Tete to Everton merged

[FFC1987]

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. 

Like inception Fulham transfer squad news this! 

[Somerset Fulham]

 

[HV71]

Sorry Somerset but it is hardly " ridiculous " to suggest that the club had options on how they acted a year a go. I fully respect that it is their call - but they did have a choice. Liverpool could have done the same with Trent - but chose not to 

[Somerset Fulham]

But that is what I mean H.  We don't know that they didn't have these conversations last year. Or at least try to?

We just don't know.

[HV71]

But that is what I mean H.  We don't know that they didn't have these conversations last year. Or at least try to?

We just don't know.

Understood- however if he was offered what we believed to be a good deal and he refused we could have publicly announced he was up for sale and we were open to offers. May not have worked but an option nonetheless

[jayffc]

But that is what I mean H.  We don't know that they didn't have these conversations last year. Or at least try to?

We just don't know.

Agreed , people have literally zero idea what did or didnt happen and when, so they pick the one that fits what they want to do .... Dig out the club or be positive about them.

Not worth either speculation to any extreme. we said we wanted to keep him, for whatever reason the 2 parties havent come to terms better than what Everton are offering, on we go.

[Somerset Fulham]

I can't guarantee it because it is impossible to guarantee but if we had sold him last summer for next to nothing there would have been protests. 

[Drewry66]

But that is what I mean H.  We don't know that they didn't have these conversations last year. Or at least try to?

We just don't know.

This is the thing...we may well have done but if only a year left it is in a players interest to let his contract run down so that may well have been the case. If they do they know they go on a free and can demand a huge salary with no fee for the new club to pay. And to be fair to Tete if that has happened it's paid off with noises coming out that Everton are paying him double our offer at £130k a week! If we offered him a small bump to £65k a week last year he may well have thought no I'll just see what offer comes in next year for this reason.

There is also the point for someone like Tete with all the injury probs that we may have wanted to see how that went this year before committing.

Finally from what I remember he wasn't even first choice 23/24 so may not have been as keen to offer a longer deal at that point.

I think the early conversation is far more powerful two years or more before contract expiry (doubt we would have done that with Tete's injury risks). Think we sorted Robinsons extension with a longer time left and lucky we did. Why for me we desperately have to try and extend Muniz this summer. Big incentive for him to sign with two years left and a huge bump from what he's on. If we try next year he'll prob just wait a year and get a massive salary on a free at a big club. By all accounts we are trying with him now so fingers crossed. Think it all depends on the individual situation then.

[Lighthouse]

It has been reported that he was offered a new contract a year ago and better wages and didn't want to know. Not sure how true but this silly speculation that Fulham should have done something earlier is just that. Speculation.

[Jules]

I like Tete, and he's been a good player for us in recent years, but if he goes its not the end of the world. Let's get someone younger in with some quality. Probably to start the season and compete with Castagne for the shirt. All the best to Kenny anyway.

[Angus Telford]

I highly doubt Everton are offering him £130k per week. Personally i reckon difference will be something like a £60k pw 2-year offer from us versus a £70k pw 3-year deal from them.

Funnily enough I don't mind us being firm on this and refusing offer a 30 year old sicknote a generous 3-year deal. The problem for me is we have these economic sinkholes throughout our team after 3-4 seasons of short-sighted transfer business. As discussed on the transfers thread, Bournemouth might lose a few players this summer but they'll get about £200m from those sales for reinvestment. In contrast we could now see Tete, AP,  Cairney and Reed moving on this summer and would probably get £10-15m for the lot.

[Coastwalker]

We offered him a three year deal,he has chosen to go to Everton.
And That's That.

[alfie]

Posted ok sky sports news

Fulham offered Tete three-year deal
Latest from Sky Sports News' Alan Myers, Dharmesh Sheth & Adrian Kajumba:
Sky Sports News understands Kenny Tete was offered a three-year contract by Fulham.
He rejected it in favour of a  likely move to Everton.
Everton are in discussions to sign Tete - however there is still work to do before a deal is complete. 
Tete will become a free agent after his Fulham contract expires at the end of June.

[Drewry66]

Posted ok sky sports news

Fulham offered Tete three-year deal
Latest from Sky Sports News' Alan Myers, Dharmesh Sheth & Adrian Kajumba:
Sky Sports News understands Kenny Tete was offered a three-year contract by Fulham.
He rejected it in favour of a  likely move to Everton.
Everton are in discussions to sign Tete - however there is still work to do before a deal is complete. 
Tete will become a free agent after his Fulham contract expires at the end of June.

So if Sky are correct must have been purely down to them offering more money as he had said end of the season he wanted to stay.

[deadcowboys]

Posted ok sky sports news

Fulham offered Tete three-year deal
Latest from Sky Sports News' Alan Myers, Dharmesh Sheth & Adrian Kajumba:
Sky Sports News understands Kenny Tete was offered a three-year contract by Fulham.
He rejected it in favour of a  likely move to Everton.
Everton are in discussions to sign Tete - however there is still work to do before a deal is complete. 
Tete will become a free agent after his Fulham contract expires at the end of June.

So if Sky are correct must have been purely down to them offering more money as he had said end of the season he wanted to stay.

Replacing his hubcaps every week will no doubt account for the salary increase.

[jayffc]

Posted ok sky sports news

Fulham offered Tete three-year deal
Latest from Sky Sports News' Alan Myers, Dharmesh Sheth & Adrian Kajumba:
Sky Sports News understands Kenny Tete was offered a three-year contract by Fulham.
He rejected it in favour of a  likely move to Everton.
Everton are in discussions to sign Tete - however there is still work to do before a deal is complete. 
Tete will become a free agent after his Fulham contract expires at the end of June.

So if Sky are correct must have been purely down to them offering more money as he had said end of the season he wanted to stay.

In which case would a footballer like Tete really uphaul his life for a small extra amount per week?

Logic suggests it's a significant hike on what we've offered to move to everton. We appear by all rumours to have been exploring our options so hopefully are standing firm because we believe there are good alternative options out there.

Real shame if he does move on as he's been a rock (when available) but all good things come to an end.

One thing to note is it's not signed off yet, so I suppose also possible of course that his agent is using this to get the deal he wants at Fulham. We shall see

[Drewry66]

Posted ok sky sports news

Fulham offered Tete three-year deal
Latest from Sky Sports News' Alan Myers, Dharmesh Sheth & Adrian Kajumba:
Sky Sports News understands Kenny Tete was offered a three-year contract by Fulham.
He rejected it in favour of a  likely move to Everton.
Everton are in discussions to sign Tete - however there is still work to do before a deal is complete. 
Tete will become a free agent after his Fulham contract expires at the end of June.

So if Sky are correct must have been purely down to them offering more money as he had said end of the season he wanted to stay.

In which case would a footballer like Tete really uphaul his life for a small extra amount per week?

Logic suggests it's a significant hike on what we've offered to move to everton. We appear by all rumours to have been exploring our options so hopefully are standing firm because we believe there are good alternative options out there.

Real shame if he does move on as he's been a rock (when available) but all good things come to an end.

Yeah I suspect the uplift vs what we offered is pretty significant. Plenty of rumours saying double our offer. Who knows if true but imagine significant and if so glad we've stood firm as long as we have a good replacement lined up as cant just offer limitless wages. Surprising from an Everton point of view as they have just released a tonne of old players on ridiculous wages which has stuffed them for years for FFP. Not learning then if correct. Just frustrating they have come in as if they hasn't he may well have accepted our offer as may have been the best one out there for him.

[Surlyc]

Disappointing news, as Tete has been very good for us. However he was often injured and this does give us an excellent chance to get younger.

Castagne is perfectly capable of starting the season for us, while a new signing gets up to speed.

[SuffolkWhite]

I like Tete a lot, watched him tame the Chelski wingers a few seasons back at the Bridge.....he was brilliant,but, he has had a few injuries since then and if he stays (at 30) he wouldn't be worth a 3 year contract imo. Shame he's going but I can see some sense in it.

At the end of the day, with any players at Fulham and there contract situation, who really knows the truth, I know I don't!

[The Little Dave]

I highly doubt Everton are offering him £130k per week. Personally i reckon difference will be something like a £60k pw 2-year offer from us versus a £70k pw 3-year deal from them.

Funnily enough I don't mind us being firm on this and refusing offer a 30 year old sicknote a generous 3-year deal. The problem for me is we have these economic sinkholes throughout our team after 3-4 seasons of short-sighted transfer business. As discussed on the transfers thread, Bournemouth might lose a few players this summer but they'll get about £200m from those sales for reinvestment. In contrast we could now see Tete, AP,  Cairney and Reed moving on this summer and would probably get £10-15m for the lot.

I get where you're coming from, it's frustrating to see us potentially lose experienced players like Tete, Cairney, Reed, and AP with very little return. But I'd push back on the idea that Bournemouth's model is inherently better or more sustainable.

Yes, Bournemouth might bring in £150–200m this summer. But that's only because they took on significant upfront financial risk, buying young, unproven players like Kerkez, Semenyo, Zabarnyi, and billing them as "sellable assets." That model works when recruitment hits, but if it doesn't? You're left with a disconnected squad of players with resale value on paper but little cohesion or Premier League survival experience, ask Southampton how that story ends.

Fulham's approach may seem lazy, even dull at times, but it's grounded in squad continuity, dressing-room leadership, and PL stability. Keeping players like Cairney or Reed past their resale peak is a trade-off for reliability. We've avoided relegation and stayed competitive without massive squad churn every summer. That matters.

Could we do better in contract management and timing of sales? Definitely. But there's a big difference between failing to extract maximum value from loyal players and gambling your club's stability on every transfer window. Bournemouth's current profit is the result of a narrow, high-stakes strategy. If just one or two of those signings flopped, we'd be calling it reckless.

Fulham may not top the "net spend" charts, but we're a club with an identity, a spine, and a balanced wage structure. In the long run, that gives us a platform to build sustainably, not just profitably.