The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2021/22

[sunburywhite]

Rumours of interest in Michael Obafemi, 21 year old Irish striker at Southampton.

Thats a right old Irish name

Is he from Cork or Dublin?

Maybe it's O'Bafemi.

LOL QUALITY

[St. Andrews White]

Sorry but to buy a player, get four years out of him then sell him for almost the same fee you paid is good business. If you did that with a car you wouldn't be complaining.

I mean it's a loss of potentially over £2m, that's fairly significant at this level.

But anyway, it's a good fee for him and an FFP accounting profit so I'm still happy. I would just like us to be able to do what Brentford do and sell players consistently for a profit.

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[WolverineFFC]

Sorry but to buy a player, get four years out of him then sell him for almost the same fee you paid is good business. If you did that with a car you wouldn't be complaining.

I mean it's a loss of potentially over £2m, that's fairly significant at this level.

But anyway, it's a good fee for him and an FFP accounting profit so I'm still happy. I would just like us to be able to do what Brentford do and sell players consistently for a profit.

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But it really is not a loss. In order to get fans to buy tickets, sponsorships to occur, and media deals to happen you have to have players on the field. There is a reason that for accounting purposes, Kamara will be sold at a profit for that price.

[Statto]

Sorry but to buy a player, get four years out of him then sell him for almost the same fee you paid is good business. If you did that with a car you wouldn't be complaining.

I mean it's a loss of potentially over £2m, that's fairly significant at this level.

But anyway, it's a good fee for him and an FFP accounting profit so I'm still happy. I would just like us to be able to do what Brentford do and sell players consistently for a profit.

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£500k a year (£2m over 4 years) sounds like reasonable value to me.

Bearing in mind the going rate (ie loan fee, or amortisation if you buy them) for a Cavaleiro or Knockaert calibre player is about £3-4m per year.

[sarnian]

Haven't seen any confirmation Kamara is leaving yet except he is not in today's squad.

[Finnans Right Peg]

I notice will hughes is not in the Watford squad is he injured or left out

[howitis]

I notice will hughes is not in the Watford squad is he injured or left out

Chalobah also missing ...

[sarnian]

Is that Chalobah whose just scored for Chelsea.

[Tabby]

I notice will hughes is not in the Watford squad is he injured or left out

Hughes has been with the u23's all preseason.

[FFC1987]

I'd absolutely love Obafemi with us. Rapid, strong but very raw. Great for squad depth.

[Deeping_white]

Is that Chalobah whose just scored for Chelsea.

No that would be his brother

[Caedal]

I might be in the minority but I really want Seri and Anguissa to stay

[Statto]

I might be in the minority but I really want Seri and Anguissa to stay

Think most would if it was economically viable

I think Seri may stay. Surely he's more valuable to us as a quality CM (which we lack) than the pittance anyone is going to pay for him

[Deeping_white]

I might be in the minority but I really want Seri and Anguissa to stay

Think most would if it was economically viable

I think Seri may stay. Surely he's more valuable to us as a quality CM (which we lack) than the pittance anyone is going to pay for him

+1 - it'll cost more than the £2m rumoured fee to replace him with someone of adequate quality, and I know he's on bigger wages but against a bunch of cloggers like Hudds it was so easy to see how having a deep lying playmaker to move the ball about will aid us in the absence of TC, who can't be too far away from retiring with the state of his knee. Either that or we do get rid of him and swap him for Grimes who can do a similar job and might also be okay against more physical + high press teams teams (who I would probably not want Seri as a sole DM against, which isn't a criticism of him because it's not his playstyle)

[Deeping_white]

https://twitter.com/sporting160_en/status/1426830008945946629?s=21

Apparently we're interested in this guy who plays as a DM for Sporting

[unionist_ffc]

http://sportwitness.co.uk/fulham-will-present-offer-signing-beginning-week-interesting-deal-works/

are we broke? we are trying to convince sporting to let him sign for us on a free transfer

[Deeping_white]

http://sportwitness.co.uk/fulham-will-present-offer-signing-beginning-week-interesting-deal-works/

are we broke? we are trying to convince sporting to let him sign for us on a free transfer

Well the article says that he's not currently playing for them so perhaps it's a case of trying to get a player we think can contribute from a team that don't want him - giving a sell on % means that they'll get money for him if the transfer pays off and he does well for us, and we get another FFP workaround and another player in the squad

[General]

https://twitter.com/sporting160_en/status/1426830008945946629?s=21

Apparently we're interested in this guy who plays as a DM for Sporting

He's less tried and tested than Muniz though and 3 years older. Hasn't played a single game for Sporting only 30 for their B team in a lower league. Not sure I see much point. Surely he'd have made a breakthrough if he had top talent.

Wonder if the "free" part is with a view to signing him as a loan. Can't see how he'd be expected to come in and be a starter with Reed here and so far Anguissa still too. We need someone who can come in and do well not only at this level but with a view to being able to make the step up.

[MickyAdamsFamily]

Would seem to be comparable to Onomah's situation with Parker and Spurs, where the manager knew and worked with the player as a youth, and feels that he understands and his potential, which hadn't been fully realized at his previous club. For what it's worth, I thought Onomah played really well yesterday, and looked good against Boro, too.

[RAY Rock]

Makes Jan Molby look like a fitness freak. It would take a whole season to get Bruno Paz  match fit