAN

Christ.

look at the asian dude

he is laughing