@mike778 Quintupled is the word you're after, Mike :)

Yeah I would steer clear. FI is such a good way to make money with very little risk. It seems stupid to me to spend months grinding out a profit from smart investments and then giving like 20% of it back in a few seconds in the equivalent of a roulette spin!

I do sympathise slightly with the original point. It's all well and good to say 10% pa is a great return and you can't get that in the stock market. But a company has a far longer expected lifetime than a footballer's career.
It's also different as we know that with each year that goes by a footballer is a year closer to retirement (and therefore worth zero). When you invest in a company you are obviously taking a risk as that company could cease to exist at any moment (Carillion mentioned above), however with a footballer it's not a risk, it's an inevitability!

@AT10 I think the +1p per 100 rule will be scrapped once order books come in. That rule is FI determining the price whereas the whole point is for the price to be purely determined by the market. I agree though that this is a long long way off!

Jose Gaya - very cheap atm although has had a little rise today (1.10). Solid performances for Valencia and has been linked with Barcelona a few times. Jordi Alba is 1.85 so Gaya has a lot of room for growth imo

Bristol Rovers have announced that FI are their front of shirt sponsor for next season. Let's hope for a cup run!

@Happy-Hornet I'd side with Neymar as he's the more proven of the 2. I look at the downsides for easch player; if Neymar starts the season badly then people won't really panic, if Salah hasn't scored in the first 3-4 games I think the one season wonder discussion will be front and centre in people's minds. I also think Salah will suffer a big hit if he picks up a bad injury.
Looking at the upsides, I don't have anything to back this up but I bet a lot of people buy Neymar as their first player, just logging in for the first time and seeing him at the top. I also think if there is a share split at some point, Neymar will spike massively as I don't think it can be overestimated how many people don't realise that a split doesn't change the intrinsic value of the player.
The one point in Salah's favour is that during the bulk of the season (not around transfer windows) he will likely outscore Neymar on MB

@Muz Had a pretty solid season at Sociodad last year