It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

[Stoned Rose]

So you think 1 OK year at West Ham means he is worth 70m?

Thats only £20m short of Bellingham Fee.

But it’s also 35m short of the Rice fee and 10m short of the Maguire fee.

 

[RayCTID]

I agree. In which case it makes more sense to hang onto Palmer.

Palmer still needs a loan move for this season but yes there is no need to completely cut him loose.

 

[BlueMooner87]

But it’s also 35m short of the Rice fee and 10m short of the Maguire fee.

you are using examples that we walked away from because of the price.

 

[samuelyeboah]

Depth, flexibility, a player Pep really wants and has a plan for?

But surely it only drives foden to the wing position even further?

 

[Silva2021]

For those complaining about fees and I do get both sides of it (not your money/ effects perception and future signings).

I think we have had probably one of the most disorganised windows compared to others and it will leave us rightly with no choice but to overpay.

I think bidding now for these 2 (if we are) with the season right round the corner effects the other team a lot more and as such they will charge more (1 because they are less inclined to sell and 2 there replacements will cost more and 3 both have had a big name departure already and potentially again in Brightons case (I don’t think either need the money)).

We’ve done well to date this window (Gvardiol probably took longer but we didn’t want him to be the most expensive defender, which has obviously took a lot of agreement with probably the majority being upfront), but what happens now we have to live with.

We are very well run in my view. I agree with giving Gundogan time to make his decision and also Mahrez to leave if we got a fair price and wanted to go (I think this one in particular has caught us on the back foot).

We have had Walkers future up in the air (which we probably didn’t expect) and also managing Bernardo’s situation must take some doing. 2 amazing Portuguese players, 1 the ultimate professional and the other causing issues. 1 gets the move to Barca and the other does not (based on behaviour), this will take some managing and I believe this new contract (which no doubt gives a rise but a release clause, I don’t think it’s a guarantee he stays more then a season even if he signs).

So it’s been messy with a lot of other stuff and as such I think the knock on effect is we are late to the market and as such will have to overpay for one of these (don’t think we will get both) for the reasons given above.

Hopefully next summer it’s a bit more business as usual and we can get back to normal. To be clear this is not a criticism of the club it is the unpredictability of transfer windows.

I do wonder knowing what we know now, whether the club might have gone for MacAllister

 

[Coatigan]

But it’s also 35m short of the Rice fee and 10m short of the Maguire fee.

It is actually 45m short of the Bellingham fee, but what's 25m in semantics these days?

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Ok but you don't play in Brazils midfield unless your a serious footballer

Maybe Brazil from 20 years ago. They’ve had loads of what I’d call average players recently.

 

[RayCTID]

For those complaining about fees and I do get both sides of it (not your money/ effects perception and future signings).

I think we have had probably one of the most disorganised windows compared to others and it will leave us rightly with no choice but to overpay.

I think bidding now for these 2 (if we are) with the season right round the corner effects the other team a lot more and as such they will charge more (1 because they are less inclined to sell and 2 there replacements will cost more and 3 both have had a big name departure already and potentially again in Brightons case (I don’t think either need the money)).

We’ve done well to date this window (Gvardiol probably took longer but we didn’t want him to be the most expensive defender, which has obviously took a lot of agreement with probably the majority being upfront), but what happens now we have to live with.

We are very well run in my view. I agree with giving Gundogan time to make his decision and also Mahrez to leave if we got a fair price and wanted to go (I think this one in particular has caught us on the back foot).

We have had Walkers future up in the air (which we probably didn’t expect) and also managing Bernardo’s situation must take some doing. 2 amazing Portuguese players, 1 the ultimate professional and the other causing issues. 1 gets the move to Barca and the other does not (based on behaviour), this will take some managing and I believe this new contract (which no doubt gives a rise but a release clause, I don’t think it’s a guarantee he stays more then a season even if he signs).

So it’s been messy with a lot of other stuff and as such I think the knock on effect is we are late to the market and as such will have to overpay for one of these (don’t think we will get both) for the reasons given above.

Hopefully next summer it’s a bit more business as usual and we can get back to normal. To be clear this is not a criticism of the club it is the unpredictability of transfer windows.

I do wonder knowing what we know now, whether the club might have gone for MacAllister

We have to start to take into consideration in looking for Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva (if he doesn't sign an extension)) and Kyle Walker replacements. Whether it will be next summer or beyond that it is going to be an unenviable task. With the Mbappe situation we still have to keep an eye on Haaland, although I don't see an immediate issue and we are in a strong position in keeping him for while.

 

[BlueMooner87]

He`s worth what We think he`s worth to us and what Pep thinks he can do with him?

Lets hope he doesn't end up like Philips or Sergio Gomez.

I am not against spending large sums of money, just seems odd we are throwing it at mediocre players when we have just lost high quality and experience.

 

[BlueMooner87]

It is actually 45m short of the Bellingham fee, but what's 25m in semantics these days?

Sorry I googled and google gave me £88.5m , 103m euros