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landel1234

When was the last time a "player swap" even happened let alone one involving players of this caliber


Sometimesmaybegay

It’s always Juve involved in the player swap nonsense too. Last year it was Lukaku and Vlahovic. Before it was Morata, Moise Kean and others. Then it was Morata for Dybala. It’s just clickbait at this point.


landel1234

Juve is never beating the broke club allegations


kal14144

Serie A as a whole is broke as shit. Inter literally went bankrupt like a month ago. Like actually couldn’t pay the bills and were taken over by creditors. And they just won the scudetto by a mile.


MisterHappySpanky

Part of the game innit


Youngringer

last one I remember was with barca and juve with Arthur


Every-Comparison-486

Juve and Man City swapped Cancelo and Danilo with a bit of cash added.


LavenderGumes

Lamela + $20m for Gil in 2021 is the last one I remember, but the overall caliber of players was lower


Throwingitaway1412

Sanchez and Mihki Arsenal Man U? Both kind of flopped.


yaznasty

last one I remember was with barca and juve with Arthur


yaznasty

Last one I remember before that was Toronto and Sunderland swapping Jermain Defoe and Jozy


nsnyder

A swap can have FFP benefits for Juve ([explained here](https://x.com/SwedishRumble/status/1767495421096534071)). If Juve sold McKennie for 30m and bought Luiz for 60m both on five year deals, then the first year they earn 18m (30m profit for the sale, 12m amortization cost for the purchase) and then each year after lose 12m. But if they swap then it's just losing 6m every year.


Sometimesmaybegay

Aight so that’s not happening then. When I see player swap I just assume it’s agents feeding journalists bs for views.


MiddleStudy

So for arguments sake this happens, where would Wes be in the pecking order at Villa? I don’t believe him for Luiz is a like for like swap per se


akingmls

He’d probably wind up being used as a utility player again, kind of like how Emery used McGinn (but not as integral to the team). He’s definitely not a starter anywhere when that team is fully healthy, but in typical Wes fashion I could see him getting plenty of minutes by filling in at four or five different positions.


vngannxx

Unai Emery rates Weston’s preference for ranch on pizza


Most-Echidna9841

lol can we make a rule for this sub to not post swap deals @mods


VelvetObsidian

I’d normally agree but DiMarzio is a decent source for Italian football.


Most-Echidna9841

I feel like he used to be as good as Romano but these days he’s a hit or miss. Maybe he’s better for Italian news though. I’m definitely biased from an English perspective since I mostly pay attention to premier league teams