Except he was already known to be injury prone and to have attitude problems. Obviously legal issues were impossible to predict but Mendy had one really good season in a sub-par league. He had achieved more than Cucu but Cucu has had an excellent PL season. One more than Mendy ever will.Mendy has/had accomplished 10x what Cucurella has. 50m on him was hardly a shock transfer. You can't account for major injuries and off the pitch to happen.
All the players in our squad were already known and playing for top clubs before we bought them (bar Zinchenko & Jesus) we don't unearth gems, that's what a world class scouting system does.
We currently find ourselves haggling over 10million for a LB who could have been scouted a year earlier. With all our Spanish/La Masia connections why wasn't Cucurella scouted before going to Brighton.
Potter won’t be fuming cucurella is vital to the team and very hard to replace he was player of the season last yearBloom is a professional gambler. He thought he would get us to fold. It hasn't happened.
Instead we will walk away, he is left with a pissed off player and I bet Potter is fuming as well because that 40 odd million turns into 2/3 players for him.
As it stands they have lost their best midfielder, they have signed nobody and teams are catching up. Brighton will be in a relegation battle this year.
That’s a fair point. He is in a rare breed of two way full backs. However, the very best in the world aren’t 2 way full backs at all, they are extremely technically gifted ones. Ones way above Cucurella’s technical level. Cancelo, Alexander-Arnold, Davies.I'm not disputing that. But we paid 42 for Mangala, 100 for Grealish, 41 for Ake (4th choice centre back) and the club wonders why Brighton are sticking to a valuation of 50 on Cucurella. He's worth that in today's market. He's brilliant defensively and offensively - granted he's had one good season at Brighton I'd stick my neck out and say he will be as good as Robertson at Liverpool in a few seasons. Few people will disagree with me, but there are very few left backs who are brilliant at both, and he's one of them. They come at a Premium.
Yeah bet hes buzzing. Your best midfielder gone for a pittance and your best defender has put a transfer request in. At least you have signed big with names like Enciso and Adingara.Potter won’t be fuming cucurella is vital to the team and very hard to replace he was player of the season last year
all those represent value for us. cucurella does notI'm not disputing that. But we paid 42 for Mangala, 100 for Grealish, 41 for Ake (4th choice centre back) and the club wonders why Brighton are sticking to a valuation of 50 on Cucurella. He's worth that in today's market. He's brilliant defensively and offensively - granted he's had one good season at Brighton I'd stick my neck out and say he will be as good as Robertson at Liverpool in a few seasons. Few people will disagree with me, but there are very few left backs who are brilliant at both, and he's one of them. They come at a Premium.
One of my best mates is a Brighton fan, and I watched nearly all their games last season when I could. He was superb in nearly every game. Suits our style so well.
However, I do trust the club that they will get it right eventually. Sosa would be a superb alternative.
In equal measure to completely pointless snide blanket comments by self-righteous twatbananas who contribute fuck all of significance.
It doesn't but Brighton have made a big blooming self inflicted error. No player worth his salt will entertain going there, denying players the chance to improve themselves and win something.How does that help us..?
We paid £3.4m for Zinchenko, can we split the difference and pay them £30m then?
Walker was £50m BTW.
Add ons possibly?Zin was 1.5m