SteveJonesLegend
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Correct, sorry, bad use of the term 'up front'... However, IIRC, didn't we get £40m (or whatever it was) all in one go for Ake from City? No installments... just a wad of cash?
Dominic Solanke
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AFCBade
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I thought that - better than say £50m over 5 years
Winsor Cherry
Star Player
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Agree, due to virtually all clubs (even though they receive £100's of Millions) accepting expenditure way beyond their means.
Runnerrunnerru
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Given that he is young, in a purple patch and looks the business as a prem striker now and proving himself at this level, think we should be looking for £90mil+ for him.
Problem when you sell for big money is it adds a lot on to the players you are looking to buy as people will know we have cash.
Would hang on to him and reassess in the summer.
Really like Dom as well. Seems a good lad. Works hard. Never heard him moan. And hitting the form he deserves. The kind of player we want at the club and would like to keep hold of.
Problem when you sell for big money is it adds a lot on to the players you are looking to buy as people will know we have cash.
Would hang on to him and reassess in the summer.
Really like Dom as well. Seems a good lad. Works hard. Never heard him moan. And hitting the form he deserves. The kind of player we want at the club and would like to keep hold of.
The conversations should be starting a LONG way above 50m, if we sell a proven PL goal scorer for that in this market then we are total mugs. Brentford want 100m for Toney, Dom is better.
DJ
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Bill Foley was asked about Solanke in the interview mentioned on other threads.
He says he won’t speak directly about him but does mention Tottenham and Arsenal (maybe a reference to the Lloyd Kelly speculation) and says we won’t stand in players way. We do have to sell for FFP purposes but in January the door is bolted shut, but the summer is a different matter.
He says he won’t speak directly about him but does mention Tottenham and Arsenal (maybe a reference to the Lloyd Kelly speculation) and says we won’t stand in players way. We do have to sell for FFP purposes but in January the door is bolted shut, but the summer is a different matter.
Neil Dawson
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He is young, English and scoring freely from open play in a lower team in the PL. He is on a long contract. Anything less than 100m and we’ve had our trousers down.
That's your opinion. I now want to hear Dead_in_the_head opinion.
Kenya Cherrie
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Which players have taken the most shots in 2023/24?
| Dominic Solanke | Bournemouth | 66 |
|---|---|---|
| Mohamed Salah | Liverpool | 65 |
| Erling Haaland | Man City | 58 |
| Darwin Nunez | Liverpool | 58 |
| Ollie Watkins | Aston Villa | 55 |
| Son Heung-min | Spurs | 52 |
| Julian Alvarez | Man City | 50 |
Kicks_On_66
First Team
I would like to see this per 90 minutes, though.
CherryBare
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dj_silver
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IF and I say IF again, there is substance to this, I wouldn't be surprised if Calum is offered.
NWCherries98
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Another factor to consider is that we have no obligation to entertain offers or sell. Sure, his true market value is probably in the £60-£90 million range. But his value to us? He’s by far our most important player, he’s dare I say one of the top 5 strikers in the league? We shouldn’t be valuing him in these terms really, we should be slapping a big **************** off tag on him of £100+ million. And even then, I’d very reluctant to sell him because he’s that important.
Kenya Cherrie
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Do you remember this and people saying we had been ripped off.
"Personally I think Solanke is over rated and not that great."
"Na, not for me... to slow and beefy, next. Mousset is better."
"Personally I think Solanke is over rated and not that great."
"Na, not for me... to slow and beefy, next. Mousset is better."
Kudos
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Presumably because you need a time machine to unspend money on players?
