Odysseas Vlachodimos

[KaKa]

5 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said:

Somewhere near to the amount we paid, given that was green lighted.

 

Do we officially know what we paid in the end?

[Menace]

£20M for him.

 

They paid £35m for Anderson

 

So essentially sold a cracking prospect that could've been Joelintons replacement for £15M and a ropey keeper.

 

Ah well.

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by Menace

[KaKa]

1 minute ago, Menace said:

£20M for him.

 

They paid £35m for Anderson

 

So essentially sold a cracking prospect that could've been Joelintons replacement for £15M and a ropey keeper.

 

Ah well.

 

 

 

 

Sheesh.

 

Didn't realise the £20 million had been confirmed. Oh well.

 

Would have easily got that back from Saudi too. How annoying.

[Kanj]

We actually tried to do the deal originally for Elanga. 

[Mike]

11 minutes ago, Ameritoon said:

 

I don't think we can legally send someone as pasty as Ruddy to Saudi Arabia

 

Used to do it all the god damn time 800 years ago tbf.

[RodneyCisse]

Can a player refuse to sign elsewhere?

[TRon]

8 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said:

Can a player refuse to sign elsewhere?

 

 

All the shit ones do it regularly.

[The Prophet]

26 minutes ago, Menace said:

£20M for him.

 

They paid £35m for Anderson

 

So essentially sold a cracking prospect that could've been Joelintons replacement for £15M and a ropey keeper.

 

Ah well.

 

 

 

 

It's a bit simplistic to view it as a swap deal when we got £35 million in the coffers for Anderson.

[The Prophet]

We need a "bomb squad".

[TBG]

Needs to be careful.

 

Spends too long at the club and he might find himself being released.

 

Ending up on the dole relying on his gyro

 

 

 

 

[The College Dropout]

8 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

 

It's a bit simplistic to view it as a swap deal when we got £35 million in the coffers for Anderson.

And we paid £20m for Vlad. Combining the deals makes sense. £35m for Anderson sounds impressive. £15m for Anderson + Vlad was a subpar deal then and even worse deal now.

 

It got us over the June 2024 hump. Beleive he's on a 5-year deal. He's costing us in the region of £4-£7m per year. That's a lot for someone that never ever plays. 

 

I'm hoping he can turn his career around like Sels.

 

 

Edited 19 hours ago by The College Dropout

[TRon]

5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

And we paid £20m for Vlad. Combining the deals makes sense. £35m for Anderson sounds impressive. £15m for Anderson + Vlad was a subpar deal then and even worse deal now.

 

It got us over the June 2024 hump. Beleive he's on a 5-year deal. He's costing us in the region of £4-£7m per year. That's a lot for someone that never ever plays. 

 

I'm hoping he can turn his career around like Sels.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't think that's going to happen, Eddie was furious at losing Anderson for this guy, and he's barely got a look in since. I think Howe wants him out of the club asap.

[The Prophet]

8 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

And we paid £20m for Vlad. Combining the deals makes sense. £35m for Anderson sounds impressive. £15m for Anderson + Vlad was a subpar deal then and even worse deal now.

 

It got us over the June 2024 hump. Beleive he's on a 5-year deal. He's costing us in the region of £4-£7m per year. That's a lot for someone that never ever plays. 

 

I'm hoping he can turn his career around like Sels.

 

 

 

 

That's exactly why I'd say it's a bit simplistic to put it in those terms. Just my view though.

[Ben]

Why not just go to Saudi on a 3 year contract and come back to Europe in 6 months like every other player 

[RobsonsWonderland]

We must have someone high up leaking all these contract details to the forum...

 

But all I would add is if the deal stopped both clubs being fined or docked points then the true worth to both clubs is more than what the actual transfer shows on the balance sheet.

 

Sad but even if it's positive by one penny the lad had to be sacrificed for the good of the club.

[rebelrouser]

47 minutes ago, KaKa said:

Didn't realise the £20 million had been confirmed. Oh well.

Confirmed by whom? I doubt we spent that on a 30 year old.  There has to be more to it.  

[Mike]

Why did we launder the money if we're not gonna use it

[The College Dropout]

8 minutes ago, Ben said:

Why not just go to Saudi on a 3 year contract and come back to Europe in 6 months like every other player 

Don't get all your money apparently.

 

5 minutes ago, rebelrouser said:

Confirmed by whom? I doubt we spent that on a 30 year old.  There has to be more to it.  

Not confirmed. But it is clsoe to the figure reported by The Athletic and Transfermarkt.

 

The "more to it" is it's a FFP workaround for both clubs. Most of us thought the Anderson £35m was too high and it was. We also overpaid for this lad. Where we missed the trick, everyone else signed youngsters with potential to hold or increase value.  Forest played a blinder, they signed a first-team player. Villa did a good swap deal with Chelsea too for the Dortmund fullback.

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by The College Dropout

[The College Dropout]

3 minutes ago, Mike said:

Why did we launder the money if we're not gonna use it

Used it to avoid a fine. Which we did.

[CheikBoom]

15 minutes ago, Ben said:

Why not just go to Saudi on a 3 year contract and come back to Europe in 6 months like every other player 

Probably because he has a young family and is settled? As much as Saudi is mega bucks he may just want to play at a decent standard.

[Ben]

Just now, CheikBoom said:

Probably because he has a young family and is settled? As much as Saudi is mega bucks he may just want to play at a decent standard.

 

Fair do's but he's 3rd choice keeper at Newcastle, no chance he gets a run in the team as the club are actively looking for a first team keeper. 

[nufc123]

1 hour ago, KaKa said:

 

Do we officially know what we paid in the end?

Dont think so.

[CheikBoom]

1 minute ago, Ben said:

 

Fair do's but he's 3rd choice keeper at Newcastle, no chance he gets a run in the team as the club are actively looking for a first team keeper. 

Yeh, absolutely! Although he’s probably of the mindset he could still get a decent move in a European league. 

[alexf]

Gotta love this PSR world where shite 3rd/4th choice goalkeepers are getting moved around from club to club for huge sums of money, whilst earning decent coin themselves despite never making appearances.  

 

That's the football I fell in love with as a kid. 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by alexf

[kingxlnc]

17 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Used it to avoid a fine. Which we did.

I'd rather have been fined at this point.