Surely not? £20m ?! At least double what he is worth. We should not fall into the Bournemouth trap of being mugged off by Liverpool and allowing them to subsidise their superstar purchases
Surely not? £20m ?! At least double what he is worth. We should not fall into the Bournemouth trap of being mugged off by Liverpool and allowing them to subsidise their superstar purchases
Especially when it is somewhat suspicious that the Mane sale has been structured in such a way that we get nothing from it even though they wanted 42m
How do they get away with their valuations? Contract length or not can they really claim with a straight face that he is worth 2/3 of Mane. Especially as they clearly do not want him as they have the new Scottish youngster as the new understudy for Trent
We will surely not be paying that much for a right back this summer as one of the other ones would need to go and it won’t be Tino
Ah reading the article explains it - sought a loan move in Jan 2021 before reviving interest last summer12-15m here. More like it.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2022/...neco-williams-interest-but-fulham-favourites/
Ah reading the article explains it - sought a loan move in Jan 2021 before reviving interest last summer
Jan 2021 - we had two fit full backs and Valery and Vokins were still loaned out because they weren’t considered good enough
Summer 2021 - we were signing full backs. We went for Tino instead. Presumably because Liverpool gave us this laughable valuation
So this would seem to be a simple recycle of an old rumour perhaps boosted by Tino’s long term injury. But clearly the big club press don’t realise that most clubs can’t spend 12-15m on a player where they have a long term injury just as a back up for the existing first team player they have there
Which is why I made sure to mention that a club with our budget does not spend anything from 12-20m on a backup full back. Regardless of how many subs are allowedThere’s no point counting Tino as a full back for next season because we have no idea how his recovery will go. So that leaves us with just KWP and Perraud. And with the way our wing-backs operate, it’s vital that we have adequate cover. I don’t want to see Salisu at LB again.
Also with 5 subs available now, we have the chance to sub players in positions that typically play the full 90. With 3 subs no one tends to sub the full backs, but with 5 you can. And considering how much they run up and down the channels, this should be something we look to utilise. Hopefully Small will step up.
I remember going to a game when either were playing and EXPECTING them to score. Seems a lifetime ago.Graziano and SRL were both very good finishers.
Early in the season when JWP was out and we had Redmond on corners (and incidentally probably our most dangerous corners all season), I remember a home game (don't remember the opposition) where he won two headers from corners in quick succession, I think one may have gone narrowly wide and the other hit the post or something similar. Though thats just one game, and my memory isn't exactly solid fact,...and I don't think it actually led to a goal...but yeah, just recalling a relevant memory from the well.
Really?
1979 Eton Rifles, One Step Beyond?
1990 I’ve Got the Power, Unbelievable?
More like £4M - £5M… they’ve just signed someone who they see has more potential for £6.5M!12-15m here. More like it.
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2022/...neco-williams-interest-but-fulham-favourites/
Scary1980 - Silver dream machine
1981 - 9-5
1982 - Fantasy Island

1980 - Silver dream machine
1981 - 9-5
1982 - Fantasy Island
Scary
Although I do like an occasional bit of Dolly![]()
From what I’ve seen of Williams when playing for Wales (he plays left back there for us) is that whilst he is a bit raw, he is one hell of a talent who usually picks the right option going forward and has a very decent cross on him too. He would, in my opinion, be an immediate and significant upgrade on Perraud and I would be very happy if we were in for him…even at £20million I think we would make a good profit on a resale
So if we sign Williams we have 4 excellent fullbacks (1 injured) and no strikers.
As mentioned above why won’t we spend £20m on an attacking player?