S'hampton Seagull
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On twitter when he replied to someone posing the question as to whether we are interested. Don't ask me to link it, I have no idea how to do it [emoji23]
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[Albion] Odsonne Édouard
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BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
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They're not 'bigger' they've just been more successful in the last decade. . . . basically because they've spent a shit load more money.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Leicester are bigger than us, for now, but we are not doomed to it always being so.
Leicester are the target we aim to be.
um bongo molongo
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That must be an old tweet I think?
True. But they have a bigger stadium, a bigger overseas following (for example: 1.5m more followers on Twitter), a longer track record in the top flight, and a bigger budget for players and wages... So all things considered, if you also then include being more successful than us for the last 30 years I'd still say that currently they're a bigger club.
It's all open to change though...
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crodonilson
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Villa supporting relative reckons they are in for him which would then rule us out.
- Jul 6, 2011
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Maybe don't dwell on this whole "bigger club" thing. I'd go with "more attractive club". For me that means a little bit about geography, lots about likely salary, league position last season/chance to play in Europe, manager, relationship with that manager (if one previously existed), other players already at club, actual offer on the table, etc. I think Leicester definitely trump us on a few of those criteria, so then it becomes can we compete on the other criteria (obviously money but also those less binary things like manager, other players, efforts made by the club to persuade, agent's thoughts, etc.).
Or instead of bigger think of prestige, would the player want to be playing at a top 6 club or a bottom 6 club? One famous for winning the best league in the world or one famous for, um, having Ben White on loan from Leeds for a season?
I think I can see why some might view Leicester as a better option than us. On the other hand we are obviously a better option than the majority of football clubs in the world at this moment in time so I'm not too upset by our predicament!
The replies are full of Naylor says no. Where does he say no can't see it in his twatter feed.
Select ‘tweets and replies’ on his profile. Naylor replied to someone asking about us signing him rather than tweeting it first hand
SeagullinExile
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£20m for a player with one year left on his contract?
Sounds like agent talk to me.
Sounds like agent talk to me.
Cowfold Seagull
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This.
Just because we are about to trouser a cool £50m from the Ben White transfer, journos and agents seem to think that we can't wait to spend most of it.
That aint necessarily so.
Codner's Wallop
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- Sep 11, 2013
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If Edouard ‘really wants to prove himself in Premier League’ rather than receive a huge pay boost, then he’ll know his chances of achieving this are actually BETTER at Albion than Leicester. He’ll get more game time with us and he’ll have a much longer bedding in period in the first team. You only have to look how much quality the top 10 teams have on their benches these days to realise moving to one of the big clubs isn’t always the most ambitious choice for a player looking to build a reputation.
stewart_weir
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- Mar 19, 2017
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IF we have bid Naylor wouldn't have a clue as to whether its true or false until the negotiations were much further down the line. Edouard fits perfectly what we are after. We are also a club that will say prove yourself in the PL and we wont stand in your way to transfer to a top 6 IF the money is right.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Perhaps he doesn't . Which perhaps explains why sources inside the club are telling journalists they trust he doesn't and he's reporting that .
um bongo molongo
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I just can’t work out why he wouldn’t fit. Young, quick, powerful, strikes the ball in a way Maupay can only dream of, a consistent scoring record at all levels, and (relatively) affordable (in a way that way Abraham isn’t). If he isn’t on the list I’d love to know why, as we need to change our approach on recruiting strikers.