He rejected a contract but due to his age, it can't be a free transfer and a committee decide the appropriate fee, which has been estimated at £2m - £3m which is a drop in the ocean in current transfer market terms.
Dominic Solanke being signed for £3M
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He rejected a contract but due to his age, it can't be a free transfer and a committee decide the appropriate fee, which has been estimated at £2m - £3m which is a drop in the ocean in current transfer market terms.
McNulty doesn't like this.
That would have been well easy, they just needed to show him some video of Origi playing for us.
Neither does Toretto
Where's the fucking pun?
Domi-nicked was there for the taking...
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Chelsea sold us Sturridge, willingly.
Let's wait and see on this Solanke kid. Clearly Klopp sees a player he can mould. For 3m (which is paltry in today's market, especially for an England U21 international), it could be quite a steal. if he's further along in his development than Origi.
They said the same about Borini
Ooof - Shots fired.
It doesn't make much sense to me unless this lad is the dog's danglies.
Even if he turns out to be an average Premiership striker its a bargain
It's a waste of a place in the squad if he doesn't play.
He doesn't take up a squad place since he's under 21 - unless that rule has changed.
Bascombe said something about building a strong core in the U-23s.
Woodburn, Wilson, Solanke etc.
But thats more to placate the idiots who get upset when we don't sign big names.
There's no way Solanke is coming here unless he's been told he has a real chance of first team minutes.
Yep, I can't see too much downside to this either. Even if he turns into the next Patrick Bamford, we don't make much of a loss (if any).
Bamford isn't even average. But yeah, unless Solanke injures Coutinho, Mane etc in training there is little or no downside.
Chelsea turned down the chance to sign Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe as a 14-year-old for just £17,000, according to reports.
The teenager allegedly visited Stamford Bridge four years ago but the club weren't interested, turning their focus to local academy prospects Dominic Solanke and Tammy Abraham instead.
The teenager allegedly visited Stamford Bridge four years ago but the club weren't interested, turning their focus to local academy prospects Dominic Solanke and Tammy Abraham instead.
Yep, every fan base tends to overrate their youngsters. It can't be taken seriously.
I think we sold Jerome Sinclair to Watford for £4 million? £3 million for Solanke shouldn't be too much of a gamble in comparison, I guess?
Knowing Klopp and his approach, I'm guessing he's been told he will get first team minutes if he proves himself and deserves it.
Given how many Acadamy players that have gotten first team minutes during Klopps tenure so far, then his chances will be good.
We already have solid strikers in the U23s - Woodburn, Toni Gomes, Brewster - and Ings will drop down to play with the youngsters again for a few months if we use the same plan as this season to get him back to sharpness and match fitness. We aren't really in the habit of making a big announcement on the official site when we're buying someone to beef up the U23s. Solanke might drop down to play in the U23s when he's not in the matchday squad, but make no mistake - this is a first team squad purchase (like Grujic last season).
Well, from the Wiki description of the deal, we didn't technically sell him. His contract lapsed, but because he was under 24 when he moved to Watford, we were due compensation and 4m was the agreed amount between the clubs.
Solanke's actually done Chelsea a little solid here by not going overseas instead. Chelsea would've received but a pittance in compensation instead in that scenario, like what happened to us when Rossiter moved to Rangers.
I kinda like some moves he shows in this clip. Some highlights from his loan at Vitesse Arnhem.
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