The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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NiKKoM said:

Goatseye said:
My team is FC Porto and they usually are the transfer market champs in Europe.

I'm always impressed how a smaller league like the Portugese one is able to find those talents abroad and sell them for 30 million plus to top countries.. Countries like the netherlands, belgium, greece should also be able to do that but they never do.. Is it true that Porto has over 250 scouts?

language is a huge factor for any player plus the higher European wages and the already in Portugal playing South American fellows.

 

 

Just for fun the team Mainz 05 could've had if they didn't sell their talents (not including anyone currently playing for Mainz or those whose career has ended):

 

Kirchhoff (Schalke) --- M. Friedrich (Dortmund) --- Subotic (Dortmund) --- Durm (Dortmund)

-------------------------------------- Polanski (Hoffenheim) ------------------------------------------

------------------ Ivanschitz (Levante) ------------------- Holtby (Tottenham) --------------------

Choupo-Moting (Schalke) ---------- Szalai (Hoffenheim) ------------------ Schürrle (Chelsea) 

Coach: Klopp (Dortmund)

 

 

although Holtby was technically only on loan from Schalke.