Romeo Lavia

[FantasyIreland]

Is that 2nd year buy back clause a usual thing for us.
Seems daft to me

I guess someone believed his impact would take that bit longer.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

I guess someone believed his impact would take that bit longer.

Was wondering about that. Is it the same with the likes of Bazunu who joined Southampton at roughly the same time.
A few posters on about bringing him back if Ortega were to leave.

 

[bluealf]

Is that 2nd year buy back clause a usual thing for us.
Seems daft to me

I'd never heard it before tbh not even on one of our deals, it just seems very odd and with Southampton getting relegated it has cost us, if they'd stayed up I'd think Lavia would have stopped another season and then we were back in the game, if the player wanted to come back, of course?

 

[Asa's left peg]

Nice 11.6m for us

Added to the original 10m fee. It will be interesting to judge the overall merits of him and the deals after 1 or 2 seasons. He does look good when he plays, but we haven't really got many releases wrong unlike Chelsea!

 

[Keeper!]

I'd never heard it before tbh not even on one of our deals, it just seems very odd and with Southampton getting relegated it has cost us, if they'd stayed up I'd think Lavia would have stopped another season and then we were back in the game, if the player wanted to come back, of course?

Why would he want to come back to us, we clearly were not sure about him and if he came back he would spend most matchdays sat on his arse.

 

[waspish]

Added to the original 10m fee. It will be interesting to judge the overall merits of him and the deals after 1 or 2 seasons. He does look good when he plays, but we haven't really got many releases wrong unlike Chelsea!

14m we sold him for overall

Southampton have signed midfielder Romeo Lavia from Manchester City for a fee which could rise to £14m.

The deal is believed to be worth an initial £10.5m with a further £3.5m in add-ons and a 20% sell-on clause.

 

[Asa's left peg]

14m we sold him for overall

Southampton have signed midfielder Romeo Lavia from Manchester City for a fee which could rise to £14m.

The deal is believed to be worth an initial £10.5m with a further £3.5m in add-ons and a 20% sell-on clause.

I read it as the 10.5 original (unlikely to have met many or any of the add ons) and the 20% sell on means another possibly 11m to add to the 10.5? so 21m approx?

 

[MadchesterCity]

wonder if this is our Salah-KDb moment where Chelsea sold them and not really building them into the team and came back to haunt them at rivals.

I dont think he is that great but hard to say with 19 y o players what is their ceiling. Looks expensive now, maybe in two seasons he will be regarded as brutally cheap.

Dont think he would have been far behind than Rico Lewis was when Pep started to give him game time last year. going for Phillips for 45m in hindsight is a strange decision, but lets see what Kalvin adds to City this season. good thing is he cannot really add less than last season.

I think the Phillips flop has certainly elevated fan opinions on how good Lavia would’ve been

 

[Lavinda Past]

I think the Phillips flop has certainly elevated fan opinions on how good Lavia would’ve been

Never mind Lavia, Kalvin Phillips has elevated my opinion on how good Javi Garcia was.

 

[bluealf]

Why would he want to come back to us, we clearly were not sure about him and if he came back he would spend most matchdays sat on his arse.

Exactly, the one person we brought back, we gave a few games to then flogged him on again, hardly a great example.

Of course, we could be telling these lads we are really just loaning them out in a different fashion and they need the game time in a proper competitive environment (I might be reaching).

I have to say unless I was a real City fan I don't think I'd come back either tbh