Summer window

Vauxie on RTG get info? Reckons the semedo deal could be off

 

Salt and pinch, spring to mind

 

He is a windup merchant mate. Take what he says with a pinch of salt.

 

What?

 

Depends on how recent and how much Bob has shared with him.

 

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/s...hGgdKKkoXnEXCwAhLtZKqWtADsEOChheYQIBQVIymVDME

 

No way we'd sell for £15m

 

Pretty much a non story with most of that info available on here apart from the supposed quote from Ian Harte saying all sunderland players have a price. Not sure what his exact quote was but am sure he was only referring to Clark and not our overall transfer policy, if I am honest another piece of lazy journalism regurgitating stories off social media.

 

I guess Spurs add on is 20%?

People forget these are ‘of profit’ not of total fee so as we never knew definitively what he cost haven’t a clue where the value is.

Clarke is one we should keep another year for me regardless, promotion worth more than any fee we get.

 

I also think Clarke will only be worth more next summer, so selling him now makes little sense without further context.

BUT…

If selling him now means we can secure Cirkin, Stewart, Roberts, Ballard, Hume onto longer deals. Then it becomes harder to balance.

I’d like to think we can do all of the above anyway, but if we can’t… and it takes a major cash injection… you can see why £20m now might actually be better than £25m next summer (as an example)

Or let’s say £20m now allows us to buy our four main targets this summer - all players with a potential bigger upside than Clarke. Do we turn down bids for Clarke, and recruit our second or third choices, just to hold out for a few extra million next summer?

my only point is that this is a lot of money we are talking about and it’s nowhere near as simple as us guys on the internet saying what fee we think it should be. It’s real money with real consequences and real opportunities to spend any money we get now

All hypothetical. But it’s just the factors that go into whether we should accept a bid go far beyond whether it’s the optimum price. (Which is why it’s always undisclosed!)

 

This lad looks a really good prospect (not sure if this has already been posted)

 

I know a couple of agents. Very decent lads. They do now how to play the game though. To be fair they have to be, clubs these days are private corporations who will squueze as much from anything as they can. The agent has to be up to their level.

 

Both very good arguments / perspectives.

 

hes a tit but is mates with bob who has maybe told him something

 

Looks like he could play infront of the back four to me

 

only caveat / caution on Triantis is he's essentially played one season at League Two level. He definitely looks to have the tools. I just think he starts the season behind Batth, Ballard, Alese and maybe even O'Nien in pecking order.

Although I have a gut feeling Alese will be out until later in autumn


But he also looks the kind who might be first choice by the end of the season.

 

The standard isn’t great over there. I won’t be getting excited about this one just yet.

 

Yeah he's down as a CB/CM on his transfer market page.

 

In all seriousness tho - they've also signed James Justin.

Justin and Barnes are great additions.

Duffy is a weird one - he's been around forever but still only 31.