Leicester rumoured to have had a £30m bid turned down. Too late for him at the Albion for that sort of money. We add value to a player, we don’t pay other teams over £20m in general.
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[Albion] Nicolás González
- Thread starter Johnny RoastBeef
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- Aug 24, 2020
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That sounds about right. Our most expensive signing was Mwepu at 23m Euros (don't know what it was in GBP but not much more than the £20m we paid for Webster).
Why are we interested in Argentinians all of a sudden anyway? Have I missed something?
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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I do think we are getting to the point where we might start seeing the odd 30-50million signing. Take Gonzalez. Say we sign him undisclosed (or 40 million in reality). If he contributes to say 15 goals (scoring and assisting) and is in the Argentina squad on the reg, in two seasons he is worth well over that. In fact the moment he signs for us he is worth more than that. And we have supposedly offered way more than 20 million for the odd player in the last few seasons. I.e if we'd signed Nunez for 30 we could've been the ones selling him to Liverpool. Not always as huge a risk as it seems. Feel like for Bloom it's about return more than initial investment.
Muzzman
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Tony's VIC 20 says 'Yes'.
I agree with this, but with the caveat that wages would potentially be a stumbling block as £30-50m players are very likely to expect higher wages than our usual recruits.
Even without knowing exactly what our wage ceiling* is, it's logical to assume that it's one of the things that has stopped us getting deals for more expensive players through Tony's spreadsheet and into the 'YES' column.
*there probably isn't a hard 'ceiling' as such, but there will definitely be conversations & calculations around wage inflation across the squad if a wage we'd have to pay to sign someone is above a certain level (compared to others) and what that does to the wages:income ratio overall.
Agree. Going to happen at some point.
Not sure mr Sicknote here will be the one though, but we'll see. By no means the least likely candidate if a new winger is brought in.
Change at Barnham
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Can you translate that. I'm guessing the Tony is Mr Bloom. What's VIC 20?
I suppose it reinforces Mac’s bond with the club if we sign his bestie.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Mrs DiS says - or rather hope - he is on his way to Southampton.
- Aug 24, 2020
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I think it's one of those computer jobbies they've got in Seaford Museum, underneath the Martello tower.
All this computing/data processing never took off did it? No good to man or beast.
Just imagine where the club would be now, if it were not for the time and money Tony Bloom has frittered away on computing power.
Muzzman
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Marshy
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We love a south american player because you get great value
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Our first window without Winstanley and his Contact book not a lot has happened so far, one deal completed that was agreed a while back. Forfana was obviously a target will be interesting to see what happens in the future.
albionalex
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With the post-Brexit rules it's much easier to sign South American players.
Perkino
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- Dec 11, 2009
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The key indicate is value and re-sale value. Many U23's joining our squad will instantly increase in value and more so once they play Premier League minutes. Age is a big factor and we have only signed experienced players who will fit within the wage structure and provide us with a step in ability for that position.
southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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No way we would spend £30m on anyone with our careful transfer policies. Just can't see this happening.
Silverhatch
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He’s only 24. Two seasons with us in Champions League
and he’ll be worth £200m (to Chelsea).