Does he have a release clause though?If a German club triggers a release clause,we won't have a choice.
All you can do is try and by the accounts of many ITK, we have tried.I keep reading some of the suggestions on this thread and thinking that people are going to have to manage their expectations a bit better if they want to avoid disappointment.
But then I think how ridiculously ambitious some of our targets in the last couple of windows have been and think it’s maybe me that needs to realign my expectation. Targeting and competing for players like Kilicsoy, Orban, Adingra, even Marcus Edwards at championship level was pretty audacious so I do wonder just how high we might aim now we’ve got Prem status to back it up.
Having said that, we obviously didn’t get any of those over the line, probably because they were too ambitious (Le Fee is the exception to that but that’s purely the RLB connection) so the club will need to strike the right balance and carefully tread the fine line between having lofty targets and wasting its time. I have absolute faith in them to do the right thing regardless.
I don't know mate. I just find it surprising that,without one,he's able to visit other clubs to see what they have to offer.He's still our player, under contract.Does he have a release clause though?
I don't know mate. I just find it surprising that,without one,he's able to visit other clubs to see what they have to offer.He's still our player, under contract.
Yes, poor wording from journoConvince yes. Prohibit no. Would set a bad precendent. Charm, don't threaten. Worked on a few tbf
Likely there is a gentlemen's agreement with him and the club in the same way there was with Clarke. Speakman has always said they recruit lads on the basis that there is a) a pathway to the first team and b) they won't stunt their progress when it's time to move on. The club have been quite canny in recent years and I'm sure if Jobe is in Germany, he's there with the club's blessing. I'm also pretty sure the club will negotiate the best deal IF Jobe decides he wants to move.I don't know mate. I just find it surprising that,without one,he's able to visit other clubs to see what they have to offer.He's still our player, under contract.
That’s true about Leeds fans. I know loads and have had tonnes of respect. I think all that was pretty mutual. Proper clubs that played decent football for the most part this year.What’s hilarious is actually some of them players went elsewhere as they were ‘a safer bet for the PL’
None of them did great, a couple may have fit better here.
Nobody seen us coming. Even when we were in the automatic chase we were dismissed, only respect I recall was from the Leeds fans, fans of the only side that was genuinely better than us.
And again, here we are, Lions on our sleeves….
Possibly yeah, he looked the real deal as a kid but 3 totally different styles of play under different managers has really destroyed his development. Lot of his best abilities were coached out of him it felt like and now he's in a really weird place - probably have a good career but not the sort of project I want to try and undertake when every game is a cup final.As one of four I’d take him.
You may be right...I have no info,it just seems a little bit surprising to me...he's under contract till 2028.very much doubt he has a release clause otherwise the media would report it. I’m sure we’ve allowed him to visit the other clubs just out of courtesy, the same way Birmingham allowed him to visit us plenty before he signed
You may be right...I have no info,it just seems a little bit surprising to me...he's under contract till 2028.
Possibly yeah, he looked the real deal as a kid but 3 totally different styles of play under different managers has really destroyed his development. Lot of his best abilities were coached out of him it felt like and now he's in a really weird place - probably have a good career but not the sort of project I want to try and undertake when every game is a cup final.
Maybe not to that degree, Connolly had many many other issues outside of football. Ferguson is still probably a £40m asset to BrightonConnolly 2.0. I’d be very reluctant.
If these clubs are showing him round,they must have had some indication of the likely fee we're going to look for him. It's almost like an auction.Likely there is a gentlemen's agreement with him and the club in the same way there was with Clarke. Speakman has always said they recruit lads on the basis that there is a) a pathway to the first team and b) they won't stunt their progress when it's time to move on. The club have been quite canny in recent years and I'm sure if Jobe is in Germany, he's there with the club's blessing. I'm also pretty sure the club will negotiate the best deal IF Jobe decides he wants to move.
Personally, I'm amazed he doesn't want to give the PL a go, even if only for a year.
Maybe not to that degree, Connolly had many many other issues outside of football. Ferguson is still probably a £40m asset to Brighton