elbee909 Posted 23 hours ago Share Posted 23 hours ago 49 minutes ago, 80 said: Keith Downie claiming the reason he didn't sign was he wanted a fee release clause in his deal, which we didn't want to get into the habit of offering. Supposedly the wage he's getting from Chelsea is basically the same as what we'd agreed, but they gave him the clause too, which is a new story. The rest of our summer transfer window spiralled from there. I'm sure there was no agent-side coercing there whatsoever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago Surely it was a win/win for us either way? Unless of course the release clauses was set at something daft like 10 million. You'd like to think it was at least 40 million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago (edited) As predicted, he’s hardly playing at Chelsea. And the only reason he chose them over us is because we wouldn’t give him the release clause he wanted ? Happy to swerve signing players who think like that Edited 18 hours ago by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago He started off not playing much but I think he’s almost nailed down a starting spot hasn’t he? He’s looked very good for them in the three matches I’ve watched him play annoyingly. It’ll all go sour probably as I have every confidence that Chelsea will shoot themselves in the cock but it’s extremely annoying that our window fell to pieces because of this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Seems to have started one game in the league and come on as a sub twice, one of those appearances lasting one minute. Has played all their Conference League games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago (edited) in the 7 league games so far: 1 x 30 mins 1 x 90 mins 1 x 1 mins And it’s claimed we were after him as our priority target and only have 1 x fit CB Even Cautious Eddie would have given him more starts than Chelsea have Edited 17 hours ago by bobbydazzla Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago From what I’ve seen I’d be surprised if he doesn’t nail down a starting spot. He’s a really good player and far less error prone than Badiashile or Disasi. Anyway, don’t care anymore as there’s nothing that can be done now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago Fofana and Colwill are first choice CB's but he's seemingly next in line, so if one is injured/suspended he'll start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 1 hour ago, bobbydazzla said: As predicted, he’s hardly playing at Chelsea. And the only reason he chose them over us is because we wouldn’t give him the release clause he wanted ? Happy to swerve signing players who think like that Would imagine the location as well being a huge factor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 1 hour ago, gbandit said: He started off not playing much but I think he’s almost nailed down a starting spot hasn’t he? He’s looked very good for them in the three matches I’ve watched him play annoyingly. It’ll all go sour probably as I have every confidence that Chelsea will shoot themselves in the cock but it’s extremely annoying that our window fell to pieces because of this He’s already settled in London too though isn’t he, that probably came into it. Agree that everything went south when we couldn’t complete this deal especially as it seemed nailed on at one point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 17 minutes ago, Geordie Ahmed said: Fofana and Colwill are first choice CB's but he's seemingly next in line, so if one is injured/suspended he'll start And let's be honest, Fofana will be injured soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 16 minutes ago, dcmk said: Would imagine the location as well being a huge factor. Aye, totally. I said at the time that from a personal point of view the Chelsea move was ideal for him but from a footballing perspective it was a poor choice. But Downie’s article that’s mentioned above claims it was the release clause that put Chelsea ahead of us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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