Gyokeres Deal Details (1 Viewer)

[steve cooper]

Strange, because in the summer people were saying we wouldn't even get £10M for him because he only had 1 year left on his contract and could talk to other clubs in January.

 

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[Frank Sidebottom]

Chelsea paid 40 million for Cole Palmer who played 19 time for Man City in 3 years. Your argument is invalid.

The important thing is we reinvested the money well.

 

[Alkhen]

How much do you think he's currently worth?

Irrelevant we either sold then or pissed him off and lost him for free.

We squeezed the max out of the deal to the point that Prem teams moaned that we were asking too much.

 

[MalcSB]

Who 3 months later is being valued at 60-70 million. Does that not just slightly frustrate you and make you wonder what might have been?

What is going on in people's lives that makes them so timid, accepting and passive.

To be fair, his goals this season seem to show an improvement in, and a higher quality of, finishing, something he was regularly criticised for on this site.

 

[skybluecam]

Who 3 months later is being valued at 60-70 million. Does that not just slightly frustrate you and make you wonder what might have been?

What is going on in people's lives that makes them so timid, accepting and passive.

IF we'd been promoted and IF he'd kept scoring at a similar rate in the Prem he might have been worth that much.

But neither of those things came true, so it was a good deal for us.

If a lottery ticket's a winner it might be worth a million quid, doesn't mean I can flog mine for that much before the draw!

 

[fernandopartridge]

Who 3 months later is being valued at 60-70 million. Does that not just slightly frustrate you and make you wonder what might have been?

What is going on in people's lives that makes them so timid, accepting and passive.

His value was impaired by the fact he had 12 months left on his contract

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[SlowerThanPlatt]

Really? His value has doubled in 3 months. If we'd have got promoted we could have sold him for 50-60.

Well if his value has doubled it’s because he’s playing for one of the best teams in a second rate league, not the Premier League we would have been promoted to.

 

[MalcSB]

Really? His value has doubled in 3 months. If we'd have got promoted we could have sold him for 50-60.

Would we have sold him if we had been promoted?

 

[Cally Fedora]

He may have stayed. But equally I don’t think he gets you more than 10-12 Prem goals.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Would we have sold him if we had been promoted?

Probably would have signed a new deal with a relegation clause, likewise Hamer.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

That's a strange comment. He wasn't worth £60m and wouldn't have been had we been promoted. It might have gone up had he had a great season in the Premier League but he may not have stayed even if we had gone up. No-ne would pay £60m for a player unproven in a top league. I would be surprised if he got to £60m even if he has a great season for Sporting. We got a very good deal for him I think and to get a bit more if he does well would be excellent too

Likewise, had we got promoted, we would have been favourites for relegation so we’d be in a position where we’d be unlikely to command a large fee.

In preseason I was banging the drum about how Gyo wouldn’t go to Lisbon over Prem teams. Actually, going to Lisbon makes a lot of sense as he can showcase himself a lot better than at the likes of Crystal Palace, West Ham, Brentford and so on.

We got a really good deal for Gyokeres in the circumstances. It’s possible Gyokeres may have wanted to leave had we got promoted in any case.

 

[Theonlywayisskyblue]

And an £88m release clause - enough for another record striker siging when they sell him !

 

[shmmeee]

Would we have sold him if we had been promoted?

I think he was always off. Even promoted we couldn’t offer him European football.

 

[The Philosopher]

I think he was always off. Even promoted we couldn’t offer him European football.

He was asked at a recorded fans forum:

“Are you staying”

“If we are in the Premier league” was his reply.

He strikes me as the kind of bloke to give a straight answer and stick to it. He probably missed out the “as long as you pay me bundles” bit but yes, I think he would have if the money was right.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

He was asked at a recorded fans forum:

“Are you staying”

“If we are in the Premier league” was his reply.

He strikes me as the kind of bloke to give a straight answer and stick to it. He probably missed out the “as long as you pay me bundles” bit but yes, I think he would have if the money was right.

Staying and signing a new contract are two different things. He certainly wouldn’t have forced a move like he did in the end, but equally, wasn’t guaranteed to sign new terms.

 

[sw88]

We sold a 60 million quid player for 20 million. Great deal.

but also a player in the final year of his contract who we risked losing for nothing, so £20m+ is still a decent deal no matter the spin put on it

 

[The Philosopher]

but also a player in the final year of his contract who we risked losing for nothing, so £20m+ is still a decent deal no matter the spin put on it

Poor Dabo.

He must know how much that kick cost us.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Poor Dabo.

He must know how much that kick cost us.

It would have gone round to sudden death again even if he scored