[Albion] Brajan Gruda **SINGED 14 Aug 2024**

[warmleyseagull]

Looks like a cross between Cole Palmer and a monk.

MONK (UK) – Chelsea

(Verse 1) / I woke with a jolt looked at the clock with a groan it's 9 o' clock I hear my phone... / Hello... / No I'll be in today... / I'm a little under weather butI'll be there

genius.com

 

[B-right-on]

Player intermediary speaks with club intermediary. I expect there are a hundred ways around this rule if it is even a rule (never been bothered to check).

Exactly. Someone approaches him and says something like, if Brighton were to come in for you and offer you £50k a week, would you be interested? Simple yes/no would save a lot of time.

Example is Caicedo and Liverpool. We'd negotiated a better deal with Liverpool than Chelsea offered. Caicedo turned it down. Yes it worked out because Chelsea are mugs and offered more. However, how much time and effort did we put into the negotiations with Liverpool when Caicedo had zero interest in joining?

Tbf, there's photos of Caicedo as a kid in a Chelsea kit and he's always been a fan of them. But still it could have gone tits up and Chelsea pulled out etc.... Either way, running the idea past the player first is not a bad idea.

 

[Flounce]

Exactly. Someone approaches him and says something like, if Brighton were to come in for you and offer you £50k a week, would you be interested? Simple yes/no would save a lot of time.

Example is Caicedo and Liverpool. We'd negotiated a better deal with Liverpool than Chelsea offered. Caicedo turned it down. Yes it worked out because Chelsea are mugs and offered more. However, how much time and effort did we put into the negotiations with Liverpool when Caicedo had zero interest in joining?

Tbf, there's photos of Caicedo as a kid in a Chelsea kit and he's always been a fan of them. But still it could have gone tits up and Chelsea pulled out etc.... Either way, running the idea past the player first is not a bad idea.

Hopefully there are now lots of kids in Africa and South America in Albion kit who dream of playing for US

 

[Hugo Rune]

Bubbling nicely on the back burner.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

What does 'more of an obstacle for the German club' mean?

 

[Hiheidi]

What does 'more of an obstacle for the German club' mean?

€50m represents a lot more more money for them than us.

 

[chrisg]

As Leverkusen won’t pay 50 million asked for.
No chance BHA will either.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Ohh okay, reading comprehension fail.

 

[kelvinnewman]

Yeah really can’t see us spending that much

 

[Bakero]

We were willing to go to 40 for Kudos, weren't we? We spent 33 on a 19 year-old with just a year in the Dutch league.

Is £42 million including all add-ons out of the question for Gruda? We've got the money and wages won't be silly.

 

[The Fits]

Have a feeling this one will be worth it.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Have a feeling this one will be worth it.

Yes, agree. I think he could be a superb signing, and I think it’s happening.

This could be an incredible season.

 

[Hugo Rune]

We were willing to go to 40 for Kudos, weren't we? We spent 33 on a 19 year-old with just a year in the Dutch league.

Is £42 million including all add-ons out of the question for Gruda? We've got the money and wages won't be silly.

Mainz05’s record departure fee is only £23.5m.

We really won’t have to go to £42m but I suspect it’ll be over £30m.

If the player wants to join Hürzeler on the sunny south coast in England (which seems more than possible), I think a deal can be done. Perhaps soon.

 

[Justice]

As Leverkusen won’t pay 50 million asked for.
No chance BHA will either.

£41m for us

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

We're going to hae a LOT of midfielders.

 

[Gabbiano]

Mainz05’s record departure fee is £23.5m.

We really won’t have to go that high but I suspect it’ll be over £30m.

If the player wants to join Hürzeler on the sunny south coast in England (which seems more than possible), I think a deal can be done. Perhaps soon.

Supposedly they rejected €40m from Bayern already but that might be hearsay.

We're really splashing the cash this window but I suppose it makes sense. We are operating from a position of PSR strength in a market which as a result is less competitive.

Get your purchases in before your sales so that you're not held to ransom.

There will be a solid chunk of change incoming from Gross, Undav, Sima, Dahoud maybe a couple of Gilmour, Igor, Sarmiento, Lamptey etc. I think a big money/big name sale is unlikely but the cumulative income from others won't be negligible - we have a LOT of players at the moment.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

We're going to hae a LOT of midfielders.

Make hay

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Just what we need - another left-footed winger who plays on the right.

Can he play right back?

 

[Questions]

I think those rules are as much acknowledged by everyone as the 70mph speed limit is on our motorways. They are all at it.

Well I like a comfortable 69.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

What does 'more of an obstacle for the German club' mean?

Too pricey for them.