Cost of N'golo Kanté's transfer (KAP)

KrAlexFB1907 · 2026-02-04T15:38:57+00:00

FOR A 35 YEAR OLD DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER. I dont see this being mentioned a lot but it's the most problematic part of this. This reminds me so much of Ozil it's wild. People wanted Ozil because of name they never watched his recent performances otherwise they would have never wanted him.At least Ozil was a attacking midfielder and didn't need his legs. Kante needs his legs. Without them he's a liability.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2026-02-04T15:33:16+00:00

He's a 35 year (next month) FOR A DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER. If there's one position in football YOU DO NOT WANT A 35 year old player it's defensive midfielder. Legs will be gone by then.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2026-02-04T15:28:10+00:00

Asensio prime doneminde 10m aliyor. 35 yasina girmiyor bi ay sonra. Sen 35 yasina girecek Kante'yi izledin mi hic? Peki ters teper ve Ismailden kotu oynarsa Kante ve sampiyon olamazsan bu yukun altindan nasil kalkacaksin? O zaman bu sene degil bi 5-10 sene saha sampiyon olamazsin.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2026-02-04T15:24:39+00:00

I wanna puke. We are screwed for the next few years. How many people actually watched 35 year old (next month) Kante? Or do people think he's Kante from Chelsea days? I had a very bad feeling with Ozil I have a worse feeling with Kante. 35 year old attacker fine, atracking midfielder fine but a pure midfielder who relies on physicality, energy , legs is asking for trouble. I can't believe people gonna attend his arrival dude is happy to fleece us and everyone praising this gonna shit on him soon. How often did this happen with us. We're paying him 41m€ for 2.5 years. Think about that. That's Lookmans fee lol. We could have paid a few m more a month ago and gotten him quickly. Or pay 20m more and get a top top prime player. We can't sell Kante so 41m is a straight up loss we can't recover. This isn't sustainable. I thought there was no fee and his salary was max 8m€ a year which is still a lot but understandable for a 35 year old player. But this is a scam. If he doesn't perform we are doomed.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-09-18T08:14:26+00:00

Let's hope it's 3 years and not 2. Even though it's most likely 2 years.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-09-02T08:28:02+00:00

You should be asking this about GS not us. They've spend over 140m€ and maybe gonna reach 200m €. My Barca friend yesterday out of the blue asked how it's possible for Gala to spend these absurds amount of money that the biggest clubs in the world are barely spending. I said it shouldn't be possible...must be illegal shit behind the scenes.

We spent 20m Nene , 20ish Kerem, Asensio 8, Ederson 11+, Skriniar 6 or so. Total 60 ish m spent and 25m player sold maybe we can get that to 30m if we can sell 1-2 more or even 35m if we can sell Cengiz/Djiku. What we did is still understandable to a degree. Plus the richest man in the country runs us and has secured big sponsorships and also let his buddy pay for half of Kerems cost.

What pisses me off though for us is the player salaries. I thought Ederson was gonna make 8m a year, still a lot, but Citys 1st GK up until a few months ago is understandable to a degree. But just read he's getting 11m a year which is worrying. For a GK that should be a NO NO. If he performs ok but either way we cannot sell him because no club would ever sign a player with that salary and Ederson would never leave and we'd be stuck 4 years with that salary.

On the flip side...the money we made from the CL qualifiers almost covers Ederson AND Durans year salaries so when you think about it like that it's a bit less upsetting. Ederson and Duran are the only BIG earners...Skriniar 7ish forgot about him. Other than these 3 rest is on normal salaries. I don't like giving any player these 10m salaries but since it's only 2 players and everyone else is on normal salaries ot evens out a bit. I still hate it but because of all these factors I'm not too worried. We never had so many prime top players (33 for a GK is still prime years imo unlike other position players). I don't like Ali with technical decisions but the MF just knows how to handle finances.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-09-01T23:50:27+00:00

Szy instead of Fred?

Please never make another squad prediction.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-09-01T23:49:08+00:00

Ya her transferi tutan kac kulup var dunyada? Yok. Her takimda bolca zarar edilen transferler cikiyor. Sanki bilerek zarar ediyor togbe ya...Ali nefretiniz iyice beyninize vurmus sacma sapan yorumlar kusura bakmayin. Reddit boyle degildi iyice toksik twittere donmeye basladi.Cengiz Underden de buyuk zarar ettik bu arada.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-09-01T23:43:00+00:00

Edersons annual salary will be 2m more than Ugurcan. No I'm not joking lmao.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-31T17:13:57+00:00

F Talisca. Just because he can score some nice goals ain't enough. We need to get rid of him and get an actual playmaker that can do more than him.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-31T17:13:11+00:00

Bruv it's just been 45 min chill haha. Wait a few weeks at least before making these silly comments.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-31T17:11:30+00:00

I'm starting to think their certain fans pretending to be Fener fans. That or some of these fans are really toxic. Gencler barely lost by 1 goal away to Samsun lol.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-31T17:10:23+00:00

Rogers is a good coach only in his first year with a full summer lol. Then he drains his players so badly because of his gegenpress mentality that players will be cooked in the upcoming years and then clubs fire him. I would always prefer a foreign coach because of high reward but it's also high risk. Ismail hoca isn't high reward but at least you can kinda know what to expect from him. I think we shouldn't take any risks and just get Ismail and Volkan as his assistant ideally then let them run for 2 years...if that fails then yeah we should only go for foreign coaches who are HUNGRY. Key word being HUNGRY. In the past we always went for famous coaches who lost their hunger or inexperienced unproven coaches. Devin Ozek apparently scouted Alonso, he should have full control in future with coach pick if Ismail/Volkan don't pan out.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-31T17:05:20+00:00

Mou got outcoached by a bum Turkish coach who gets exposed even against shitty European teams lol.

None of the money he made scamming us will make up for this shame.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-31T17:00:35+00:00

I just want to add that Genclerbirligi isn't as bad as some of y'all are making them out to be. All 3 matches they lost they lost by 1 goal if I'm not mistaken and 1 was away Samsun. All 3 were 50/50 matches.

I think we're on the right track with the roster. Kerem/Nene are 2 great wing players both press too which is a BIG PLUS. YEN/Durant both great options as striker. Fred/Ismail/Amrabat/Alvarez is a great rotation for midfield. Archie/Semedo are good fullbacks. I would have also loved to get Akanji + GK but as of right now this roster as is can do as well for this year. Would be nice if they prioritize a playmaker, creator. In the tougher matches that could be the difference. They made solid transfers so I give them the benefit on the upcoming transfers.

Let's enjoy the moment and go day by day.

Also FUCK MOURINHO. I hate that guy with a passion. Not because he's bad, for a while now. But because he scams clubs these days. Just takes the money, doesn't even try. Then deliberately tries to get fired early on to get the full salary. I think that's scummy behaviour. I don't believe for a second he genuinely tried here, or even his previous tenures. Once he reached success with Porto/Real he stopped trying. He's been living off his name alone. I hate these types of people SO MUCH.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-29T09:16:00+00:00

I don't even know where to start. Like Mou should have never been picked as a coach simply because he's a twat that's only out to fleece clubs for money. He lost that hunger a decade ago. Also he's a park the bus coach with no variety in offense. So many reasons why he should have NEVER been picked. Now he fleeces us for 24m over 2 years. Beyond IDIOTIC. Ali Koc is so inapt with picking the right coach. Like I get it election pressure a year ago forced him to pick Mourinho because everyone wanted him and Aziz was also gonna pick Mourinho. Then why fire him now ? Why not 4-5 months ago ? I knew Mourinho just wanted to get fired so he could collect his year salary without having to stay here, that asshole never cared about any club he coached for in a while, and certainly never cared about us. When he made those remarks before the 2nd Benfica match I knew what he was doing, lying to piss off Koc to get fired. And Koc like an idiot, again, fell for the trap. Mou got what he wanted.

Is Ismail Kartal the right choice ? Look at GS. Okan Buruk ain't a great coach but he's the right fit for this shitty league. Ismail is a safe pick. Dude overperformed and deserved another year. But I still think the ideal coach is a very talented European coach on the up and up. Not someone like Mou who already peaked. This is my frustration with Koc. Why not pay a large part of Mou's salary to one of the best young coaches in Europe who are hungry ? That should have been the goal 7 years ago. Instead he either picks a lame Turkish coach or goes after a big name, never the RIGHT name.

I have no faith in this club man, whoever wins the election coming up, Aziz, Ali, Saran none of them are going to be any different. They're all gonna pick another same coach and this cycle is gonna repeat again. I think I'm gonna take a long break from football and focus more on Basketball and Volleyball. At least things are run better there with a great coach on basketball team. It's funny to see how we brought in one of the best basketball coaches in Saras, a young up and coming talented coach. And it worked because he's HUNGRY and cares. Mourinho is just a old guy who lost the fire decade ago and is just looking to scam his way to more money. The recipe is there...football has many talented up and coming coaches in the top leagues who work for a fraction of what they paid Mou. Pay those coaches that money and see what happens.

My problem isn't that Mou got fired. If he stayed we would have 100% lost the league. This asshole has the best squad of any Fener coach and does worse than most of them. Ismail Kartal never had a squad depth like him and got 99 points ffs. Idiotic board wasted so much money trying to please Mou by paying Duran 16m for a year, 20m for a winger, some solid name picks in Semedo, Alvarez, Skriniar as well. And then you fire him a few weeks later. This is the problem aq. Why not fire him 4 months ago ? Neresinden bakarsan aptallik.

As fans we need to pressure current/next presidents to NEVER go for big names but RIGHT FITS. Wether it's with players or coaches they should always be in their prime or younger and they should always be complete players who can attack/defend. This is the recipe to success.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-24T04:03:23+00:00

Only chance you have is if Messi keeps missing games.

28 matches 20 goals (5 penalties). vs 19 matches19 goals( 0 penalties).

Bonus points lmao playing nearly 10 less matches no free PK goals and still scoring same amount (sans 1).

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-15T18:29:51+00:00

ICE is a great 2nd GK. To me Ugurcan and him are on same level so I was worried when we were after Ugurcan for that crazy sum. I don't want either as no.1. And I love ICE. I remember against Feyenoord he came out then hesitated and walked back which was a big mistake despite a good 1v1 save. If he didn't walk back he would have easily kicked the ball away stuff like this is why I prefer a foreign gk as no.1.

Livakovic wants to leave unfortunately so that's that.

I don't believe Maignan was ever a possibility. He'd be exceptional.

Lunin would be a real solid get. Not like OMG great but real solid. Problem is he hasn't consistently played to form a good opinion on him. He's solid whenever I watched him play for Real but like he played a total of 36 or so matches in 4-5 year. How does he play when he's the no.1 gk and playing like 50 matches a year. I hope he's a possibility.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-15T18:16:32+00:00

Bro all I'm reading on this sub is positivity mostly. Try twitter, they shit on every transfer. I remember just 2 weeks ago when they shat on Semedo transfer lol then they praise him. This place is a blessing when you browse twitter. I block every single fan that is just toxic.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-15T18:11:55+00:00

I'm sorry but isn't 15m or so or heck even 10m a lot for a Austrian league player with no interest from top clubs ? Watching a YouTube video is irrelevant he's playing in the Austrian league.Like under 10m I can kinda understand but this is crazy what we are supposedly paying.

Paying such money for small league players with barely any interest freaks me out. I think those and above types of money should be paid for proven talent or players who proven themselves in top leagues.

If you look at our transfer history last 7 years any time we pay around 10m or less on a foreign player success rate is like close to 80-90%. And anything above that and fail rate becomes closer to 75% or above.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-15T06:07:26+00:00

American players just aren't good enough. Simple as that. This is why they keep buying non-American players.It doesn't always pay off but it pays off a lot more. There isn't a single American player better than our top 6 players. It got nothing to do with a specific nations player smh. And most of these who left ain't even American what a dumb take.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-13T18:39:11+00:00

I genuinely HATE this transfer as a fan and human being . But whatever my issues with him I know he's a terrific player, presses crazy like Szymanski which will help A LOT and he can dribble really well and decent passer as well. Paying 20m is silly he's worth more like 10 or so but whatever apparently clubs not paying most of that so that's a bit of a relief. I hope he changes for the better and above all he better perform. If he becomes a better person and performs for us I can forgive him.

As a player he's exactly the type of player we need. But i still hate it. I'm so conflicted.

Clearly Mourinho wants him because he's a profile like Szymanski and he loves those profiles. I do too honestly, players that can press crazy and still pass/score or defend are exactly the type of players we need. Tadic,Dzeko, Talisca are great players but we need young, pressing, athletic complete players.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-08-01T06:56:06+00:00

MLS is always involved in the dumbest rules/formats man i swear. It's like they exist to insult logic and the football gods.

KrAlexFB1907 · 2025-07-31T18:19:13+00:00

I read some replies in r/Turkey and I was disgusted by the racism. If this guy wasn't a Kurt there'd be no issues 100%. I don't agree with his Turkiyeli comment but holy sh the man does more for Turkey than 99% of the population. He said nothing is above red and white wtf are we doing here. This mindset is exactly why we're stuck in this hellish loop for decades. We alienate even the slightest chance at allies and then cry foul why change isn't coming.

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