Bezzanator89 288 Posted 5 August 2019 Report Share Posted 5 August 2019 3 minutes ago, jayfox26 said: Yes just seen that about Cahill going to Palace. Not a bad signing for them. If Lascelles is available for £35m I'd take that than pay £40-50m for Tarkowski or £75m for Ake. Only way I see us getting Ake is using Gray as part of the deal. I always said we should have snapped their hands off when they offered £25m for his services previously. Think this is our only option if we were ever going to consider stealing Ake away from Bournemouth. That or possibly look at Lascelles. The market is ridiculous, partially thanks to us now, but there are other options out there as well. Not just in the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites
TonyN11 648 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 On 05/08/2019 at 12:59, That_Dude said: You want us to splash 75M on Ake? Yes please sir 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ARM1968 2,813 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 £50 million plus Ghezzal, Gray, Slimani, James and Silva. Make it happen. Link to post Share on other sites
OntarioFox 1,234 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 (edited) I'm still baffled that we're in for another CB at all. We don't need one, not least for close to the price we just made Utd. pay for Maguire. Edited 7 August 2019 by OntarioFox Link to post Share on other sites
lcfceaves 707 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 Got me excited for no reason... Link to post Share on other sites
Dahnsouff 5,776 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, OntarioFox said: I'm still baffled that we're in for another CB at all. We don't need one, not least for close to the price we just made Utd. pay for Maguire. Its quite simple. We have 4 CBs in the first team. Two of which are over 30/32. One of which is known to be quite injury prone. Two of which have not player a full 90 minutes in the PL. Another CB would at the least, be sensible. Edited 7 August 2019 by Dahnsouff Link to post Share on other sites
pmcla26 2,211 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 Tbf, we had 4 centre backs last season, one in Soyuncu who rarely featured. Our situation hasn’t changed, 4 should be enough unless for a really bad injury. I understand a 5th centre back coming in but only if they’re definitely a fair bit better than anything we have right now. Link to post Share on other sites
OntarioFox 1,234 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 10 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said: Its quite simple. We have 4 CBs in the first team. Two of which are over 30/32. One of which is known to be quite injury prone. Two of which have not player a full 90 minutes in the PL. Another CB would at the least, be sensible. So go for a cheaper option like Tarkowski or Dunk. I think it's ridiculous that we're genuinely considering spaffing nearly all the money we've just made on what is IMO a like-for-like replacement at best. Link to post Share on other sites
Dahnsouff 5,776 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 1 minute ago, OntarioFox said: So go for a cheaper option like Tarkowski or Dunk. I think it's ridiculous that we're genuinely considering spaffing nearly all the money we've just made on what is IMO a like-for-like replacement at best. Are we? Link to post Share on other sites
justfoxes 1,698 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 38 minutes ago, OntarioFox said: So go for a cheaper option like Tarkowski or Dunk. I think it's ridiculous that we're genuinely considering spaffing nearly all the money we've just made on what is IMO a like-for-like replacement at best. Feel the same and if Ake is that good maybe we should go in with a bold £60m take it or leave it, then if they don’t go for a bigger payday which for Ake wouldn’t be a bad price at all slightly inflated but hey so was Maguire. Then we keep the money and trust in Souyncu Benkovic Evans Morgan not forgetting Amartey and James Justin has played in that role before , then at a push but we also have a couple of Development lads we could bring in who given the chance could shine ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rusko187 1,019 Posted 7 August 2019 Report Share Posted 7 August 2019 **** it, let's just slam on the many pound notes and get him for a laugh! What was it? £75m, here's £80, thank you bless you and keep the change old bean, what what! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
foxfanazer 13,394 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 21 hours ago, Rusko187 said: **** it, let's just slam on the many pound notes and get him for a laugh! What was it? £75m, here's £80, thank you bless you and keep the change old bean, what what! Was just gonna post the same thing. Would be massive if we just did it Link to post Share on other sites
Tuna 13,958 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 21 hours ago, Rusko187 said: **** it, let's just slam on the many pound notes and get him for a laugh! What was it? £75m, here's £80, thank you bless you and keep the change old bean, what what! £75m or £80 tough choice for Bournemouth. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
buzzer_b 2,378 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 21 hours ago, Rusko187 said: **** it, let's just slam on the many pound notes and get him for a laugh! What was it? £75m, here's £80, thank you bless you and keep the change old bean, what what! Think £80 might get rejected pal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard 6,876 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 We're not the kind of club who should be buying £60m CB's. Let's try to keep evolving organically rather than spaffing every penny we have in a blind panic. We have the financial muscle to sign more or less any player in the world outside a few hundred. I rather invest more in scouting and find the next top drawer player playing at inferior clubs to our own. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
STUHILL 2,877 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 He is overpriced, as was Maguire. We aren't Man U and we certainly can't/shouldn't pay £70-80m on CBs! Soyuncu is going to be awesome this season once given a run of games 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Out Foxed 1,248 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 we're kidding ourselves if we think we can "afford" this. we can pay it but we can't afford it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit Blues 898 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 If we are going to spend 70-80M on Ake, why wouldn't we just keep Maguire? If they had offered us Ake + 10-15M for Maguire, nobody would be advocating we take the deal. Link to post Share on other sites
lifted*fox 6,647 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, Detroit Blues said: If we are going to spend 70-80M on Ake, why wouldn't we just keep Maguire? If they had offered us Ake + 10-15M for Maguire, nobody would be advocating we take the deal. because we'd already told Maguire he could leave if Man U / Man City reached the agreed asking price. the actions of maguire leaving and then spending on Ake are not related. Edited 8 August 2019 by lifted*fox bold Link to post Share on other sites
49er 1,926 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 2 minutes ago, Detroit Blues said: If we are going to spend 70-80M on Ake, why wouldn't we just keep Maguire? If they had offered us Ake + 10-15M for Maguire, nobody would be advocating we take the deal. I would have as Ake is better than Maguire Link to post Share on other sites
LC/FC 1,060 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 Anyone that seriously thinks we should spend the Maguire money on this guy seriously and not just to have a wind up, wafting pound notes in others face... You need to have a sit down and a drink of water, because Drinkwater is what happens when you go last minute crazy. Ask Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites
egg_fried_rice 1,226 Posted 8 August 2019 Report Share Posted 8 August 2019 Aching for Ake I’m aching for Ake Cos we’re light at the backy And Dunk and Tark are cacky I miss Okazaki I’m needing a Nathan To come and save our bacon Cos slabhead has been taken Play the big Jamaican? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
moore_94 4,641 Posted 9 August 2019 Report Share Posted 9 August 2019 Possibility of him going back to Chelsea when their transfer ban ends, they can get him for only £40m Link to post Share on other sites
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Billy Big Balls 590 Posted 9 August 2019 Report Share Posted 9 August 2019 1 hour ago, moore_94 said: Possibility of him going back to Chelsea when their transfer ban ends, they can get him for only £40m So in theory, if ake was desperate for a move to us (which I don't think he would be), we could make a deal with Chelsea so that they buy him for £40m and sell him to us for £60m. Chelsea make £20m, we save £15m. That's the kind of shithousery I want to see from my club. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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