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I like Elanga a lot and like him in our system but there’s still some questions over how far he can go. £45m seems like a good fee for him. I don’t think he’s worth north of £50-£55m. I think we should move on if Forest are adamant they aren’t gonna sell. Last thing we need is a Guehi style drawn out process.

I wonder if the bid had been accepted if it would have been included on the June side of the PSR window ?

He's been in great form last two seasons in the main for Forest. A real handful in transition with a good # of goals and assists. At 23, probably levels to his execution and decision making to fine-tune under Eddie's tutelage. Positionally versatile, and if he can get to an even better level than last season, would be very well loved in a black and white shirt. These sums always seem like big #'s when you compare to other players and positions but I trust the club to get the transfers right, they seemingly have nailed nearly every single one.

That I can’t argue with

It won’t be close to 45m.

He is perfect for them, no doubt. I think he’d do well here too, just not the type of player I think we need to improve a lot, especially in the areas we are relatively poor in at times. Especially for the price it would take.

45 million for essentially a hyperMurphy sounds reasonable to me tbh.

On the positive, they've managed to shake Mitchell's trousers in order to get the ink for the fax machine. Certainly feels as though we are ready to make moves.

If he stays, its an absolute certainty that he gets a pay rise, which could well be what this is all about.

@McCormick my Forest supporting mate is praying they don't sell Elanga. Absolutely loves him.

Aye if it's only £45m (no add ons etc), there's no chance. Can only imagine we're trying to unsettle him, but there's no way they're letting him go at that price. It's a borderline insulting offer for a young, capped, established Premier League winger these days to be honest.

Just felt like it lasted the entire window.

They don’t happen anymore it seems. He wants to come I reckon but won’t kick up a fuss

You with your facts. This football forum is no place for the likes of you.

As been said - they would always reject the first bid Looks like he’s «only» on 25k per week so it might even be a case of Forest wanting him to hand in a transfer request so they won’t have to pay his loyalty bonus + bump up the price with a few million in the process

What happened to good old fashioned transfer requests? If Elanga knocked on their door and says he wants the move and is willing to give up his loyalty bonus that puts them in a very tricky situation. I think Elanga would be a great signing, despite not being this mythical technical superstar that apparently we should be signing.

He wasn’t my preferred type of player ideally. But still a lot better in general play than Elanga. Better technically too. Even now I think he lacks a bit in some areas. But his other strong attributes very much weigh this up when he’s on song. He’s one of the reasons that I want something more different to our right hand side so that we can get some more variety and other strong technical attributes to give us some balance. I was against signing him from the off but that was very much mainly because I disliked him from his Everton days, not much to do with pure football reasons. I’m sure I said stuff that I shouldn’t have. When it comes to Elanga, I like him, but not so much for footballing reasons. Especially for us and where we are aiming to go, and what what areas we need to improve in.

He's been frothing at the gash for ages for this move.

They’ve bid knowing that offer won’t be accepted surely, a tactic maybe. They’ll want £65 mill at least and we won’t go to it is my guess

The main benefit of Elanga over Murphy, is not actually his blistering pace. It’s his ability to use both feet to both strike and cross

I already said Elanga carries the ball better as well. Whatever metric Murphy is on a par with probably isn't that much of a factor as long as Elanga is improving us.

They must’ve had word he’s keen if they’ve bid?

You gone anywhere nice on your holiday ?

Yep. I’d be more open to it then. Would prefer a different profile than Elanga still. But I’d be much more ok with it. But not for much more money than the 45m, absolutely not.

Yes he’s more explosive and quicker as I mentioned earlier. I was talking about them being on par when it comes to technical ability.