The first signing of the summer has finally been announced. Fee is €39m plus €5m in add-ons. Signed a five-year deal with the option of another year.
https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/manchester-united-officially-announces-donny-van-de-beek-signing
Welcome to Manchester, Donny..
posted on 2/9/20
The price I don't care for
He's got good CL experience, has scored against premier league teams and is young with lots of potential
Hopefully this means our midfield will be rotated more often and we don't run out of steam
posted on 2/9/20
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posted on 2/9/20
I don’t know why people love to measure transfer fees against each other like they should represent an objective value against a player based on only their age and talent.
There are myriad factors which affect transfer fees to consider - I read a list of approaching 20 once - and the majority of them have absolutely nothing to do with any measure of the player’s ability.
posted on 2/9/20
Probably because the difference between spending £30 mil on Donny and £70m on Grealish is another player?
posted on 2/9/20
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 16 seconds ago
Probably because the difference between spending £30 mil on Donny and £70m on Grealish is another player?
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That doesn’t mean that £30M is a bargain price for VDB or that £70M would be expensive for Grealish..
I’m talking about people judging transfer fees based solely on very limited criteria.
posted on 2/9/20
Ah, okay.
Well in that case it is simply a matter of opinion. Of course transfer fees take into account a number of variables but I think it’s reasonable to compare those two potential transfers and be satisfied that this is the better deal, all things considered.
posted on 3/9/20
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
Ah, okay.
Well in that case it is simply a matter of opinion. Of course transfer fees take into account a number of variables but I think it’s reasonable to compare those two potential transfers and be satisfied that this is the better deal, all things considered.
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There’s actually a consultancy group - I forget the name - that has built an algorithm which predicts transfer fees based on these myriad factors and seems to get them right to an incredibly accurate degree, both on occasions on which fans are weeping in despair about being rinsed and shouting with joy about picking up a bargain alike.
I’ll try to remember its name and post a link.
posted on 3/9/20
That’s really interesting, please do!
posted on 3/9/20
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 9 minutes ago
That’s really interesting, please do!
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It’s a consultancy called Football Observatory.
Their model uses 57 different criteria to predict transfer fees. There’s a very high level overview of it here:
https://football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/note01en.pdf
If you search a bit, you’ll find data they’ve published on the accuracy of the results of the application of their model.
posted on 3/9/20
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comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 9 minutes ago
That’s really interesting, please do!
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It’s a consultancy called Football Observatory.
Their model uses 57different criteria to predict transfer fees. There’s a very high level overview of it here:
https://football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/note01en.pdf
If you search a bit, you’ll find data they’ve published on the accuracy of the results of the application of their model.
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Fascinating, thanks mate, will take a look.