Transfer Rumours City transfers - Summer 2017

Dem Blades must be happy....must have added a sell on clause when we bought him. Hope we've done the same.

 

Even with a year left on his contract I'd say he's worth more than £12m up front.

Add ons are only a potential.

 

Many times add ons are only a formality, but as said, it's all guesswork and it's never really confirmed except in exceptional cases like Martial. A portion is at the least appearance based to cover for any major injuries - a reason I suspect Mason won't end up costing anything near 13m, nor Marshall his reported total.

 

That makes sense if the product has a poor injury record or pre-existing condition.

 

Or just as a general form of insurance. If the player has no history of pre-existing conditions, the seller sees it as guaranteed money, while the buyer will be happy to be covered in the off-chance something does go tits up; and if the player does have a history, the seller will likely have to see it inserted to get close to a fee they'd want.

 

Don't forget the Ballon D'or.

 

Form, change of manager and all sorts of factors could come into it though.

He might have a jolly good season, be tapped up by Barca and force through a move at a similar price before he's had chance to trigger any meaningful amount of add ons.

He's worth £17m of anyone's money IMO.

 

And the golden boot.

 

Which is why you see some managers drop players to deliberately prevent triggering clauses that cause them to have to pay extra to the selling club.

You'll likely never know whether the add ons have or haven't been triggered. So there's no point getting upset by them.

 

I thought you were meant to be listing unlikely features?

 

Guaranteed to now be in the next England squad. Bollocks, **** and ****, this feels more of a loss than Chester or Turner, good luck to him for the future, hope he does it for Leicester and ends up at one of the big boys

 

Ridiculous price but thats the market nowadays

 

It's a good job we played last season with a back 4 worth 400m or we would have been relegated in Feb ... Nobody in our squad is worth anywhere near 17m , and I think it's great business

 

We don't know the add ons to be fair.

If it's an England call-up or 100+ appearances or whatever then you'd have to say it's a good deal.

12m as a base price is fine. He'd cost north of 20m if he had a longer contract.

 

Which is ridiculous. A few years ago we would have got him for just over £5M

Its not the Maguire price its the market that is getting very silly nowadays

 

Last time we went down we retained a surprisingly high percentage of the squad. It looks a very different picture this time around.

Anyone know if Slutsky has a good track record of spotting talent?

 

But that's because a few years ago Maguire was playing for Sheffield United in League One.

12m is fine for a young English centre half who had a very decent season.

 

I think you've done well to get him for £12 million upfront.

If he makes the England team and carries on performing like he has done in top flight it could easily be double that amount in 12 months time.

 

so far, a **** load out and 8 in?

 

So Marco's made the Allams about £14m on a player who was barely playing? Not a bad second prize to avoiding relegation from their perspective.