Recent content by Cozmo Bozo

On the contrary, Troyes got an absolute boatload of players through the CFG. Palmer-Brown Sandler Kaboré Palaversa Ilić Moreno Roberts Most turned out to be rubbish though. If Troyes receive €30-35m for Savio, they will have made as much on one transfer as they entire current squad is worth...

Maybe your comprehension doesn't extend all the way to the terms used here, e.g. money made, £ produced? And even if this list was clearly labeled as purely incomings, maybe I just don't feel the need to parade fabricated accounting nonsense such as the clearly bogus values of two nobody...

Disingenuous to say EDS/Academy/CFG 'produced' £442m. I see Felix Correia credited with 'contributing' £9.5m, which is simply laughable. We paid £3-4m to Sporting for him (not mentioned anywhere), then swapped him for a kid from Juventus (Pablo Moreno, not mentioned anywhere here), both valued...

Harrison and Mooy were signed in 2016 (the former by NYCFC initially). These were the signings from 2017 onwards: 2017 Yangel Herrera, sold to Girona for £5m in 2023 Uriel Antuna, sold to Guadalajara for £9m in 2020 Douglas Luiz, sold to Aston Villa for £15m in 2019 Luka Ilić, left (on a free?)...

As opposed to passively trying to sign him after the deadline?

Having watched him for the Croatian NT for his entire career, I'm sceptical. He is generally hopeless in front of goal.

Easily 10-15? Gundogan has managed more than 8 league goals only once in his career. If Kovacic manages 5 league goals, it would be an amazing feat! Here are his past seasons: Serie A: 0 in 13 0 in 32 5 in 35 La Liga: 0 in 25 1 in 27 0 in 21 Prem: 0 in 32 1 in 31 0 in 27 2 in 25 1 in 27

Remembering this bop.

Not even a 3m difference, since the NFFC offer was £17m and this option is being reported as €20m (£17m).

Briefs that the transfer fee would be too high have already started. He's going nowhere this summer.

Maybe you two are thinking of Thomas Agyepong?

That's the thing with buyback clauses though. If he keeps this level up, it will have turned to dust in a year or two unless the club decide to pull the trigger.

Got investigated for his swap deal with Felix Correia (who was bought for a reported 4m a year prior), by valuing both around 10m. Now seems he's out the door on a free. Can't win 'em all, but with the bad smell of illicit accounting tricks lingering around and the other kid not kicking on...

It's crazy isn't it? I bet nobody would have been arsed if this bloke stayed at Brighton or not before this whole transfer saga unfolded.

Spot on. Credit to him ripping it up in the PL2, but on his (albeit limited) outings in the first team last season, he's looked miles off the required standard and frankly, a bit lost out there. A loan should be seen as an opportunity to gain vital experience.