Eli Junior Kroupi

Apparently we bid 15 in the summer and hes had a great season so makes sense. I still marvel we can take a punt on this kind of player.
 
Surely a chant based on snooker loopy is on the cards:

"Junior Kroupi nuts are we
Eli Junior... Kroupi"

I'm just glad for Dragonm8 that he's got a thread here that won't be merged.
He'll know just what to do with a goal in front and a soccer ball.


wow I am bad at this.
 
There’s nothing bizarre about it.

We, alongside a number of top clubs were after him, but Lorient are in a race for promotion so understandably reluctant for him to go.

Given he’s one for the future a deal was done that ensured he was ours but also appeased Lorient, otherwise it would have been left until the summer when, in all probability, the player would have gone elsewhere.

I’ve seen nothing about us paying £12m or whatever upfront. There may be a nominal upfront payment on contract but certainly nowhere near the full cost.
Well you f√cking know best as usual...forget my input....it's just that we might need another striker at some point if we aspire to get into Europe with our results from now until May .
 
Well you f√cking know best as usual...forget my input....it's just that we might need another striker at some point if we aspire to get into Europe with our results from now until May .
Two things can be true. This deal in isolation looks sensible, young lad getting games and continuing to develop before coming to us, lovely. Of course we'd have liked a striker for the here and now, but if the players aren't out there for whatever reason, there's not much we can do. Possible that Evanilson will be back sooner than anticipated so who knows.
 
Although it doesn’t help our current situation, this signing is huge in terms of our future endeavours.

I know he’s playing in the French second tier now, but he’s already played a season in the first tier and has five goals to his name, at the age of eighteen. And that was in a struggling side.

It is not normal for a player of this age to have demonstrated the ability to perform at this level, most players are bit part players in their teens or have to drop down to lower levels for minutes first, see Kane and Delap et al. He’s an elite level talent who has virtually every attribute you’d want in a modern day attacker, aside from ability to win heading duels. Many in France are dubbing him as the next Mbappe.
 
Let’s be honest, it does stink. If we’ve got him on the cheap then that’s obviously great for us but not sure how the Lorient fans will feel if they’ve lost that once in a lifetime generational talent for a less than market rate fee.

But you’ve got to play the system and most clubs have these link ups across the Europe/World.

This type of deal is exactly what the model is set up for.
Imho it’s not in black knights’ interest to shaft L’orient and I doubt many clubs would stump up in one go some of the values quoted for someone playing in the French second division. Likes of Mousset had great potential but came to little. Suitable add-ons would work for both clubs.
 
He's also come out saying that he had no intention of leaving this season, wants to achieve promotion with Lorient. This deal allows him to work towards that, then get the step up he wants. I think that's a positive.
Also maybe wise to loan him there next season to grow into the first division
 
Surely a chant based on snooker loopy is on the cards:

"Junior Kroupi nuts are we
Eli Junior... Kroupi"

I'm just glad for Dragonm8 that he's got a thread here that won't be merged.

It was actually merged by DJ, but then merged back.

So originally merged, then unmerged, if that's possible.

Ask DJ
 
It was actually merged by DJ, but then merged back.

So originally merged, then unmerged, if that's possible.

Ask DJ

There were two threads. They were merged, I chose the title of the second thread as it had the full players name in it. You are the thread originator as your original post was the oldest…

…and now everyone can sleep better tonight.
 
There were two threads. They were merged, I chose the title of the second thread as it had the full players name in it. You are the thread originator as your original post was the oldest…

…and now everyone can sleep better tonight.
If you didn't merge anything in the first instance, perhaps the thread would have followed it's natural path.

Then of course, you would have had a sleepless night, due to your OCD, and need to keep a (in your own words) 'tidy forum'

It's one of life's great mysteries.
 

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