jaberry2 550 Posted December 23, 2019 Think its fair to say a few of our younger especially English players are on the radar of some of the bigger clubs. That being Aarons, Godfrey & Cantwell. Probably to a lesser degree Lewis. I think we'd probably accept anywhere close to £20-25m for any of those players in reality, with add ons knowing they are going to go on to possibly play international football. I cant see us selling any in January, as we just don't have the back up personnel, but come the summer, no doubt we'll see 1-2 of our younger players leave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 495 Posted December 23, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 00:43, Bill said: yep, that's what I meant to say definitely Heisse if he has not made the first team by Jan So that’s what you meant to say? Did you also mean to say Brexit is going to happen? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Moss 2,165 Posted December 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, Crafty Canary said: So that’s what you meant to say? Did you also mean to say Brexit is going to happen? Not sure you’ll get a reaction, Crafty - Bill hasn’t been on here since Nov 20th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted December 23, 2019 18 minutes ago, Alex Moss said: Not sure you’ll get a reaction, Crafty - Bill hasn’t been on here since Nov 20th. Also, you've got a thread for that, lets not pollute the stuff about the football with it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Moss 2,165 Posted December 23, 2019 38 minutes ago, king canary said: Also, you've got a thread for that, lets not pollute the stuff about the football with it. Fair point KC, I hope Bill’s ok regardless of politics etc - we’re all (in the main) City supporters here, and shouldn’t let differing views etc ultimately cloud the NCFC family togetherness, especially at this time of good will 👍🏼 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Barak 46 Posted December 23, 2019 On 08/10/2019 at 15:29, king canary said: Having a look at 'home-grown' central defenders who we might get on the cheap due to contract's coming to an end it is pretty slim pickings. Joe Worrall from Forest looks like the best option but if we're still 19th and Forest are still 2nd would he really move? Might be worth another push for Jarrod Bowen though- contract up at the end of the season, Hull not really in the promotion fight. Apparently Bowen has a 1 year option in the contract so their need to sell is less than it appears. would like to see him though but it may cost more than he would if he had 6 months left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,334 Posted December 23, 2019 Somewhere between the two figures mentioned would be about right. Players dont really have a correct value like a car might . The price of players is dependent on so many factors, but if I was driving an Aurier, I'd want to trade it in for an Aarons if I could afford it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 7, 2020 We've had a couple of transfer threads pop up in the last few days, so let's bring this classic back to the fore. https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/manchester-united-target-dennis-man-linked-with-norwich-city-1-6735059 Dennis Man, €15m. Obviously we'll go nowhere near a player at that price, so either the agent is bull****ting about us being interested or the price is nowhere near that high. As for Man, he's useful on Football Manager. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminally Yellow 2,448 Posted July 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: Dennis Man, €15m. Obviously we'll go nowhere near a player at that price, You say that, but didn't we bid that amount for that French winger? The lad with a double barrelled surname? Can't remember it for the life of me. Ended up at Lille, I think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Greenthumb 749 Posted July 8, 2020 5 hours ago, Terminally Yellow said: You say that, but didn't we bid that amount for that French winger? The lad with a double barrelled surname? Can't remember it for the life of me. Ended up at Lille, I think? Claude Maurice, he turned us down. I think with some of the sales coming this summer, we will have flexibility to spend. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yorkshire Canary 118 Posted July 8, 2020 I am a big fan of Aarons but he had a very poor display against Watford and showed his limitations in the top flight at the moment in particular when up against Physically bigger and more powerful players in the top flight. Potential suitors watching recent games may be having second thoughts certainly at the prices being touted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 8, 2020 6 hours ago, Terminally Yellow said: You say that, but didn't we bid that amount for that French winger? The lad with a double barrelled surname? Can't remember it for the life of me. Ended up at Lille, I think? That was when we were preparing for a Premier League season. If we break our transfer record this summer I'll be amazed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted July 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: That was when we were preparing for a Premier League season. If we break our transfer record this summer I'll be amazed. While I mostly agree with you, it could happen if we sell a couple of the younger prospects for good money. Lets say Aarons, Buendia and Godfrey all go for a combined £60/70m then I'd imagine we'd feel we could grab a player for that price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, king canary said: While I mostly agree with you, it could happen if we sell a couple of the younger prospects for good money. Lets say Aarons, Buendia and Godfrey all go for a combined £60/70m then I'd imagine we'd feel we could grab a player for that price. But £60-70m from player sales is still less than the £100m we received for TV rights this season. Maybe the club have learnt that you have to be a bit looser with the pursestrings to get anywhere, but I'd still be surprised if we spent £10m+ on one player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted July 8, 2020 2 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: But £60-70m from player sales is still less than the £100m we received for TV rights this season. Maybe the club have learnt that you have to be a bit looser with the pursestrings to get anywhere, but I'd still be surprised if we spent £10m+ on one player. Yes but our wage bill will be lower, we won't have just paid out a bunch of promotion bonuses and we can probably get away with offering a player less money to join us in the Championship. The big issue for our finances is almost always wages rather than fees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminally Yellow 2,448 Posted July 8, 2020 21 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: But £60-70m from player sales is still less than the £100m we received for TV rights this season. Maybe the club have learnt that you have to be a bit looser with the pursestrings to get anywhere, but I'd still be surprised if we spent £10m+ on one player. I'm not sure why you think we need to make up the £100m lost. I'm not saying we're about to go splash around cash on multiple players for hundreds of millions. I just think the right player would see us spend that sort of cash. Anyway, guess we'll see what happens this summer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terminally Yellow 2,448 Posted July 8, 2020 Just now, Terminally Yellow said: Ayway, guess we'll see what happens this summer. ...close season, I mean! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,820 Posted July 8, 2020 12 minutes ago, Terminally Yellow said: I'm not sure why you think we need to make up the £100m lost. I didn't say that. What I meant by the comparison was that we have less money available this year, and with games being played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future, it could make it even harder to justify spending big on transfers. I'd still be surprised to see us spend more than £10m on one player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted July 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said: I didn't say that. What I meant by the comparison was that we have less money available this year, and with games being played behind closed doors for the foreseeable future, it could make it even harder to justify spending big on transfers. I'd still be surprised to see us spend more than £10m on one player. The example I'd look to is what happened when Burnley basically did what we did- got promoted, didn't spend much with a view to bouncing back the next season. In the Premier League their most expensive signings were £3m on players like Goerge Boyd and Michael Keane. After relegation they went and spent around £10m on Andre Gray as they'd been able to bank the money from the first season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Vadis 151 Posted July 8, 2020 Sounds, to me, like Dennis Man is a goer. https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/fcsb-cifrele-reale-din-jurul-transferului-lui-dennis-man-uta-de-abia-asteapta-mutarea-603923.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darth Vadis 151 Posted July 8, 2020 The contacts between the parties last for several months, and Norwich's initial proposal was to pay another two million euros if the team remained in the Premier League. But that is no longer the case, because demotion is imminent. " "Norwich will not take out 15 million euros in any form," say GSP sources, who also claim that "this is the only team now interested in Man in England. The idea that there would be two more clubs in the middle is just a business strategy to somehow force the hand of Norwich to conclude the transaction faster ". Here is, in fact, the margin in which negotiations are underway for the red-blue player: between 8 million euros offered by Norwich and 10 million euros for which Becali would be satisfied. "Probably around 8.5-9 million euros could be slapped" GSP sources estimate. 2 minutes ago, Darth Vadis said: Sounds, to me, like Dennis Man is a goer. https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/fcsb-cifrele-reale-din-jurul-transferului-lui-dennis-man-uta-de-abia-asteapta-mutarea-603923.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted July 8, 2020 The problem is that many on here have not the slightest idea of how transfers work, or cost Pretty much all transfers are on the never never ie instalments So any club is basing payments on future income. Fine if you are among the top 8 or so in the PL, but a gamble if you are one of those, who supposedly have consolidated, but then find they haven't and are relegated. You then have to unload the player and his wage.....when you are not in the driving seat of any negotiation. Take a look at the number of clubs in the Championship who were recently 'consolidated PL clubs'. Who are now as good as fcked. It is not about taking a bit of money down the casino to have a flutter. It is, in some cases literally, akin to betting your house on staying in the PL. You lose, and the house goes. Check out clubs who have had to sell their ground to raise finance to stay afloat, Thankfully this is now being discussed, taking the argued beyond the usual bleat of 'where's all the money gorn', 'we need more hambition'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Wynless Jones 161 Posted July 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, Darth Vadis said: Sounds, to me, like Dennis Man is a goer. https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/fcsb-cifrele-reale-din-jurul-transferului-lui-dennis-man-uta-de-abia-asteapta-mutarea-603923.html Primarily a right winger, not blessed with blistering pace (so should fit in), taller than our average player though at 6ft. Slightly different to what we do have in wide positions, possibly a slightly more out and out winger than Buendia or Cantwell, but looks a replacement for one of them if it happens. Fits the Webber mould at 21 and from a Eastern European League. 5 assists in 28 games slightly less than what I would expect a winger to have though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted July 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, Michael Wynless Jones said: Primarily a right winger, not blessed with blistering pace (so should fit in), taller than our average player though at 6ft. Slightly different to what we do have in wide positions, possibly a slightly more out and out winger than Buendia or Cantwell, but looks a replacement for one of them if it happens. Fits the Webber mould at 21 and from a Eastern European League. 5 assists in 28 games slightly less than what I would expect a winger to have though. Assists is one of the more meaningless stats going. Player X could play his striker in one on one 5 times in a game but the striker misses all 5 chances, while player Y could do a 5 yard lay off to a midfielder who bangs a worldy into the top corner from 25 yards. Player Y is the one who comes out of the game with an assist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted July 8, 2020 Doing our scouting on FM20 then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 830 Posted July 8, 2020 This must mean Emi or Todd is already more or less out of the building as I cant see why we need another winger if not compared to other positions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted July 8, 2020 29 minutes ago, king canary said: Assists is one of the more meaningless stats going. most meaningless, more like just nonsense to over excite those with mild Aspergers who want everything to be quantified by numbers Counting the last person to touch the ball before the scorer should be seen as absurd as those words suggest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
king canary 7,606 Posted July 8, 2020 Just now, Bill said: most meaningless, more like just nonsense to over excite those with mild Aspergers who want everything to be quantified by numbers Counting the last person to touch the ball before the scorer should be seen as absurd as those words suggest You realise you can just say 'I don't really like stats' right? You don't have to be an absolute **** about it and insinuate anyone who take an interest has a form of mental illness. Just like you don't have to call people numpties in every other post because they disagree with you. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Wynless Jones 161 Posted July 8, 2020 35 minutes ago, king canary said: Assists is one of the more meaningless stats going. Player X could play his striker in one on one 5 times in a game but the striker misses all 5 chances, while player Y could do a 5 yard lay off to a midfielder who bangs a worldy into the top corner from 25 yards. Player Y is the one who comes out of the game with an assist. That's of course a fair point, chances created would be a better stat to use I concede Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Wynless Jones 161 Posted July 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, Bill said: most meaningless, more like just nonsense to over excite those with mild Aspergers who want everything to be quantified by numbers Counting the last person to touch the ball before the scorer should be seen as absurd as those words suggest I know I've only been here a day, but well done on pointing me in the direction of the biggest bell end on here.👍 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites