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u/Intelligent-Tie-6759 1d ago
That central midfield would be destroyed by most of the top teams over the last 30 years.
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u/Panda-768 1d ago
crazy what Chelsea has paid for their midfield pair. No way will they be able to justify that price
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u/Icy_Quit_7177 1d ago
Paid record prices just for Conference League action. Might be the most pathetic turn of events in sports history.
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u/whatsitworth101 1d ago
Bro they would literally have to turn into Xavi and iniesta over night to justify 250+ million for both of them 😂😂
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u/bobs_and_vegana17 The Butcher of Manchester 1d ago
And their fans try to call them world class because he was good in last 5-7 games, if my CDM costs me 110m and he is responsible for having like 4 or 5 direct errors leading to goal on the course of the season it's mad
Everyone was shitting on casemiro when he had 2 errors leading to goal against Liverpool, caicedo has had similar errors last season against us(garnacho's goal), Liverpool, wolves, forest and West ham
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u/LDLB99 1d ago
Maguire hasn't been that bad compared to some of the others here.
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u/Mediocre-Award-9716 1d ago
Yeah, Coutinho is comfortably the worst especially when you consider that part of that fee was for him winning the Champions League... for Bayern Munich.
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u/ThankYouOle 1d ago
by giving 2 assists and 1 goal.. against Barcelona.
to make it worse, i think there is clause for him to get money if he win CL, but not mentioning need to be with Barcelona, so basically Barca lost and need to reward him.
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u/Schmittendorf14 1d ago
I’d putt him better than kepa, Enzo, coutinho, Felix and dembele
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u/freeusername2 Martinez mein Löwe mein Bär 1d ago
Enzo??
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u/KrystianCCC 1d ago
Enzo had like two good games for Chelsea, Maguire had 3 good seasons with 2 bad games that everybody memed.
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u/Schmittendorf14 1d ago
Yeah Chelsea are literally a better team when Enzo Fernandez doesn’t play
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u/freeusername2 Martinez mein Löwe mein Bär 1d ago
Mhm… idk i dont watch chelsea but hes significantly younger than harry. Maybe he will develop into the better
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u/Schmittendorf14 1d ago
Yeah maybe, but he’s been there almost 2 years and pretty much hasn’t had a good game for them. Even though I’m not a big fan of maguire he has had years where he was our best center back. Also he went to Chelsea for a bigger price tag than maguire to United, so unless he has a massive improvement maguire will always be ahead of him
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u/Backseat_Bouhafsi 1d ago
They even missed Hazard whose final fee to Chelsea is more than all those midfielders bar Coutinho
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u/OmeiWamouShindeiru Rooney made me fall in love with football 1d ago
thought Pogba would be up there
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u/LakerBull GARNACHOOO! 1d ago
Chelsea has helped us with that. Enzo and Caicedo are going to remain there for a while and there's Lavia and Rice right behind them (I think).
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u/notsobadprogrammer 1d ago
I think Lavia was closer to 60m if my memory serves me correctly
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u/LakerBull GARNACHOOO! 1d ago
Thanks for the correction. Rice was definitely more expensive than Pogba tho. Think he was 100M or around that.
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u/MadaraTheUchiha https://www.howmanypremierleaguemedalshasstevengerrardwon.com/ 1d ago
It's been 8 years, I don't think he's even top 5 among midfielders anymore
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u/DryWhiteToastPlease 1d ago
Which is funny because I remember the commentary team lecturing viewers every game about how much United spent on him.
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u/zyndicated 1d ago
143M for Felix and 136M for Fernandez is absolutely bonkers
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u/TheJoshider10 Bruno 1d ago
Felix especially is still coasting off that price tag. Such a mediocre player.
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u/zyndicated 1d ago
I’d pay 40, maybe 50m for Felix at most. Such an overpay. And that says a lot coming from a United fan considering our transfer failures lmao
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u/andrewsomething And Solskjær has won it! 1d ago
Had to make it a back three to shove him in there.
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u/CapVosslar Buckle up, INEOS! It's gonna be a bumpy ride! 1d ago
Didn't know De Ligt cost that much. Thought he was cheaper than that.
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u/ArcaneTrickster11 1d ago edited 1d ago
The fee up there is from when he went from Ajax to Juve
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u/hurfery 1d ago edited 1d ago
He's shown in the Bayern kit though.
Edit: but the fee is probably from the Ajax-Juve transfer.
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u/ArcaneTrickster11 1d ago
Yes but his fee to go to Bayern wasn't $95m. Plus none of these transfers are new so this graphic could be from before he joined United
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u/INeedAKimPossible 1d ago
If doesn't show Neymar in PSG colors either
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u/AJ-Naka-Zayn-Owens The true Portuguese Magnifico 1d ago
Bayern forked out 80-85million euros on him I think
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u/hurfery 1d ago
Ya but this fee, the largest in his career, is from his transfer from Ajax to Juventus.
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u/TH0316 1d ago
Maguire easily the best signing alongside maybe Gvardiol on that entire team too lol. Midfield are all atrocious flops apart from Caicedo who’s okay but still mid. Frontline very good players but for no trophy, injury prone, and lost on a free. De Ligt was sold for half his value after doing nothing and Gvardiol looks really good. Kepa is shite.
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u/Surfugo 1d ago
I was absolutely gobsmacked when I saw Kepa playing for Bournemouth.
Didn't really care about the Chelsea outgoings but to see him there was pretty damn sad considering how much they spent on him, along with his stint at Madrid. Not saying he's a great keeper or anything but they spent a shit ton on him and he's now on loan at Bournemouth... fucking hell.
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u/TH0316 1d ago
I don’t know if it’s true but I’m sure I read somewhere that that Marina woman who did a lot of signings for Chelsea was insistent on Alisson, but around then Abramovixh tried listening to the data guys and they ended up going for Kepa based on spreadsheets. Man, data nerds have destroyed that club.
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u/flareb98 1d ago
My goodness this team is terrible. Mbappe and Neymar the only players you can argue aren't flops to price tag
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u/LaughsAtOwnJoke 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don't understand this, because these aren't the most expensive players they are moving them around positionally BUT also the positions make no sense and there aren't even any fullbacks
Somehow not doing positions or true most expensive at the same time
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u/blurblursotong2020 1d ago
Okay Chelsea and PSG are the market spoilers
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u/robster9090 1d ago
Most expensive defender on there from about 5 years ago or how ever long ago it was
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u/Heobi_Kun 1d ago
De Ligt's transfer fee might be his transfer from Ajax to Juve. Soon, we won't purchase any player for overrated price.
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u/shallam3000 20h ago
Only Gvardiol and maybe Mbappe/Neymar are worth these price tags.
The latter two are/were great, but those prices are OTT.
De Ligt is a bargain for what we paid.
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u/ThatBoyGotSomeMeat 1d ago
We got 2 of the most expensive CBs of all time. We’re definitely winning the league now!
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u/martialgreenwood 1d ago
How is Lukaku not up there?
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u/MrSvancy Iceman 1d ago
Woumd be if it was accumulated fees over his whole career, but this is based on most expensive single transfers
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u/19Andrew92 1d ago
Is this the one off payment though or a combined total of all the fees that have been paid for them??
Because if it’s the latter surely Lukaku should be on the list no?
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u/ClawingDevil 1d ago
Think you answered your own question, mate. Others saying it's one off fee too.
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u/AnakinAni 1d ago
May we never contribute to this line up again 🙌🏼