[Albion] Odsonne Édouard

[um bongo molongo]

Some people seem very worried that Bissouma's value will drop like a stone next year because he'll be enterng the last year of his contract. Edouard is enterng the last year of his contract - does this huge drop in value just apply to Brighton players? - because it doesn't seem to apply when we are trying to buy! I suppose selling White for £50M has added another £10M to the asking price for anyone we're in for.
Edouard is a punt, that's for sure - but at that price seems to me to be twice as big a punt as it should be!

Really? £20m for a striker with a scoring record like his and some very strong natural attributes (good touch, pace and acceleration). Seems like a good price to me. Will be a punt of course, but players in our price and wage bracket always will be. I think he’s as exciting as we will find in our ‘arc’ of affordability.

 

[Pavilionaire]

This thing about clubs not having cash....
Buendia £38 million (Norwich have already spent all of that)
Guehi £20 million
Mwepu £20 million
Sancho £78 million
Varane £40 million
White £50 million
Daka £23 million
Soumare £18 million
Konate £36 million
Gill £21 million
Etc etc

Kane 150? Haaland 150?

Still weeks to go....

Prem clubs have spent c £450 mill this window; they spent £1.41 billion in summer 2019 before Covid. We are 7 weeks in, 5 to go. Yes, money will be spent but I'd be surprised if it hits £1 billion.

 

[The Fits]

Prem clubs have spent c £450 mill this window; they spent £1.41 billion in summer 2019 before Covid. We are 7 weeks in, 5 to go. Yes, money will be spent but I'd be surprised if it hits £1 billion.

But plenty of teams could offer 40-50 million for Biss.
That’s 450 million without potentially two of the largest transfers of all time and Man City and Chelsea not singing anyone. Clearly the league isn’t impoverished. Hesitant perhaps, but the money is there.

 

[GT49er]

I doubt we would say it’s guaranteed. But equally, for someone who clearly has ambitions to be playing for a top club ‘you’d need to earn the right to play ahead of Connelly’ probably doesn’t hold too many fears.

Most players could probably get a game ahead of Connelly.

 

[Guinness Boy]

If the best info we have is Duncan Castles then move on now. He’s f***ing useless. I’d trust a 15 year old’s Twitter called BEST TRANSFER RUMOURS with nothing more than a retweet bot more than Duncan Castles.


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[um bongo molongo]

If the best info we have is Duncan Castles then move on now. He’s f***ing useless. I’d trust a 15 year old’s Twitter called BEST TRANSFER RUMOURS with nothing more than a retweet bot more than Duncan Castles.


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We also have a Daily Record front page*

*Disclaimer: I have no clue if the Daily Record is in any way reliable

 

[Farehamseagull]

… you were saying? [emoji6]

And nothings changed - it's still a funny, desperate and deluded thread, nothing will change that whatever happens!

And anyway, there is absolutely no more tangible evidence that it is going to happen so I'm not sure what point you're making?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

If the best info we have is Duncan Castles then move on now. He’s f***ing useless. I’d trust a 15 year old’s Twitter called BEST TRANSFER RUMOURS with nothing more than a retweet bot more than Duncan Castles.


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We also have a Daily Record front page*

*Disclaimer: I have no clue if the Daily Record is in any way reliable

And in full circle... the daily record article is written by..... Duncan Castles.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport...onne-edouard-transfer-offer-revealed-24629521

 

[Guinness Boy]

And in full circle... the daily record article is written by..... Duncan Castles.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport...onne-edouard-transfer-offer-revealed-24629521

Yes that’s the main problem with it.




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[The Fits]

Castles is often wrong but he was very right about White very early on. Similarly specific in his detail of the offers being made, was the first (I read) to say we were holding out for £50 million....

 

[Guinness Boy]

Castles is often wrong but he was very right about White very early on. Similarly specific in his detail of the offers being made, was the first (I read) to say we were holding out for £50 million....

I must have missed the post where the club confirmed he’d been sold, and for £50 mill on the dot to boot. Can you repost that link for me? Cheers.


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[The Fits]

I must have missed the post where the club confirmed he’d been sold, and for £50 mill on the dot to boot. Can you repost that link for me? Cheers.


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Sounds like it’ll be announced tomorrow. As well you know. Every single media source is reporting it as that.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Sounds like it’ll be announced tomorrow. As well you know. Every single media source is reporting it as that.

Sounds like? Is our club a media source now?


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[The Fits]

Sounds like? Is our club a media source now?


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He’s having his medical.

 

[Whitechapel]

Prem clubs have spent c £450 mill this window; they spent £1.41 billion in summer 2019 before Covid. We are 7 weeks in, 5 to go. Yes, money will be spent but I'd be surprised if it hits £1 billion.

With FFP limits rested for this season I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Prem figure be comfortably over 1B. This is a chance for the biggest clubs to really use their muscle

 

[Originunknown]

Edouard and Cucurella in, Mwepu already looking like he can play whilst only loosing dead weight and Ben.. this would be a marvelous transfer window chaps.

Fingers crossed.

 

[Farehamseagull]

With FFP limits rested for this season I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Prem figure be comfortably over 1B. This is a chance for the biggest clubs to really use their muscle

Yes this. United already spending big, City trying to sign Kane and Grealish, Liverpool already signed Konate and linked with other big money signings, matter of time before Chelsea make a big move if they can’t get Haaland this summer. Even Villa have spent big again already.

It’s been forgotten that a lot of people have actually made a lot of money during Covid and some of these people own big PL football clubs. The total spending will be massive again.

 

[The Fits]

Yes this. United already spending big, City trying to sign Kane and Grealish, Liverpool already signed Konate and linked with other big money signings, matter of time before Chelsea make a big move if they can’t get Haaland this summer. Even Villa have spent big again already.

It’s been forgotten that a lot of people have actually made a lot of money during Covid and some of these people own big PL football clubs. The total spending will be massive again.

Everton will back Benitez in the hope of winning over support too. They supposedly inquired about White.

 

[chaileyjem]

The transfer window is actually very different in 2021 - see this analysis from The Athletic
- clubs are buying less, buying younger, spending less.

https://theathletic.com/2731245/202...emic-has-changed-clubs-spending-dramatically/

 

[Sheebo]

Don’t know what to think but gut says still Naylor and Owen must be right and the rest is all agent talk. But ****ing hell I really do hope we are in for him - I think he’d be brilliant. Let’s hope Naylor or Owen backtrack soon.