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[Albion] Tariq Lamptey
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May be joining Ajax for c£1.5m.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Brighton defender Tariq Lamptey set to join Ajax
JOE BERNSTEIN: The Dutch giants are ready to pay a cut price £1.5million for 24-year-old Lamptey with the pacey full-back out of contract this summer.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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May be joining Ajax for c£1.5m.
Brighton defender Tariq Lamptey set to join Ajax
JOE BERNSTEIN: The Dutch giants are ready to pay a cut price £1.5million for 24-year-old Lamptey with the pacey full-back out of contract this summer.
I thought he'd done enough to warrant an extension tbh.
Particularly with our shortage of FB at the moment.
I'm sure we want him to sign an extension, but if he doesn't want to then we either take what we can now, or let him walk away in the summer.
£1.5m doesn't feel like a lot to "lose" in order to keep him here for the rest of the season, although there may be a lumpy sell-on as well.
Ali_rrr
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I think it's probably on Lamptey this. He's probably heard it from his agent and told the club.
Ajax are also a massive club. Best of luck to him.
Mustafa II
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£1.5m is an absolute steal.
He's SO underrated. Always puts in a good performance for us.
He is such an attacking threat - although let down by his less than average defensive qualities.
I guess they gave us Veltman for £900k, so we could just be doing them a favour.
He's SO underrated. Always puts in a good performance for us.
He is such an attacking threat - although let down by his less than average defensive qualities.
I guess they gave us Veltman for £900k, so we could just be doing them a favour.
Mileoakman
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Think he was offered one but didn't want to accept.
Wardy's twin
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Unless we are getting someone very good (and who has an excellent health record) in this is a ridiculous decision. beginning to doubt the process , maybe it was never a 'process' but just luck.....
pigmanovich
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I'd let him leave on a free in the summer if those were the options, £1.5m won't do much for us but having Tariq around for another half a season will
I agree. Surely there is someone else coming into replace him or perhaps Hinsh is the back-up to Velts? It seems Kadıoğlu won’t be ready for some time to help out in that position.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
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Milano
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If this means he's out the squad tomorrow then it's insane.
£1.5m we would be better keeping him for the next 15 games and letting him go for free.
£1.5m we would be better keeping him for the next 15 games and letting him go for free.
Doug-ees-evil
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Gutted if this happens. Watched Tariq at Villa Park just before Christmas. Best player on the pitch that day and a superb goal. Terrific pro.. only let down by the injuries.
Who will ever forget the Marseille away performance as well.
In addition. the '...star man.." chant loss would be a blow to an already underwhelmingly un-creative BHA chant back-catalogue. Shame.
Who will ever forget the Marseille away performance as well.
In addition. the '...star man.." chant loss would be a blow to an already underwhelmingly un-creative BHA chant back-catalogue. Shame.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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We must be signing someone or this move makes no sense at all and weakens us massively.
At the moment we don't appear to have any fit left backs. Veltman and Lamptey switched that role against Everton. If Lamptey goes we've got Hinsh and Veltman as full back cover and one of those is a midfielder. Ferdi will be very unlikely to be back this season and Pervis could be one of those short term 3 month injuries we seem to suffer.
I'd rather keep Lamptey and lose him for nothing in the summer as £1.5m is nothing in PL money terms. This could have the knock on effect of leaving an already fragile defence even weaker and cost us more in league positions and prize money.
Perfidious Albion
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Why let him go for peanuts? He is worth far more than that . Surely we can persuade him to have a contract extension and then see how it goes… 
I’d like to keep him but want a better version of him. I never feel entirely safe when he’s playing and watch in fear of him receiving a crunching tackle. Still think of him as an attacking over/underlapping RB but too small to be a PL defender in a team with European ambitions.
Happy to be proved wrong but if he doesn’t want to be here there’s no point in keeping him.
Happy to be proved wrong but if he doesn’t want to be here there’s no point in keeping him.
Withdean11
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As much as I’d be fine with moving him on, with our already poor squad balance, we really can’t afford to lose the only full back cover we have.
deletebeepbeepbeep
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The madmen in charge will not be happy until we have a squad of 10 goalkeepers and 30 number 10s.
Whose next, Webster?
Whose next, Webster?