Allan Saint-Maximin (now playing for Fenerbahce, on loan from Al-Ahli)

[bobbydazzla]

9 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said:

That's Paul Dummetts spare car and he only had it for a short time.

Because it was plagued with mechanical problems and rarely made it onto the road ?

[Dandy Man]

Disappointed, ASM is an electric footballer on his day and was the one bright point in Bruce's shit tenure, but also fully get why we are selling him at this point in time given his injury issues and apparent incompatibility with our playing style, also fairly sure we will be getting a decent fee regardless of what is reported

[RUHRLYASLEEVESUP]

Some people still hanker after Shelvey, its hard to let go of things we like but shiny, newer, more reliable & faster toys are available

Fairly sure Eddie & co know what the crack is lads 

[Fatwax]

I’d say 35 is about right. His end product isn’t massive and he’s not an international.

 

Would I like it to be higher? Absolutely. I can see why it wouldn’t be though.

[The Prophet]

10 minutes ago, Shadow Puppets said:

Or… it’s purposefully slightly low to not bring controversy to our door?

 

Mind you, it’s not THAT low.

 

£30m - £35m is his range in my opinion, which will be backed up by his stats, injury record, the fact he’s not an international player etc.

 

 

It has "undisclosed fee" written all over it.

[Displayname]

Dont forget that the entertainment value he brings is worth a few bucks.

[Doctor Zaius]

GetFrenchFootballNews reporting it as €25 + bonus.

 

Why are we getting such a crap fee when Fabinho went for £40m despite an awful season. 

 

Piss take this like. What's the point of getting rid of the fee isn't going to make much difference.

[Solitude20]

22 minutes ago, St1pe said:

If that fee is as low as reported - some saying £25m - then I don’t think it’s unfair to question whether PIF’s project with us is now lower in the pecking order than the Saudi league.

I think that’s irrelevant. We might intentionally underpay just to mitigate the incoming wave of criticism of how a PIF club sells to another PIF club for a massive price. 

[jack j]

Madness people saying why aren't we selling him for 80 million

Also people; would hate to do a Man City

[cubaricho]

39 minutes ago, bobbydazzla said:

Maxi seems to love the trappings of wealth, which is fair enough. I’m not criticising him for that. 

This is 100%, unequivocally, garbage. Get the fuck out of here with this kind of bullshit. 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by cubaricho

[gbandit]

We’re losing someone whose ceiling is extremely high (but only reaches that level 2-3 times a year) and whose baseline is low, with him circling around that level too regularly, often due to injuries. I’d say overall I’m disappointed as I love watching him play and when he’s on, he’s world class. Do I think he ever would have worked for Howe? Probably only in fits and starts and I think Howe would prefer consistency 

[Guest]

 

[SUPERTOON]

Reckon it will end up around 30 million plus add ons, similar fee for what we will pay for Barnes.

[Conjo]

8 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

GetFrenchFootballNews reporting it as €25 + bonus.

 

Why are we getting such a crap fee when Fabinho went for £40m despite an awful season. 

 

Piss take this like. What's the point of getting rid of the fee isn't going to make much difference.

 

Fabinho didn't have a great season, but he missed 3 games all season due to rotations, not injury. He's a full Brazilian international who's won everything and considered one of the best in his position.

If you compare his fee to that Man Utd paid for Casemiro, you could say his fee is ridiculously low too, seeing as he is 1 year younger than when Man Utd bought Casemiro.

[Menace]

That fee is rotten. Leon bailey went for more for Christ sake 

[The Prophet]

We need to get them up to be least £30 million.

[samptime29]

I get ASM goals and assists should be higher but he's arguably one of the best players at creating space in the league. I really feel he has tried to adapt to what Howe wants and has made good progress in that regard.

 

I love Howe and always trust his judgement but he worried he's making an avoidable mistake here.

[Thomson Mouse]

51 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

I'm sure Bellamy used to say Andy O'Brien was the poorest rich man he'd seen or something.

 

Apparently used to live with his parents in Harrogate driving around in a used car while he played for us. 

Yeah it was a beetle from memory 

[triggs]

42 minutes ago, St1pe said:

If that fee is as low as reported - some saying £25m - then I don’t think it’s unfair to question whether PIF’s project with us is now lower in the pecking order than the Saudi league.

Think that's pretty obvious anyway tbh considering how much they're putting into the league and the calibre and number of players they've gone after

[r0cafella]

It will be undisclosed like all of our transfers. Getting less than 35m would be failure though rather keep than sell for chicken feed. 

[kocunar]

I guess we are just a Saudi feeder club at this point

[christ]

People will cry arse about the transfer fee, but it’s pretty inconsequential. We’re not skint. This is basically an accounting manoeuvre by PIF to keep us within a set of arbitrary financial parameters.

[Yorkie]

Just now, christ said:

People will cry arse about the transfer fee, but it’s pretty inconsequential. We’re not skint. This is basically an accounting manoeuvre by PIF to keep us within a set of arbitrary financial parameters.

 

Yeah. I get the optics of it given other transfers but it obviously works for us or it wouldn't be happening. 

[Cronky]

The basic figure of £25m is lower than I'd have thought, but that may be explained by his fitness issues. There may be quite hefty add-ons for appearances.

 

The wealth of our owners has led to speculation about a big spend, but every sober-minded calculation of our financial position that I've seen, has indicated that our actual budget is around the £75m mark. I don't think Eddie is bluffing to keep the fees down.

 

Trading in ASM seems sensible to me. He's the one player we have at the moment that is both expendable and who attracts interest. 

[Elliottman]

Whatever the fee is, its clearly enough for it to be worthwhile otherwise we wouldnt be doing it. Howe has said on numerous occasions he loves Maxi and doesnt want to lose him. We wouldnt be letting him go it if didnt fit the bigger picture, be amazed if its 1 for 1.