Tete to Everton merged

[Angus Telford]

We were going to have to bring in a new right back sooner than later and this will just hasten the process. I don't think you get half a season let alone full one with Tete at right back nowadays just think with all the injuries his not built for a long season anymore.

This is the only justification / mitigation I can think of.

We're weaker without him (Castagne is much worse defensively) and a younger replacement of the same quality will cost £20m minimum. You could even argue someone of that quality is out of our reach in their prime. So it seems mad to let him go to a rival for the sake of say £20k per week (£1m).

However yes, he was getting on a bit and couldn't be relied on for a full season anymore, so wasn't a long-term solution anyway. I guess we thought it better to bite the bullet now.

[Jimsbeerbelly]

Really disappointing if true.

I'm going to guess that Everton gave Kenny the big sell on their new stadium and subsequent project and probably gave him a longer more lucrative contract with maybe more assurances on playing time.

Not great. Let's hope we get Bellanova or someone of similar quality. 

We offered 2yrs, Everton offered 3yrs. We offered a decent wage increase, Everton almost offered almost double that.

Tete missed 19 games last season, and as good as he is, he's also injury prone, which I felt hampered us a bit last season, as we was to reliant on meat and potatoes Castange.

I have it on good authority, that a new attacking RB is high on Silva's shopping list this summer, and this is probably why Tete took Everton's offer, as he doesn't want to play second fiddle, which is fair enough.

[jayffc]

I like Kene Tete, however, he is 30 this October, and people are forgetting that he missed 19 games for us last season, and a good chunk the season before.

The Club did offer him a good deal to stay, 2yrs and a considerable wage increase, however, Everton came in with 3yrs and almost doubled our new wage offer.

If you look at it from the Clubs perspective, it is a position that we need to reduce the age bracket in, and if anyone is going to play second fiddle to a main RB, then that's most likely going to be Castange who's contract runs until 2027.

I've had it on good authority, that Silva is looking for a more attacking RB to change our system a bit, so this may also be why Tete wanted to go, because he'll get game time at Everton, if he keeps fit.

Absolutely gutted losing Tete but looks like he's taken a final big payout coming towards end of his career. Will hate seeing him play us in an Everton shirt.

Such a beast defensively and a key part in us picking up victories against big teams such is his dominance in defence.

But that said, he was always going to move on eventually and if what you say is true them it makes sense. We don't have the same level of attacking threat on our right side as Robinson which often leaves us very lop sided and predictable at times.

Bellanova would have me dreaming but a punt on Van Ewijk would also tickle my fancy. Coufal we be an underwhelming stop gap, Kyle walker a much more acceptable one for a year or 2

[Angus Telford]

Kyle Walker is 35 and will want at least the same wages Tete was asking for. That would make no sense.

Only rational option is a young, high quality, big fee / marquee signing in this position now.

[Tabby]

The way I see it we are either going to take a punt on someone like Tete when we signed him, KWP/Osayi Samuel on a free or a statement signing like Bellanova.

Would be very disappointed if we end up with Coufal.

[HV71]

I am just gutted. Tete is a really good full back and loves a tackle. Decent crosser of the ball as well. Everton's gain our loss. Would have much preferred the club to have offered him a new contract a year ago - with the proviso that if he didn't sign we would put him up for sale. That way we would have at least received a fee. This way we get F all and a huge gap .
Love Tim  but we are now weaker.

[KentFulham]

Leaves us weaker for sure, total mismanagement from the club, we now have TC who is average, good going forward but woeful at the back and gets caught out easily.

[cookieg]

Leaves us weaker for sure, total mismanagement from the club, we now have TC who is average, good going forward but woeful at the back and gets caught out easily.

The club offered him a new deal and he chose not to accept it. Would you prefer we threw loads of money at him to keep him when he may only play 50% of this seasons games? Or look to bring in a younger player to bring through?

[C Block]

Firstly as a business we must stop losing sellable assets for nothing,we keep doing it and it has to stop,
So then what should we be doing differently, well for me when last season (23/24) finished Kenny and his agent should have been invited in for a chat before he went away on holiday and have it explained to him that we want to offer him a new contract on improved terms,BUT you spell it out to him that he has until June 30th to sign it and if he doesn't then we will very publicly putting him up for sale on July 1st,
This is exactly what Crystal Palace are currently doing with Marc Guehi, one year to go won't sign a new contract so they are selling now,
If we had only got £5 million last summer it's still better than nothing,
My fear is that on July 1st we also lose Josh King and Seth Ridgeon for nothing.
Now I must add that neither myself or anyone else knows whether Marco wanted to keep Kenny or not, but surely the answer would have been exactly the same 12 months ago so why not try and raise some money.
I like Kenny and I think we look a better side with him in it.

[Lighthouse]

We have no idea what was said, how it was done or why. What goes on behind the scenes is really an unknown quantity. I am sure we would have all done it differently and been successful. But different from what? Did Fulham sit Tete down for a picnic and some quavers and a nice cup of tea. Talk to him gently and softly. Have a few maids sit and stroke his forehead and promise him good times.

All the speculation is just that. His injury record may have simply made him want to move on. Sometimes we would all like a change.

[KentFulham]

Leaves us weaker for sure, total mismanagement from the club, we now have TC who is average, good going forward but woeful at the back and gets caught out easily.

The club offered him a new deal and he chose not to accept it. Would you prefer we threw loads of money at him to keep him when he may only play 50% of this seasons games? Or look to bring in a younger player to bring through?

I could work with either option, Fulham play too often on the short term and making do.We couldn't keep him because we were not long term and decisive, and then we will likely fall back on Castange and maybe some old has been on a free.

If we want a decent up and coming 20yo then that's what they should have gone for and off loaded Tete, we appear to be a bit hesitant as a club to make a decision and let situations drag on

[KentFulham]

Completely agree - The club struggles to make sound decisions in a timely manner, instead letting situations drag out. Next comes the transfer of some has been as back up to Castange rather than a decent RB

[perry geyton]

Great defender, I'll miss his sliding tackles but far to injury prone, he's always out for half the season with some kind of injury,
I'll miss him in general but life goes on

[perry geyton]

Leaves us weaker for sure, total mismanagement from the club, we now have TC who is average, good going forward but woeful at the back and gets caught out easily.

What's TC got to do with Kenny Tete ? Not sure how he got dragged into this conversation

[Somerset Fulham]

If we had sold him for £5m last season people on here would have shat themselves in blind fury.

[KentFulham]

If we had sold him for £5m last season people on here would have shat themselves in blind fury.

Why thou, had we have sold him and put a plan in for a better replacement then we would be in a good position

[Somerset Fulham]

Oh come on. You can't imagine the level of meltdown?  £5m?

There won't be a better replacement coming anyway because we don't need one.  Expect a KWP type to come in on a free as back up, we don't need to improve this position as much as we do others.

Sure it sucks that he is gone but nobody knows why, nobody knows what has happened and nobody knows what was offered or when it was offered and so to start digging the club out for possibly not doing something that may or may not have had an effect a year ago is quite frankly, ridiculous.

[HV71]

Think he is referring to Timothy Castagne

[Somerset Fulham]

Leaves us weaker for sure, total mismanagement from the club, we now have TC who is average, good going forward but woeful at the back and gets caught out easily.

What's TC got to do with Kenny Tete ? Not sure how he got dragged into this conversation

Haha! I thought he meant Captain Tom too. 

[hopper]

Completely agree that we need to have these conversations with players before contracts run out.

Why create a new thread rather than post it in the other? Just means two different threads simultaneously discussing the same thing.