To be fair there wasn't a big queue for him. I hope he succeeds, moves up and cops us a few more £££££££'s.
Isidor definitely had his most prolific spell at Lokomotiv as a LW which is why he was able to make the move to Zenit. Would make sense, as would him signing today, thus allowing Clarke to go.
Was thinking the same, spread the goals so we aren't so reliant on one player. Like Arsenal. People saying it's a low figure, but Romano reporting it includes sell on clause too. If that's anything close to what we are giving Spurs, then the deal doesn't seem that bad. Just awful timing really.
If the logic ends up being Clarke for Isidor, Simic and Mendy then I can totally see the logic, no matter how disappointing it is right now.
Isidor as a LW loan would potentially give Mundle a bit of room to develop with less pressure during the season. Think he clearly has a lot of technical ability and will be a good successor eventually. And then there’s Tommy Watson coming through too…
Gutted. But I've always maintained that you have to sell the player when he wants to move. It's how you get others to sign. Rigg will know (and trust) that if he decides he wants to leave next summer, he'll be allowed to do so, even if it means we don't get the full value. It's a long term strategy and one we must stick to
For context we are getting about 1 million for Clarke than we did for stewart Clarke 10-11 million ish Stewart was 10 million
All in all if I’ve done it right it’s only about 3.75 million less after spurs clause then they wanted. so not that much. they’ve sold quick to recruit more players imo. Could we have held out and got more? Yes. Would we have had time to sign players? No
TBF he's a risk in the PL ... ... he may not be as good as we think he is. If he was there'd have been a bidding war
Way too short imo, surprised. Especially when you look at the deal we got for Stewart. I was hoping for £25m if I’m honest. Two reported forwards to come in this weekend, a new left winger and back up full back, with Neil signing a new deal then it would have been a canny window. We’ve give ourselves a bit of time to replace him
Devil’s in the detail in that one. Could just be appearances which would allow them to delay payments
I get the fee is a bit lower than we hoped for but the reaction to losing a player to a club a division above is mental Huge test now of how they want to do things, they have to use the money to sign a higher quality players than we have been. Massive end to the transfer window for us
