northstandsteve
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In excess of £26M for a guy (although proven) who is 35 in November, big gamble. A 3 year deal plus signing on fee, fantastic for Defoe.
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They didn't keep Sunderland up.
Behind Enemy Lines
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They did the season before when he played under a decent manager which Eddie Howe is. Last season, which has just ended, Sunderland were a risible mob who didn't want to play for Moyes and he still got 16 goals.
But two years on is he going to be as good?
He's a proven goal scorer, but he can't go on forever and at that price, aren't there other proven goal scorers?
What's the expected deal in terms of transfer fee, signing on fee, and wages?
Behind Enemy Lines
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We don't know do we? But I think he's a pretty safe bet for 15+ goals.
His goal scoring record is good & he looks very fit. he looks like he could carry on for at least 2 more seasons. If his goals helps keep them up for just one season, financially Bournemouth are quids in.
We'll see.
How much £?
BRIGHT ON Q
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Finished 10th last year , great effort and obviously want to push on, Howe could well do that as well.
Behind Enemy Lines
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I'm sure you know the TV income now guarantees each Premier League club at least £100 million so the Defoe deal is still only a fraction of that.
I haven't got a clue how much Defoe will cost (transfer fee, signing on fee, and wages) - how can we judge whether Bournemouth are quids in unless we have a rough idea of the deal?
Behind Enemy Lines
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There was no transfer fee. Deal worth around 20 million over three years to Defoe.
Over and out.
Ok, thanks. If they get two decent years from him, that's £192k a week.
The question isn't whether the TV money can cover that amount, it's whether they could have got anyone better for that amount (eg, expensive transfer fee, high wages, but then selling the player after some years to recoup the transfer fee). I don't really know the market well enough to know, but you'd think there's a fair amount of options with that much money.
Ernest
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The interesting thing is that Defoe didn't score a premier league goal after 4th February, if I was paying that kind of money I'd want to be sure that a 35 year old is in form and banging goals in every week. One of the reasons they went down is they didn't score in 12 of the last 14 games and Defoe was part of the team
warmleyseagull
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Not a done deal according to Times this morning. Deal stalled over agent's demand for £6m signing on fee.
What? I thought he guaranteed you goals?
And that last sentence sums up very succinctly everything that's wrong with the current system. ****ing agents.
In that case Defoe should sack his agent. £20M quid in wages over three years guaranteed, even though he might not be able to still play after one or two seasons, is a brilliant pension pot by any standards. Anything else is just greed. I really hope this is the agent's doing, not Defoe's: I have quite a good opinion of that young man, and I wouldn't want it tarnished.
Take the money, Jermaine, enjoy the final years of your playing career - and ditch the agent. You've got enough money now not to need him!
Flying Farrier
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Defoe has confirmed that he's joining Bournemouth.... Sigh.... They scored 55 goals last season... add Defoes goals to that and well depressing isn't it?.... If we don't sign a quality goal scorer we'll struggle to score 20!!!
Milano
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Or his legs go in the first 6 months or his salary causes dressing room unrest and they have a massive albatross on their hands. This is how Pompey went bust.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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I'm not at all depressed by this. I think we'll get far better value elsewhere.
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Not Andy Naylor
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Portsmouth went bust because they were owned by money-launderers whose source of cash dried up.
#twats