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I’d accepted we’d seen Gyokeres for the last time after Dabo missed the penalty. Hamer too, but I have hope we’re willing to spend the money to get him to extend his contract. Which, I’d have 100% taken because Hamer was our MVP in the playoffs and in the last month of the season. Plus, I don’t...

Remember when McNulty scored all those goals for us in L2 to end up being in the reserves for Reading? L2 players are very rarely ready to make the jump up to the Championship.

Even if we sign 1-2 wingers, we’re not likely to change formation. 3-4-2-1 / 3-4-3 are more or less the same formation and my guess would be Sakamoto would be deployed on the right side cutting in. That is, my first impression of the highlights of a player I’d never heard of until now so I...

It’s something Robins had been saying we’re trying to replicate since we got promoted back to the Championship. We’ve had a clear out and starting again fresh. Losing Gyokeres is a blow, but if we’re actually getting a good chunk of that money to spend, it’ll be business very well done. I may...

Robins did say at the tail end of last season that we were looking at some really good players (regardless of playoff outcome). Signing Simms for [up to] £8m and this guy for €2m and potentially McNally on a permanent… What is going on?! Coventry City splashing the cash? Never in my lifetime.

Very, very wishful thinking…

If we were in for Nick Powell, you’d assume that isn’t the only CM we’re in the market for.

If we’re chasing a game, sure… Our success is built on playing 3 CBs and I can’t see that changing any time soon. We don’t have any wingers to play the 4-2-2-2, 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and so on.

Wow, looks like we’re actually going to spend a significant % of the Gyokeres money… … I’m shocked in a good way!

Sporting Lisbon can’t afford Gyokeres, I am shocked. A 35% sell-on value did see I don’t know why people are panicking, there’s genuine interest in our player and someone will make a better offer than Sporting. Is the charity bet still on? Asking for a friend…

Your wording isn’t as unambiguous as you think. Simply put, you’re wagering in the ‘up front’ amount being below £20m. If reports of a deal with Sporting being ‘close’ you aren’t making a big bold claim. From @Earlsdon_Skyblue1’s POV, it’s a stupid bet to take on for a £5a let alone £250. From...

Agreed. At 24, you’d think Gyokeres has still got development to do and in the Portuguese league, a good opportunity to use it as a stepping stone. Going to the Prem is the ceiling for him in a sense because the next step is either a top-end Prem/European team. As much as I like Gyokeres, I...

Imagine a scenario Sporting sell up for £30-40m and we got an extra £10-14 million… does it not count? Of course it does. 35% sell-on fee would be a seriously good deal given the circumstances. It’s a manipulation of terms that I don’t like. Suppose Sporting packaged the £18m over 2 years...

I weighed in on the point that the transfer package could total more than £20 million down the line. ‘Sold for more than £20m by end of the current transfer window’ - that’s not so unambiguous as to what that actually means. Again, the sell-on clause was negotiated before the end of the window...

Evidently not, we’ve just got some money from Maddison some 7 years. With the add-ons and sell-on fees, it’s likely we’ve doubled the initial fee we got for him in the first place. It’s also very rare for clubs to deal upfront in cash nowadays. Incentives, sell-on clauses and what not are the...

Well, if I paid £250 to charity if lost a bet then the terms of my wager were met, I’d be annoyed. Therefore, if we really want to be finicky, the pay out shouldn’t occur until Lisbon either sold or released Gyokeres. Either way, it’s unlikely we’ll know the true value we’d have got for him.

So what would happen if Sporting sold Gyokeres in the next few seasons and we got a £3-6m (or more) windfall for him? That would take us over the £20m in a transfer fee for Gyokeres. Sell-ons are clearly part of a player’s valuation, albeit it’s a ‘bet’ on a players value increasing. It’s...

£18 and a ‘significant’ sell-on fee is a respectable deal to be honest. It worked out very well with the Maddison and Wilson deals where we got above £5-6m (or thereabouts) for them in the end.

Does he? I just can’t see a scenario where he’d refuse to go to a Prem team if push came to shove. He isn’t a free agent yet. As things stand, Sporting cannot meet our demands, it’s early in the window and one of the Prem teams will step up their interest. I highly doubt we’d be playing hard...

About 2.5 weeks of Hamer’s new wages… Worth it!