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Transfer Rumour Bassette to FC Utrecht (3 Viewers)

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SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #386
baldy said:
Hindsight - at the time we signed Bassette,I don't think I'd heard of Riis
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Riis had scored 3 goals against us before we signed Bassette…
 
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baldy

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #387
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Riis had scored 3 goals against us before we signed Bassette…
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Even more reason to block him from my mind then
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #388
Just 20 years old , played under 600 minutes for city .

Plays for Belgium u21s where hes scored 3 in 5 games and already has a senior belgium app to his name

His whole football career is ahead of him still , crazy to write him off
 
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SkyBlueCharlie9

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #389
Not sure if true but a fairly reliable source closeish to club, said Bassette and Binks had a bust up on training ground.
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #390
SkyBlueCharlie9 said:
Not sure if true but a fairly reliable source closeish to club, said Bassette and Binks had a bust up on training ground.
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Ding, ding, your ITK points are stacking up nicely.
 

SkyBlueCharlie9

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #391
Captain Dart said:
Ding, ding, your ITK points are stacking up nicely.
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No I'll never be an ITK. Just a fella who got chatting on train from London Bridge to Milwall recently. Think he was an accountant on board in past, who tried to buy club and sure plenty on here know of him. Mr Byng was his name I believe.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #392
Evo1883 said:
Just 20 years old , played under 600 minutes for city .

Plays for Belgium u21s where hes scored 3 in 5 games and already has a senior belgium app to his name

His whole football career is ahead of him still , crazy to write him off
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Absolutely mad our fans. This fella if gets his head down had the potential to do anything.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #393
Unfortunately the fact they have a buy option means his future is done here. No doubt he has potential but something has happened and Frank wants him out of the club.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #394
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Unfortunately the fact they have a buy option means his future is done here. No doubt he has potential but something has happened and Frank wants him out of the club.
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Doesn't the player still have a choice? If they exercise option but he says no I want another crack at cov then he stays
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #395
Londonccfcfan said:
Absolutely mad our fans. This fella if gets his head down had the potential to do anything.
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Anything except stay onside maybe
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #396
covcity4life said:
Doesn't the player still have a choice? If they exercise option but he says no I want another crack at cov then he stays
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if he does well and is loved there i’d expect him to want to move. especially if they get promoted
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #397
covcity4life said:
Doesn't the player still have a choice? If they exercise option but he says no I want another crack at cov then he stays
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I highly doubt he will want to play here as long as FL is in charge.
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #398
Yes, option to buy is the key. Means we are happy for him to go. He had something about him. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if he did well in time. But I don’t think it will be with us.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #399
Brighton Sky Blue said:
I highly doubt he will want to play here as long as FL is in charge.
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Things change very quickly in football. A year is a very long time.
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #400
Cally Fedora said:
Yes, option to buy is the key. Means we are happy for him to go. He had something about him. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if he did well in time. But I don’t think it will be with us.
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Be interesting of he scores 20 plus goals and gets off the mark in international football.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #401
Londonccfcfan said:
Things change very quickly in football. A year is a very long time.
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Of course, though giving the option to buy has taken it out of our hands.
 
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wingy

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #402
SkyBlueCharlie9 said:
No I'll never be an ITK. Just a fella who got chatting on train from London Bridge to Milwall recently. Think he was an accountant on board in past, who tried to buy club and sure plenty on here know of him. Mr Byng was his name I believe.
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A QS from the rail industry, knows lots about Chinese companies involved in engineering /construction.
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #403
Londonccfcfan said:
Be interesting of he scores 20 plus goals and gets off the mark in international football.
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I would say miraculous
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #404
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Of course, though giving the option to buy has taken it out of our hands.
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How does it work? Does this mean a fee has already been agreed?
 

Captain Dart

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #405
Terry_dactyl said:
How does it work? Does this mean a fee has already been agreed?
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I don't think there is any standard, could mean almost anything.
 
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wingy

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #406
Captain Dart said:
I don't think there is any standard, could mean almost anything.
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Not an option though,so you'd think a ballpark figure had been sorted?
 
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baldy

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #407
Move on from Bassette ffs - he scores in an U-21 game & people think he's gonna be the next Gyokeres - he just looked as raw as fuck for us everytime he played
I couldn't give a shit if he goes
 
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edgy

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #408
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Unfortunately the fact they have a buy option means his future is done here. No doubt he has potential but something has happened and Frank wants him out of the club.
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It's an option not an obligation. The option price will probably be set now. If they don't meet that, he'll be back with us surely.
 

stupot07

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #409
baldy said:
Move on from Bassette ffs - he scores in an U-21 game & people think he's gonna be the next Gyokeres - he just looked as raw as fuck for us everytime he played
I couldn't give a shit if he goes
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I think that's the problem, people want him to be the next Gyokeres, he's not that player, he's more of a Jamie Vardy.

And he was going to be raw, he joined us aged 19, Gyokeres was 23 when he joined us with.

Why should people move on, he's technically still our player, and therefore we have an interest in how he does in his loan spell, either for making his move permanently or that he ends up coming back. I'd get it if it was a permanent transfer, but it's a loan, albeit one with potential to become permanent.
 
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SBT

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #410
edgy said:
It's an option not an obligation. The option price will probably be set now. If they don't meet that, he'll be back with us surely.
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We won’t have much use for any player that Reims would pass up the chance to sign.
 

edgy

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #411
SBT said:
We won’t have much use for any player that Reims would pass up the chance to sign.
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Depending on the price set and their circumstances at that point in time, I guess.
 

Captain Dart

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  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #412
edgy said:
It's an option not an obligation. The option price will probably be set now. If they don't meet that, he'll be back with us surely.
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Yep then probably back out on loan again if a fee can't be agreed elsewhere.
 

blunted

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 6, 2025
  • #413
The singularly most important aspect of our recent rise through the divisions has been our team spirit. Without that, a collection of way better players can fail (see Watford in earlier seasons).
I suspect Bassette has a rather high opinion of his own ability that unfortunately has not translated to performances on the pitch. He is young but has not shown the progress you would expect for the time he has been here.
Lampard says he was not in the squad because of performances in training and his showing in pre-season was awful. Our young development players were better.
I think that is the reason why we have tried to move him on. There is no option to buy for all our other young players out on loan.
Switching subjects, I think Raphael needed to toughen up and play those gritty League 1 games to see how he develops. Think that is way better for his development than sitting on the bench or not in the squad for most of the season.
 
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Speedie's Head

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  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #414
Terry_dactyl said:
How does it work? Does this mean a fee has already been agreed?
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We supposedly have an option to recall in Jan, which would trump all other clauses, I suppose. Their option might be no more than first dibs we just don't know. The club made nothing of either of these terms in its statement it was all at the other end.
 
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Gibbo

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  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #415
Evo1883 said:
Just 20 years old , played under 600 minutes for city .

Plays for Belgium u21s where hes scored 3 in 5 games and already has a senior belgium app to his name

His whole football career is ahead of him still , crazy to write him off
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Some players you just know from almost the first kick don't have the brains for top level football. And it is about brains - positional awareness, sense of how the game was flowing - Ryan Howley was one of these. Perfectly good on the ball but never quite in the right place at the right time.

I thought that about Bassette almost immediately. So yes I did write him off. Because it is not easily learned, particularly in a forward. You either have it or you don't. Lineker is the best example, a footballing brain well ahead of his skill level. Bassette just did not have it. And it was glaringly obvious to me at least.

I have no idea why the scouters identified him, and they know a lot more than I ever will.
 
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Sick Boy

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  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #416
covcity4life said:
Doesn't the player still have a choice? If they exercise option but he says no I want another crack at cov then he stays
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I think he's probably pretty desperate to leave.
 

Frostie

Well-Known Member
  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #417
quinn1971 said:
Said the same, don‘t think he ever really got much of a chance but obviously there was a reason for that, liked him, had that bit of a shithouse about him, simms could do with a bit of it, hope he has a good loan and comes back a better player
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He was Lampard's first choice striker to begin with. He started him in 7 of his first 9 games in charge, much to the detriment of the team. Once he finally got dropped, this coincided with our great run of form. He actually gave him too many chances.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #418
Frostie said:
He was Lampard's first choice striker to begin with. He started him in 7 of his first 9 games in charge, much to the detriment of the team. Once he finally got dropped, this coincided with our great run of form. He actually gave him too many chances.
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20 year old kid leading the line, and judged him on 7 games, hope he has a great season on loan, proves us all wrong and comes back a totally different player, not saying he’ll be anywhere as close but Brighton fans were quick to write of gykores and so were we, turned out not bad
 
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skybluecam

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  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #419
Evo1883 said:
Just 20 years old , played under 600 minutes for city .

Plays for Belgium u21s where hes scored 3 in 5 games and already has a senior belgium app to his name

His whole football career is ahead of him still , crazy to write him off
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Are people writing him off?

Personally I think he has something about him and might turn into a good player but at the same time if he has attitude issues and Lampard isn’t a fan I’m perfectly happy to see him gone.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 8, 2025
  • #420
skybluecam said:
Are people writing him off?

Personally I think he has something about him and might turn into a good player but at the same time if he has attitude issues and Lampard isn’t a fan I’m perfectly happy to see him gone.
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Loads are writing him off , just read the thread
 
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