That's exactly what it is. Popovic will see them more regularly too. At the same time the J League starts again in February I think in a compacted season so the panic around J League based players is unnecessary.
Duke came back for game time and fitness. In Japan he has played the equivalent of 25 games since late 2023. At this stage he is not a 90 minute player for the NT.
I don't see Duke as much of an impact sub either.
If we attack with speed and the younger guys are tiring he could be a good person to defend from the front while protecting the lead for the last 20-30 minutes.
football inflation is roughly 9%
Naaah. Brennan Johnson just got sold to Crystal Palace for 35m pounds which is about $70m AUD. Dukes scored 20 a season multiple times. No way he’s going for less than $100m.
A factor of 5 works pretty well to be honest comparing top transfers in the world 20 years ago
Interesting, I’ll check it out.A factor of 5 works pretty well to be honest comparing top transfers in the world 20 years ago
Top transfers
Worldwide top transfers in the season 25/26. The list ist pre-sorted by transfer fee and market value, where the higher value is used for sorting.www.transfermarkt.co.uk
with this season
Top transfers
Worldwide top transfers in the season 25/26. The list ist pre-sorted by transfer fee and market value, where the higher value is used for sorting.
I think its slightly better than that. 17million pounds for kewell goes to 65 million today if it was 20 years ago
I looked it up a number of years ago and when Kewell moved to Liverpool there were legitimate offers from Man U, Barca and one of the Milan’s (can’t remember which), among others.
Something Brennan Johnson had though, despite his inconsistency at Spurs, was that he scored the winning goal in the Europa League final.
Good return!
Hmm sounds like you are describing a members owned football club...Good return!
Imagine if fans could invest in players, have a part share in them. Enough fans pool together to bring a gun player to the club, or keep them. Prevent crap managers from dumping club favourites. Take profits (or cut losses) when the player is transferred.
Just a thought
These actually do exist in Europe and South America. Barça kicked out their board back in 2021 and Benfica had the largest football presidential election ever last year. Real Madrid are also fan-owned, as are most German clubs and big South American clubs.Hmm sounds like you are describing a members owned football club...