[Albion] Stefanos Tzimas **singed 03/02/25 - joining in Summer**

[Home and Away]

Maybe best not to build hopes too high...

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Bloody hell, we’re on the verge of signing one of the hottest young talents going and people are furious about it?

This place is pretty toxic at the moment, I'm finding. I commented yesterday just how pathetic it was that fans were turning on other fans.

 

[Bakero]

Maybe best not to build hopes too high...

Having read a few of your posts today, I don't think there's any danger of that in your case

 

[mile oak]

Lose 2 half decent strikers, pay silly money for an unproven replacement but dont use him. Business done by clowns

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Lose 2 half decent strikers, pay silly money for an unproven replacement but dont use him. Business done by clowns

Yes, the club's in a right financial MESS!

Maybe the board should resign and put a few of NSC's finest in charge?

 

[dwayne]

Funny one this, isn't it? He's playing in the German equivalent of the Championship, and yet seemingly had Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs and Villa after him, according to some pretty reputable sources. That's like Europe's top clubs (and Spurs/ Chelsea) going after some lad at Sunderland.

His underlying stats must suggest he's pretty special then.

Usual agent crap more likely.

 

[Home and Away]

Having read a few of your posts today, I don't think there's any danger of that in your case

No danger. How many former "promising talents" are on loan at moment, because they weren't improving or didn't fit the system or something?

 

[Mancgull]

I’ve been fairly negative about Saturday’s performance and FH’s influence but this deal is something to be really positive about.
It’s a deal exactly in our sphere. Talented young player landed before other bigger clubs decide to gamble on him.
Of course, all the gambles don’t work, but that’s what we have done with Caicedo, Mitoma and Baleba amongst others.
We took a risk on Barco and with that one we think now is time to cut our losses ( but just a minute, we made a small profit on him if the figures are to be believed)
Same as Undav. Bought for c £6m, sold for over £20m.
Let’s not let our recent angst get in the way of being a bit more objective about this deal. It’s a typical BHA/ Tony Bloom deal and if FH has played his part in getting the deal over the line, then fair play on that front.

 

[SeagullinExile]

A good addition for the U21's.

Yawn....you know we buy for potential. It’s been a very successful model. We develop elite players, not buy them ffs.

 

[Justice]

Again FWIW. Hes tweeted several times today including confirmation of the Barco transfer, promoting his analysis of yesterday's defeat , and an Athletic piece about RDZ .

Hi Andy

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I'm sure this has been done to death on the other thread but every little thing I've read about that situation suggests there is way more to it than Barco not being up to the grade and that it comes down to something very negative about his character/ personality. It's clearly not just us who thought that either, as Sevilla haven't wanted to touch him with a bargepole.

On the plus side, he's now gone to Chelsea, thinly disguised as Strasbourg, so hopefully he will screw their clubs up from the inside.

I thought Barco did really well for us - in what little we got to see of him - and showed a lot of promise. Was looking forward to seeing him again this season

 

[JetsetJimbo]

Oh I've seen all that, but he's still playing in the second tier, isn't he? I don't know if those figures are weighted to take into account the relative strengths of the leagues.

Don't get me wrong, I very much want to be positive. I just want to know what it is about this lad which has seemingly attracted some of the best clubs in Europe, despite the fact he's playing against German village sides.

This is a very ignorant comment.

The 2. Bundesliga actually contains more former German champions than the top division. It's arguably a better league than the Championship, and we regularly pay more for players from that division.

Why Germany is home to the best second division in Europe

Attracting crowds of more than 50,000, the 2. Bundesliga isn't just the most atmospheric second division in Europe, it's also the most unpredictable.

www.espn.com

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Again FWIW. Hes tweeted several times today including confirmation of the Barco transfer, promoting his analysis of yesterday's defeat , and an Athletic piece about RDZ .

Thanks Andy

 

[Bucharest49]

From uwe i just had

For his age he is already doing really well in Nuremberg. Regular starter, scores Goals, technically gifted and quick. Learning from one of the best strikers in German history, Miroslav Klose, who is his current Coach!! Pretty clinical in front of goal, bright future is ahead of him

 

[JBizzle]

No danger. How many former "promising talents" are on loan at moment, because they weren't improving or didn't fit the system or something?

There's a point in any players career where they get to a level that's just below where me need them to be, where they won't improve without matches. The choice is a loan away or sitting on the bench here.

That's where Ferguson, Enciso and Buonanotte sit. Barco was a gamble that didn't pay off, but we recouped the fee, plus a little more

 

[AK74]

Could be the next Jurgen Klinsmann.

Could be the next Timo Werner.

 

[chaileyjem]

Thanks Andy

Hi Andy

Ha Ha ! - anyway i thought i was Barber.

PS: Not hard to actually check what Naylor is reporting rather than what you think or like to think he's been doing for some reason.

 

[peterward]

Oh I've seen all that, but he's still playing in the second tier, isn't he? I don't know if those figures are weighted to take into account the relative strengths of the leagues.

Don't get me wrong, I very much want to be positive. I just want to know what it is about this lad which has seemingly attracted some of the best clubs in Europe, despite the fact he's playing against German village sides.

My fireworks are all wet and stink of piss.

 

[ElderlyWilliam]

Is he injured yet?

 

[stewart12]

Ha Ha ! - anyway i thought i was Barber.

PS: Not hard to actually check what Naylor is reporting rather than what you think or like to think he's been doing for some reason.

Think Naylor is just quite conservative so waits until a deal is pretty much done before reporting it as opposed to others who have a slightly more scattergun approach. It does mean that he very rarely gets things wrong but is perhaps a bit dull for the social media generation

Probably is a difference in generations, he made his name reporting daily where you can take your time to make more accurate content vs the social media approach of just firing out stuff constantly and hoping some of it "lands". I don't remember transfer rumours being as big a deal before Twitter but now it seems to make up the bulk of football content