Summer '24 transfer window

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Ok. So the person who told me that Clarke would be sold has told me..

It will hit 20m as add ons are in our favour. Sell on its meant to be 15% too.

Stings a bit less.

I might be in the minority but I think this is alright

He's likely to have an important part in their season and will get prem experience, lets say they sell him in 3 years time, it'll either be because:

Worst case scenario - he's not been great, but he'll be 26 and still be very good - a fee of 10m would net us a few million
Base case - he's hot ****, man city buy him for 80m and we get 10m extra.

Puts the overall deal range at like 22m - 32ish depending on how he does in the future
 
We have no idea what the fee is, yet some fans going mental that we have accepted a low fee. Romano saying its 20 million, plus incentives n sell on clause. Sky saying 15 and raises to 20

The fact we got 12 million for stewart when he was injured and in the last yr of his contract makes me think we must have had a very good offer to accept it

Ill be sad to see him go as he was a joy to watch n he handled himself really well during all this

Players will always come n go, now time for us to improve as a team

Ready to go is comedy at the moment, they are going ****ing crazy and not one of them know about the finances behind this deal, someone said Clarke may have been told if a bid comes in over £x and you want to go, you can go. We just dont know, no point in losing sleep about it, we cant do anything about it, and as for the "supporters" slagging Dreyfuss off (I liked him in Jaws) If I win the Euromillions tonight all £79 million, the last thing in my head would be to throw money at SAFC
 
Ah well if this Clarke he has lied to you as he is in control of signing any contact. He hasn't and left at the first club meeting the clubs evaluation.

That's the circumstances right there.
As I’ve said before I’ll only pipe up if there is misinformation being put out that is potentially damaging and mischievous but I’m close to this and what you’re saying is categorically untrue.

It was always a fluid situation and all parties knew that (and knew that there was a very good chance he moved) but they were also all prepared for Jack to be here beyond this window.
 
We rely on him too much imho, i obvs want him to stay but him going and getting more players in, may make us a more stable team.

We built a team around Stewart and suffered when he was crocked ...

... it's not a good policy imo.

We're building a squad of players who are almost all interchangeable which I like.

Browne, for example, could replace Jobe, Neil, Ekwah, etc, in case of suspensions or injuries ...

... and the same goes for Jobe, Poveda, etc.

It all makes it easier to rest players, especially the younger ones, and also keep people on their toes.
 
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Clarke has been brilliant for us but was always going to go at some time. The fee seems a tad small but it may be that the sell on clause will actually inflate it in time. Reading about Isidore its clear that wide left is a position that he has excelled in and will Simic hopefully coming in we could be well placed. In some ways the most disappointing thing is that Clarke has gone to a club that will surely go straight down. I actually like Ipswich but you have to feel that Harte has whispered in Clarke's ear and told him to get to the Premier League and then get a move to a bigger club next year. I think we all wish Jack Clarke well but I can't help feel he could have got a better move than this to the likes of West Ham or Crystal Palace etc.
 
Replying with a general comment, but not actually answering or refuting anything I said.

Good one
Anyway you want to dress it up £15m for Clarke is bad business and we should have been looking for double that given other transfers from the championship given that a good proportion of that will go to spurs.

we need new owners.
 
Anyway you want to dress it up £15m for Clarke is bad business and we should have been looking for double that given other transfers from the championship given that a good proportion of that will go to spurs.

we need new owners.
Not a chance anyone pays £30m for Clarke. He's completely unproven in the PL

We're getting £20m + 15% sell on

The new owners comment is an absolute joke.
 
Very little time to spend it is my only concern, hopefully mundle can step up rather that than a panic buy late in the
Very little time to spend it is my only concern, hopefully mundle can step up rather that than a panic buy late in the window
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It’s shockingly poor however anyone wants to dress it up.

in theory we don’t need to sell. The owners are desperate for cash to sign the strikers.
Imo we needed to sell , I think Jack wants premier league football and wants to go(best of luck to him) ,the owner will invest the money into the squad and hopefully scouts and speakman have identified players to buy or already at the club and we move on.
Personally I'm happy with the way the clubs run were making money and improving the squad
 
As I’ve said before I’ll only pipe up if there is misinformation being put out that is potentially damaging and mischievous but I’m close to this and what you’re saying is categorically untrue.

It was always a fluid situation and all parties knew that (and knew that there was a very good chance he moved) but they were also all prepared for Jack to be here beyond this window.

Sound. I was told that he wouldn't be and would be sold. Was told he wouldn't sign the deal that's been on the table.

He didn't sign and has been sold.

End.
 
Not a chance anyone pays £30m for Clarke. He's completely unproven in the PL

We're getting £20m + 15% sell on

The new owners comment is an absolute joke.
We don’t need to sell and we should have got £25m.

the owners lack ambition and have treated the support with disdain. Some have short memories, you should have given them a hand to decorate the BCB!