st albans fox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 18 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: But you aren't paying a transfer fee, even at 200k a week for 2 years it's cheaper the buying someone for 20m. We wouldn’t pay £10m for a player (and pay them £100k/week) if we had to sell for nothing in two years … it’s not our business model
coolhandfox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 1 minute ago, JimJams said: True, but it does fly in the face of our buy to sell on policy. Though I guess you could get a mill or two out of a sale a couple of years from now. He could be our new Cambiasso. He won't be. But he could. So did Evans, I see Erikson in the same mould a chance to bring in quality at a cheaper price. 1
coolhandfox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, st albans fox said: We wouldn’t pay £10m for a player (and pay them £100k/week) if we had to sell for nothing in two years … it’s not our business model Evans? We are getting no return on investment on him. Sell Youri, and Praet, save their wages, help fund Eriksen's wages also provide 30m to spend on an RW and CB. We have to be creative in the market, we need to shop for affordable quality Edited 21 June 2022 by coolhandfox
monsell fox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 (edited) I really want us to sign him I think he is quality would make a big difference to the team/ squad the bloke is quality and very experienced he would settle in well with his ‘danish friends’ but I’ve got a gut feeling he won’t come here Edited 21 June 2022 by monsell fox
Lambert09 Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 all those stating that he owes brentford because they took a chance on him… ask yourselves… would they have signed him if he’d been useless? They could have easily offered him a 2 year contract but chose to not take the risk, so it’s all fair game. 1
st albans fox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 7 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Evans? We are getting no return on investment on him. Sell Youri, and Praet, save their wages, help fund Eriksen's wages also provide 30m to spend on an RW and CB. We have to be creative in the market, we need to shop for affordable quality We pad a few mill for Johnny and pad him 80k/week. We could have got our money back on a sale. At £4m per season wages we could afford to give him a four year deal. We couldn’t give erikesn a deal for that length and unless we did, we wouldn’t get a fee for him. It’s different.
JimJams Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 9 minutes ago, Lambert09 said: all those stating that he owes brentford because they took a chance on him… ask yourselves… would they have signed him if he’d been useless? They could have easily offered him a 2 year contract but chose to not take the risk, so it’s all fair game. They couldn't, apparently he didn't want anything more than 6 months.
Adster Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 10 minutes ago, Lambert09 said: all those stating that he owes brentford because they took a chance on him… ask yourselves… would they have signed him if he’d been useless? They could have easily offered him a 2 year contract but chose to not take the risk, so it’s all fair game. Why even bother throwing stuff around like this when you have absolutely no idea what happened during negotiations? And please don't say "I read it in a news article". Maybe he refused to sign for longer than 6 months? Maybe he wanted to leave his options open?
Lambert09 Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Adster said: Why even bother throwing stuff around like this when you have absolutely no idea what happened during negotiations? And please don't say "I read it in a news article". Maybe he refused to sign for longer than 6 months? Maybe he wanted to leave his options open? well maybe but loyalty has to go both ways. Again… would they have given him a deal if he’d been bad? absolutely not, they would sign someone better. it’s the same thing Edited 21 June 2022 by Lambert09
Lambert09 Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 13 minutes ago, JimJams said: They couldn't, apparently he didn't want anything more than 6 months. if that was the case then everyone knew the situation. He helped keep them in the league and now gets a good move. There’s no reason for any ill-feeling. In truth they looked to be sliding towards relegation until he came in for them
coolhandfox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, st albans fox said: We pad a few mill for Johnny and pad him 80k/week. We could have got our money back on a sale. At £4m per season wages we could afford to give him a four year deal. We couldn’t give erikesn a deal for that length and unless we did, we wouldn’t get a fee for him. It’s different. We never brought Jonny to get a fee, it was bringing in quality at an affordable price. Just like when we got Huth, experience and quality are important. Our model isn't to buy every player to develop and sell, we buy up-and-coming or old past their prime because they are cheaper than players in their prime. But there is an acknowledgement we well sell a player if they want to leave and we get a bigger enough bid. We didn't sell Mahrez, Maguire or Chilwell because we wanted to make a profit, we sold them because they wanted to leave. Edited 21 June 2022 by coolhandfox 1
Ric Flair Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 1 hour ago, JimJams said: True, but it does fly in the face of our buy to sell on policy. Though I guess you could get a mill or two out of a sale a couple of years from now. He could be our new Cambiasso. He won't be. But he could. Our buy to sell policy is very close to being in the shitter if we don't get the next 2 transfer windows right and convince some key first teamers who have been here a long time and may want a new challenge and only a year left on their deal next summer (Maddison and Ndidi) to go with Tielemans and Soyuncu who will walk away for free, not to mention some other failed big money purchases. 3
sm1 Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 Both parties benefited from the arrangement. I would love him here but think Eriksen will probably go to Utd.
st albans fox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 1 hour ago, coolhandfox said: We didn't sell Mahrez, Maguire or Chilwell because we wanted to make a profit, we sold them because they wanted to leave. maybe have a wonder about who else we would have in the squad if those three were still here (£190m missing income - we’ll ignore their additional wages because we have 8 players here now for those 3). All clubs outside the big six have to sell to grow …..
TheStig Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 I am actually not all that impressed with him. He does things elegantly but blows hot and cold. He can be brilliant in one match and non existent in the next. He is "lightweight" and very little "steel" and apparently a shy and drawn back character. Because of his heart attack everybody loves him to bits. The press over here wank themselves silly in the praise of him even when he doesn´t perform
JimJams Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 I think the narrative that he basically kept Brentford up is total bullshit, but that's the media for you.
Claridge Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 1 hour ago, TheStig said: I am actually not all that impressed with him. He does things elegantly but blows hot and cold. He can be brilliant in one match and non existent in the next. He is "lightweight" and very little "steel" and apparently a shy and drawn back character. Because of his heart attack everybody loves him to bits. The press over here wank themselves silly in the praise of him even when he doesn´t perform What’s the problem with wanking yourself silly? Asking for a friend 4
UHDrive Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 6 players. Lean squad. That's what's been asked of the club via this window. I don't see how or why in any way shape or form how Eriksen is a transfer target for us, despite the positives of his play. 1
coolhandfox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 1 hour ago, st albans fox said: maybe have a wonder about who else we would have in the squad if those three were still here (£190m missing income - we’ll ignore their additional wages because we have 8 players here now for those 3). All clubs outside the big six have to sell to grow ….. No sure what you are trying to prove, as my point is all our buys don't solely have to be with a view to selling on. Does selling players at a massive profit help finance and build the club, yes. Do all our buys have to be brought we that in mind no. 1
The Blur Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 3 hours ago, TheStig said: I am actually not all that impressed with him. He does things elegantly but blows hot and cold. He can be brilliant in one match and non existent in the next. He is "lightweight" and very little "steel" and apparently a shy and drawn back character. Because of his heart attack everybody loves him to bits. The press over here wank themselves silly in the praise of him even when he doesn´t perform Does Eriksen press? I believe he left Spurs cause he was a luxury player and do not press? Doesn't seem fit the Rodgers mould to be honest.
st albans fox Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 1 minute ago, The Blur said: Does Eriksen press? I believe he left Spurs cause he was a luxury player and do not press? Doesn't seem fit the Rodgers mould to be honest. He does press his physicality and fitness isn’t an issue 1
lcfc_forever Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 Struggling to see how we sign him. Man U are the bigger club, while he may feel loyalty to Brentford after how they gave him a return back to football. Don’t know how we can attract him beyond having wanted him for some time and the Danish connection with Kasper, but both those factors are not as strong as the attraction to Man U and Brentford.
Stevosevic Posted 21 June 2022 Posted 21 June 2022 3 minutes ago, Nick said: Are we even recently linked? Yes. Today. Saying he has an offer from us amongst other clubs.
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