Anthony Elanga

[Joelinton7]

6 minutes ago, Joelinton7 said:

Well they want £60 so

 

1 minute ago, Fak said:

 

We've bid well above their asking price then

Goddamnit 

[Fenham Mag]

3 minutes ago, christ said:

I’d love to know who his sources close to the club are now. Probably beatboxing Spider-Man.

 

 

 

 

The tea lady.

[Nucasol]

2 minutes ago, Fak said:

 

We've bid well above their asking price then

The NUFC way, we spent last summer taking the piss out of Man Utd doing similar with Branthwaite.

[TRon]

It's better to get our bids in and rejected. Inevitably Spurs or Arsenal will come in if Chelsea don't, but at least it gets sorted one way or the other and we can move on. 

[SteV]

9 minutes ago, christ said:

I’d love to know who his sources close to the club are now. Probably beatboxing Spider-Man.

 

 

 

Yasir 

[LFEE]

OG…

 

 

[Andy84]

More bids that we know will get rejected

[Bunk Moreland]

9 minutes ago, LFEE said:

OG…

 

 

Suspending my disbelief as it's Ryder, but £50m including add-ons seems low (relative to what Forest would want).

[RobS]

2 minutes ago, Bunk Moreland said:

Suspending my disbelief as it's Ryder, but £50m including add-ons seems low (relative to what Forest would want).

if the addons are 10 mill it might work

[Andy84]

£65 mill just to get them to take any notice imo. Will probably need to be higher to actually sign him 

[Bunk Moreland]

1 minute ago, RobS said:

if the addons are 10 mill it might work

 

£50m + £10m I can see being more likely to work, aye. Although I suspect they'd push us for £55m + £5m if we offered the former.

[rebelrouser]

We have several positions that need new players. Seems like such a waste of time and money.  Marc Guehi part II.

[HawK]

Got to be better value on the continent surely

[Slim]

3 minutes ago, HawK said:

Got to be better value on the continent surely

More risk.

[KingArthur]

8 minutes ago, Andy84 said:

£65 mill just to get them to take any notice imo. Will probably need to be higher to actually sign him 

No sense with that price. 

[Sibierski]

Elanga feels like a Howe priority signing, so think we’ll go big. £55m with £5m add ons being my guess as upper end.

[Bunk Moreland]

10 minutes ago, HawK said:

Got to be better value on the continent surely

 

In terms of players who have a high chance of hitting the ground running, probably not. Monaco want £60m minimum for Akliouche for example, who I do think would hit the ground running in the PL. There will of course be cheaper options who would require a longer bedding in period. Hard to say if those cheaper options would constitute better value though, because the premium for PL players is about reducing risk of the player not being able to cope in the PL.

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Bunk Moreland

[Yorkie]

@54 that Ornstein update wasn't recent was it?

[54]

Just now, Yorkie said:

@54 that Ornstein update wasn't recent was it?

Nahhh, about a week ago iirc.

[Turnbull2000]

Sense they're stringing is along like Palace did last summer. Not seeing any indication player is desperate for the move either? Forest don't need the cash, so can only see an obscene bid being accepted. Time to walk away and focus elsewhere.

[Kimbo]

If Elanga isn’t possible (right now it doesn’t sound like Forest are even naming a price), and we won’t shop abroad, then we may need to stick with Murphy.

 

I’ve been trying to think of a domestic alternative and all I could think of was McAtee. Elliott and Buonanotte aren’t wingers and likely won’t do a better job there than Murphy.

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Kimbo

[et tu brute]

1 minute ago, Turnbull2000 said:

Sense they're stringing is along like Palace did last summer. Not seeing any indication player is desperate for the move either? Forest don't need the cash, so can only see an obscene bid being accepted. Time to walk away and focus elsewhere.

Should have walked away after the original bid (it's Ryder so take anything he says with a pinch of salt), as he isn't worth £45 million never mind anything more.

[Turnbull2000]

4 minutes ago, Kimbo said:

If Elanga isn’t possible (right now it doesn’t sound like Forest are even naming a price), and we won’t shop abroad, then we may need to stick with Murphy.

 

I’ve been trying to think of a domestic alternative and all I could think of was McAtee. Elliott and Buonanotte aren’t wingers and likely won’t do a better job there than Murphy.

 

25/26 squad will be Osula as cover for Murphy, DCL as cover for Isak 

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Turnbull2000

[Kimbo]

Just now, Turnbull2000 said:

 

Osula as cover for Murphy, DCL as cover for Isak 

Fortunately Krafth is able to do a decent job during the periods Schar is knocked out.

[HayDen Traces]

8 minutes ago, Turnbull2000 said:

Sense they're stringing is along like Palace did last summer. Not seeing any indication player is desperate for the move either? Forest don't need the cash, so can only see an obscene bid being accepted. Time to walk away and focus elsewhere.

Aren't we messing them about too though. They've said £60m+ by nearly every report going. They don't need to sell and yet we're going in with low bids we know will get rejected.

I don't see our logic.