Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread

[AsTallAsLions]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

It's a thumbs down from me as well.  Non-entity of a player.

Likewise. Strong no.

[OCD]

It's normal for transfer deals to be structured as 50% up front and 50% a year later so it's really £10m.

And regarding the over-hyping of transfer prices in the media, I agree with that. For example, I heard that we bought Lowton for somewhere between £700-900k but some places reported it as £3m. So who knows how close to reality these figures are.

[rob_bridge]

Yeah the transfer fees are often ammortised.

Rooney - Everton to Man U was £10m immediately then £10m after a year and then various add ons made it close to the overall £27m

[OCD]

Yeah the transfer fees are often ammortised.

Rooney - Everton to Man U was £10m immediately then £10m after a year and then various add ons made it close to the overall £27m

I'm not sure the accounting procedure of amortisation is the same thing as agreeing how the deals are structured with the other party. In my mind, amortisation would be that if you signed a £20m on a 4-year deal then, you're writing off that £20m at a rate of £5m a year. As opposed to say, paying £10m up front and then a further £10m a year later.

[Tuscans]

Apparently we're looking at Hegazi now as well....double whammy for them.

[algy]

Striker is going to be interesting given style of play, other potential signings etc as wesley is reported as a much deeper lying forward and not a no9 goal hunter, maybe hence his scoring recorded. As I’m typing just seen a tweet saying Maupay asking price slashed which could be good but don’t really see Sturridge being the answer and not many other traditional no 9 being mentioned but I think we need one who is going to be a much higher up the pitch player like Tammy was

I know the square root of bugger all about this sort of thing, but I do find that kind of heartening myself.  Looking at highlights of Big Wes, it did strike me that he was pretty good at getting hold of the ball, keeping it away from defenders for long enough that he had a good level of support, then bringing them in to play.  I could quite easily see him only maybe getting 10-15 goals per season, but then having midfielders - SJM, Jack, AEG, Jota - hitting similar sort of levels, with maybe one of those getting in the 20+ goals range.

[rob_bridge]

Yeah the transfer fees are often ammortised.

Rooney - Everton to Man U was £10m immediately then £10m after a year and then various add ons made it close to the overall £27m

I'm not sure the accounting procedure of amortisation is the same thing as agreeing how the deals are structured with the other party. In my mind, amortisation would be that if you signed a £20m on a 4-year deal then, you're writing off that £20m at a rate of £5m a year. As opposed to say, paying £10m up front and then a further £10m a year later.

#sorry mixing up my ammoritsation with income accrual. Ignore me

[rob_bridge]

Sturridge - No Fucking way.

Another Richards, Lescott, Gabby, Joe Cole, John Fashanu waiting to happen.

[ChicagoLion]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

Cheating wanker.

[paul_e]

Striker is going to be interesting given style of play, other potential signings etc as wesley is reported as a much deeper lying forward and not a no9 goal hunter, maybe hence his scoring recorded. As I’m typing just seen a tweet saying Maupay asking price slashed which could be good but don’t really see Sturridge being the answer and not many other traditional no 9 being mentioned but I think we need one who is going to be a much higher up the pitch player like Tammy was

I know the square root of bugger all about this sort of thing, but I do find that kind of heartening myself.  Looking at highlights of Big Wes, it did strike me that he was pretty good at getting hold of the ball, keeping it away from defenders for long enough that he had a good level of support, then bringing them in to play.  I could quite easily see him only maybe getting 10-15 goals per season, but then having midfielders - SJM, Jack, AEG, Jota - hitting similar sort of levels, with maybe one of those getting in the 20+ goals range.

Yep, this is what I was talking about of looking for 20 goals from midfield and defence and then 10 each (ish) from the front 3.

[Villafirst]

Apparently we're looking at Hegazi now as well....double whammy for them.

I was impressed with Hegazi against us in play-off semis. Not a bad move - he and Tyrone would be formidable as CB's. I think Hegazi is a right footer ? Anything to piss off the Baggies fans even more!

[Tuscans]

Apparently we're looking at Hegazi now as well....double whammy for them.

I was impressed with Hegazi against us in play-off semis. Not a bad move - he and Tyrone would be formidable as CB's. I think Hegazi is a right footer ? Anything to piss off the Baggies fans even more!

I think he's been solid for them since he moved there, I always rated Dawson who moved to Watford, they have a good one there. If there's any truth in it then him and Mings seems a pretty solid combo going into the new season.

[Villatillidie25]

Hope not. Hegazi is really poor in anything other than a team set up to defend - ala baggies in the playoffs.

[Axl Rose]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

Cheating wanker.

Yes. A scrotum of the highest order. Going to Burnley, it looks like. See you soon you handballing bastard!

[ChicagoLion]

Jay Rodriguez is a bellend. It's a no from me.

Cheating wanker.

Yes. A scrotum of the highest order. Going to Burnley, it looks like. See you soon you handballing bastard!

Also the outrageous penalty dive playing for Sarfamtun,