Marc Guehi

[simonsays]

I'm usually pro buying premier league experience, but £70m seems like crazy money.  I'm joining the buy an unproven European wonder kid gang

[nufcnick]

6 minutes ago, gdm said:

Howe pleading for him doesn’t sound good. Gonna leave us no where to go on a RW if we put everything in to this. Not gonna lie paying £70m for him will be a bit depressing tbh

Do people really believe these idiots?

[B-more Mag]

“Pleading,” ffs.  That’s not even Eddie’s style at all. If we get a story about Tindall throwing about papers and desk knickknacks in somebody’s office, then, maybe. But Eddie “pleading”? Come on. 

[Miggys First Goal]

Aye, can just imagine Eddie sheepishly knocking on on the doors of Mitchell and Eales and doing his best Oliver impression, “please sir, can you bid once more”.

[Miggys First Goal]

Eddie:
 

[SuperFlat]

Howe said to have offered, ‘a posh wank’, to Mitchell, such is his desperation for his top defensive target.

[Heron]

Sensationalist language to catch the eye or ear as always.

 

I'm sick of transfer windows. Sky spoiled it in about 2009 along with Mike Ashley.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2024 by Heron

[TheBrownBottle]

The fee wouldn’t concern me at all.  The only thing that would slightly annoy me if we do end up signing Guehi for 70m is why we fucked around for so long in the first place if we were always prepared to go that high - it leaves us with very little time to do anything else. 

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, Ronson333 said:

Holding your reputation on this?!? Otherwise you’re joining the bull shitting merchants. 

Brave to assume I have a reputation 

[B-more Mag]

“Tindall steps on Al-Rumayyan’s robe as he turns and walks away” and maybe I’m listening. 

[Kid Icarus]

Howe has earned the right to demand we put in a £20m bid to bring Carlton Palmer out of retirement because he's figured out how it'll work tbh. I'm all for having a DoF but having one doesn't mean that Howe doesn't have the talent that DoFs have in abundance. His record with players, especially centre backs, is top tier. 

[Joelinton7]

The fact this bid is being pre-empted (again) tells me it’s gonna’ end up exactly like all of the others. If it happens, it’ll just happen.

[Miggys First Goal]

I thought our third (or was it fourth) bid was our final bid?

[gdm]

10 minutes ago, nufcnick said:

Do people really believe these idiots?

What? Journalists? Sometimes 

[KaKa]

People continue to claim it leaves us with no money to do anything else or it leaves us no time to do anything else.

 

Neither is a fact we are certain of. Does it just make people feel better to assert these things or what?!

[Jonas]

Got buyers remorse already.

[junkhead]

42 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

Gomez to Palace

Guehi to Liverpool

 

That'd be the best news all summer. Hopefully it's true. 

[gdm]

Just now, KaKa said:

People continue to claim it leaves us with no money to do anything else or it leaves us no time to do anything else.

 

Neither is a fact we are certain of. Does it just make people feel better to assert these things or what?!

It’s been said as much by more than a couple journalists or at least limits us in what we can do (loan to buy etc) no one is claiming it randomly we are going off the likes of Douglas, Downie, Hope etc it’s all we can go off 

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, gdm said:

It’s been said as much by more than a couple journalists or at least limits us in what we can do (loan to buy etc) no one is claiming it randomly we are going off the likes of Douglas, Downie, Hope etc it’s all we can go off 

Problem is that the journalists are often treating speculation as fact. They haven't had the best track record since our takeover.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2024 by Vinny Green Balls

[Whitley mag]

Do long protracted transfers like these ever end up well, feels like the pressure ramps up even more on player.

 

At 70 million where having our pants pulled down here, but fear we’ve got nowhere else to turn at this late stage.

 

 

Edited August 26, 2024 by Whitley mag

[gdm]

1 minute ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

Problem is that the journalists are often treating speculation as fact. They haven't had the best track record since our takeover.

 

 

 

I don’t disagree but it’s all we’ve got 

[Fak]

 

[KaKa]

5 minutes ago, gdm said:

It’s been said as much by more than a couple journalists or at least limits us in what we can do (loan to buy etc) no one is claiming it randomly we are going off the likes of Douglas, Downie, Hope etc it’s all we can go off 

 

Seems to me folks choose to believe the worst of everything, when half the time they rubbish what these guys report.

 

There's been just as many reports saying we have other options that we've been working on concurrently, and that we are still looking at options for the right wing.

 

We'll know for sure in a few days.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 26, 2024 by KaKa

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, gdm said:

I don’t disagree but it’s all we’ve got 

This is true

[Sibierski]

4 minutes ago, KaKa said:

People continue to claim it leaves us with no money to do anything else or it leaves us no time to do anything else.

 

Neither is a fact we are certain of. Does it just make people feel better to assert these things or what?!

Considering it’s highly unlikely we’ll be getting fees for any of our players, it’s fair to assume spending £70m on Guehi (on top of Hall / Greek Guy / Osula deals) that’s our transfer spend gone this window. 
 

Loan with option/obligation onto next seasons accounts seems to be our only option for RW, unless we feel we can take a gamble and get fees for players in January.