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 sydtheeagle  England 02 Feb 23 1.02pm |
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Originally posted by JRW2
Probably a silly question, but what is the source of the suggested £40m? Everton (widely reported) bid £40-£45 million on deadline day and Chelsea accepted it. But Conor had no interest in going to Everton. Then, the Fernandez deal became tied up in details and didn't happen until the last minute, so sending Conor out on loan elsewhere, which might have happened had Fernandez been resolved earlier in the day, was off the table. But deadline day did serve to fix two things. 1. Conor's price. The mark has been set at £40-£45 million. 2. Chelsea is - unless something changes dramatically between now and June - willing to sell. So come the summer window opening, if nothing has changed, you'd expect a Conor deal (to Palace or anyone else) to happen very quickly because all the barriers have now been removed. Price known. Chelsea's willingness to sell established (assuming nothing changes). Edited by sydtheeagle (02 Feb 2023 1.06pm)
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| Dubai Eagle 02 Feb 23 1.26pm |
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It would be nice to know how reliable the newspaper articles were in terms of what the actual Everton bid was & how it was structured a) Actual Amount Originally posted by sydtheeagle
Everton (widely reported) bid £40-£45 million on deadline day and Chelsea accepted it. But Conor had no interest in going to Everton. Then, the Fernandez deal became tied up in details and didn't happen until the last minute, so sending Conor out on loan elsewhere, which might have happened had Fernandez been resolved earlier in the day, was off the table. But deadline day did serve to fix two things. 1. Conor's price. The mark has been set at £40-£45 million. 2. Chelsea is - unless something changes dramatically between now and June - willing to sell. So come the summer window opening, if nothing has changed, you'd expect a Conor deal (to Palace or anyone else) to happen very quickly because all the barriers have now been removed. Price known. Chelsea's willingness to sell established (assuming nothing changes). Edited by sydtheeagle (02 Feb 2023 1.06pm)
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| dreamwaverider London 02 Feb 23 2.24pm |
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Originally posted by Uphill
There is much discussion here about how much he would cost in the summer window but have we any idea what wages he would want? £40million plus £100K a week wages and him wanting European football would rule him out on all 3 counts. Far better to forget him and concentrate on bargains to be had in Europe, Africa and South America.
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| dreamwaverider London 02 Feb 23 2.25pm |
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Brighton have got Tony Bloom which is a bit like comparing Ayew with Messi.
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| MrRobbo Chaldon 02 Feb 23 2.26pm |
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Originally posted by Uphill
There is much discussion here about how much he would cost in the summer window but have we any idea what wages he would want? £40million plus £100K a week wages and him wanting European football would rule him out on all 3 counts. Far better to forget him and concentrate on bargains to be had in Europe, Africa and South America. As much as I love him, and agree with Syd's mitigations, I'm with you here. I'd be more than happy sticking to a model that is designed to buy players for less than we sell them at. Easier said than done eh. I love Connor, but when you are buying at £400m, that's harder to do. I'm not sure he has the technical talent to be an £80m player in 5 years.... For comparison, Brighton paid around £40m for White, Bissouma and Cucurella, and sold for £140m.
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02 Feb 23 2.30pm ASCPFC  Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 02 Feb 23 2.51pm |
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
Brighton have got Tony Bloom which is a bit like comparing Ayew with Messi. I know - Ayew miles better.
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| Croydon-Trucker 02 Feb 23 3.17pm |
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Originally posted by PJEagle
Yes. The big IF though if he's available for bids to be made and IF we can afford to make an offer? There's a lot of other key players who will be out of contract, and we will need 2RBs a striker and a midfielder. That might amount to more than £100m... We could always do a Chelsea on it and sign him on a 8 year deal and spread the payments over the 8 years .
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| Croydon-Trucker 02 Feb 23 3.22pm |
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Originally posted by Croydon-Trucker
We could always do a Chelsea on it and sign him on a 8 year deal and spread the payments over the 8 years . its just 5 mill a year ( had to get the calculator )
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Lanzo-Ad  Lanzarote 02 Feb 23 4.16pm |
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Originally posted by MrRobbo
As much as I love him, and agree with Syd's mitigations, I'm with you here. I'd be more than happy sticking to a model that is designed to buy players for less than we sell them at. Easier said than done eh. I love Connor, but when you are buying at £400m, that's harder to do. I'm not sure he has the technical talent to be an £80m player in 5 years.... For comparison, Brighton paid around £40m for White, Bissouma and Cucurella, and sold for £140m. i agree, who knows Lokonga might be decent and cheaper
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| PJEagle London 02 Feb 23 6.54pm |
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Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad
i agree, who knows Lokonga might be decent and cheaper But he's only a six month loan. We do need Gallagher . The chemistry is right. Would love to see him sign on a permanent in the summer
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| HeathMan Purley 02 Feb 23 11.27pm |
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All about management - giving them hope of going further with CPFC than anyone else.
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| MrRobbo Chaldon 03 Feb 23 9.04am |
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Originally posted by rollercoaster
Two things to say about this: Firstly, as I understand it, Chelsea have 29 players on their books and only 25 can be in the prem squad and the champions league squad. Four players will get no game time at all. Secondly, unrelated, it is important to remember (and no one seems to get this) that you have to actually sell a player to make a profit. We've only sold AWB in recent years. The young players we have and are developing can walk away at the end of their contracts and we get nothing whilst they get a lovely signing on fee. We also don't appear to do a good job (well any job) at extending players contracts and continually leave things late, too late. So the model everyone is going on about, that works for the Brightons and Brentfords of the world is not a guaranteed money spinner for us, even if we manage to find those elusive young prospects. Jsut out of interest, who are you referring to?
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 03 Feb 23 10.32am |
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Originally posted by Croydon-Trucker
We could always do a Chelsea on it and sign him on a 8 year deal and spread the payments over the 8 years .
IMO this is a good thing since although the sums Chelsea paid for players were eye-wateringly inflated, come the summer, it won't be so easy for clubs to pay those inflated prices with the 5 year amortisation limit.
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