Elliot Anderson | Opening bid rejected (p189)

[richards30]

my thoughts exactly and by the way rodri is talking i can't see him renewing. can't see the club been this far into a deal for a players and then backing out. this is nothing like the rice deal i don't remember us been all in like we have been off anderson

Is cash in on Rodrithis summer anyway mate and get Tonali? £60m for Rodri, £80m on Tonali

 

[super_city_si]

personally think it's gonna be tonali and anderson with 1 of the current midfielders leaving

That on its own would be a great window

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Appreciate this isn't the most important factor when signing a player, but I'm a fan of the way Elliott Anderson looks like a proper old-fashioned footballer, who wouldn't look out of place photoshopped into the team pictures of the 1960s along Bell, Lee, Summerbee et al. In fact he reminds me of a modern day version of Tony Book.

I'd like to draw your attention to this masterpiece:

Seen a few people say something similar this week. Someone on Reddit earlier said he looks like a 50s schoolboy.

There's something in it and I can't quite work out what it is.

 

[thomas1307]

That on its own would be a great window

it would raise the technical level of our midfield massively

 

[thomas1307]

Is cash in on Rodrithis summer anyway mate and get Tonali? £60m for Rodri, £80m on Tonali

if you get 60 million for rodri that would be some deal i was only thinking 25-30 million

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Don't know why so many on here are under the impression that Tonali isn't an excellent player.

Tonali is a seriously quality player, he’s not at the elite levels of Merlin, yaya or kdb, but who is!! & with top quality players around him he’d improve our midfield big time, Anderson has to remain top priority mind

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Where the hell does this desperation to sign Anderson come from? Seems like a decent player but nothing special. What am I missing?

Quite a lot obviously if you think he’s nothing special

 

[Stoned Rose]

Not a bad player but not really the standard we require. Wharton is 10x better.

Username checks out.

 

[IrishBloodEnglishHeart]

if you get 60 million for rodri that would be some deal i was only thinking 25-30 million

The same club that want him sold Casamiro for £70m, so I'd be aiming around that.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Unlike Kante he can actually pass though.

I honestly think he is just a bigger version of Bernardo without the ability to play out wide. He is the perfect replacement

He’s the new Kev.

 

[richards30]

If Trafford still is adamant to leave then Anderson and Tonali please with Trafford to them

 

[Newman Noggs]

If we can get £20m for Rico Lewis from someone, Anderson will "only" have cost £100m.

 

[Stoned Rose]

MGW, but fan outrage over him possibly replacing KDB killed the move

Evidence?

 

[domalino]

again you're not comparing like for like.

its like saying i paid 2k for my house in 1966 and today i see someone bought another house nearby by for 400k

player fees have rocketed so comparing a 60m+ fee paid in 2019 with one in 2026 is just silly.

sorry but it is

The average PL transfer fee in 2019 was €15m, in 2025 it was €25m.

So if we're comparing like for like, £105m should be the ballpark.

However, this forgets the fact we got Rodri on the cheap, he refused several attempts by Atletico to increase his release clause which was set when he was still playing for Villarreal. Also excludes any "English tax".

If you go back to 2015 when we signed KDB - and I do think Anderson is of a similar calibre/as desirable a signing to Wolfsburg KDB - prices have tripled. So £55m would become...£165m.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Tonali is a seriously quality player, he’s not at the elite levels of Merlin, Taya or kdb, but who is!! & with top quality players around him he’d improve our midfield big time, Anderson has to remain top priority mind

Yeah don't get me wrong, I'm Anderson all the way but I keep seeing people talk about Tonali like he's Tom Cleverley.

 

[roy.or.r]

Him, Tonali, Vitinha and I am happy.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Reijnders look likely to leave, we gonna have 6 midfield option include Elliot. Rodri, Nico G, Elliot, Kovacic, Cherki, Foden. Would this be enough ?

No, we can’t have Gonzalez he’s nowhere near the level. Kovacic is an old fart who you’d only keep around for experience and a reduced workload.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Christ. Couldn’t think of a worse downgrade than this. Tonali is a roadrunner suited to non-possession based football, Anderson is the full package.

Tonali always looks like he’s overseeing a 5000 kilo shipment of beak coming in from Columbia.

 

[ALDN_Ko]

Evidence?

I didn’t necessarily mean fan outrage but the pressure would’ve been on him to replace KDB and Viana & Co probably realised he wouldn’t have been that player. Especially with the hefty price tag

 

[Stoned Rose]

Where the hell does this desperation to sign Anderson come from? Seems like a decent player but nothing special. What am I missing?

Everything.