Dominic Solanke
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DJ
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Timing is important, one for the teams success and two because FFP works in cycles. So for the benefit of FFP there’s nothing to be gained by selling in January than in the summer.
SlowDownDerek
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Because we have already bought them.
There's a delicious irony in the fact that we might have to sell our best player for a massive profit because we've apparently wasted money on other players who have barely played for us. Our best player being someone who took at least two years before he was able to start convincing people that he himself wasn't a waste of money.
CherryBare
UTC Legend
Who's going to pay 120m for him, or even 80m
Kicks_On_66
First Team
That depends on how many places in the table, and how many FA Cup rounds, you think he's worth to us. I believe those are not negligible.
billythekid
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Dominic Solanke in the Premier League under three different managers.
When Eddie signed him in January 2019 Solanke made 2 starts and 8 sub appearances assist 1.
In Eddie’s last season at AFCB, Solanke started 17 times and was sub 15 times, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist.
Last season under Gary O’Neil, Solanke started 32 times and was sub once. Scored 6 goals and 7 assists.
This season under Andoni Iraola, Solanke has started 19 games, scored 12 goals and has 1 assist.
Whose style of football out of those three would get the best out of Solanke?
If he moved would he carry on scoring like he does for AFCB?
Iraola’s style of football has brought out the best in him.
When Eddie signed him in January 2019 Solanke made 2 starts and 8 sub appearances assist 1.
In Eddie’s last season at AFCB, Solanke started 17 times and was sub 15 times, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist.
Last season under Gary O’Neil, Solanke started 32 times and was sub once. Scored 6 goals and 7 assists.
This season under Andoni Iraola, Solanke has started 19 games, scored 12 goals and has 1 assist.
Whose style of football out of those three would get the best out of Solanke?
If he moved would he carry on scoring like he does for AFCB?
Iraola’s style of football has brought out the best in him.
Kenya Cherrie
UTC Legend
Signing for a top six club he would.
Reality and Realism
First Team
Selling Solanke now will reduce our goal scoring capability by at least 60%. We will not be able to replace him with someone of equal ability in January. Selling him now will make us into a magnet I.e. slowly being pulled towards the bottom three.
billythekid
UTC Legend
AFC Bournemouth have denied that Newcastle United have made an approach for Dominic Solanke.
News of an enquiry came on the 10th day of business, but the Cherries have previously made it clear that they have no interest in parting with their 13-goal striker. Chronicle Live was told that Bournemouth have not been on the end of any approach for Solanke so far in this window.
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
News of an enquiry came on the 10th day of business, but the Cherries have previously made it clear that they have no interest in parting with their 13-goal striker. Chronicle Live was told that Bournemouth have not been on the end of any approach for Solanke so far in this window.
Bournemouth deny Newcastle approach for Dominic Solanke with star 'not for sale'
Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe is a long-term admirer of Solanke after signing him from Liverpool
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
MB1980
UTC Legend
Did foley have a time machine to the future when signing those players to know Dom would go from being regarded as a barely adequate pl level striker by many to one fans wouldn't sell for 80 mill a few months later?
Sounds a bit sus, or even a bit irresponsible imo to sign all of those players on tge basis of hoping one woukd be worth as much as rumoured numbers for Dom in a year or so... no?
Or perhaps we'd have sold a load of players for that number. Which still sounds suspect to me...
Obviously ffp is a thing, but being forced to sell Dom to meet requirements sounds dubious for one reason or another imo.
Kudos
UTC Legend
I was questioning the FFP angle but this is a great point.
It's about £2M a position, FA Cup tops out about £4M so potentially some income missing there.
billythekid
UTC Legend
I would keep him, if our club want to do a Brighton and challenge for a place in Europe, you keep your best players.
Bill Foley has ambitions and selling Solanke for me would be a big mistake.
Finding a good striker who scores goals on a regular basis isn’t easy and a lot of other clubs are looking for that same player.
Kenya Cherrie
UTC Legend
If someone offered 100+ million i would sell now.
The way we are playing with R+R football quite a few forwards would score tons of goals.
Even that guy who cost Manure 90 million but can't seem to put the ball in the net.
Its the wages we can't compete with.
SlowDownDerek
UTC Legend
As you say Dom has previously been slagged off as not PL level by many, right up until just before this season. That was always b*llocks but whether he is the world beater his current form would suggest remains to be seen. This could be a purple patch. He's got 12 in 19 games this season. I think Josh King got 14 in a 19 game spell in 2017.
Plenty of other strikers would love to play in this system and no one is indispensable. If the right offer comes in we should sell. We should have a shopping list of strikers to go for as it is.
