Transfer Rumours Summer 2024

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Gregm1988 said:
This should give people an indication of what the striker market is like. This and Rutter for 40m to Brighton. It’s massive money for acceptable/good returns in B tier leagues. It’s not really a surprise we have struggled to recruit in this area both this summer and for many years

At some point I’m tempted to look at all the strikers who have moved and for what price. Need more time for that

I remember doing that at the end of the season Armstrong really struggled and I’m sure I came to the conclusion that is no one we could have got in a similar bracket who would have definitely got us the goals he didn’t. It came down to the one who was the closest comparison at the time - Edouard - for a bigger fee and bigger wages and (at that time) not much better a record (I think I mean after one season in the prem not records at prior club)
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We fluked it with Ings and Broja really. Maybe Stewart is the answer. I'll get my coat.
 
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West Kent Saint said:
We fluked it with Ings and Broja really. Maybe Stewart is the answer. I'll get my coat.
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He might have been had his recovery gone different. Silly gamble to make. Could have at least waited until January but clearly we hoped for better with modern medicine and physio making some injuries much easier to recover from than in the past
 
Gregm1988 said:
This should give people an indication of what the striker market is like. This and Rutter for 40m to Brighton. It’s massive money for acceptable/good returns in B tier leagues. It’s not really a surprise we have struggled to recruit in this area both this summer and for many years

At some point I’m tempted to look at all the strikers who have moved and for what price. Need more time for that

I remember doing that at the end of the season Armstrong really struggled and I’m sure I came to the conclusion that is no one we could have got in a similar bracket who would have definitely got us the goals he didn’t. It came down to the one who was the closest comparison at the time - Edouard - for a bigger fee and bigger wages and (at that time) not much better a record (I think I mean after one season in the prem not records at prior club)
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Brereton-Diaz could be a great value signing, if he scores at a similar rate for us as he did in the second half of the season for Sheff U.
 
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tomw24 said:
Rutter, yes. But Evanilson is quality. Can see him scoring 20+ PL goals next season.
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Not technically what was said though. “Better value”. For 40m then close to 20 goals is the bare minimum they should be expecting. I say close to because far fewer score 20+ premier league goals (especially outside of the top 6) than pretty much everyone assume - including almost all pundits when they talk of the need for a 20 goal a season striker.

And then we are comparing to 7m for BBD. Assuming both clubs stay up then what would the goal ratio need to be for Evanilson to be better value? More than double I’d say and that is generous given the fee differences. Now if the goals fire the team to Europe or (in our case) safety - that tilts the calculation.

So really the only way Evanilson would be “better value” is if BBD completely flops or if Evanilson does well enough to earn a double price move on in short order (one or two seasons). So Evanilson’s potential for better value I’d say is far more likely to be on future resale potential - something we are notably criticised by our fanbase for trying to look to. Albeit Evanilson looks like he can be both effective now and have future resale - but for 40m (close to double our record signing) - he really should
 
tomw24 said:
Rutter, yes. But Evanilson is quality. Can see him scoring 20+ PL goals next season.
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That would be 50% more than he managed in the Portuguese league. More than Solanke and Ollie Watkins scored last year.

If he's really as good as that then Bompey could finish top 6.
 
Che’s Godlike Thighs said:
That would be 50% more than he managed in the Portuguese league. More than Solanke and Ollie Watkins scored last year.

If he's really as good as that then Bompey could finish top 6.
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Yeah, a lot would have to go right for that to happen. I'm not saying it's likely but he has the ability to do so IMO.
 
Che’s Godlike Thighs said:
That would be 50% more than he managed in the Portuguese league. More than Solanke and Ollie Watkins scored last year.

If he's really as good as that then Bompey could finish top 6.
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Only three players scored 20 or more Premier League goals last season: Haaland, Palmer and Isak.

Foden, Solanke, Watkins, Salah, & Son are the next on the list, but none of them scored 20.
 
Gregm1988 said:
Well yeah. If you haven’t seen the show you wouldn’t be. But the narrator is like this throughout. There are things said often and then the narrator chips in with “he didn’t” or “it wasn’t”. Things like that
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Oh I think I've seen a play on that in how I met your mother.

"you chose... Poorly!"
 
Can you shed any light on Armel Bella-Kotchap. We know he's been over in Hoffenheim but there's some slightly scary stories about him...

RM: Yes, he is in Hoffenheim and it's progressing. With Armel, I think because it mention the heart it probably seems like a scarier story than it actually is. He's had a really standard procedure on it so Hoffenheim want to investigate and do more tests, of course. It's never caused him a problem, we've all been aware of it for quite some time and I expect and I hope, for Armel, that it will all still happen. As I said, it's progressing. Armel is fine, completely fine and I think this is a really good deal for all parties. So hopefully for him and for us and for Hoffenheim it all goes through. And if it doesn't, then we'll get him back here and reassess.
 
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