21/22 Summer transfer mega-thread (31 Viewers)

[Barnsley]

Is it right that the original Moneyball dude is involved at some level?

Billy Beane, yeah he’s a small stake holder, he’s also got a lump of AZ Alkmaar too. But he isn’t involved in any of our majority owners other clubs just ours.

 

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[shmmeee]

Random response as per

Unable to read meaning unless it’s spelled out in single syllable words as per.

 

[cc84cov]

Billy Beane, yeah he’s a small stake holder, he’s also got a lump of AZ Alkmaar too. But he isn’t involved in any of our majority owners other clubs just ours.

Billy Beane is not my loverrrrrr

sorry @Barnsley

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Going for a Moneyball recruitment strategy with our finances makes complete sense but because we're skint we can't attract the best Moneyballers in the business unlike Barnsley who I believe have the original Mr Moneyball on board. So some mistakes are inevitable

Law of averages too. Every team is going to make mistakes. Remember when Man U spent £8m on Bebe? Complete bust. Yet, it’s not a lot of money to them and potential reward outweighed the risks.

When we signed Hyam, did anyone think he’d be good enough to start for us in the Championship? I know I didn’t.

Our recruitment obviously has not been bad by any metric. We’ve gone from League 2 to Championship and surviving in four seasons.

 

[Liquid Gold]

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You’d have thought head of recruitment would have been above the woman that washes the kits

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

If anyone isn't happy with our transfer business just remember - at least we're not Derby...

Derby County face starting season without a centre-back, says Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney warns Derby face starting the season without a recognised centre-back unless a transfer embargo is lifted.

www.bbc.co.uk

At this rate Rooney may have to play this season

 

[higgs]

At this rate Rooney may have to play this season

Sounds like a right shambles they were lucky to survive last season

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[Blind-Faith]

After the way they seemed to have escaped cheating the system , don’t feel sorry for them one bit. Hopefully get what they deserve , although feel a bit for the fans of course

 

[Frostie]

After the way they seemed to have escaped cheating the system , don’t feel sorry for them one bit. Hopefully get what they deserve , although feel a bit for the fans of course

Agree although most of their fans seem to think they're still whiter than white & it's purely an EFL vendetta against them.

 

[CDK]

No sympathy for them at all and think it's one less relegation place.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Andy Carroll: Striker needs to 'go and play somewhere', says Newcastle boss Bruce

Former England striker Andy Carroll is looking for a new club after leaving Newcastle, boss Steve Bruce says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dreaming

 

[cc84cov]

Andy Carroll: Striker needs to 'go and play somewhere', says Newcastle boss Bruce

Former England striker Andy Carroll is looking for a new club after leaving Newcastle, boss Steve Bruce says.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dreaming

He would bankrupt us within a month

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

He would bankrupt us within a month

And he would spend most the time on a hospital bed

 

[cc84cov]

And he would spend most the time on a hospital bed

Good point if he’s done an ACL we have a chance here to get him

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Good point if he’s done an ACL we have a chance here to get him

I hope not

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

We don’t need another striker

 

[shmmeee]

Money and injuries aside. I think we do need a striker like Carroll. Only really got Györkeres who can play on his own or as a target man and he’s not the best suited to it.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I mean if we could get Carroll on a pay as you play its a no brainer. But hes not gonna want that is he so its a non starter.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I mean if we could get Carroll on a pay as you play its a no brainer. But hes not gonna want that is he so its a non starter.

I wasn’t serious I’m sorry

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Few rumours circulating that Arsenal have agreed personal terms with Maddison and are now set to submit a bid of around £60m.

Assuming Leicester accept that I presume we'll receive some kind of windfall.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Few rumours circulating that Arsenal have agreed personal terms with Maddison and are now set to submit a bid of around £60m.

Assuming Leicester accept that I presume we'll receive some kind of windfall.

Didn't it used to be you couldn't speak to a player until you'd had a bid accepted. Tapping up I think it's called,

 

[fatso]

Few rumours circulating that Arsenal have agreed personal terms with Maddison and are now set to submit a bid of around £60m.

Assuming Leicester accept that I presume we'll receive some kind of windfall.

I thought our "sell on clause"only applied to when Norwich sold him.

 

[COV]

Didn't it used to be you couldn't speak to a player until you'd had a bid accepted. Tapping up I think it's called,

Probably the most ignored rule in all of football

 

[South West Sky Blue]

Few rumours circulating that Arsenal have agreed personal terms with Maddison and are now set to submit a bid of around £60m.

Assuming Leicester accept that I presume we'll receive some kind of windfall.

£50m on Ben White and £60m on Maddison....can't see it myself. Even with Premiership money they'd have to sell a fair bit to justify that. Lacazette only has one year left on his contract so won't go for huge amounts. hold, just remembered they've got the Sheaf money.......

 

[SkyblueDad]

Probably the most ignored rule in all of football

I think in these days of mobile phones, emails, agents etc, etc. the old tapping up rule is defunct that’s if it ever really worked.

 

[shmmeee]

I thought our "sell on clause"only applied to when Norwich sold him.

Yeah but Norwich will have their own sell ons so when they receive money for that we get a cut as part of our sell on.

e.g. if we both had 10% clause:

Arsenal pay Leicester £60m
Leicester pay Norwich £6m
Norwich pay us £600k
We buy Sheaf for £600k and the circle of life is complete.

 

[SkyblueDad]

£50m on Ben White and £60m on Maddison....can't see it myself. Even with Premiership money they'd have to sell a fair bit to justify that. Lacazette only has one year left on his contract so won't go for huge amounts. hold, just remembered they've got the Sheaf money.......

Think we get a little windfall from any Maddison deal, Norwich get a percentage of any profit and we get a percentage of the Norwich percentage of you get my drift.

 

[fatso]

Yeah but Norwich will have their own sell ons so when they receive money for that we get a cut as part of our sell on.

e.g. if we both had 10% clause:

Arsenal pay Leicester £60m
Leicester pay Norwich £6m
Norwich pay us £600k
We buy Sheaf for £600k and the circle of life is complete.

 

[shmmeee]

15% would be great, £1.35m by my calculations off a £60m fee. Or one Hamer.

 

[djr8369]

15% would be great, £1.35m by my calculations off a £60m fee. Or one Hamer.

Although it might be less upfront and we’d only get a percentage of that. Still, few hundred grand would go a long way.

 

[SkyblueDad]

15% would be great, £1.35m by my calculations off a £60m fee. Or one Hamer.

I’m sure I have read somewhere it is 15% but it is off the profit so you have to take off what Leicester paid Norwich which I think was £20million so doing the maths it looks to me to be about £900k.
Nice little earner

 

[Liquid Gold]

We got a great deal out of Maddison and I won't have it any other way. People only don't want to admit it as that doesn't go along with the sisu asset stripping narrative.

 

[cc84cov]

£50m on Ben White and £60m on Maddison....can't see it myself. Even with Premiership money they'd have to sell a fair bit to justify that. Lacazette only has one year left on his contract so won't go for huge amounts. hold, just remembered they've got the Sheaf money.......

Maddison will have big boots to fill then

 

[SkyblueDad]

We got a great deal out of Maddison and I won't have it any other way. People only don't want to admit it as that doesn't go along with the sisu asset stripping narrative.

It certainly was a super deal and a clever one it has financed a few deals & kept Joy happy too.

 

[Samo]

It certainly was a super deal and a clever one it has financed a few deals & kept Joy happy too.

Probably paid for her sky-blue frock!