The article that claims Chelsea are paying 20m says we bid 18.5m!
The article that claims Chelsea are paying 20m says we bid 18.5m!
but we're skint!
Page 2 of the thread :-Has anyone made an "Insh'Salah" pun that Ive missed yet? Im looking at you LTW?
Worth signing, just for the fact that when he scores we can shout "Get In S(h)alah"
We should learn to use smokescreens when going for targets. Let our rivals buy what they think are our priority targets and we get what we want. Its not a novel idea.
Aspas is a waste of money and space. Plays with no heart or desire.Except we'd end up buying the smokescreen instead, probably having signed some binding agreement by mistake. I'm looking at you, Aspas.
We seen to have 2 methods for conducting transfers.
- take forever negotiating & re-negotiating until someone else buys him.
- panic buy & overpay for someone not entirely convincing.
No one really knows how we got stung over Salah, the facts are he signed for a better positioned club, in the capital, who can offer European football. People seem dead surprised that his club and his agent have held out for the best deal, a deal that ultimately all in ended up being near twice our valuation (£11m plus £5m add ons). Four weeks ago Basle didn't want to sell until the Summer, unless they had a replacement lined up, the money swung it in the end I guess, but they were adamant they didn't want to disrupt their post winter break preparations. No one's mentioned that when it's come to these delays, even though it was reported widely for a week.
Aspas is a waste of money and space. Plays with no heart or desire.
I'm hoping for a Suso return.