Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I wonder who Howe and his nephew will be looking at as a replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Happy enough with this, but I do feel like we could have squeezed a few more millions out of it. Seems like we've just accepted their first offer, which is a bit weird? How many other England Internationals in their peak ages with so much left on their contracts would have gone for as little as this? I know Anderson is a couple of years younger, but he will most likely cost £10-20m more this summer for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamninator Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 So to sum up the thread: Anthony Gordon is an overrated little Scouse twat but we got absolutely fleeced by getting 70 million for him. Makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 28 minutes ago, The Prophet said: This is actually a very funny and useful workaround to the financial rules. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 4 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said: I wonder who Howe and his nephew will be looking at as a replacement. David Brooks apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Just now, Pandamninator said: So to sum up the thread: Anthony Gordon is an overrated little Scouse twat but we got absolutely fleeced by getting 70 million for him. Makes sense. And the thread title is wrong because we're actually getting £69m minus £5m sell on fee minus £45m originally paid to Everton minus the cost of a replacement, so ultimately we are at negative £15m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fak Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 minute ago, timeEd32 said: And the thread title is wrong because we're actually getting £69m minus £5m sell on fee minus £45m originally paid to Everton minus the cost of a replacement, so ultimately we are at negative £15m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Echoing what folks are saying, that it's a good deal all round. Always thought he came across really well in interviews and spoke pretty smartly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 (edited) Of all the so called purples, this is the one I’m very much the least bothered about. Great on his day, but far too inconsistent, 1 good game in every 3 or 4 (if we were lucky) is not good enough, and his passing is utterly woeful. Not sure about anyone else, but I’m quite excited by this, this is where we kick start our recruitment and bring players in very quickly, hopefully. Edited May 27 by Bimpy474 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Louise Taylor reporting he’ll be doubling his wage to 300k a week. Secured the bag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPar Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Brilliant in the Champions league but meh in the EPL. Take the money and run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Would be interesting to know what the add ons are. Doubt we’ll find out anytime soon, but it would add a bit of spice to know we get another X million if Barca win next season’s CL and they’re in the final against Arsenal/Liverpool/Man Utd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Think he’ll do very well at Barca but definitely has flaws to his game. Apart from his penalties, I don’t really see any area of his game that has dramatically improved in his time here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 2 minutes ago, JT24 said: Louise Taylor reporting he’ll be doubling his wage to 300k a week. Secured the bag. Football has gone mad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Pundit Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 I don't think £69.3m, inclusive of add-ons, is enough tbh, especially not with Everton's sell-on clause. A 25yr old England international, with CL experience should have been another £10m on top of that, especially if there was other interest. Not really sure on why we sold prior to the World Cup when his value could potentially increase even further if he has a decent tournament. The only redeeming point is that it means it won't drag on and any negativity from him will be negated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 1 minute ago, Miggys First Goal said: Football has gone mad. I mean if makes sense that he'd make around that signing for Barca in his prime for this amount of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 He only recently went a year without a goal or assist in open play. A year in which we played like 100 games. Alongside being a general chud merchant, injury faker and tod warrior. How he has managed this I'm not sure Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 It’s weird one. I would be annoyed if we bought Gordon for £70m so can’t be mad at that selling fee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 6 minutes ago, Armchair Pundit said: I don't think £69.3m, inclusive of add-ons, is enough tbh, especially not with Everton's sell-on clause. A 25yr old England international, with CL experience should have been another £10m on top of that, especially if there was other interest. Not really sure on why we sold prior to the World Cup when his value could potentially increase even further if he has a decent tournament. The only redeeming point is that it means it won't drag on and any negativity from him will be negated. He could also get injured in said tournament and wipe out his value completely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 He’s going to press like a madman though. And through that he’ll get goal and win the fans over. His lack of ability will show though. In many ways he’s the opposite of Rashford. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 7 minutes ago, TaylorJ_01 said: He only recently went a year without a goal or assist in open play. A year in which we played like 100 games. Alongside being a general chud merchant, injury faker and tod warrior. How he has managed this I'm not sure Gordon is by far the biggest winner here like Both us and Barcelona got good arguments for why we could have done better from this deal, but Gordon getting a move to arguably the biggest club in the world is wild after his last couple of seasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 30 minutes ago, Tiotes Witch Doctor said: I wonder who Howe and his nephew will be looking at as a replacement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Kvaratskhelia went for around the same price. Gordon is nowhere near his level. I think we’ve had Barca to the cleaners on this personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 It doesn't really get bigger than Barcelona. So if he doesn't develop consistency there, then all his chat about being elite and wanting to go to the top is waffle. If the sale happens, then he has reached his goal and now he has to go do it. I won't keep an eye on his career as I'm very indifferent to him. Don't care about him succeeding or failing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 23 minutes ago, Bimpy474 said: Of all the so called purples, this is the one I’m very much the least bothered about. Great on his day, but far too inconsistent, 1 good game in every 3 or 4 (if we were lucky) is not good enough, and his passing is utterly woeful. Not sure about anyone else, but I’m quite excited by this, this is where we kick start our recruitment and bring players in very quickly, hopefully. Wish I share your optimism, however I may never recover from last summer regarding transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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