Eze for £60m is an absolute bargain. He's easily worth that.
For a club/chairman that alledgedly wants to win titles.....
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Transfers The Summer Transfer Edging Thread 2025
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For a club/chairman that alledgedly wants to win titles.....
They will fold - obviously.
It's not the fee, it's the fact that the release clause stipulates that it has to be paid in one hit. That will scare off most suitors, even the big boys.
There are two parties to a negotiation of course. Insistence on a lower release clause would have come at a cost in wages or length of contract or some other parameter.
All in all, 68M (which is the number that has been reported) seems like a pretty reasonable figure to allow Eze the chance of escape to the very global elite of the market, that's a price those clubs can pay.
Palace are free to accept other offers, even higher ones with different payment timings. We purchased Pedro Porro for higher than his release clause but with longer-delayed payments.
All the release clause means is that if those parameters are met, Palace is taken out of the equation.
One thing I do wonder, if the payment is made 100% upfront, can that fee be amortized across years for PSR purposes? Because there are lots of clubs, very much including us, who can come up with 68M in a bag. There are fewer who would be prepared to take a one-time hit of that size on their books with the delicate multi-year balancing act they are playing with PSR.
Spurs however can, and should. Go get this player.
Yeah, fair point re Palace being able to ultimately accept what they want, but I still think it was pretty stupid of Eze's team to accept the one payment up front clause, as it gives Palace far more power. Pretty sure Eze would be somewhere else now if that clause wasn't there, as by all accounts Palace insisted on it last year.
Done.
If Sesko comes to the PL let’s see who scores more PL goals
Branthwaite is very one footed and left footed. His left foot isn’t that great either. He’d be a press target for teams in our back line
If they are chasing Zubimendi and Sesko, maybe there’s a chance we could get him
No real links to Eze, seems to cost too much money upfront for us.
A couple of links to Grealish. I wouldn't mind signing him, good player, high skill level and much cheaper than Semenyo and Mbuemo.
I'm watching Canada vs Honduras and once again I am underwhelmed by Jonathan David. The commentators are hyping him up, but what I'm seeing is a striker who gets in good positions but has a heavy touch and can't finish to save his life. Plus his agent is making all sorts of demands.
Hard pass.
Hard pass.
Different to what I've been reading, some saying predominantly R, some saying L, but all saying how accomplished he is with both.
I agree Eze looks quality and would improve us now. The fee being all upfront is strange and if we want installments we'd have to go with crazy money. Not sure we'll pursue it. Not really any other teams in for him either.
I get people annoyed about Tel. I actually like him and don't feel last season in an awfully performing team is enough to judge him. He is 19 and just switched countries, cultures, clubs etc. There is a reason why he is highly rated.
I think he has the attitude of a proper player. He just needs stability and Frank will get much more out of him. I will be annoyed if he is the only attacker we sign though! Apparently the funds were already allocated or something so it's not eating into our summer 'war chest' . IIRC I heard that on a POD.
We badly want some experienced players.. Mbuemo would be my preferred one plus a CDM. I think potentially Mbuemo could be about to enter a new stage where he delivers big numbers of G&A every season, and with us and Frank surely that is the best place to ensure that happens, not a shit Utd team
Here's a decent video look at him last season. He has improved a bit since in fairness
View: https://youtu.be/RSseJ45WVLQ?si=G6xSR5DQ-66LlnGU
If I was a betting man I'd say Mbuemo joins United with us getting Collins from Brentford and Semenyo from Bournemouth.
How does that compare to Johnson, Kulu and Son? Our lot playing in a weaker team.
Don’t really need Collins unless Romero is off. Would then have Romero, VDV, Dragusin, Danso, Vuskovic and Collins for 2 positions unless Frank is planning on using his 352 more than 433.
Think Romero will eventually leave this window.
How many first team CBs did he have at Bford?
Maybe I’m wrong but the idea I get from the content on him is that he often dropped a CM into the 3CBs instead of playing 3 pure CBs
Then why haven't Man City, Liverpool, Woolwich, Newcastle or Man Utd bought him already...?
They know Danny boy wants to win the league and the CL so he will blow them out of the water . They are all sitting back saying we need to wait for Spurs to do their business.