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Theregulars

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I’d like to think that players who go there realise they’ll never make a meaningful connection with a properly obsessed fanbase who will worship them as heroes, and want out accordingly after establishing themselves. There’s no excitement for football in that area.

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34 minutes ago, Nucasol said:

The plucky Brighton story isn’t quite the glorious underdog tale the media loves to make out. Between Bloom taking over the club and the end of the 2020/21 season, Brighton spent £259m on players and sold £40m as they went from League 1 to the Premier League. Bloom also weighed them in with just under £500m of interest free loans to build the AMEX and fund the club.

 

Since 2021/22 they’ve had the reputation of being canny buyers and sellers - fine, but they’ve still signed £410m of players and sold £337m, a net deficit of £72m. Add that to the £218m deficit from the prior decade, the majority spent in lower leagues.

 

The fact is Bloom has done a good job to create an established club with good balance sheet value. However, let’s not make out it’s all been through canny trading and youth team products. That’s why it rankles when the capitalist shithouse bleats on about FFP and playing by the rules whilst backing his paymasters to pull the ladder up on other clubs. The private equity wanker he is.

So, so spot on. Completely accurate. The hipster Billy Bean narrative is so inaccurate.

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47 minutes ago, Theregulars said:

So, so spot on. Completely accurate. The hipster Billy Bean narrative is so inaccurate.

Yeah I was looking to see who Brighton had sold over the years recently and apart from rinsing Chelsea a few times they haven't make that many crazy big sales. White, Cucurella and Caceideo are the three really big ones. These are all the ones over 20 million euros [I included Dan Burn for context as it looks like when we bought him he was their second biggest sale ever!]

 

24/45

 

Undev - 26.7


23/24

 

Caceido 116

Mac Allister 42

Sanchez 23 

 

22/23

 

Cucurella 65.3

Bissouma 29.2

Trossard  24

 

21/22

 

Ben White 58.5

*Dan Burn - 15 - BDB seems to have been their second biggest sale in history at that point.

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3 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

They suck up to the big 6. 

In fairness, they’ve sold very well and not really been ripped off by people buying from them. The sad reality of them as a club is they won’t ever be able to compete consistently as a European side in the league 

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20 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Well they keep fucking beating us for one. :lol:

well there is that :yao: I have no issue with how they operate as they are doing what they need to do to survive.  As opposed to Chelsea who are literally making a mockery of the league and showing the world how corrupt it is.

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12 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

They suck up to the big 6. 

I would like to think they've ripped them off - I mean Chelsea way overpaid for Caceido and Cucurella

 

 

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Just now, JT24 said:

Don’t think this is the type of update to warrant 👀👀👀👀👀 but here we are. Baldylocks prick. 


 

Spoiler

Newcastle United are set to open formal talks with Brighton and Hove Albion over the signing of forward Joao Pedro.

As revealed by Telegraph Sport last week, Newcastle have been encouraged to step up their pursuit of the Brazilian and will now look to negotiate a price with Brighton.

The 22-year-old has emerged as Newcastle’s priority target since missing out on Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo and it is hoped a suitable deal can be thrashed out quickly.

Brighton, though, are likely to want to maximise the fee with Newcastle valuing the player at around £60 million.

There is a growing confidence that a deal can be done, although sources have stressed there is still a lot of work to do before Newcastle complete their first transfer of the summer.

The fact that Brighton have already added a striker in this transfer window, in the shape of exciting Greek youngster Charalampos Kostoulas, would appear to improve Newcastle’s chances of a successful pursuit of Joao Pedro. However, there is caution too as Pedro has been looked at by other Premier League clubs such as Chelsea.

Manager Eddie Howe has been a huge fan of the forward for several years and was on the verge of signing him in the summer of 2022, before landing Alexander Isak in a club-record £63 million deal.

Nottingham Forest’s Anthony Elanga is also a long-standing target and Newcastle are aware of his asking price, which is thought to be around £50 million. Forest, though, have denied that there has been any direct contact with Newcastle at this stage and want to keep the winger.

Nottingham Forest’s Anthony Elanga (left) would add pace and attacking verve to Newcastle’s forward line Credit: Getty Images/Robbie Jay Barratt

Whether Newcastle can sign both players in the same window remains to be seen, but it would be a major coup and would give Howe major upgrades in his offensive options ahead of their return to the Champions League.

The club are also proceeding with options to fill their need for a centre-back and are looking at the foreign market to do so.

There has been some satisfaction internally that Newcastle’s targets abroad remain a secret, although Telegraph Sportcan reveal they have regularly scouted Sporting Lisbon centre-back Ousmane Diomande.

The 21-year-old Ivory Coast international has been heavily linked with moves to both Chelsea and Crystal Palace this summer, but Newcastle are likely to also be at the table.

Newcastle kept their negotiations with AC Milan for Italy international Sandro Tonali a closely guarded secret two years ago, deliberately leaking alternative names in order to distract from their ultimately successful attempt to land the midfielder.

The only one of their centre-back targets in the public domain is England international Marc Guehi whom they failed to sign last summer after a lengthy and very public pursuit.

Joao Pedro holds universal appeal for the various members of Newcastle’s recruitment team as he has the versatility to play across the front three. That means he will provide competition and cover for Isak as a central striker, but can also be deployed on either flank.

At 23, the former Watford player fits the ideal age profile for the players Newcastle want to sign, with the intention being to bring in those who can grow with the team in the years ahead.

Analysis: Where Newcastle are in crucial summer

Eddie Howe made no secret of his desire to move swiftly this summer in order to land his first-choice targets but has so far been frustrated.

He will be hoping a breakthrough is getting closer and with informal steps made to show their firm interest in Joao Pedro and Elanga, things do finally seem to be moving behind the scenes.

Neither deal will be simple or straightforward but Telegraph Sportunderstands that Joao Pedro and Elanga have moved ahead of the likes of West Ham winger Mohammed Kudus and Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo in transfer discussions.

Although there was a desire to move quickly, the asking prices circulated were far too high for Newcastle to act. Senior figures decided it was better to wait, rather than pay a premium to get early business done.

Every club tries to maximise their income before starting their own recruitment drives and there is a feeling prices will fall the closer it gets to the start of pre-season in July.

Big-money contract for Isak

Newcastle were forced to end their interest in Bryan Mbeumo after the Brentford player signalled his preference for a move to Manchester United, having also made it clear he would only consider a move to Newcastle if they made him their highest paid player.

As new contract talks with Isak are pencilled in for later this summer, which would make the Sweden international their top earner, Newcastle sensibly decided the Mbeumo deal was not worth pursuing. Privately they have described Mbeumo’s wage demands as “enormous” and “impossible to match”.

There has also been a lack of progress made to sign Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford. Despite being led to believe that the player had a verbal agreement with the newly promoted Premier League club that he would be allowed to leave this summer if a suitable offer came in – with Newcastle his club of choice – an asking price of almost £40 million is way beyond their own valuation of the 22-year-old.

With other positions to fill in the squad – and with Nick Pope still regarded as an elite Premier League goalkeeper – Newcastle have more pressing needs and have signalled they will walk away from talks if the asking price remains as it is.

Interestingly, although the names of their domestic targets are well known – Aston Villa midfielder Jacob Ramsey is another – Newcastle are pleased with the fact they have been able to operate more secretly while looking abroad.

Given their failed attempts to sign centre-back Guehi last year, it would not be a surprise if their main defensive target currently plays outside of the Premier League.

Some of Newcastle’s most successful pieces of business under Howe – Bruno Guimaraes, Isak, Tonali and Sven Botman – have all been signed from European clubs.

 

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