It is still a huge gamble for Fulham.
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Adarabioyo joins Fulham on permanent deal
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From a business perspective it's a very poor deal.
However,what's far more important is that a good kid has secured an excellent contract and a brilliant opportunity of first team top level football,an opportunity that should also enable him to develop and progress.
We have handled Tosin badly IMO,he was once a shining light in our academy,and he was beginning to fulfil that early promise when his Championship loan came to an end.Pep has never been interested in offering him a fair crack of the whip here,so a move away is definitely best for all concerned.
Hopefully that 20% will help us recoup a few million in the relatively near future,if not i just wish one of our own all the very best in his career away from here.
Perhaps Tosin , who supported the club, did all that was asked and didn’t go bleating to the press etc, fancied Fulham and the club helped him get the move he wanted?
I find it hard to believe he had his heart set on Fulham when he was talking about still making it at City a few months ago and was linked with Everton and West Ham.
I imagine when Fulham came in with a deadline day offer he was more than happy to take it. I also bet he could have attracted some better clubs if we'd given him a couple of run outs in the EFL cup instead of Garcia.
Fulham are going straight back down, this is not a sale that's going to turn that 20% into a decent wedge. Best case scenario is Fulham hold out for something around the £15m mark when a midtable club picks him up after they get relegated but he manages to stand out.
Sell on %s are only worthwhile at clubs like Dortmund, Leicester, Wolves, Everton, West Ham, Bournemouth....clubs who are good enough and run well enough to hold out for £40-50m+ when their stars get too good.
It is still a huge gamble for Fulham.
Oh piss off, you're just being stupid about this now.
£1.5m is a gamble for a league 2 side.
Investing 1% of their premier league TV deal for the year in a 22 year old England youth international is not a risk.
Less of the insults. We still get a cut if Tosin proves himself and Fulham move him on.Oh piss off, you're just being stupid about this now.
£1.5m is a gamble for a league 2 side.
Investing 1% of their premier league TV deal for the year in a 22 year old England youth international is not a risk.
Less of the insults
Less of the forced stupidity. No one thinks £1.5m is a risk for any Premier League club in 2020.
Shahid Khan's worth £8bn. Fulham have just received a £100m cheque for TV money, they're guaranteed £80m if they get relegated and their revenue in the Championship was £135m.
They've spent 2x as much on loan fees for a right back from Turin this summer. It's 5% of their total transfer budget.
It's a risk. FFS.
Its not stupid. He could easily tank and could easily get less game time.Less of the forced stupidity. No one thinks 1.5m is a risk for any Premier League club in 2020.
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No,i would not have thought fulham was his dream move either.But this is a move that makes sense for him,he should be able to gain an immediate first team spot where he will be incredibly busy and subsequently able to show what he's capable of.Everton or West Ham probably would have been a step too far at this stage.I find it hard to believe he had his heart set on Fulham when he was talking about still making it at City a few months ago and was linked with Everton and West Ham.
I imagine when Fulham came in with a deadline day offer he was more than happy to take it. I also bet he could have attracted some better clubs if we'd given him a couple of run outs in the EFL cup instead of Garcia.
Fulham are going straight back down, this is not a sale that's going to turn that 20% into a decent wedge. Best case scenario is Fulham hold out for something around the £15m mark when a midtable club picks him up after they get relegated but he manages to stand out.
Sell on %s are only worthwhile at clubs like Dortmund, Leicester, Wolves, Everton, West Ham, Bournemouth....clubs who are good enough and run well enough to hold out for £40-50m+ when their stars get too good.
Its not stupid. He could easily tank and could easily get less game time.
Oh no, he'd not play much and they'd still sell him for more than they paid to any of the Chamionship clubs who watched him last season, especially Blackburn who would have killed to get him back. WHAT A MASSIVE GAMBLE!!!!
And we get a cut on any future deal for a player who hardly featured. He isn't going to walk into Fulham's first team.Oh no, he'd not play much and they'd still sell him for more than they paid to any of the Chamionship clubs who watched him last season, especially Blackburn who would have killed to get him back. WHAT A MASSIVE GAMBLE!!!!
So as it turns out, he's not needed by City, neither of West Ham or Everton actually stepped up their interest and made a bid, the latter signed Godfrey from Norwich instead. Fulham did, and it worked out. Simple.I find it hard to believe he had his heart set on Fulham when he was talking about still making it at City a few months ago and was linked with Everton and West Ham.
Regardless of how bad the numbers of this deal are, a move was the right decision, you can debate the numbers all day when this club has never really been good at selling, but you somehow expect them to be good at it now.