Gyökeres Bids (2 Viewers)

[stevefloyd]

£15m would be more than fair, to expect £25m is madness IMO, nobody would pay that

Why not £25m? We stand to lose more than that if we don't get promoted and unless we happen upon another above average striker its a backward step for us to sell our best players including our top scorer

 

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[SlowerThanPlatt]

Why not £25m? We stand to lose more than that if we don't get promoted and unless we happen upon another above average striker its a backward step for us to sell our best players including our top scorer

I don’t think getting promoted is on the clubs agenda

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

Typical Texan exaggeration !

£15m - increase by £5m = £25m !!

Pasta has increased by 50% over the past year.... so, I make it up from £15m to £22.5m

 

[Grendel]

Why not £25m? We stand to lose more than that if we don't get promoted and unless we happen upon another above average striker its a backward step for us to sell our best players including our top scorer

Because no one will pay that much who’d want him

 

[covcity4life]

Both gyok and hamer prob go for around 5 to 10m.

A tidy profit indeed.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Because no one will pay that much who’d want him

The clubs linked at the moment are Middlesbrough and Fulham

 

[clint van damme]

Both gyok and hamer prob go for around 5 to 10m.

A tidy profit indeed.

Why would we let Vik go that cheaply given the fees paid for Watkins and McBurnie?
I'm resigned to him going but I'll be fuming if we let him go that cheaply.

 

[Grendel]

The clubs linked at the moment are Middlesbrough and Fulham

hardly blowing £25m

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

It’s a pretty incredible development from 18 months ago, when he arrived here on loan.
A £1m signing to £10m within a year .... even by Argentinian inflation standards that’s a significant increase in value

 

[Liquid Gold]

It’d be a gut punch for him to leave. He’s a great player and I would like to see him in a Cov shirt some more.

Selling players for hefty profits and reinvesting is how we need to develop though. It’s what eventually got Brentford promoted.

 

[NorthernWisdom]

Doesn't have to be he goes to a UK club of course... surely midrange Bundesliga is appropriate?

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

hardly blowing £25m

And Fulham just looking for cover for Mitrovic

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Why would we let Vik go that cheaply given the fees paid for Watkins and McBurnie?
I'm resigned to him going but I'll be fuming if we let him go that cheaply.

Both players scored more than Gyokeres and are British.

The respective clubs they played for also were in stronger negotiating positions than we currently are at the point of each sale.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Doesn't have to be he goes to a UK club of course... surely midrange Bundesliga is appropriate?

Not much money there apart from the top 4

 

[Evo1883]

Should the lad be sold for 10 plus ,that would be an incredible return on our investment .. we just have to hope a hefty sum of that is put pack in

 

[NorthernWisdom]

Not much money there apart from the top 4

The likes of Rankfurt aren't great though, but are now Europa League winners. It's not like that'll turn them into title challengers, but will mean they'll have some cash. I don't know how much VAG are fnding Wolfsburg nowadays, but there's another.

Then we can head into Belgium and have 2-3 clubs, can even add Celtic and Rangers etc etc.

Now I'm not saying any of those specific clubs are remotely interested(!) and probably most would laugh in my face at the thought, but there are enough teams in Europe of a middling level who might want to take a punt, that his options aren't just limited to this country,

 

[clint van damme]

Both players scored more than Gyokeres and are British.

The respective clubs they played for also were in stronger negotiating positions than we currently are at the point of each sale.

There's not much in their records, and clubs have clearly identified viks other attributes.

Yes, Swansea and Brentford were in better positions than us financially but things aren't as desperate as they were a few years ago.
We should be holding out for top dollar.

 

[Grendel]

It’d be a gut punch for him to leave. He’s a great player and I would like to see him in a Cov shirt some more.

Selling players for hefty profits and reinvesting is how we need to develop though. It’s what eventually got Brentford promoted.

Brentford having a wage bill of £40 million and an unsecured loan of £100 million from there owner got them promoted

 

[Evo1883]

The likes of Rankfurt aren't great though, but are now Europa League winners. It's not like that'll turn them into title challengers, but will mean they'll have some cash. I don't know how much VAG are fnding Wolfsburg nowadays, but there's another.

Then we can head into Belgium and have 2-3 clubs, can even add Celtic and Rangers etc etc.

Now I'm not saying any of those specific clubs are remotely interested(!) and probably most would laugh in my face at the thought, but there are enough teams in Europe of a middling level who might want to take a punt, that his options aren't just limited to this country,

Vik would do extremely well in the SPL I'd imagine .

 

[Evo1883]

I just think he's the sort of player that would fit in well at west ham or crystal Palace , with further development

 

[clint van damme]

Vik would do extremely well in the SPL I'd imagine .

No Scottish club is paying 10 million plus for a player.

 

[clint van damme]

I just think he's the sort of player that would fit in well at west ham or crystal Palace , with further development

Palace I could see being interested.

 

[Evo1883]

No Scottish club is paying 10 million plus for a player.

I agree

 

[NorthernWisdom]

Vik would do extremely well in the SPL I'd imagine .

I reckon he'd do extremely well in Germany too (already has at a lower level!) or a Dutch team. France would be a surprise for both him and them I reckon!

 

[Philosorapter]

I still think if we can get a decent strike partner of equal calibre to him, then his value will rocket up even more.

 

[Northeast sky blue]

Palace I could see being interested.

Or someone like Southampton

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Or someone like Southampton

They deserve a bit of luck after Adam Armstrong…

 

[SleepyGinger]

Going to Middlesbrough would be hard to take

 

[Evo1883]

They deserve a bit of luck after Adam Armstrong…

Vik has so many attributes that Adam doesn't, it's no surprise Adam is struggling at the top .. vik would be a different ball game for me

 

[Evo1883]

Going to Middlesbrough would be hard to take

Can't see it unless They are willing to pay the money ...then fair enough

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Going to Middlesbrough would be hard to take

They stumped up the cash for Rhodes and Assambalonga in the Championship (and Forest are a bigger club)

 

[Grendel]

Why would we let Vik go that cheaply given the fees paid for Watkins and McBurnie?
I'm resigned to him going but I'll be fuming if we let him go that cheaply.

Watkins was more established and went to a premier club

Also we have to sell to build the squad

 

[Sick Boy]

Vik would do extremely well in the SPL I'd imagine .

It would be a step backwards for his career.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Brentford having a wage bill of £40 million and an unsecured loan of £100 million from there owner got them promoted

We just need SISU to put £100m investment into the club then we are the new Brentford

 

[clint van damme]

Watkins was more established and went to a premier club

Also we have to sell to build the squad

He was fairly average for most of his career until he had a very good season and that's when Villa came in.