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Possibly but if Doug wants to have a sustainable club for more than just the next couple of years he’ll need to invest in the play squad. As evidenced, that’s how you can actually make money.

If that’s right, good deal. It seems the club know more about negotiation than those who were desperate to sell to the first reported offer… Here’s hoping we get at least half of that to reinvest in acquisitions over the next couple of years.

If we could buy him for around £1-1.5m then I think it’s great business.

Seems a lot but I suppose it depends how it’s packaged and how confident we are that we can increase the player value. If so it’s just an asset we’re investing in, e.g. Vik. Ultimately the better we get the more we’re going to have to spend on these types.

I think a moot point though. We’ll accelerate past most teams in terms of signings in the coming weeks. But until this week, not much has happened anywhere.

Surely we all knew this window was going to be really difficult and that we wouldn’t have a squad together for the first pre-season games or even the first game of the season? If anything I thought it might be worse, never dreamed we’d keep hold of Hamer.

I’m struggling to know what point you’re trying to make. I said there’s two months left of the window (fact), and you replied with something like ‘but what about if we sell with a week left and only have Godden on the books’ - a hypothetical. In short, I’m saying it’s not time to panic. If...

I’m stating facts, there are weeks left. Not a hypothetical scenario where we’re selling at the last minute, and only have Godden on the books.

The club will have a bottom value in mind and if that’s not met then we have to walk away.

but this is the here and now, not this hypothetical scenario which is v unlikely

Still two months to play with, not like we’re a fortnight away from the window closing. £15m seems a bit of a shit offer, King must know we can get more.

Nevertheless Blues surely aren’t going to sell him on the cheap if he’s got a bit

100% - and he does a lot more than just score goals

Can’t work out with this transfer. On game time, he played mostly at the end of the season. Does that suggest they were putting him in the shop window? It wouldn’t make sense for Blues to sell for £3m if they thought he was a talent. If he was they’d get triple that in 12 months, because with...

But likely earning a lot more, and a higher place to drop from.

Yeah if that’s happens great. However fairly major risk if it doesn’t work out as you’ve said. Earning good money, but not mega money. Sporting players have got a record of leaving for the sort of PL sides Gyokeres is already linked with - so I’d say it’s not as great a move as it seems

Seems a risky approach though - he’d have to do well in the Europa league, because the Portuguese league is pretty poor. 4 games a season against decent opposition. I agree with the lifestyle point, Lisbon is a beautiful city and he’d have a great time there. However football is a short career...

It doesn’t but it’s objectively the best league where players can earn the most money, so it’s illogical to not move there if you have the chance.

He’s 25, not 21 - if he does minimum two years years there then he’s 27. Probably rules out most clubs paying a significant fee, and he’ll still have (as reported) 3 years left on his contract. His stock is high now, why not cash his chips for a PL move now. Unless there genuinely isn’t interest

Really surprising. The bottom half of that league is like non-league here. The players might be a bit better but the stadiums and attendances are so poor. Surely if a PL side were interested, he wouldn’t go.