Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[aj2k77]

Wilson they want silly money for a player of his ability and Fraser has the heart of a Downing. Big no from me to both.

[kippaxvilla2]

Anyone starting to think we are going to struggle to buy decent unless we pay over the odds?  I mean we have allegedly offered £30m for a 22 year old who’s been in the Scottish league for one season.  If the stories about Watkins are to be believed he has an £18m release clause but they seemingly want to just forget that and ask for £25m - not sure how that works.  And as for Benrahma completely over the top prices being quoted. 

[dave.woodhall]

Anyone starting to think we are going to struggle to buy decent unless we pay over the odds?  I mean we have allegedly offered £30m for a 22 year old who’s been in the Scottish league for one season.  If the stories about Watkins are to be believed he has an £18m release clause but they seemingly want to just forget that and ask for £25m - not sure how that works.  And as for Benrahma completely over the top prices being quoted. 

What might seem over the odds these days is the going rate.

[kippaxvilla2]

I just hope our powers realise it if that’s the case.  Everyone seems to be in for the same players as well by the look of it.

[taylorsworkrate]

Anyone starting to think we are going to struggle to buy decent unless we pay over the odds?  I mean we have allegedly offered £30m for a 22 year old who’s been in the Scottish league for one season.  If the stories about Watkins are to be believed he has an £18m release clause but they seemingly want to just forget that and ask for £25m - not sure how that works.  And as for Benrahma completely over the top prices being quoted. 

I don't think the 18m release clause story on Watkins was in any way true.

[kippaxvilla2]

I know they had to do some persuading of their star players to stay in January so they could keep up the promotion push.  Maybe it was inserted then.  Good job this is a rumours thread!

[john e]

Saw an article earlier linking West Ham with Callum Wilson and Ryan Fraser from Bournemouth.  I acknowledge that the latter hardly covered himself in glory with his behaviour last season, but think they would both be pretty decent signings for us really.

I think that Callum Wilson has only hit double figures once in a season for league goals in his entire career

I know he’s been dogged with injuries but I thought we were looking for a goal machine

[Gareth]

It’s the continual ankle injuries with Wilson that would concern me + I personally think Josh King is a far better all round player

[paul_e]

Wilson had a good season the year they got promoted and arrived with a good reputation but he's never looked remotely fit enough (120ish games in 5 seasons so missed about a third of their games in the premier league) and even when he's been fit he has been pretty streaky with long runs without scoring.

[KevinGage]

Anyone starting to think we are going to struggle to buy decent unless we pay over the odds?  I mean we have allegedly offered £30m for a 22 year old who’s been in the Scottish league for one season.  If the stories about Watkins are to be believed he has an £18m release clause but they seemingly want to just forget that and ask for £25m - not sure how that works.  And as for Benrahma completely over the top prices being quoted. 

In the case of Edouard he was on loan at Celtic since 2017, before making the deal permanent in 2018. Not saying he could def step up to this level, mind.

[john e]

as it’s the transfer thread and talk of wages etc

Steve Stride posted the 1972 accounts on Twitter today

the total cost of managers, Trainers and players wages for the 72 season was £161,578
money from TV was £4102

ha ha

[Nastylee]

Clearly struggling to attract our number one choices. Do we pay over the odds or move down the list? Does having an unknown manager contribute?

[pauliewalnuts]

Clearly struggling to attract our number one choices. Do we pay over the odds or move down the list? Does having an unknown manager contribute?

Why are we struggling?

There's one story re Rashica wanting to play in the CL, but nobody has been doing much signing, full stop, thus far.

[Drummond]

I was led tonight if I thought we'd get Henderson (Dean), I didn't even realise there was a link...

[Gareth]

Clearly struggling to attract our number one choices. Do we pay over the odds or move down the list? Does having an unknown manager contribute?

We don’t have an unknown manager we have one who has achieved promotion and managed a season in Premier League - players don’t move for managers outside the very top clubs they move for pay packets either that or Messi, Ronaldo & de Bruyne would be forming an orderly queue outside Leeds....at least that’s the myth the Leeds fans would have us believe.

If the club believe they can attract the first choice targets then they need to stick with it not move on to lesser ones at this point, even if it’s deadline day they’ll miss what 3 games, not ideal but now is not time to panic