Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

[Harrier]

Even including Porro and Kulu, we are getting blown out the water by Bournemouth….

And this is meant to be a rebuild with a lot of player turnover.

Pathetic from Levy

If you buy smart those headline figures are nothing but misleading.

Different windows I know but when you compare Bissouma at £35m to Rice at £105m, who would you rather have?!

If it’s the club’s new strategy to buy young, on an analytics basis, then we’re unlikely to feature as one of the higher net spenders. VDV for instance is looking like a snip from his debut performance.

I’d much rather the club followed this approach as spending big in the past has not guaranteed quality.

 

[John Thomas]

Can’t wait for the Super league and hopefully we’re not in it, Spurs, West Ham, Villa and Everton fighting for the English title every season, sounds okay to me

Maybe. But if a SuperLeague takes off, interest, prestige and attendances in the rump that's left of the Premier League will drop like a stone

 

[Col_McCafferty]

What do you mean by “the end game for the Saudis is a European Super League”?

That's not what I wrote, a ESL will be reintroduced as the only means to counter the growing threat posed by Saudi. It's a conspiracy, man!

In return, Saudi will receive support from Europe for their WC bid for 2030.

 

[bus-conductor]

Shows a ruthless streak to turn them down for his career prospects. No doubt his agent would have pushed him to the chavs.

He has a dodgy past but it doesn’t seem like greenwood’s or Rapey.

Still think either Orban or this kid make sense

From the tiny bit I’ve seen, I’m not keen on Orban for us. I like strikers who can do more than just score goals. I like them to be a bit more rounded.

 

[Doc]

Scarlett, Veliz, Parrott, Donley, Soonsup-Bell, we already have 5 striker projects, do we need another one really?

None of them have scored regularly in mens football, none profile similarly to Kyogo (main reference point for what Ange might want in a striker), if Orban has the look of somebody who'll be top level in a year or two then go for it if Ange and Scouting dept are on board. If we can't get Vlahovic or Muani, I'm all for getting somebody like Orban.

 

[AlabamaSpur]

What do you mean by “the end game for the Saudis is a European Super League”?

They can't be a part of the CL, so it stands to reason that the Super League would rival the CL in interest if the biggest clubs were a part of it. Need proof - look what they did with LIV Golf. Started buying all the best players, got TV deals, and then essentially bought the PGA a year later. The Saudi's will buy as much talent as they can and then make the argument that they are one of the best leagues in the world. Then we'd likely see Al-Hilal and Al-Nassar in the SL

 

[cretinousgoat]

From the tiny bit I’ve seen, I’m not keen on Orban for us. I like strikers who can do more than just score goals. I like them to be a bit more rounded.

You haven’t seen anywhere near enough to make that call so kindly close that ‘ole in your face and stop pretending to be knowledgable.

 

[AlabamaSpur]

You haven’t seen anywhere near enough to make that call so shut the fuck up and stop pretending to be knowledgable you tenth rate scout.

 

[Starks]

From the tiny bit I’ve seen, I’m not keen on Orban for us. I like strikers who can do more than just score goals. I like them to be a bit more rounded.

If anything, he seems to fit the role of Ange striker like a glove.

 

[Airfixx]

I think you misunderstand me. There is no way that the 20% sell on clause helps us in any way as someone else seemed to be suggesting, yes 20% of £60m is more than giving away 20% of £50m, but so is the 80% that they keep...

There's no tipping point where Palace turn round and say, "whoaaa boys, we don't want any more than that, in fact offer less if anything..."

Bottom line is that the bigger the bid, the more money Palace get, they have no reason to minimise the fee. I was actually agreeing with your point initially, there's no reason why Palace would just see 2x their original outlay as fair and sell for that, they will simply get as much as possible.

The point you quoted isn't as absurd as you're making out........

Think about any negotiation process...... Seller prices high..... Buyer bids low and you typically meet somewhere in the middle...... The 20% clause means that middle point is in fact not as low as it appears on paper from a Palace point of view.

Of course 80p in the pound is better than 0p; but that's not the point being made.

 

[Airfixx]

Avoided the question…

Yes... Yes I did...... Why? You're playing silly buggers; trawling for gotchas again.

Oh ok, sweet. So we can believe there is a chance we sign him this window?
Cool.

Believe what you want. What you said was not true, Mr Strawman.

 

[Richard Arlison]

From the tiny bit I’ve seen, I’m not keen on Orban for us. I like strikers who can do more than just score goals. I like them to be a bit more rounded.

Very hard for me to guess what Orban can and can’t do…

 

[daveyboy88]

From the tiny bit I’ve seen, I’m not keen on Orban for us. I like strikers who can do more than just score goals. I like them to be a bit more rounded.

im not over convinced hes actually as good as made out. the clips are from him playing at such a shit standard, i doubt hed be replicating that sort of shit at a higher level.

if its true that hes only been playing football a few years thats a concern too.

 

[Richard Arlison]

Yes... Yes I did...... Why? You're playing silly buggers; trawling for gotchas again.



Believe what you want. See above.

Not a gotcha, more like a bit of honesty.

Should we play the same game with Eze that we did for Tapsoba?

Again, I’m saying Eze is never happening this window and I find the public links right now to be curious because anyone that knows our chairman knows it’s not happening.

 

[Doc]

So, City seem to be going for Doku as their wing signing. Apparently PSG eyeing up Muani and Bradley Barcola. Apparently Lyon need a sale.. I wonder if there's a doable deal to be done for Barcola. Since bus-conductor mentioned him I've been kinda blown away by how productive he is.

 

[Richard Arlison]

im not over convinced hes actually as good as made out. the clips are from him playing at such a shit standard, i doubt hed be replicating that sort of shit at a higher level.

Are you convinced that he couldn’t?

 

[Airfixx]

Not a gotcha, more like a bit of honesty.

You have a warped sense of honesty if that's the case.

 

[Richard Arlison]

You have a warped sense of honesty if that's the case.

Do you honestly believe that Levy won’t leave Ange short in at least one squad area this window?

 

[daveyboy88]

Are you convinced that he couldn’t?

some of them goals and shots hes taking on from places he shouldnt, probably wouldnt cut it at a higher level.

he looks fairly quick but not ridiculously quick either? maybe he would come good? 30m is a big price tho for what looks to be a bit of a gamble?

 

[Richard Arlison]

some of them goals and shots hes taking on from places he shouldnt, probably wouldnt cut it at a higher level.

he looks fairly quick but not ridiculously quick either? maybe he would come good? 30m is a big price tho for what looks to be a bit of a gamble?

30m is what top prem clubs spend on players for their farm teams.