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[Albion] Bart Verbruggen SINGS a 5-year deal



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dazzer6666 said:
Apart from (obviously, who else ?) Chelsea overpaying for Kepa at £70m, Allison is the only other keeper to break £50m. Can’t see anywhere near £100m being reached if/when he goes.
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Apparently Robert Sanchez is the 10th most expensive goalkeeper of all time!

Maybe not the greatest source but I don’t suppose it’s that wrong.

www.teamtalk.com

The 10 most expensive goalkeeper transfers of all time: David Raya joins list after Arsenal move becomes permanent

While attackers and midfielders often steal the spotlight, football clubs are no longer afraid to splash the cash on top goalkeepers.
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Onana reportedly £47.2m from Inter Milan to Manchester United.
(A likely error in him every game, not known as Mr Reliable ).

I reckon a top young keeper would likely go for about £50m.
Emi Martinez at Villa would probably be one of the most highly valued at the moment, but he is already 32.
 


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I wonder if he'd actually want to go there though, because they have an absolutely massive collection of goalkeepers who they change their mind on year after year. As well as Kepa, Jorgensen and Sanchez playing in the PL, they have Petrovic who is doing really well at Strasbourg and they bought a 19 year old supposed wonderkid - Mike Penders - in the Summer, who's playing at Genk.
 


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dazzer6666 said:
Apart from (obviously, who else ?) Chelsea overpaying for Kepa at £70m, Allison is the only other keeper to break £50m. Can’t see anywhere near £100m being reached if/when he goes.
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This '£100m player' tag seems to be trotted out with an increasing regularity these days. I think over the past year or so, we've potentially had £500m in revenue from a combination of Mitoma, Ferguson, Georginio, Verbruggen and Baleba. There may have been others – and Gomez will no doubt be the next one. Happy days!
 




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Kalimantan Gull said:
There was a really high ball at the end that he just about gathered (when he got the trainers on after), had me a little scared. Also a couple of punches when you think he could have caught
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That's not flapping though, is it. That's punching when you would have expected him to catch it.

I defininitly agree that punch under the high ball looked like a misjudgement. it also looked like it came right out of the lights and he was playing safe.
 




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No chance a keeper goes for £100m in the current market, but think there is a good chance that Bart goes for £60m-70m. Well reported here and there that there are plenty of admirers of Bart both in the Premier League and abroad. Ultimately though, he cost us £16m and is contracted until 2028 so he'll cost the next side at least a top 5 fee for a keeper.

Unless Chelsea get rid of Sanchez, Petrovic and Kepa to fund that/make space for him, I can't see them having a sniff of getting Verbruggen. They've also bought this kid from Belgium called Mike Penders who everyone is quite excited about - he's expected to be in and around the Chelsea first team next year... Bart may go in the summer but he'll have many many better options than Chelsea.
 




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Beanstalk said:
Bart may go in the summer but he'll have many many better options than Chelsea.
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Would he? Which clubs would go for him? Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Forest and Villa are more than happy with their keepers. Man U may definitely be in the market for one, but will they have the readies? And is it a better option? Tottenham (sorry, Spurs) may be a better option but Vicario's pretty useful. He could go abroad but there aren't many teams who play PL salaries.
 




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Gwylan said:
Would he? Which clubs would go for him? Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Forest and Villa are more than happy with their keepers. Man U may definitely be in the market for one, but will they have the readies? And is it a better option? Tottenham (sorry, Spurs) may be a better option but Vicario's pretty useful. He could go abroad but there aren't many teams who play PL salaries.
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Perhaps not one for this summer but City will need to replace Ederson in the not too distant future. Chelsea and United need new keepers. Vicario at Tottenham is a great shot stopper but vulnerable in other areas. Similarly Pope at Newcastle, but they seem to be more interested in Trafford. Neuer at Bayern is about 100 years old, so they will need an heir.

Goalie market is quietly rumbling along.
 




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Gabbiano said:
Perhaps not one for this summer but City will need to replace Ederson in the not too distant future. Chelsea and United need new keepers. Vicario at Tottenham is a great shot stopper but vulnerable in other areas. Similarly Pope at Newcastle, but they seem to be more interested in Trafford. Neuer at Bayern is about 100 years old, so they will need an heir.

Goalie market is quietly rumbling along.
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Goalies can go on for a long time: Zoff, Shilton and Yashin all played past 40 - Buffon was 45 when he retired. So Neuer may have a few more years in him. And a good shot stopper but vulnerable in other areas could describe Verbruggen too.

But the question is: where's a better option than Chelsea? I'm not sure, with the possible exception of Newcastle, than of these are the answer.
 


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Gwylan said:
Would he? Which clubs would go for him? Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Forest and Villa are more than happy with their keepers. Man U may definitely be in the market for one, but will they have the readies? And is it a better option? Tottenham (sorry, Spurs) may be a better option but Vicario's pretty useful. He could go abroad but there aren't many teams who play PL salaries.
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I’ve seen an article a while back saying that Real Madrid are keeping tabs on him.
 


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Gwylan said:
Would he? Which clubs would go for him? Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Forest and Villa are more than happy with their keepers. Man U may definitely be in the market for one, but will they have the readies? And is it a better option? Tottenham (sorry, Spurs) may be a better option but Vicario's pretty useful. He could go abroad but there aren't many teams who play PL salaries.
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Agreed, and Liverpool will have three great GKs in the summer -- Allison, Kelleher and Marma -- so I'd be stunned if they didn't sell one of the first two, and having more great GKs available/supply will drive down the price/demand.
 




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Gwylan said:
Would he? Which clubs would go for him? Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Forest and Villa are more than happy with their keepers. Man U may definitely be in the market for one, but will they have the readies? And is it a better option? Tottenham (sorry, Spurs) may be a better option but Vicario's pretty useful. He could go abroad but there aren't many teams who play PL salaries.
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From England, you'd have interest from Manchester United and potentially Manchester City (Ederson is rumoured to have agreed a deal in principle to go to Saudi, some expect him to finally leave in the summer). Abroad there have been plenty of good sources noting that Bayern are keeping tabs on him, so are Barcelona, and there has been an ongoing thing in the press that Real Madrid see him as the natural replacement for Courtois when his contract ends in 2026.

All of those sides (bar maybe Man United but you've got to think they will improve at some point under Amorim ) offer a clearer path for Bart to have a sustained career at the very top level. There are just too many keepers at Chelsea currently, with more in the pipeline, and if he were to leave us in the summer, they won't be the only team bidding.
 






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