NUFC Transfer Rumours

[Myleftboot]

I don’t mind if we sell Gordon,as long as we sign a better player to replace him with.

[simonsays]

If Gordon wants to leave and we get top dollar for him then fair enough.  If he is happy to stay then we keep him - he is only going to get better.  Him and Isak should be the players we should centre the team around going forward as they have age on their side and have a high ceiling.  As others have said players who have already reached their peak are the ones we should be cashing in on

[JLC]

Not sure exactly why, but I think this is going to happen

[RobS]

1 minute ago, simonsays said:

If Gordon wants to leave and we get top dollar for him then fair enough.  If he is happy to stay then we keep him - he is only going to get better.  Him and Isak should be the players we should centre the team around going forward as they have age on their side and have a high ceiling.  As others have said players who have already reached their peak are the ones we should be cashing in on

that rationale apply to Bruno as well? He's on the edge of that for me, I would miss him so so much, but is he going to improve much more? is he at his most sellable right now? would his sale allow a transformative ammount of purchases ala AV and Grealish etc?

 

I don't wanna imagine a toon video on YT without his smile and laugh, but sometimes the team is bigger than the individual 

[JLC]

Just now, JLC said:

Not sure exactly why, but I think this is going to happen

That was a reply to myleftboot. I think Gordon will go

[Jaqen]

I rate Barnes but selling Gordon would be a disaster. He's basically the perfect winger for how we play and only going to get better.

[ExiledGeordie]

7 minutes ago, JLC said:

That was a reply to myleftboot. I think Gordon will go

I think there’s a fair chance it happens too. If Pool come calling and offer enough cash he’ll go but it’ll be on our terms. 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2024 by ExiledGeordie

[janpawel]

God I'd be devastated if we sold Gordon, he's so effective and he's only had 1 full season for us, 10+ goals and assists 

 

Not only that but he has the intangibles, workrate, mentality, great injury record, ambition etc... All the things that are hard to account for when recruiting someone new 

 

Having said that, I think there are a lot more LW's on the market than right, but I'd wonder if we'd just persist with Barnes and have Willock /Joelinton as cover, if the worst did happen 

 

Lastly, I know Diaz didn't have the best season, but he is also class, and very good 1v1, better than Gordon imo but not the better player , surely if you're a Liverpool fan you'd rather give him another season under Slot before committing to a new player 

[Joelinton7]

Romano says Liverpool have interest but basically we don’t need to sell and Liverpool won’t be able to afford him.

[Coffee_Johnny]

44 minutes ago, Memphis said:

Is Guler playing tomorrow in the friendly? Did we get him to Japan in time?

He possibly playing connect four with Kuol on adjoining treatment tables. 

 

 

Edited July 30, 2024 by Coffee_Johnny

[ExiledGeordie]

1 minute ago, Joelinton7 said:

Romano says Liverpool have interest but basically we don’t need to sell and Liverpool won’t be able to afford him.

Yeah we’re hardly going to hand him over. 

[McDog]

Just now, ExiledGeordie said:

Yeah we’re hardly going to hand him over. 

 

 

I doubt anything less than 80M, and I'd push for more.

[Joelinton7]

1 minute ago, ExiledGeordie said:

Yeah we’re hardly going to hand him over. 

For me this whole thing has been his agent trying to get him a new contract and himself a big payday. 

[Fak]

27 minutes ago, McDog said:

 

 

Where did you see that?

https://worldsoccertalk.com/news/more-scandinavian-teams-accuse-fabrizio-romano-of-buying-pr/

[duo]

37 minutes ago, Joey47 said:

Did Romano actually say this?

5 mins - Liverpool remain an interest

[gdm]

Not a chance Gordon leaves. 

[black_n_white]

14 minutes ago, McDog said:

 

 

I doubt anything less than 80M, and I'd push for more.

Cash up front plus quansah was a rumour a few weeks back?

[junkhead]

Romano doesn't say anything there but maybe we'll have to offer Anthony a new contract soon if we want to be in a good position for negotiations in future windows. Think he was signed on an unusually short deal.

[McDog]

Just now, black_n_white said:

Cash up front plus quansah was a rumour a few weeks back?

 

 

Didn't see it and don't know much about Quansah but he's English and Transfer Market has him worth 22m, not that this fact means fuck all.

[Groundhog63]

Worth bearing in mind that football has eaten itself up. 

There's been a couple of decades of unabashed greed. Unlimited funds flowing down the food chain. 

And Lo, greed invented agents. Management teams etc etc. 

Now these corrupt cunts that allowed that have panicked to stop any competition. The cash flows dried right up. 

Clubs aren't buying. Agents aren't getting their percentages 

 

There'll be a hell of a lot of shit stirring by agents. 

[nufc4eva]

Would be gutted if he goes and hope it doesnt happen, wouldn't leave us with much to spend (Cost 40, So maybe 50 million for PSR next 3 years).

 

If his head is turned though, very difficult to keep him. He's got such a high level and developed so much under Howe that I hope he wants that more.

[KaKa]

Just been catching up on the earlier excitement about Guler.

 

Reminded me of the link to Brahim Diaz in the lead up to the January window.

 

https://www.defensacentral.com/real_madrid/1703754751-el-newcastle-le-ofrece-un-dineral-a-florentino-por-brahim-precio-de-crack

 

I wonder if we might actually be showing an interest in him again too. He had a really good season just past.

 

They were saying we were willing to go up to around £55 million in January.

 

Between Diaz and Guler, one of them is not going to play enough next season, and if we like both, perhaps we are interested in whoever Real Madrid decide is available between the two.

[Joelinton7]

35 minutes ago, junkhead said:

Romano doesn't say anything there but maybe we'll have to offer Anthony a new contract soon if we want to be in a good position for negotiations in future windows. Think he was signed on an unusually short deal.

Club described it as a “long-term deal”

.com has it down as tbc so even they don’t know. 

[junkhead]

17 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

Club described it as a “long-term deal”

.com has it down as tbc so even they don’t know. 

 

If Biffa doesn't know, nobody knows.

[Unbelievable]

1 hour ago, WilliamPS said:

You only sell crown jewel players when you have to - basically when the player says I want to go and won’t stay as they are incredibly difficult to replace. Isak and Bruno etc might go at some point but the aim is to delay that moment 

 

Being better sellers is about moving on players once the best years are done or if they are not integral to the team. It’s not about flogging the best players at the first sign of cash

I disagree. A player past their best and no longer integral to the team is past their peak value. If we are to compete, and as long as we remain severely hampered by lacking the commercial revenue to do so and have no manufacturing line of saleable talent from our academy, we have to trade players well as explained by Eales in January. This means sometimes take a step backwards in terms of quality on the pitch short term to allow for two steps forward a little further down the line. Star players may get badly injured and never recover, they may dip in form or they may refuse to extend their contract and for all those reasons their value may diminish. We should try to optimise every player sale, just like we try to optimise every player purchase.