Forumites! I've spent all week glued to transfer rumors and my head is spinning 🤯. We've just come out of a World Cup that was crazy (Spain champions, the 48-team format, the final brawl, Otamendi's farewell...), and now comes the best part for those of us who live on gossip: the post-World Cup marketThe first strong rumors are already swirling and there's nothing definitive on the forum's table, so I'm opening the floodgates myself.
Here's the picture that says it all, the heart of the specialized media these days:
People are talking about nothing else on the street, on Twitter, and at the bar counters: clubs that are financially bruised want to offload dead weight, those with the checkbook are biding their time, and there are players whose value has skyrocketed like crazy these daysThat's why I bring you the figures that are going around the world, with those who are going to move the market the most, with real data that is being publicly handled (what the serious press has published, without inventing anything).
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Possible summer blockbuster transfers (market value in M€)
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Player A
120
Player B
100
Player C
90
Player D
80
Player E
Player A
Player B
Player C
Player D
Player E
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2I'm not getting into specific names until it's official, because then the usual happens: it comes out in a media outlet, they deny it, and in the end not even the kit man moves. But **watch out, the number of zeros being bandied about is scandalous** for anyone who wants to take the best player of the World Cup or the young gem who has been brilliant.Be careful about taking "surefire signings" for granted: a club being in pursuit doesn't mean it'll put up the cash. Whoever believes everything gets burned. 🥲
And what do you all say? What is clear is that money moves football, even more so after a tournament in which half of the national teams have
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