Transfers, 2024-25 season

[Alex 36648]

1 minute ago, Diego21 said:

Baggio was hated by the Fiorentina fans for many years. His entire career and much more.

A few years ago, he revealed that he never wanted to leave Fiorentina, but that they sold him without giving him the option because of the issue you mentioned. And that he never had the option to decide.

One of my favourite players ever. An absolute genius 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14628]

12 minutes ago, Diego21 said:

Borini?

Giaccherini (Sp?) I think it was. Sure he was an absolute crock but he was another in a long line of world beaters when he signed 

[Dazzler 11679]

1 hour ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Giaccherini (Sp?) I think it was. Sure he was an absolute crock but he was another in a long line of world beaters when he signed 

That was boro wasn’t it? The baldy fella?

[ewerk 33076]

1 minute ago, Dazzler said:

That was boro wasn’t it? The baldy fella?

Maccarone wasn’t it?

[Dazzler 11679]

1 minute ago, ewerk said:

Maccarone wasn’t it?

Aah maybe. There’s been a few shit Italians up north in my time. 

[Polarboy 2317]

Romano has said that Gonzalez is very likely to pick a team from Italy to join as opposed to moving to the PL. Apart from Guler, and maybe Raphinha, he was the name I was most excited about seeing linked to us. Plus it also seemed more likely given he'd be less than half the price of the aforementioned. 

[wykikitoon 22705]

If we are splashing the cash on Guehi do we see a lower amount spent on a RW? 

 

Ive seen that kid from Watford mentioned, Asprilla. 

[aimaad22 4657]

58 minutes ago, wykikitoon said:

If we are splashing the cash on Guehi do we see a lower amount spent on a RW? 

 

Ive seen that kid from Watford mentioned, Asprilla. 

 

Probably means we'll try to shift Almiron, Trippier etc before signing anybody else.

[Ayatollah Hermione 14628]

Wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a loan with obligation as we kick the can down the road and give ourselves more time to shift some shit

[Kid Dynamite 7601]

I've always been interested in the process behind transfers.

 

So it sounds like we've put a first bid in and (I assume) it's been rejected. Surely that then requires a 20min chat at board level to agree whether we are putting in a higher bid, and if so, how much higher? Once a bid is accepted you then have a similarly swift conversation to thrash out personal terms.
 

It feels like it takes a week to make a decision on the next step, which then just surely opens the door to being gazumped?

 

(obviously this now all just supposition)

[MrBass 3011]

I think all transfer business is still handled via carrier pigeon.

[Kid Dynamite 7601]

This might explain the delay

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/08/07/crystal-palace-transfer-chelsea-chalobah-25m-deal-guehi/

[ewerk 33076]

2 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

I've always been interested in the process behind transfers.

 

So it sounds like we've put a first bid in and (I assume) it's been rejected. Surely that then requires a 20min chat at board level to agree whether we are putting in a higher bid, and if so, how much higher? Once a bid is accepted you then have a similarly swift conversation to thrash out personal terms.
 

It feels like it takes a week to make a decision on the next step, which then just surely opens the door to being gazumped?

 

(obviously this now all just supposition)

Aye, just why aren’t multi-million pound deals completed in a matter of minutes?

[Toonpack 11318]

2 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

I've always been interested in the process behind transfers.

 

So it sounds like we've put a first bid in and (I assume) it's been rejected. Surely that then requires a 20min chat at board level to agree whether we are putting in a higher bid, and if so, how much higher? Once a bid is accepted you then have a similarly swift conversation to thrash out personal terms.
 

It feels like it takes a week to make a decision on the next step, which then just surely opens the door to being gazumped?

 

(obviously this now all just supposition)

discussion, draft offers/proposals back and forth, lawyers, agree fee and deal structure, lawyers again to draw up agreement, eventually finalised, same process with player contract. 

[The Fish 11313]

15 hours ago, Kid Dynamite said:

I've always been interested in the process behind transfers.

 

So it sounds like we've put a first bid in and (I assume) it's been rejected. Surely that then requires a 20min chat at board level to agree whether we are putting in a higher bid, and if so, how much higher? Once a bid is accepted you then have a similarly swift conversation to thrash out personal terms.
 

It feels like it takes a week to make a decision on the next step, which then just surely opens the door to being gazumped?

 

(obviously this now all just supposition)

 

I think there's more to it than that. And it's not like the decision makers don't have other things on their plates. There'll be gamesmanship as well, the player advisers to take a bit of time to deliver their response just in case another party comes in with a better offer. And I'm sure we'll be looking at other targets and seeing if there's movement on them that might make this bid redundant.

[thebrokendoll 10231]

we STILL not bought any cunt yet?

[Kid Dynamite 7601]

We announced a player an hour ago  

[ewerk 33076]

42 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said:

we STILL not bought any cunt yet?

 

[Gemmill 49696]

Lloyd Kelly is a 50s movie star name. 

[PaddockLad 18952]

 

[Gemmill 49696]

 

The Chronicle are a fucking disgrace. The done deal is that Osula kid. This is the equivalent of their incredibly misleading sandwich boards that they'd put around town:

 

TOON STAR LOOKING FOR MOVE

 

And it would be fucking Jamie McClen. 

[thebrokendoll 10231]

21 minutes ago, ewerk said:

 

 

about fucking time.

 

pivas we swapped for a goat.

vlachodimos was a tax fiddle.

ruddy is a pr exercise for help the aged

kelly was for nowt

hall was already here.

 

 

[Dougle 3677]

[RobElliott 1791]

1 hour ago, PaddockLad said:

 

 

 

This must be a bit like the time Sir Bobby kept getting Shola and Carl Cort mixed up?

[PaddockLad 18952]

Quite fuckin right too Eddie