Renato Neto: Deal OFF after fails medical

[mike1901]

The Neto story does not appear on the main Albion headline page (yet) but it's on the site somewhere.

EDIT See above!

Interesting that the story was published at 06:00 then Naylor tweets the hitch at 06:07.

Here is the article:

Albion are on the brink of making Brazilian midfielder Renato Neto their fourth signing of the summer.

The Seagulls have agreed terms with Belgian club Gent for the powerful 25-year-old, The Argus understands.

Neto was at the training complex in Lancing yesterday for a medical.

Albion were working last night to tie-up loose ends to complete the deal.

Neto joined Gent three years ago after starting his career in Europe at Sporting Lisbon.

He scored 16 goals in 140 league games, helped them to the Belgian title for the first time in their history and featured for them for the last time in their 1-0 friendly defeat by Wolves in Austria on Wednesday.

Barring any last-ditch hitches, he will become Albion's fourth European club signing of the summer after Australian goalkeeper Maty Ryan (Valencia) and German No.10 Pascal Gross and Austrian left-back Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt).

Neto has been high on Albion's list of midfield targets.

They had some interest in Aaron Mooy, the Australian who rejoined Huddersfield after helping them to promotion last season on loan.

They were also keen on Werder Bremen's Danish midfielder Thomas Delaney but the German club were reluctant to sell and the asking price was prohibitive.

The Seagulls have managed to strike a deal for Neto with Gent, who have already signed a replacement.

Neto, linked previously with Leicester, Sevilla and Galatasary, will become the first Brazilian to play for Albion.

Fee agreed with Gent, so must be down 2 personal terms, lets hope we get this one over the line.

 

[severnside gull]

Naylor writes 'fee agreed with Ghent"
Everyone else says the fee is the only thing remaining to be agreed which is odd.
Maybe it's personal terms. Maybe someone else is in for him.
Fingers crossed.

 

[Hugo Rune]

Fee agreed with Gent, so must be down 2 personal terms, lets hope we get this one over the line.

Or he has failed the medical?

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Naylor writes 'fee agreed with Ghent"
Everyone else says the fee is the only thing remaining to be agreed which is odd.
Maybe it's personal terms. Maybe someone else is in for him.
Fingers crossed.

Norwich or Burnley?

 

[Berty23]

Maybe Norwich made a late bid and he slipped disc laughing?

 

[Blatter]

Wikipedia suggesting that the deal is worth £27million

That sounds a bit steep?

 

[severnside gull]

In fairness every Twitter report in the last 24 hours has clearly said that there is no agreement yet between clubs but that Neto is free to go and is here for a medical. That seems odd but suggests that personal terms are not an issue and it may be down to confirming his fitness first before confirming a fee or staging of payments. Odd but who knows? Maybe Naylor is just limited in the info he gets from the club and is only now catching up with Twitter as his main news source? Maybe he's on a wind up?
I'm guessing we will know today one way or another.



Edit:

This article is more illuminating than Naylor's (admittedly not difficult) and also includes useful info on the Suttner deal:http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/fo...is-Hughton-Pascal-Gross-Joe-Gomez-Deal-Gossip

 

[Baker lite]

really triffic bit of business ,he's a triffic lad.


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[Hugo Rune]

really triffic bit of business ,he's a triffic lad.


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Parked outside the Lancing training complex yesterday with a couple of suitcases packed full of cash in the back?

 

[BrianWade4]

Wikipedia suggesting that the deal is worth £27million

That sounds a bit steep?

I saw that
Can't be right...

 

[severnside gull]

Wikipedia suggesting that the deal is worth £27million

That sounds a bit steep?

Maybe it's the value of a joint deal for Neto and Moses Simon including salaries for the next four years?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Naylor writes 'fee agreed with Ghent"
Everyone else says the fee is the only thing remaining to be agreed which is odd.
Maybe it's personal terms. Maybe someone else is in for him.
Fingers crossed.

Neto has read Nsc's opinion on his wife, and wants another million for her hurt feelings.

 

[chaileyjem]

Maybe Naylor ...is catching up with Twitter as his main news source?

He's just spent the entire week in Austria with the club. Just from the half dozen pieces he's filed he's spoken to Hughton multiple times and many of the players/backroom staff. Do you really believe this stuff ?

 

[severnside gull]

He's just spent the entire week in Austria with the club. Just from the half dozen pieces he's filed he's spoken to Hughton multiple times and many of the players/backroom staff. Do you really believe this stuff ?

Yup!
I rate Naylor one of the least informed and least prepared journalists around.

http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=125011

 

[SeagullCrow]

Oh dear...

[tweet] 886089779435188228 [/tweet]

 

[Weststander]

Yup!
I rate Naylor one of the least informed and least prepared journalists around.
httrp://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=125011

Is an invalid web address.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Defensive midfielder per a FIFA forum. Takes penalties too.

Just need a right back (Gomes?), winger and a 15M striker. Then loan out towell, ince and Lua lua.

 

[severnside gull]

Maybe it's the value of a joint deal for Neto and Moses Simon including salaries for the next four years?

Update: Fee €5 -€8m yet to be agreed
http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=125011

 

[Stat Brother]

Update: Fee €5 -€8m yet to be agreed
http://www.voetbalbelgie.be/nl/article.php?id=125011

I'm prepared to go out on a limb, before having seen fella even kick a ball, and say:-

Mooy isn't twice as good as Neto.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Looks like he will be a decent signing. Midfield looking strong.