The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2021/22

[Blawarmy]

Isnt that the 4th bid of 2.5m that we've put in? They rejected the other 3 so....

Apparently we bid £2 million before but the figures are different everywhere. It seems a new bid was recently put in though.

[Count Flapula]

Anguissa for £15m total isn't great business, but it is a depressed market and should provide a fair amount of FFP space that we may be able to take advantage of in January.

We won't be able to take advantage of it in January unless they choose to sign him permanently in January, which is very unlikely to happen.

Realistic best case is this has freed up £2-3m from wages being paid by Napoli. Highly doubt there is a loan fee involved as we are not in a strong bargaining position.

Ligue 1 agents really pulled our pants down in summer 2018... Anguissa at  (reported?) £30m grossly overpriced whether we paid for "potential" or not. If we were paying £30m for potential, we should have offered a smaller base with potential add-ons to take it to £30m if he met those targets. He is a good player but we overpaid, simple as.

What did we pay for MLM and Seri combined? Seri coming good finally but Zambo and Nice transfers were an absolutely criminal overspend.

[lomotd]

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Seems very cheap for a decent English player - surely we can stump up 4/5m for him if that's what is needed

Contract expires at the end of the season so they'd risk losing him on a free, hence the (surprisingly) low price.

[PaulJ123]

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Seems very cheap for a decent English player - surely we can stump up 4/5m for him if that's what is needed

Contract expires at the end of the season so they'd risk losing him on a free, hence the (surprisingly) low price.

Ahhh makes sense, thanks.

[Maidstone Lee]

https://twitter.com/sportspeteo/status/1432717715467378688

[3 Cherries]

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Seems very cheap for a decent English player - surely we can stump up 4/5m for him if that's what is needed

Contract expires at the end of the season so they'd risk losing him on a free, hence the (surprisingly) low price.

We should just pay the 4M and stop pissing about

[DevonFFC]

Fulham are exploring a late loan move for Newcastle United defender Emil Krafth as they look to bring in a new right-back before the transfer window shuts. #FFC #NUFC #DeadlineDay

[unionist_ffc]

Peter O Rorule is reliable

[rusty shackleford]

99% of Newcastle fans are offering to drive him here. Wonderful

[Statto]

Anguissa for £15m total isn't great business, but it is a depressed market and should provide a fair amount of FFP space that we may be able to take advantage of in January.

We won't be able to take advantage of it in January unless they choose to sign him permanently in January, which is very unlikely to happen.

Realistic best case is this has freed up £2-3m from wages being paid by Napoli. Highly doubt there is a loan fee involved as we are not in a strong bargaining position.

Ligue 1 agents really pulled our pants down in summer 2018... Anguissa at  (reported?) £30m grossly overpriced whether we paid for "potential" or not. If we were paying £30m for potential, we should have offered a smaller base with potential add-ons to take it to £30m if he met those targets. He is a good player but we overpaid, simple as.

What did we pay for MLM and Seri combined? Seri coming good finally but Zambo and Nice transfers were an absolutely criminal overspend.

He was, like Mitroglou, a good player but not the right signing at the right time for us. The subtle issues an experienced DOF would have known (needing time to adjust, not being disciplined enough to play DM on his own, etc) but our naive rookie DOF missed. But actually I think the fact he can still command a fee like £15m now he's 3 years older, on a relatively short contract and we're motivated to sell, shows that actually he was worth the £25m we paid for him at the time.

[DevonFFC]

99% of Newcastle fans are offering to drive him here. Wonderful

They have always been renowned for their generosity those geordies 

[DevonFFC]

Hector is trying to get a move away from Fulham

[Blawarmy]

99% of Newcastle fans are offering to drive him here. Wonderful

I've only seen 1 Newcastle fan say that

[Blawarmy]

Hector is trying to get a move away from Fulham

With our injury prone CBs we need him for backup

[Fernhurst]

Good to see our ex youngsters moving up the leagues.

Blackburn sign Tayo Edun on permanent deal from Lincoln

[rusty shackleford]

99% of Newcastle fans are offering to drive him here. Wonderful

I've only seen 1 Newcastle fan say that

Yeah, the rest of them are just celebrating wildly. In fact I only seen 1 saying he was decent

[MickyAdamsFamily]

i actually remember watching Emil Krafth from the Euros. I thought he stood out as a pretty good player for Sweden

[Count Flapula]

He was, like Mitroglou, a good player but not the right signing at the right time for us. The subtle issues an experienced DOF would have known (needing time to adjust, not being disciplined enough to play DM on his own, etc) but our naive rookie DOF missed. But actually I think the fact he can still command a fee like £15m now he's 3 years older, on a relatively short contract and we're motivated to sell, shows that actually he was worth the £25m we paid for him at the time.

He was - and is - a good player. Worth £25m (if that's what we paid) - at the time we bought him? More palatable than that £30m mentioned by someone else earlier and I don't totally disagree, but still not worth £25m up front IMO as he was very raw still - maybe worth up to £25m total including add-on payments IF he met specific targets / reached his potential . I'd suggest at the very least our offer was structured completely wrong, so still maintain we were somewhat fleeced by agents/clubs in France that summer.

With regards to your passage above highlighted in bold, I appreciate what you're saying but he's still only 25 now so barely in his peak years yet, if at all - plus has effectively 3 years left on his contract with us, so to be forced to sell him for £10m less than we paid at that profile after 2 full Prem seasons and a season playing in La Liga is hugely disappointing. Appreciate it's a completely different market now due to COVID/us needing to satisfy FFP considerations. That said, it's quite a heavy loss considering his remaining contract length and age.

[We Are Premier League]

i actually remember watching Emil Krafth from the Euros. I thought he stood out as a pretty good player for Sweden

In addition to covering for Tete, he has also played a bit at CB so could be the 5th CB if Hector leaves

[ZM15]

99% of Newcastle fans are offering to drive him here. Wonderful

So did a lot of Lyon fans say the same thing when we bought Tete. Sometimes a new team could help change things up...