B-more Mag Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, r0cafella said: 35mill is eye watering mind, anyone know how much Watford paid? Transfermarkt says they paid Fluminense €4MM for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, B-more Mag said: Transfermarkt says they paid Fluminense €4MM for him. In that case, they are having our pants down at these suggested numbers. FFP really makes it impossible to grow quickly as you just can’t afford to make mistakes in the transfer market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Can definitely see the club aiming to sign directly from South America in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, ponsaelius said: Can definitely see the club aiming to sign directly from South America in the future. Absolutely, I mean if PIF are serious we actually need some off balance sheet vehicles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 £35m would be stupidity. He’s scored 3 premier league goals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, McCormick said: Not sure about that. Forest and Wolves have proven that if you’re willing to pay the going rate, top players will join you just for the appeal of the Premier League. Yeah but they have facilities of a PL club. I don't think you can underestimate the difference that makes to somebody looking to earn in excess of £100k per week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, McCormick said: Not sure about that. Forest and Wolves have proven that if you’re willing to pay the going rate, top players will join you just for the appeal of the Premier League money. fyp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, ponsaelius said: Can definitely see the club aiming to sign directly from South America in the future. been linked to a few already haven’t we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, McCormick said: Not sure about that. Forest and Wolves have proven that if you’re willing to pay the going rate, top players will join you just for the appeal of the Premier League. Aye. It's not the players rejecting us in the main. It's the clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Happinesstan said: Yeah but they have facilities of a PL club. I don't think you can underestimate the difference that makes to somebody looking to earn in excess of £100k per week. Forest have PL facilities? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/transfer-news-latest-newcastle-united-close-in-on-watford-s-jo-o-pedro-with-30m-bid-0nwf3p2jz Is this new? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, The College Dropout said: Forest have PL facilities? Doesn't look like it. Have they signed anybody to make us envious? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Ekitike didn't come because he had an offer from a much bigger club. The rest - we just haven't stumped up the transfer cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 9 minutes ago, gdm said: £35m would be stupidity. He’s scored 3 premier league goals I do agree that £35m might be a tad expensive. But you really need to look away from his goal scoring. He's turning 21 year old and is highly rated by the Watford fans that watch him week in week out. After all, Ekitike (who we were after for long) went for £35m and 2 seasons ago he scored 3 goals in the Danish league. If the club, and especially Howe is willing to pay that sum for him we need to trust their decision. *the more brazilians the better for the club. Edited August 17, 2022 by Flip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, The College Dropout said: Ekitike didn't come because he had an offer from a much bigger club. The rest - we just haven't stumped up the transfer cash. Fair point. But I think it might say something that we're targeting players with PL experience as they would be more likely to have experienced the current atmosphere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Flip said: I do agree that £35m might be a tad expensive. But you really need to look away from his goal scoring. He's turning 21 year old and is highly rated by the Watford fans that watch him week in week out. After all, Ekitike (who we were after for long) went for £35m and 2 seasons ago he scored 3 goals in the Danish league. If the club, and especially Howe is willing to pay that sum for him we need to trust their decision. *the more brazilians the better for the club. Aye. It's very easy to hone in on outputs but it's hardly that indicative of the potential of a 20 year-old (and you're paying for the future when targeting players that young). I'm not saying he's going to turn into Vini Jr but, using him as an example, he'd scored 3 league goals the season before last and then had his huge upcurve. There are good indicators that Joao Pedro could become a very handy player in the right environment. Edited August 17, 2022 by Gallowgate Toon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Flip said: I do agree that £35m might be a tad expensive. But you really need to look away from his goal scoring. He's turning 21 year old and is highly rated by the Watford fans that watch him week in week out. After all, Ekitike (who we were after for long) went for £35m and 2 seasons ago he scored 3 goals in the Danish league. If the club, and especially Howe is willing to pay that sum for him we need to trust their decision. *the more brazilians the better for the club. There's nothing to suggest we are willing to pay that amount of money for him though. It's obviously just a stupid figure being thrown out there by Watford to counter our initial bid of £20m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Flip said: I do agree that £35m might be a tad expensive. But you really need to look away from his goal scoring. He's turning 21 year old and is highly rated by the Watford fans that watch him week in week out. After all, Ekitike (who we were after for long) went for £35m and 2 seasons ago he scored 3 goals in the Danish league. If the club, and especially Howe is willing to pay that sum for him we need to trust their decision. When you see that and think we could have had Harrison for that, it's understandable to be slightly underwhelmed. But I'm not convinced Harrison was available at 35. I've no idea of player values, I assume everybody overvalues their assets. But once they express a willingness to sell then I don't think meeting the value should be necessary, in fact I'd say it was foolish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, TRon said: There's nothing to suggest we are willing to pay that amount of money for him though. It's obviously just a stupid figure being thrown out there by Watford to counter our initial bid of £20m. Hence the if... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, Happinesstan said: When you see that and think we could have had Harrison for that, it's understandable to be slightly underwhelmed. But I'm not convinced Harrison was available at 35. I've no idea of player values, I assume everybody overvalues their assets. But once they express a willingness to sell then I don't think meeting the value should be necessary, in fact I'd say it was foolish. Leeds would have been mad to value him at 35. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Cant believe we are willing to pay that for him like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, MrRaspberryJam said: There's no way they turn that down. Looks like he'll be on his way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Happinesstan said: When you see that and think we could have had Harrison for that, it's understandable to be slightly underwhelmed. But I'm not convinced Harrison was available at 35. I've no idea of player values, I assume everybody overvalues their assets. But once they express a willingness to sell then I don't think meeting the value should be necessary, in fact I'd say it was foolish. Jack Harrison is 5 years older than Joao Pedro. 5 years ago Harrison was playing in the MLS and 4 games for Middlesbrough in the Championship. It's hard to compare. I do think Harrison is going to have hell of a season for Leeds by the looks of it though Edited August 17, 2022 by Flip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 This lad will go on to big things in Eddie we trust. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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