NUFC Transfer Rumours

[SteV]

1 hour ago, NUFC91 said:

Would pay what Liverpool want for Kelleher, got the Georgian lad to come in so pretty sure they'll have to offload him unless Alisson leaves 

Only got one year left on his contract come the summer, so they’ll not be able to get big money.

[Shearergol]

1 hour ago, NUFC91 said:

Would pay what Liverpool want for Kelleher, got the Georgian lad to come in so pretty sure they'll have to offload him unless Alisson leaves 

 

They'll get big money for Alisson from Saudi won't they. You'd think Kelleher would want to be a first teamer somewhere though (and deserves to be). I'd carry him here myself.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

19 hours ago, TRC said:

Sometimes you need to sell while the stock is high too. We have missed the window on many players to sell while they were in demand in the past. Dyer and Jenas being the obvious ones.

For Wilson and Miggy this was definitely the case. The principle is sound but it’s very close to ‘sell your best players’ so it’s hard to be too critical when we don’t do it. 

[SteV]

11 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

For Wilson and Miggy this was definitely the case. The principle is sound but it’s very close to ‘sell your best players’ so it’s hard to be too critical when we don’t do it. 

Indeed. Bruno is probably at peak valuation now. Maybe one more season at a push before his value starts heading downwards.

 

Would it be wise to sell him? Questionable.

[TRC]

10 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

For Wilson and Miggy this was definitely the case. The principle is sound but it’s very close to ‘sell your best players’ so it’s hard to be too critical when we don’t do it. 

I dont think its that, its more sell players who are performing at a high level that is not sustainable long term e.g Miggy.

 

I think you can put Joelinton in there to some degree, his stock was extremely high, got a Brazil call up and national media talked about his redepmtion arc. I'm not sure Gordon is a 10 goal 10 assist man long term.

 

I think both of those are good players for the record, but I think we could have got inflated fees. Very much like what Villa did with Doug Luiz off the back of a great season.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Not sure the Luiz sale has helped Villa mind, although it has for PSR of course. 

 

I think the problem is that players can't just be sold, they need to be replaced. So I can see a situation where you sell someone who would have had a good few years with you and need to spend again to replace them. In the meantime you finish the same position in the league anyway. 

 

No easy solutions but I get the point that, ideally, we would be able to identify players who are over performing or aren't essential to our plan or can be replaced more easily.