Marc Cucurella

[Silva2021]

For us to want him we must rate him and surely the going rate for a squad member of ours has got to be £40 million.

Then given his contract length and Brighton reluctance to sell they have added on an extra £10 million.

I honestly don’t think this is, oh it’s City let’s ask for an extra £10 million they will just pay it (we have a rep of walking away from deals).

It is you overpay because we don’t want to sell and don’t have to or we keep him, either way happy.

I think we messed up going £30 million, I think we thought as we had the player onboard, transfer request we would anchor the bid low, so that £40 million would seem acceptable.

It has not worked and going from £30 - £50 is such a big jump it’s hard to be shown to do it. If we had bid £40 million first I think we would have had a better communication with Brighton and the ability to go up without it effecting badly.

Not seeing loads of clubs saying push up your prices it’s Chelsea.

Our board get a lot right and Haaland must have been a tough deal to do (given everyone wanted him). So my views are simply that and the board will no doubt have further considerations.

Let’s see how we are once the window shuts. I feel we are missing one up front, but can accept it to give Palmer/McAtee (?) chances.

However, defence we are 1, arguably 2 short and so need at least 1 as we always get injuries.

 

[not my fault!]

Question, what’s everyone’s giddiness about Cucurella? Nobody, and I mean nobody, had heard of him 12 months ago. In fact he’d gone under my radar all last season and I knew nothing about him until this thread. Not one top team in any league we’re after signing him or am I to believe Brighton was always his dream destination over say Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Paris etc etc.
I really don’t get the hype over a potentially half decent player who’s had a half decent season at a very average mid table club. Bar his career highlight of Brightons player of the season, what exactly makes him so special and worthy of £50m?
I suspect it’s more frustration or desperation from fans, to what looks an easy solution to a problem, than his actual stats or ability but I could be wrong.
To command a £50m price tag, equal to what the worlds top LB’s have previously sold for, he must surely have something I’ve missed? Not his one international cap, more a justification for people to hype him so much at world class LB price marks. So can anyone share it so I can understand?
One international cap, one player of the season award and one season in the premier league with an average side…. Help me out guys and gals because I’m missing something clearly.
I’ve no doubt he’d sign and be crafted in to the player Pep wants but he’s far from a finished article and far from a top player currently, he’s nothing special at present and as seen with links today there’s equally good LB’s available (stats wise) that are a fraction of his price. This is why when I read “just pay the extra £10m” I have to scratch my head. We shouldn’t be having to pay £40m let alone £50m for a potential future star.
Not looking to argue, I just genuinely don’t get it and can’t understand the uproar and demands to up our bid other than maybe due to desperation or fear.

 

[Charliegull]

Can see him at Everton, West Ham or Aston Villa in the future.

Fat frank i think will be first sacking, Everton a bit toxic at the moment, West Ham, Moyes doing good job, so unless goes to another club like top 6 side, it might be a while before that happens. Fall over Stevie G, could well replace him if it goes tits up, Potter is aa Brummie. Possible Leicester will Rogers stay, looks like they need to raise cash or Smug Eddie at Newcastle but maybe new ownets might go with a big name.

 

[kun]

Fat frank i think will be first sacking, Everton a bit toxic at the moment, West Ham, Moyes doing good job, so unless goes to another club like top 6 side, it might be a while before that happens. Fall over Stevie G, could well replace him if it goes tits up, Potter is aa Brummie. Possible Leicester will Rogers stay, looks like they need to raise cash or Smug Eddie at Newcastle but maybe new ownets might go with a big name.

England

 

[Ric]

Question, what’s everyone’s giddiness about Cucurella? Nobody, and I mean nobody, had heard of him 12 months ago.

Tbf, there were people on here talking about him over five years ago!

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[birchwoodgingerste]

Question, what’s everyone’s giddiness about Cucurella? Nobody, and I mean nobody, had heard of him 12 months ago. In fact he’d gone under my radar all last season and I knew nothing about him until this thread. Not one top team in any league we’re after signing him or am I to believe Brighton was always his dream destination over say Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Paris etc etc.
I really don’t get the hype over a potentially half decent player who’s had a half decent season at a very average mid table club. Bar his career highlight of Brightons player of the season, what exactly makes him so special and worthy of £50m?
I suspect it’s more frustration or desperation from fans, to what looks an easy solution to a problem, than his actual stats or ability but I could be wrong.
To command a £50m price tag, equal to what the worlds top LB’s have previously sold for, he must surely have something I’ve missed? Not his one international cap, more a justification for people to hype him so much at world class LB price marks. So can anyone share it so I can understand?
One international cap, one player of the season award and one season in the premier league with an average side…. Help me out guys and gals because I’m missing something clearly.
I’ve no doubt he’d sign and be crafted in to the player Pep wants but he’s far from a finished article and far from a top player currently, he’s nothing special at present and as seen with links today there’s equally good LB’s available (stats wise) that are a fraction of his price. This is why when I read “just pay the extra £10m” I have to scratch my head. We shouldn’t be having to pay £40m let alone £50m for a potential future star.
Not looking to argue, I just genuinely don’t get it and can’t understand the uproar and demands to up our bid other than maybe due to desperation or fear.

Gvardiol looks better anyway

 

[nellyonthewing]

Question, what’s everyone’s giddiness about Cucurella? Nobody, and I mean nobody, had heard of him 12 months ago. In fact he’d gone under my radar all last season and I knew nothing about him until this thread. Not one top team in any league we’re after signing him or am I to believe Brighton was always his dream destination over say Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Paris etc etc.
I really don’t get the hype over a potentially half decent player who’s had a half decent season at a very average mid table club. Bar his career highlight of Brightons player of the season, what exactly makes him so special and worthy of £50m?
I suspect it’s more frustration or desperation from fans, to what looks an easy solution to a problem, than his actual stats or ability but I could be wrong.
To command a £50m price tag, equal to what the worlds top LB’s have previously sold for, he must surely have something I’ve missed? Not his one international cap, more a justification for people to hype him so much at world class LB price marks. So can anyone share it so I can understand?
One international cap, one player of the season award and one season in the premier league with an average side…. Help me out guys and gals because I’m missing something clearly.
I’ve no doubt he’d sign and be crafted in to the player Pep wants but he’s far from a finished article and far from a top player currently, he’s nothing special at present and as seen with links today there’s equally good LB’s available (stats wise) that are a fraction of his price. This is why when I read “just pay the extra £10m” I have to scratch my head. We shouldn’t be having to pay £40m let alone £50m for a potential future star.
Not looking to argue, I just genuinely don’t get it and can’t understand the uproar and demands to up our bid other than maybe due to desperation or fear.

If you don’t think he’s anything special why were we in for him? Having identified him as a suitable player and having shown our hand by selling zinchenko we then low balled it . Now we have to divvy up or walk away which is not the outcome we clearly planned. Either way we I think we have handled it very poorly… Cue the ‘my club right or wrong’ bunch.

 

[Charliegull]

Question, what’s everyone’s giddiness about Cucurella? Nobody, and I mean nobody, had heard of him 12 months ago. In fact he’d gone under my radar all last season and I knew nothing about him until this thread. Not one top team in any league we’re after signing him or am I to believe Brighton was always his dream destination over say Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Paris etc etc.
I really don’t get the hype over a potentially half decent player who’s had a half decent season at a very average mid table club. Bar his career highlight of Brightons player of the season, what exactly makes him so special and worthy of £50m?
I suspect it’s more frustration or desperation from fans, to what looks an easy solution to a problem, than his actual stats or ability but I could be wrong.
To command a £50m price tag, equal to what the worlds top LB’s have previously sold for, he must surely have something I’ve missed? Not his one international cap, more a justification for people to hype him so much at world class LB price marks. So can anyone share it so I can understand?
One international cap, one player of the season award and one season in the premier league with an average side…. Help me out guys and gals because I’m missing something clearly.
I’ve no doubt he’d sign and be crafted in to the player Pep wants but he’s far from a finished article and far from a top player currently, he’s nothing special at present and as seen with links today there’s equally good LB’s available (stats wise) that are a fraction of his price. This is why when I read “just pay the extra £10m” I have to scratch my head. We shouldn’t be having to pay £40m let alone £50m for a potential future star.
Not looking to argue, I just genuinely don’t get it and can’t understand the uproar and demands to up our bid other than maybe due to desperation or fear.

Pep knew about him and wzs an admirer of him before he came to Brighton.
Villa put a £100m buy out on J G, knowing that they wanted to keep him, only a top 6 club is likelty to pay that, once one of them come calling he is going, with Cucu, Brighton do not wang to sell, they dont have to however once a top 6 sidd comes in for him he is going, Brighton put a high price on his head to try and put thrm off, its work ATM with you how ever Chelsea now have some money, however Tom Tickle, is not an ounce on Pep so i cant see Cucu develping at Chelsea.
Maybe we were thinking United would come in, look at what we wanted think thats not a lot and offered £100m.

 

[lol yank]

For us to want him we must rate him and surely the going rate for a squad member of ours has got to be £40 million.

Then given his contract length and Brighton reluctance to sell they have added on an extra £10 million.

I honestly don’t think this is, oh it’s City let’s ask for an extra £10 million they will just pay it (we have a rep of walking away from deals).

It is you overpay because we don’t want to sell and don’t have to or we keep him, either way happy.

I think we messed up going £30 million, I think we thought as we had the player onboard, transfer request we would anchor the bid low, so that £40 million would seem acceptable.

It has not worked and going from £30 - £50 is such a big jump it’s hard to be shown to do it. If we had bid £40 million first I think we would have had a better communication with Brighton and the ability to go up without it effecting badly.

Not seeing loads of clubs saying push up your prices it’s Chelsea.

Our board get a lot right and Haaland must have been a tough deal to do (given everyone wanted him). So my views are simply that and the board will no doubt have further considerations.

Let’s see how we are once the window shuts. I feel we are missing one up front, but can accept it to give Palmer/McAtee (?) chances.

However, defence we are 1, arguably 2 short and so need at least 1 as we always get injuries.

They’ve gotten rid of Mcatee today mate. Thin everywhere.

 

[Charliegull]

England

No i think Potter would like club football. Hopefully