Valentino Livramento

[Rosco 1127]

45 minutes ago, ThatGinolaVolley said:

He might be our most irreplaceable player. He’s our best right back and probably our best left back. To replace him we’d need two quality fullbacks, which wouldn’t come cheap.

And still only 23

[Craig 12319]

Needs tying down to a big contract with a significant release clause. No player is bigger than the club and we need to be conscious of that, but we can make their exit as financially viable as possible.

[Holden McGroin 9861]

34 minutes ago, Craig said:

Needs tying down to a big contract with a significant release clause. No player is bigger than the club and we need to be conscious of that, but we can make their exit as financially viable as possible.

What are you setting the release clause at?

[The Fish 12520]

20 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

What are you setting the release clause at?

£100m

 

 

[Gemmill 62968]

https://archive.ph/TWhYj

 

Doesn't sound like great news. 

[Rayvin 8294]

2 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

https://archive.ph/TWhYj

 

Doesn't sound like great news. 

 

Sounds fair though - wait until end of season for CL assurances. Hard to argue with it for a player of his level and in fairness, maybe we have to accept that if we can't manage that this year we need to move some players on to release the pressure on the team to succeed and buy in the next generation to take us forward. Would imagine we might lose Tonali in that circumstance also.

 

I don't think we should give up on the CL spots yet anyway, the whole league is misfiring.

[Gemmill 62968]

Ah listen, I think if Man City are interested he should leave. But it's categorically not good news for us that he's got one eye on the exit door, which he clearly does by this decision to delay contract talks. 

 

I don't think us getting back into the CL will make any difference to his decision btw, if Man City make a bid he'll be away. 

[scoobos 388]

Brutal truth is that if the FFP rules don't change - we are absolutely forced into selling this calibre of player every time we develop one, until our business side starts bringing in the revenue. 

But
I cant see him leaving Lewis Hall. Unless Citeh go for both he'll stay with his best bud.

[wykikitoon 28474]

Don't worry we have Big Dan!

 

Gutted if Tino left.

[Holden McGroin 9861]

14 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

Don't worry we have Big Dan!

 

Gutted if Tino left.

Is Big Dan back at the top of your shit list?

[wykikitoon 28474]

Well you've interpretated that wrongly.

[Toonpack 15507]

59 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

Ah listen, I think if Man City are interested he should leave. But it's categorically not good news for us that he's got one eye on the exit door, which he clearly does by this decision to delay contract talks. 

 

I don't think us getting back into the CL will make any difference to his decision btw, if Man City make a bid he'll be away. 

I think waiting until the summer makes sense for all parties tbh, he still has two years left at that point so we retain a level of control, unless he pulls a rat, which is unlikely I would think.

 

Also Pep’s away end of next season (in 27) who can say what things look like next summer, will help massively if we’re back in CL obviously.

 

That said, I’d love to keep him long term but whilst his defensive work is excellent his attacking delivery isn’t great (was better when he was on the left strangely) and his  peak is yet to come.

Edited 13 hours ago by Toonpack

[aimaad22 5948]

Losing Tino would be a massive blow. His recent absence has just proved that, he's probably the most mobile player on the team, links everything together and provides a constant outlet, always looking for the ball. 

 

I think we'll just have to get used to this sort of thing though, the club has to put a structure in place where a quality replacement is ready to come in and the team gets on with it. At the very least you can get another silly fee of City and use it improve the squad long term. If and when we're able to be at a level close to the likes of City retaining this sort of talent will get easier but even then you'll have the likes of Real and Barca breathing down the neck for truly outstanding players. 

 

I just hope we haven't got any more seriously filthy reeking rats hiding in the squad. 

[scoobos 388]

12 minutes ago, Toonpack said:

will help massively if we’re back in CL obviously.

 

I think when we win the CL that puts us straight back in next year?

[wykikitoon 28474]

At what point do we think we will be able to hang onto talent like Tino?

 

When we are back to back UCL qualifiers or regulars?

[trophyshy 8997]

When we are perceived as a top tier club and competing on salaries.  

[aimaad22 5948]

When we are regularly competing for trophies and can offer the same wages. So roughly 2030 per our new CEO

[Kid Dynamite 9298]

He's got 2.5 years left in his deal. There's no pressure to sell in the Summer if we don't want to. And I'd be asking for £100m to start talking 

[wykikitoon 28474]

11 minutes ago, Kid Dynamite said:

He's got 2.5 years left in his deal. There's no pressure to sell in the Summer if we don't want to. And I'd be asking for £100m to start talking 

I know he isn't Isak. But do we want another situation in the summer? Once that starts to drop down in time we lose value on him.

[Kid Dynamite 9298]

40 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

I know he isn't Isak. But do we want another situation in the summer? Once that starts to drop down in time we lose value on him.

The Isak sale means we don't have to worry too much about extracting maximum value from Tino. And there little to zero chance Tino is anywhere near as much of a cunt as Isak

[Dr Gloom 26304]

Can’t be arsed with another saga. If he really does want out, get rid instead of letting it ruin our next summer transfer window/start of the season again. Should be able to extract a massive fee, particularly if he has a good World Cup.

 

Having said that, it’s a pretty speculative piece of click bait from Hope. 

[Andrew 7450]

City generally do their transfer business early and fairly straight forwardly, I can't see another Liverpool/Isak saga as that was just an absolute perfect storm of absolute cunts.

I don't think he'll go in Jan, hes in a really competitive spot for england fullbacks for the world cup and hes a dead cert to play every game for us that he can while also looking like (and being) one of the best in the team. Tuchel has been brutal on dropping people if they aren't playing/performing so a high profile move is risky in Jan.

 

He could go in summer but we'll want/get top dollar for him and then he'll be off to somewhere that will double or triple his wages and be competing for titles and in europe every year. Can't argue with that from our current position.

 

[NobbySol 398]

2 minutes ago, Andrew said:

City generally do their transfer business early and fairly straight forwardly, I can't see another Liverpool/Isak saga as that was just an absolute perfect storm of absolute cunts.

I don't think he'll go in Jan, hes in a really competitive spot for england fullbacks for the world cup and hes a dead cert to play every game for us that he can while also looking like (and being) one of the best in the team. Tuchel has been brutal on dropping people if they aren't playing/performing so a high profile move is risky in Jan.

 

He could go in summer but we'll want/get top dollar for him and then he'll be off to somewhere that will double or triple his wages and be competing for titles and in europe every year. Can't argue with that from our current position.

 

 

Spot on.

 

The frustrating thing is we aren't far off being a top team. I wouldn't trade Tino, Hall, Bruno or Tonali for any other player in the Premier league in their respective positions. Thiaw, Botman, Gordon and Woltemade not far off in that regard when they are at their best. 

 

FFP has meant gradual growth so we're needing to find a gem or two each season to progress. 

 

I'm sometimes guilty of expecting continous progression but it's not going to be a linear line to the top. 

 

To have 4 players who'd start for any team in the league is a far cry from watching Gullit, Souness, Allardickhead & Bruce sides. Even as recent as May 2021, Joe Willock was our most attacking threat and Saint Maxi was the only player to get my arse off the seat in a Newcastle shirt.

 

 

[toonotl 4653]

I expect Tino to leave in the summer. CL or not for us doesn't hold much relevance, I fear. City can offer basically permanent CL football and greatly improved wages. And the wages matter way way more. Players aren't sentimentalists about this stuff, rarely ever have been, and especially aren't now with agents in their ears making sure that human emotions don't come into it. And who can blame them?

 

This will continue to happen. We can't offer the wage so we can't compete. This part of football history will be remembered as the beginning of a truly protectionist era, as a response by the established giants to the rise of City and PSG. I also don't see how it ever ends. Not that I have any insight. Anyway, in our lifetime, sport has evolved out of the end of amateurism and local loyalties (at least in a lot of disciplines) to become utterly enmeshed with geopolitics and international business. And that sort of trend doesn't seem to show any signs of reversing.

 

Football is a closed shop. NUFC may manage to overcome it in time but only because we're owned by one of the only entities in the entire world with the financial and political muscle to push its way into the conversation. And we may well do so eventually for reasons that have nothing at all to do with football because there are a lot of people in the world who want to do business with Saudi Arabia. It's all very icky stuff really.

 

I guess we're all complicit so long as we're paying attention. But, hey, I'm a moron and a hypocrite so expect something more than nothing at all from me at your peril.  

[Rayvin 8294]

16 minutes ago, toonotl said:

I expect Tino to leave in the summer. CL or not for us doesn't hold much relevance, I fear. City can offer basically permanent CL football and greatly improved wages. And the wages matter way way more. Players aren't sentimentalists about this stuff, rarely ever have been, and especially aren't now with agents in their ears making sure that human emotions don't come into it. And who can blame them?

 

This will continue to happen. We can't offer the wage so we can't compete. This part of football history will be remembered as the beginning of a truly protectionist era, as a response by the established giants to the rise of City and PSG. I also don't see how it ever ends. Not that I have any insight. Anyway, in our lifetime, sport has evolved out of the end of amateurism and local loyalties (at least in a lot of disciplines) to become utterly enmeshed with geopolitics and international business. And that sort of trend doesn't seem to show any signs of reversing.

 

Football is a closed shop. NUFC may manage to overcome it in time but only because we're owned by one of the only entities in the entire world with the financial and political muscle to push its way into the conversation. And we may well do so eventually for reasons that have nothing at all to do with football because there are a lot of people in the world who want to do business with Saudi Arabia. It's all very icky stuff really.

 

I guess we're all complicit so long as we're paying attention. But, hey, I'm a moron and a hypocrite so expect something more than nothing at all from me at your peril.  

 

Good post as ever, and agreed.