[Albion] Levi Colwill

[JBizzle]

Because online football supporters are bellends.
They don't understand what a big deal it is for us because they spunk money all over the place.
Most of them haven't even seen him play as well, they haven't got a clue.

Yeah, it's pretty simple. The online group of absolute idiots simply go "Cucurella was £65m and he's rubbish, so Colwill is worth £90m". Just because your club MASSIVELY overpaid for Cucurella doesn't change Colwill's valuation, it just highlights that you are a complete intellectual vacuum.

 

[JBizzle]

In a world where cucurella cost 62m, white cost 50m, forfana cost whatever he was, Maguire was 80m, Michael Keane was 30m......paying 40m for a player with such huge potential is fine by me.

Go on this sum alone. 112m or so received for white and cucurella.

Estupinan and colwill in for 58m

54m made and the team is better and younger. Fine.

I'm in this camp. Colwill's ceiling is absolutely sky-high. Even if we spend £50m on him, Chelsea will probably buy him back in two years for £150m

 

[Commander]

It’s all about Caicedo.

I’m certain that there is no way that Bloom will let Chelsea can have both players.

The problem with Mr Toad is that as his core, he functions to that vile instinct of capitalism and consumerism. He wants something because someone else does. Look at the Cucu and Mudryk transfers, overpaying for players they didn’t need because other clubs wanted them.

After missing out on Ugarte, he’ll be getting a little desperate. Arsenal will come calling for Caicedo and together with the FFP deadline at the end of June, Mr Toad will be cornered and under only the sort of pressure Tony Bloom opponents feel. I suspect we’d talk to Chelsea about a swap of the players plus £50m - £80m and we’re about to admit that Colwill will make up £40m of that deal (giving Caicedo a value of £90m - £120m).

Controversial opinion. Colwill is worth more to us than Moises. We utilise all Colwill’s skills but Moises is a box-to-box midfielder (who potentially could be the best in the world at that), we use him as a defensive midfielder only. Bit of a waste but that’s Dezerdbiball.

I would be amazed if we got to those kind of figures. £50 million for Caicedo plus Colwill would be an extremely good deal, in my opinion. I'd be surprised if we even got that.

 

[Oh_aye]

Not controversial. Utter Madness.

Would also totally disagree that he's a 'defensive' midfielder. He's the springboard for almost all passing moves and get all over the place.

 

[Milano]

Decent left footed centre backs are pretty hard to find. Colwill could be the best English one over the next decade or so. When you combine that with his PL experience, I think £40-50m is about right.

Or until the next new shiny one emerges in 12-24 months time. The truth is that 12 months ago let’s be honest who had really heard of Colwill?

The clear and obvious positive for us is that Levi clearly wants the move. Pinch yourself on that fact. He WANTS to leave CHELSEA to join BHA. What times!!!!!

 

[Bold Seagull]

I'm slightly taken aback we've gone in at £30m.

Going back again at £40m seems surreal.

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I'm slightly taken aback we've gone in at £30m.

Going back again at £40m seems surreal.

What makes you say that BS? Just the sums involved or that value of him as a player. Genuinely interested as always value your opinion.

To me I'd have no issue if we were offering £50m. I can't remember being as excited about any centre back in England as I am about Colwill, probably since Ferdinand. I think the way he's played his first season in the PL at aged 19 and 20 and playing the way we do under RDZ with so much importance placed on the CB's is remarkable.

 

[dstanman]

Difference is Colwill is a known quantity to us and us to him, so takes away a lot of the risk and no time lost in him having to adapt and come up to speed with the way we play

 

[Audax]

What makes you say that BS? Just the sums involved or that value of him as a player. Genuinely interested as always value your opinion.

To me I'd have no issue if we were offering £50m. I can't remember being as excited about any centre back in England as I am about Colwill, probably since Ferdinand. I think the way he's played his first season in the PL at aged 19 and 20 and playing the way we do under RDZ with so much importance placed on the CB's is remarkable.

I interpreted that post as being more about "I never thought I'd see the day Brighton would be offering that much for a defender..." rather than "he's not good enough to offer that much".

What's our current record transfer in? Still well below £30m isn't it? If you look at the last 12-24 months, it is remarkable the transformation we've seen in where Brighton sits in the transfer market. We're now generating big, big sales with massive profits (White, Cucu, and we're now looking at Alexis and if Caicedo goes it'll be a new club record IMO). And I suspect in the coming window we're going to break our incoming transfer record as well. Perhaps multiple times. At least once by a big jump if we can land Colwill. None of this incremental increases in the records by a mill or two here and there. We're talking big shifts.

 

[Bold Seagull]

What makes you say that BS? Just the sums involved or that value of him as a player. Genuinely interested as always value your opinion.

To me I'd have no issue if we were offering £50m. I can't remember being as excited about any centre back in England as I am about Colwill, probably since Ferdinand. I think the way he's played his first season in the PL at aged 19 and 20 and playing the way we do under RDZ with so much importance placed on the CB's is remarkable.

Just the sums. Even now with record receipts for players I didn't see us suddenly jumping, or perhaps leaping into new transfer records.

Nothing to do with Colwill, just the market we find ourselves in - feels unexpected to me.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I interpreted that post as being more about "I never thought I'd see the day Brighton would be offering that much for a defender..." rather than "he's not good enough to offer that much".

What's our current record transfer in? Still well below £30m isn't it? If you look at the last 12-24 months, it is remarkable the transformation we've seen in where Brighton sits in the transfer market. We're now generating big, big sales with massive profits (White, Cucu, and we're now looking at Alexis and if Caicedo goes it'll be a new club record IMO). And I suspect in the coming window we're going to break our incoming transfer record as well. Perhaps multiple times. At least once by a big jump if we can land Colwill. None of this incremental increases in the records by a mill or two here and there. We're talking big shifts.

Joao Pedro is costing 30.

 

[Icy Gull]

Are we playing Poker?

Who the hell is going to pay 200k a week for the 32 year old player Colwill might replace at Chelsea?

Hoping Boehly will step in and sanction the transfer, final decision is not Poch's is it??

MSN

 

[Audax]

Joao Pedro is costing 30.

OK, but that just reinforces my point - we're already making record transfers in and the window isn't even open yet.

 

[AstroSloth]

Good post, but I think Colwill has 2 years left on his contract (some have indicated three, which might entail a one year option, but the predominant view is two).

It's two years and automatically extends by a year if he plays a certain number of games.

 

[Oh_aye]

Just the sums. Even now with record receipts for players I didn't see us suddenly jumping, or perhaps leaping into new transfer records.

Nothing to do with Colwill, just the market we find ourselves in - feels unexpected to me.

Little risk in him really I think. Even if we manage it at 45m there's no chance, career ending injury not permitting, we do t make our money back on him in the next 2 / 3 years.

 

[BevBHA]

I think the Ben White comparison in value is a very valid one tbh.
Colwill signed an extension and then had an excellent loan at Huddersfield, the same with Ben White at Leeds.
Then a brilliant season in the premier league.
Take into account Levi is younger and left footed and I think £50m is fair. In fact I think I’ve just talked myself into thinking £50m would be cheap

 

[Bold Seagull]

Are we playing Poker?

Who the hell is going to pay 200k a week for the 32 year old player Colwill might replace at Chelsea?

Hoping Boehly will step in and sanction the transfer, final decision is not Poch's is it??

MSN

At centre back they have:
Benoit Badiashile (left footed)
Thiago Silva
Trevoh Chalobah
Wesley Fofana
Kalidou Koulibaly

Clearly Silva is at the end of his career, but still has a year left. As you say, if they have most of those on silly money, who is going to equal that as well as pay a transfer fee?

Seems to me Chelsea are the ones playing poker on this one, and perhaps it is a bit of a bluff.

 

[BevBHA]

At centre back they have:
Benoit Badiashile (left footed)
Thiago Silva
Trevoh Chalobah
Wesley Fofana
Kalidou Koulibaly

Clearly Silva is at the end of his career, but still has a year left. As you say, if they have most of those on silly money, who is going to equal that as well as pay a transfer fee?

Seems to me Chelsea are the ones playing poker on this one, and perhaps it is a bit of a bluff.

Silva still probably top of that pecking order aswell having just won their player of the season

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

I think the Ben White comparison in value is a very valid one tbh.
Colwill signed an extension and then had an excellent loan at Huddersfield, the same with Ben White at Leeds.
Then a brilliant season in the premier league.
Take into account Levi is younger and left footed and I think £50m is fair. In fact I think I’ve just talked myself into thinking £50m would be cheap

Appreciate everyone might not agree but I already think Colwill is ahead of White. As Arsenal have already found out, you can't play White in a back 2 in the PL. White is an excellent, intelligent footballer hence him able to play at RB and DM but as a centre back, I think Colwill is already better and has a much greater ceiling. It is very, very rare for a 19/20 year old to be playing centre back for a top Premier League team.

 

[CHAPPERS]

OK, but that just reinforces my point - we're already making record transfers in and the window isn't even open yet.

Yeah fair enough, just pointing it out.