More transfer rumours

[Guest]

Going to need to add at least £10m on. Think as the window goes on we will eventually. 

[McCormick]

Pre-Raphinha and Philips sales I reckon Leeds would have taken 25m for Harrison. Highly unlikely now though.

[HaydnNUFC]

Bruno and Targett came out of the blue in January iirc, the first we heard about them was a bid being made. All this 'weighing up', 'monitoring', 'preparing bid' is all nonsense to get emotional football fans like us clicking and reading about it. 

 

I doubt any journos whether that's Wilson, Edwards insisting on a budget, Hope or anyone like that have a clue. It's no coincidence to me that the Athletic journos have been really quiet this window.

 

But to entertain that horseshit for a second longer that it needs to be, insisting on not paying over £25m will get you nowhere in the PL and will likely not upgrade what you have unless you find an absolute gem.

[TRon]

I don't think we want any of these players that badly tbh. The likes of Diaby are the real gold standard, but they are seemingly out of our reach.

[McCormick]

1 minute ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

But to entertain that horseshit for a second longer that it needs to be, insisting on not paying over £25m will get you nowhere in the PL and will likely not upgrade what you have unless you find an absolute gem.

Agree for the most part but you could definitely improve upon our wide options with 25m.

[HaydnNUFC]

1 minute ago, McCormick said:

Agree for the most part but you could definitely improve upon our wide options with 25m.

 

If you find a gem which is never guaranteed from abroad, yeah. But £25m gets you Chris Wood or Harry Winks these days, the wide equivalent is no different. Its an insufficient amount to do business in the PL, assuming that's the market we're looking at for whatever reason given the lack of real value.

 

Am aware this is mainly regarding a wide player but also if we really are gambling on Wilson staying fit then that's proper shite. Needless.

[gdm]

5 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said:

The spent £35m+ on a CB. They're hardly scared to spend above £25m on a top winger  Journos spout some right shite. 

Playing devils advocate…

 

unless there is indeed a budget and we only have a certain amount left. It is confusing some things make me think there is a budget and there are things that make me think it doesn’t make sense. Guess time will tell which. 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2022 by gdm

[KaKa]

6 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

But to entertain that horseshit for a second longer that it needs to be, insisting on not paying over £25m will get you nowhere in the PL and will likely not upgrade what you have unless you find an absolute gem.

 

You could definitely get significantly better than what we have on the continent for £25 million IMO.

 

Just mentioned Ludo Blas who is on the market for £17 million. With the emergence of Yeremy Pino at Villareal, you could also likely get Chukwueze in that price range. Noah Lang has been linked also, and is in that price range, Madueke too, and I'm sure there are others.

[McCormick]

4 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

If you find a gem which is never guaranteed from abroad, yeah. But £25m gets you Chris Wood or Harry Winks these days, the wide equivalent is no different. Its an insufficient amount to do business in the PL, assuming that's the market we're looking at for whatever reason given the lack of real value.

 

Am aware this is mainly regarding a wide player but also if we really are gambling on Wilson staying fit then that's proper shite. Needless.

25m could get you Cornet, Dennis or possibly Sarr; all proven PL performers. I will say it probably won’t get you the top performers for a current PL team but there are definitely PL players you can buy for that price that would improve the team. Obviously this is due to how poor (Maxi aside) our wide options are.

[The Prophet]

32 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Shocking article

 

So we're just sat there bidding for players that their clubs have made clear they do not want to lose unless it is for ridiculous money?

 

The desperation for clicks really has led to some desperate stuff being put out this summer man. Wow.

 

 

 

 

This is the geezer who suggested that we were making enquiries about Paqueta, after the press suggested his price had dropped. Brain dead stuff.

[The Prophet]

https://theathletic.com/3442226/2022/07/24/stages-of-a-transfer-saga?source=user-shared-article

 

A good read.

[SUPERTOON]

Any links to Gordon at this stage can be filed as complete bullshit imo. I’m not denying we enquired and do rate him, but since our supposed first offer he’s about to sign a new deal, been given the number 7 shirt and told he will be the main man for them this season. Based on all of that, there isn’t a chance we have bid again and certainly no chance we would bid so low.

[gdm]

4 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Any links to Gordon at this stage can be filed as complete bullshit imo. I’m not denying we enquired and do rate him, but since our supposed first offer he’s about to sign a new deal, been given the number 7 shirt and told he will be the main man for them this season. Based on all of that, there isn’t a chance we have bid again and certainly no chance we would bid so low.

Number 10 shirt* but aye he’s going nowhere this window 

[SUPERTOON]

35 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

Go abroad, then. Never getting any deals in the PL for that. He seems a shocking journo btw. Sensationalist tripe is mostly what I've seen.

See I don’t get this, I get journalists have sources, but I don’t see how anyone connected with the club rings up Scott and says yeah we only want to spend 25 million on a wide attacker 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, gdm said:

Number 10 shirt* but aye he’s going nowhere this window 

Knew it was 10 or 7 ?

[80]

So... Who considers Barnes an upgrade on Maxi all things considered?

[McCormick]

Most people, I would assume?

[GWN]

She has a nice rack mind 

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, 80 said:

So... Who considers Barnes an upgrade on Maxi all things considered?

Me, he’s been on a different level to Maxi for the last 2 or so years. 

[The Prophet]

His recent articles:

 

We're going to bid £25 million for three players that are valued by their clubs at £35 million plus.

 

We might sell ASM, amid speculation Spurs and Chelsea are interested.

 

We're interested in Sesko, but used old quotes to suggest he won't move.

 

We enquired about Paqueta after the media reported his price had dropped.

 

I think we can firmly stick him in the "talks shit" category.

[SUPERTOON]

Just now, The Prophet said:

His recent articles:

 

We're going to bid £25 million for three players that are valued by their clubs at £35 million plus.

 

We might sell ASM, amid speculation Spurs and Chelsea are interested.

 

We're interested in Sesko, but used old quotes to suggest he won't move.

 

We enquired about Paqueta after the media reported his price had dropped.

 

I think we can firmly stick him in the "talks shit" category.

Don’t forget the Zapata one 

[80]

3 minutes ago, McCormick said:

Most people, I would assume?

Just wondering what the reaction to trading Barnes for Maxi + 10-15m would be then

 

[McCormick]

 I’d be fine with it- it’s an upgrade- but it doesn’t solve our issue of not having a proper rw. Also, there’s no chance of Leicester selling unless we make a truly ridiculous offer imo.

[SUPERTOON]

3 minutes ago, McCormick said:

 I’d be fine with it- it’s an upgrade- but it doesn’t solve our issue of not having a proper rw. Also, there’s no chance of Leicester selling unless we make a truly ridiculous offer imo.

25 million ?

[The Bonk]

3 hours ago, gdm said:

Leicester is the club I saw people most want to be like when we were owned by Ashley tbf. 

Aye, was supremely jealous when Ashley owned us. They’re very well run and loved when they won the league. Now? Think we’ll surpass them and not look back! What a wild twist of fate last year was.