Transfer Rumours Summer 2022 Transfer Window

Yeah sounds like we are going to be priced out of this one. You’d assume if we’ve been talking to them for awhile that he must have some interest in joining, but the “at least 50m euros” doesn’t sound promising

 

I was gonna say I doubt he is exactly chomping at the bit to come here, not if Utd and Arsenal were interested. If he has another good season at PSV then he will get a better move. Sign for us and he’s locked down for the next 2-3 years.

 

Just checked this and actually between sales, loans expiring and contracts expiring, there’s 13 players who left the club. They also sent 10 of their younger squad players out on loan. The club were down 23 players before any incomings. Remarkably, they will probably need to sign a couple more.

 

That seemed to burn brightly and fizzle out

I don’t know too much about him but €50m seems too much - both for his valuation and for us to go to. As i mused earlier - United have wrecked that marked by going well over the odds for Antony

Weird we would have bid / had talks if he was unsure about coming

 

This. If the player had no interest at all we wouldn't waste our time submitting bids.

 

If Forest get him that will be mad. Not least because it means some of their new signings will be consigned to the bench. They basically will have been signing players just so other clubs around them can’t

 

I don’t really care how much a player costs, it’s not my money. The recruitment team (very early stages) seem to know what they’re doing so if they identify a player we want then who cares how much he costs. The way deals are structured the fees are so add on/incentive based that the fee itself isn’t an issue when it comes to ****ing clubs if they go down as a lot of the incentives won’t be hit, the issue is wages for the players.

 

Whether or not we are able to pay the money, or indeed want to pay the money, I don't know.

But if we don't get him, I just hope that we don't leave ourselves without any time to get an alternative target over the line. By all means treat him as our top target over these final 76 hours, but not our only target. (I'm sure we do have other targets, but how advanced are we with them?)

 

Well the talk was we are still after a few players so you’d hope they have a few irons in the fire. Whether or not we have any other attacking options currently in talks is another matter.

I can’t imagine at this stage of the window the conversations really take all that long in terms of fee and contract. Obviously can’t be days of negotiations, so you’d imagine the deals are done pretty quickly.

 

Perked my interest

 

There’s no way we spend £35/40m on a 10 and £25/30m on a striker too. Wonder if it’s one position or the other or if we buy one and loan the other position.

 

Sounds a lot 10 x Charlie Austin's.


Then again, only just over 2 x Corilla's.

Get it done Saints.

 

Late loan for Broja? To be honest I'm not sure which other strikers would even be available for loan that are worth picking up anyway

But I agree. And would really expect the bigger number to go to a striker

 

It'll probably one, Not the other. If we find a striker it will probably be loan.

 

I'd be very happy if we got two more attacking players in, regardless of which way around the purchase / loans are. I only see one though to be honest

 

If this is accurate I think we stand a chance of getting him. Obviously we started low but sounds like we're still in negotiations. Just about in our price range.

 

Ignore.

 

Too much smoke here, Won't be long before a Saint Gakpo thread is here.