Virgil van Dijk - move back on? (Not presently)

[KZNSeagull]

'Water side' was my fave expression to translate into afrikaans

Tut. How childish.

Funny though.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

SAFC Transfer Round Up: Competition For Graham And News From EuropeSky Tyne and Wear

From a Sky analyst up in the North East - Sunderland and Everton tracking him, but apparently we have already made a bid - watch the video towards the end.

(And no Chitty Chitty Bang Bang puns please)

Has Gus lost the plot we are lacking goals not letting them in,the defence is fine the forwards are not good enough

 

[thisistips]

Has Gus lost the plot we are lacking goals not letting them in,the defence is fine the forwards are not good enough

But bridge will be gone and our centre backs are not prem quality.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

But bridge will be gone and our centre backs are not prem quality.

If we don`t start scoring we aint getting promoted

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

Re: Bizarre Transfer Speculation - Virgil van Dijk

If we don`t start scoring we aint getting promoted

Has the 7 goals in the last 3 games with one conceded not good enough then?

 

[cloud]

Put cms down as depreciation?

Or impairment

 

[cloud]

So if they 'value' him at £20m, and they sell him for half that. What happens to that £10m difference on their balance sheets? POOF! Gone?

Loss on disposal of an asset, which comes out of profit & loss

 

[Surf's Up]

That is the question.

But if the asking price of £5M is to be believed then I think we are out of luck on this one.

Not necessarily - the boy Dick looks good

 

[KZNSeagull]

Has the 7 goals in the last 3 games with one conceded not good enough then?

Don't forget the new striker signed this week that has not even had a chance to score yet.

Some people have just got to have a good moan up about something - it makes them happy apparently.

 

[pork pie]

But bridge will be gone and our centre backs are not prem quality.

Or even Championship, which is why we end up defending so deep, and start leaking goals if we try to attack in numbers. We need big strong and pacy center halfs.

 

[driller]

Has Gus lost the plot we are lacking goals not letting them in,the defence is fine the forwards are not good enough

Building for the future....

......A future in the prem

Starting August 2013

Maybe arsenal will show how much we lack in defence.

 

[portslade seagull]

Would think another offer would go in

 

[7:18]

hope we do put in at least one more bid

 

[saafend_seagull]

So if they 'value' him at £20m, and they sell him for half that. What happens to that £10m difference on their balance sheets? POOF! Gone?

It was a joke....

There is cost and fair value but footballers are only ever held at cost, and amortised over their contract life.

What they value the player at is irrelevant in financial statement terms.

Ulloa

cost: £3m
contract purchase date approx 01/01/2013: 4.5 years (54 months)
Y/e 30 June 2013
amortisation per month: £55,556
Value in accounts at 30/06/2013: £2,666,667

If we value him at £12 million, the value in accounts is the same. If we sell him at 30/06/2013 for £4M, we would recognise net of (£4m - £2.67M) as profit

 

[KZNSeagull]

which is why we end up defending so deep, and start leaking goals if we try to attack in numbers. We need big strong and pacy center halfs.

Yup.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The question is will we return with a second bid for this player?

This quote
Richard van Elsacker, Groningen's press officer, revealed to The Argus: "We can confirm there was a bid, which was made between yesterday and today, but we are not confirming the amount of the bid.

"We have rejected the bid and our intention is for Virgil to play here for the rest of the season. He is one of our key players and we don't want to lose him during the winter period."

makes me think that we might try again, but not necessarily this January.

 

[Bladders]

This quote
Richard van Elsacker, Groningen's press officer, revealed to The Argus: "We can confirm there was a bid, which was made between yesterday and today, but we are not confirming the amount of the bid.

"We have rejected the bid and our intention is for Virgil to play here for the rest of the season. He is one of our key players and we don't want to lose him during the winter period."

makes me think that we might try again, but not necessarily this January.

I think it would be harder for us to sign him in the summer, 6 months on he'll be on more teams radars, plus EVERY team looks to strengthen in the summer , not so many in January so we have less competition at the moment.

 

[danish seagull]

Building for the future....

......A future in the prem

Starting August 2013

Maybe arsenal will show how much we lack in defence.

I must admit I am slightly concerned if Walcott gets a free run at our centre backs after the Watford kiddy skinned them.

 

[the wanderbus]

Has Gus lost the plot we are lacking goals not letting them in,the defence is fine the forwards are not good enough

Yes he's completely lost it.Why would any manager want to enhance his squad by signing a quality youngster? It's true Gus is officially barking.....for fucks sake

 

[brightonrock]

Re: Bizarre Transfer Speculation - Virgil van Dijk

I must admit I am slightly concerned if Walcott gets a free run at our centre backs after the Watford kiddy skinned them.

This. If I was wenger I'd be starting with walcott & giroud up top, without a second of hesitation. Our biggest frailty is pacy strikers and defending set pieces. He surely has to really go for the fa cup, given the pressure he's under to win a trophy, and that'll mean he has to put out a strong side.

Mutts Nutts is a parody account, I'm beginning to think. Nobody can be that stupid, surely. Ignore him and let him