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Transfer Rumours Sunderland are willing to sell Lamine Kone for a cut-price fee

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  1. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    Sunderland are willing to sell Lamine Kone for a cut-price fee.

    The Sun says they are prepared to take a knock-down £7 million for Kone after the pain of relegation.

    The Ivory Coast centre-back, 28, was valued at almost THREE times that last season when Everton came calling soon after his arrival from French club Lorient.

    But Black Cats owner Ellis Short will now take the lower sum.

    Kone is desperate to move on after taking a share of the blame for a disastrous campaign.


    Read more at http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/sunderland-slash-asking-price-for-everton-target-kone

    SHORT YOU TWAT WE KNOW YOU WANT OUT BUT WAIT FOR BIDS YOU GREEDY ****ER
     
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  2. Makemstine Roger

    Makemstine Roger Well-Known Member

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    PAUL HETHERINGTON COLUMN: Asoro may go
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    Sunderland ace Joel Asoro has been targeted by top clubs
    “For Sunderland to have any chance of keeping Asoro, they may need to start playing him more.”

    Attacking talent Joel Asoro was watched throughout the season that has just ended by the country’s biggest clubs.

    Pickford, who is in Poland with England for the European Under-21s Championships, has joined Everton for £30m.

    That makes him the most expensive British goalkeeper and Sunderland now face a fight to keep Asoro, also involved in Poland with Sweden.

    The Stockholm-born star is only 18 and has made just one Premier League appearance – and that was for only nine minutes as a substitute.

    But he admitted that he was aware of Arsenal's interest in him while Tottenham and Newcastle have also been watching him amid talk of a £3m move.

    In Sweden it’s claimed the forward has also been scouted by both Manchester clubs, Chelsea, Juventus, Paris St-Germain, Bayern Munich and the two Milan sides.




    If Short is going to sell all the young talent as well at knock down prices we are truly ****ed
     
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  3. Nacho

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    We missed the big payday for Kone but he's not worth much more than 7 mil, maybe 10 or a little more but that's about it.

    It's a bit early to be talking about Asoro going when we don't even have a manager, if he's got any sense he'll wait for that. He wouldn't get a game at a decent prem club but a season in the Championship would be great for his development.
     
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  4. Paperback Ruiter

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    The sooner Ellis Short sells or loses his battle with syphilis the better
     
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  5. Disco down under

    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    Kone is barely worth over 5. I'd be happy with 7-8.

    Asoro isn't going to develop with us. He looks tiny and that won't do in the championship. Question marks about whether he will become the player he was expected to for me. I'd probably take take cash for him if a decent bid came in.
     
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  6. BIG BAZ

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    The bloke is easy worth 10m. Anything less is a joke. By the way we have to give lorient 30% of the money. I think it's that but may be wrong.
     
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    I'm not convinced by these reports. No substance, no quotes, just guesswork from a **** source.

    I think we'll definitely hold out for 10 million, with Kone, just because of his reputation alone. The premier league think he's better than what he is.

    If Asoro is going for 3 million then I hope we are putting a sell on clause of at least 30% in the transfer.
     
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  8. clockstander

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    Kone is a premiership quality defender, the only one at the club imo. A few mid to lower table clubs could be interested and he must be worth 10m in todays market.
     
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  9. Nads

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    Kone was only decent alongside Kaboul.

    He's an average Prem defender so going rate should be about £10million.
     
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    If u believe what u read then Everton, Palace and wba are in for him
    So we should sit back and let a bidding war commence to up the price

    Short however will want the cash now
     
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    I truly think that most of you on this board would do a better job with transfers over those HALF-WITS at the club.
     
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  12. Nads

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    That's like saying we'd beat a baby in a ****ing arm wrestle though.
     
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  13. Burly Hurley

    Burly Hurley Well-Known Member

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    Everyone just needs to start chilling about who's being sold to who for ****s sake.

    The club is being sold.

    All our squad is on the balance sheet.

    Everyone is worrying about how much we're gonna lose on players.

    Just stop it.

    There's a bigger picture.

    The club is being sold. That's the big deal.

    Everything is irrelevant.
     
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  14. Nads

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    Regardless of a change of ownership the playing staff is absolutely relevant.

    Tell me how on any planet the players aren't relevant to the football club?

    If players are sold and not replaced we are in a massive **** storm, so who we sell and what we sell them for is absolutely vital.
     
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  15. Burly Hurley

    Burly Hurley Well-Known Member

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    I know the playing staff is relevant Nads.

    My point was the price of the players. Everyone seems to be concerned about the price of each player.

    The club is being sold, so the individual price of players doesn't mean ****.

    That was my point.
     
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  16. Burly Hurley

    Burly Hurley Well-Known Member

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    Apologies, my point was, the overall price of each player doesn't mean **** to the buyer in the grand scheme of things.

    It's not like we have a Ronaldo on the books.
     
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  17. Jack TheLad

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    Not sure what you mean by that but it's incorrect if you mean they a valued asset in the accounts.

    I don't think it's irrelevant because if the takeover happens immenently the consortium are the ones selling the players so they're obviously going to care about how much the going rate is.
     
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  18. Burly Hurley

    Burly Hurley Well-Known Member

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    That's pretty much what I meant mate.

    They'll decide what the prices of each squad player is. If they sell, they'll win a few mil and lose a few mil, but they're buying into a bigger package for the longer term. Well hopefully anyway.
     
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  19. Nads

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    The players will be seen as assets.

    You think the folk looking at buying wouldn't have seen the club as more attractive with Pickford, Defoe & Kone in the squad?

    Whilst I see where you're coming from I can't agree. Players sales mean more outlay for buyers meaning bigger risk and ultimately more barriers to a takeover going through.

    Short is saying he will sell for £85 million rather than £100 million, well then he's already £10 million up off the Pickford sale isn't he?

    A fire sale leaves us far less attractive, far less saleable. Make no mistake it's incredibly relevant.
     
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  20. Burly Hurley

    Burly Hurley Well-Known Member

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    I'm not disagreeing with your premis.

    All of the players are a financial asset with a book value.

    My point is that when the buyers look at the squad, they'll have a total sum value of the squad, say; £50m, for example.

    Or £40m or £30m downwards, or £60m or £70m upwards.

    Yeh, daft figures.

    But they'll have a ballpark figure. Losing or gaining a mil on individual players don't mean a lot against the overall assets.
     
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