Appreciate it was a relatively complex buy with a ‘loan followed by purchase’ arrangement etc. but can anyone clarify how much Gio set us back? Remember it being much more than €12m…
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Transfers Summer 2022 Transfer Thread.
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Appreciate it was a relatively complex buy with a ‘loan followed by purchase’ arrangement etc. but can anyone clarify how much Gio set us back? Remember it being much more than €12m…
Well, let's put it this way- think about how much we spent on Sessegnon, who was a much derided signing at first, and who we now almost unanimously like and agree was at least an ok signing after all. Think about how much potential you thought Sess had then and what he became now. Now think about how much potential Djed Spence has right now, and then think about how much we spent on him compared to Sessegnon. Seems like a pretty darn good deal to me.
I refuse to believe anyone could be stupid enough to think that Conte was banging on Levy's door demanding we sign Djed Spence
It's pretty obvious that this is a "Club " Signing
That's not me saying that this is a bad signing but I do think RWB is still going to be a problem for us this season while Spence adapts
This isn't a guy that's going to come into the team and smash it out of the park from the off
Logic would suggest that yes, won’t be an automatic superstar…. But then I imagine we all thought that about Dele and Lennon, even Bale, who were all younger, less experienced with less global under their belts.
Actually I was being sarcastic in my reply to the origmal post
Spence looks a great purchase for the price. As for sess really wanted him as well but he seems to have gone in his shell after 3 seasons. Although he is getting better and let’s hope fulfils the potential he showed at Fulham.Agree, but pleased at what the club was able to do in the circumstances.
Do we at least agree that the RWB and LCB markets were extremely difficult this year? I'm not sure we could have done any better given the wage/club situations of the players that would have definitely improved us.
Lol my bad... Hard to catch up on several pages of xfer thread properly...Actually I was being sarcastic in my reply to the origmal post
Glad you agree hes a good value. I'm honestly surprised somebody else wasn't willing to drag the fee up towards 25 gbp.
Yeah always a chance that he comes in and nails down that RWB spot from the off but I'd be surprised to say the least
The loss of Rudiger will be felt massively by the cunts. Led dressing room as well as pitch. He loss will be really felt.
The market is very difficult , no doubt about that
We've improved the options in those positions but I'm sceptical as to whether we've significantly improved the quality.
I think we're set to compete well this season but anyone harbouring serious expectations of challenging City/Liverpool are going to be disappointed
That's going to be par for the course for any English clubs selling abroad to anyone other than Madrid, Bayern maybe and perhaps Barça with their insane economics and possibly Juve.
Clubs will just have to suck it up.
He's shit. Another Eric Garcia/ Upamencano. All hype and no skill. Koulibaly was the real deal for them this transfer window, Kounde is shit.
"Milan board, in Belgium tomorrow to reach full agreement for Charles de Ketelaere."
Bastards.
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Yeah, when you think of Son, Kane, Romero, and to a lesser extent Kulu, Lloris you feel at peace when you compare them to their Liverpool, City counterpart. Even if they're not as good, they're pretty close.
In this transfer window only Perisic and Bissouma are in the same category. Maybe Richarlison too, but Spence, Lenglet, Forster will have to massively outdo expectations to put us on an equal footing with those two clubs.
Dier, PEH, Bentancur are all very good players but not quite elite enough to consistent deliver the kind of quality City and Liverpool expect from their players week in week out.
Yea- don't worry- when Kane's time here comes to an end, there will be some other emerging talent for us to sign. That could be 6 years away though, which means we don't really need to worry too much just yet.
I’m sorry but I just can’t buy this.
You can’t honestly believe there wasn’t a better right back than Emerson or Doherty on the market this summer that we could easily have afforded?
And I know Gold Romano etc keep peddling the usual narrative the club always put out to the media that “the manager green lights all signing” but there’s a difference between green lighting a signing and actually wanting the player or being disappointed that we didn’t go for a better player.
Spence is a cheap punt style signing that I honestly had hoped we would not see this summer with Conte as manager, especially in a position we were so awful in last season.
The big issue this transfer window seems to be the lack of RWB's who might be available - and fit
- other than Hakimi who PSG don't want to sell but value at 90m
Not sure the other options existed or were better
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