Louie Barry (on loan to Sheffield United)

[Mister E]

Talk of a new contract and being sent off on loan again. Seems the only offers have been circa 4-5mil.

Hmmm, remind me again what we got for Chuky and Kellyman?!

[Smithy]

Talk of a new contract and being sent off on loan again. Seems the only offers have been circa 4-5mil.

Hmmm, remind me again what we got for Chuky and Kellyman?!

Both of those had top-flight first-team appearances to their names as 18-year-olds.  Louie is 21, and his only first-team appearance was in the Covid youth team in the FA Cup. He's never played higher than our third tier (as good as he's been at that level).  It doesn't surprise me that he's not being talked about for similar fees to those two.

If he has a good loan in the Championship, then we're into £10m+ territory.  If the loan is VERY good (think Archer at 'boro), or he plays a bit in our first team, then it's probably in the £20m range.

I suspect the talk of a new contract (if real), is because the club think he has £20m potential if they can develop him properly over the next 12-18 months.

[SaddVillan]

Talk of a new contract and being sent off on loan again. Seems the only offers have been circa 4-5mil.

Hmmm, remind me again what we got for Chuky and Kellyman?!

£20m and £19m - reportedly.

[cdbearsfan]

4-5 mill is a pisstake given his potential. Would like to see him loaned to a non-twatty Championship club who don't have many strikers so would pick him regularly.

[London Villan]

A couple of premier league sub appearances would add £10m to his value.

[Brazilian Villain]

"Celtic and Lens have made offers for Aston Villa striker Louie Barry but he looks likely to stay. The Scottish champions are understood to have proposed £5million with a further £5m in add-ons plus a buy-back option for the 21-year-old. Lens have countered with £6m up front and a similar amount in add-ons but Villa are insisting the former Barcelona prospect won't be sold this window."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-14294023/Unai-Emery-makes-decision-Louie-Barrys-Aston-Villa-future-bids-Celtic-Lens-ex-Barcelona-starlet.html?

[Dave]

4-5 mill is a pisstake given his potential. Would like to see him loaned to a non-twatty Championship club who don't have many strikers so would pick him regularly.

I had a look at what the highest transfer fees paid to a League One club were (not that that's what would be happening with Barry but gives an idea of the sort of maximum amount a club might get based on performances at that level).

Interestingly, Transfermarkt still have the highest ever as the money we gave Leeds for Delph over 15 years ago.

Other comparables would be Brentford buying Toney, Forest buying Assombalonga and Everton buying Lookman, which were all around the £5m mark.

[eamonn]

Didn't Blose splurge £10m on a striker in the summer?

[Dave]

Yes, but he was a signing from the Premier League not League One.

[LeeS]

It’s a pretty good proxy, Dave. However, there must be a premium on a player who has been through a Premier League academy versus a third tier one. Not to mention his stint at Barca.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

It’s a pretty good proxy, Dave. However, there must be a premium on a player who has been through a Premier League academy versus a third tier one. Not to mention his stint at Barca.

I probably spent more time on the Camp Nou pitch than Louie when I did the stadium tour.

[ozzjim]

I think the guy at Blues is probably a decent benchmark. He'd played ok in the championship but didn't have thee pedigree of Barry.

[Dave]

I think the guy at Blues is probably a decent benchmark. He'd played ok in the championship but didn't have thee pedigree of Barry.

I reckon if Barry had played ok in the Championship at some point in his caeer then talk of £10m+ would be completely reasonable. It the lack of that up to now which is presumably why teams aren't offering us those sorts of numbers.

[Somniloquism]

I wouldn't use it as a benchmark. All indications were Fulham were planning for 6-7mil with maybe add-ons from Championship clubs. Then Blues decided to Chelsea it because they could and offered £15m + addons. They are obviously hoping he will be leading them into the Prem next season as well.   

[placeforparks]

sounds like he is off on loan to hull