Guest HTT II Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 If we stay up I wouldn’t be surprised if we were in the market for one of Harland or Mbappe even though we would have zero chance. I can just see PIF thinking fuck it, and will put bids in on the table for players like those two whatever the cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Possibly, fear it will make us look daft though. I also kinda think these transfers seem to be negotiated over months if not years beforehand cheeky bids unlikely to happen. Fairly sure Mbappe to Real Madrid is a done deal already isnt it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Think I'll worry about summer transfer targets once we know what league we will be in next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 6 minutes ago, Awaymag said: Think I'll worry about summer transfer targets once we know what league we will be in next season. It'll be the Premier fucking League, fella. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Presuming Dan Ashworth will already have his feet under a desk and perhaps a tough CEO in place too, our planning, negotiating abilities and forward thinking will be on another level to what was in place in January. Will they decide to build a challenging team right away or will they decide to put more resources into building a blueprint for sustained homegrown success? And by that I mean an academy to rival anywhere in the world with not just locals, but somewhere that every young talent in the world will aspire to make it to. That’s not to shit on what our owners were able to pull off in January. They were exceptional considering this is new to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Phoenix711 said: We offered €50m which is around £42m on deadline day apparently. Unlike Diego Carlos who will be 29 and will have 1 year left on his contract, Botman has just turned 22 and still has three years left on his contract (2025). I can't see Lille taking any less than €50m and if we were willing to offer that in January, Lille won't take lower as they are in a much stronger position compared to Seville. I wouldn't pay our Jan valuation of Diego Carlos. Koulibaly will be 31 in the summer and apparently will sign a new contract extension with Napoli. When we were linked with him back in November his agents said they weren't too keen. 31 is also on the older side for a defender who relies heavily on his physical attributes. He's not wily like Thiago Silva (Chelsea). I'd avoid anyone over 30 (unless they're cheap) as we'll be paying a premium already and there will be no resale value if they flop. Also the best players around this age want trophies/ European football. In terms of Botman the difference could be that he's said he is leaving in the summer and that's something he will push for, which he wasn't willing to do in January Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Go in for Nico Schlotterbeck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, gazza ladra said: Go in for Nico Schlotterbeck. Turned us down last month, didn’t he? I got the impression that he wanted to stay in Germany- probably destined for Bayern/Dortmund I’d say. Edited February 12, 2022 by Manxst Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Manxst said: Turned us down last month, didn’t he? Did he? Maybe he wasn't up for a relegation fight. Who knows. Things change. Anyway, I suspect he'll be at Bayern Munich soon. 22 years old. Edited February 12, 2022 by gazza ladra Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxst Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just now, gazza ladra said: Did he? Maybe he wasn't up for a relegation fight. Who knows. Things change. Anyway, I suspect he'll be at Bayern Munich soon. Yeah, me too- I edited the original comment to say as much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix711 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 25 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said: In terms of Botman the difference could be that he's said he is leaving in the summer and that's something he will push for, which he wasn't willing to do in January Even if he pushed he wouldn't be allowed to leave, he still had 3.5 years left on his contract. Diego Carlos tried to push and he couldn't do anything. I'm pretty sure Botman and Lille's director of football came to an agreement - you can leave in the summer for x which he was fine with. He's said nice things about us and Milan and probably hasn't made his mind up yet. I know Milan have the Maldini factor but he probably wait til the summer before making his choice. With Diego Carlos I think we told his team that we'll revisit things in the summer depending on what happens in the league - that's probably why he didn't want to sign an extension for now (his deal expires in 2023) and Mochi (Seville director) hinted he'd be willing to sell in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbthree3 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 (edited) I feel bad that I can't take Ryder seriously One minute he can't write a coherent sentence, the next he's tweeting like the Morpeth Monchi. Edited February 18, 2022 by Thiago Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Thiago said: I feel bad that I can't take Ryder seriously One minute he can't write a coherent sentence, the next he's tweeting like the Morpeth Monchi. Watched Howe Press Conference and Ryder pops up and can barely speak. Window Licker of the highest order Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Going to be keeping a close eye on this guy tomorrow against Chelsea. Will be really interesting to see how he gets on against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Gazetta reckons he wants to join Milan Don't blame him, he's guaranteed games there whilst here he would be back up to Big Dan Burn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Gazetta reckons he wants to join Milan Don't blame him, he's guaranteed games there whilst here he would be back up to Big Dan Burn We’re all back up to Big Dan Burn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 An up & coming CB being courted by Maldini to play for Milan is tough prospect to turn down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Not worried about this one at all. If we want him we’ll make sure we bid the most. If he wants to come here it will happen. We’ll have many options in the summer once we manage to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awaymag Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 10 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Gazetta reckons he wants to join Milan Don't blame him, he's guaranteed games there whilst here he would be back up to Big Dan Burn Gazetta, they can't stand to think that the Italian teams aren't the centre of the footballing world.......have a real chip on their shoulder Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 The five lads we brought in last month reassures me that even if Botman knocks us back, we'll have a solid back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Awaymag said: Gazetta, they can't stand to think that the Italian teams aren't the centre of the footballing world.......have a real chip on their shoulder Aye, a few Italian rags were being snobby about us in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiago Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Gazetta reckons he wants to join Milan Don't blame him, he's guaranteed games there whilst here he would be back up to Big Dan Burn Fair fucks. He seemed keen to join us when we looked like the only team able to do a deal in January. If waiting to the summer throws Milan into the mix I think it gets harder for us to convince him especially with Maldini on a charm offensive. Our only advantage is more money but I'd not want to go down that route as our sole motivator towards players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 35 minutes ago, Thiago said: Fair fucks. He seemed keen to join us when we looked like the only team able to do a deal in January. If waiting to the summer throws Milan into the mix I think it gets harder for us to convince him especially with Maldini on a charm offensive. Our only advantage is more money but I'd not want to go down that route as our sole motivator towards players. Yeah, ultimately the summer transfer window is better for us in that we'll have more time and less pressure (regardless of which league we are in) but also players will have more options as not a lot of clubs want to do business in January Even if we stay up we don't have CL or any European football to offer so losing out to Milan is to be expected Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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