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Transfer Rumour Haji Wright (6 Viewers)

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  • Start date Aug 1, 2023
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oakey

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #841
slowpoke said:
He did say a couple of weeks ago of another 9 coming let’s be honest leaving us all scratching our heads a bit, I’m losing count but think we have had five since that statement, can’t keep up what a close season we are having.
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I think 3 have come in since the "another ten" remark, Thomas, Van Ewijk, Binks. Await correction
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #842
skyblue93 said:
Fenerbahce tried to sign Wright earlier this summer. They were in the Europa League knockout stages last season.
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Funnily and interview with Fenerbahe this morning

Haji Wright also confirmed his news to me, our board of directors. We made a certain offer. Since our name is FENERBAHÇE, they asked for extra money, so we gave up. Now we got the DZEKO that Haji Wright would like to take a picture with, for the same coins @leventumiterol

 
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Fysnkysc

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #843
I’m not worried about him flopping I’m more worried about the club committing to much money, will leave us broke for January and could cause us issues down the line.
 
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Winny the Bish

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #844
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Funnily and interview with Fenerbahe this morning

Haji Wright also confirmed his news to me, our board of directors. We made a certain offer. Since our name is FENERBAHÇE, they asked for extra money, so we gave up. Now we got the DZEKO that Haji Wright would like to take a picture with, for the same coins @leventumiterol

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Feel like this needs shouting:

FENERBAHCE'S PLAN A WAS HAJI WRIGHT

PLAN B WAS EDIN FUCKING DZEKO
 
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Evo1883

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #845
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Funnily and interview with Fenerbahe this morning

Haji Wright also confirmed his news to me, our board of directors. We made a certain offer. Since our name is FENERBAHÇE, they asked for extra money, so we gave up. Now we got the DZEKO that Haji Wright would like to take a picture with, for the same coins @leventumiterol

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He's 37 though
 
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The watchmaker

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #846
SIR ERNIE said:
He bangs in 5 in his first 5 games and the same people will be the first to say he's worth £15m.
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...and if he doesn't - we can boo him! :S
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #847
skyblue93 said:
Feel like this needs shouting:

FENERBAHCE'S PLAN A WAS HAJI WRIGHT

PLAN B WAS EDIN FUCKING DZEKO
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Yeah exactly. Why is Wright better than Dzeko? Age, room to grow and value will grow over time. Edin is 37 years old and higher wages
 

TomRad85

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #848
oakey said:
I think 3 have come in since the "another ten" remark, Thomas, Van Ewijk, Binks. Await correction
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Correct. I will keep updating the countdown thread to keep the pressure up.
 
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Mcbean

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #849
If he is coming and I am not entirely convinced yet he will need settling in so we are not going to see him for Lester or maybe 3 games
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #850
shmmeee said:
But at what level to justify a fucking massive fee? For £9m I’d want someone who hadn’t flopped at similar levels before. He’s a gamble and the price should reflect that.
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Unlike you to not be a little bit optimistic
Who do you think isn’t considering the risk correctly
 

slowpoke

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #851
Grendel said:
Depends if it substitutes from pay on the gate customers doesn’t it?
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I agree there, which is one reason 4500+ away fans are allowed, thats worth well over 2 million+ a year, we need that.
Think our walk-up could be over 5000 which imo why the club need to look at opening some of those blocks in the south stand.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #852
shmmeee said:
But USA are crap. Kastaneer was an international, it doesn’t mean anything on its own.

I’d agree we need to move on, but £9m is a fee I’d pay for him having scored 15-20 at a similar level. He’s a £2-3M gamble with a finished article price tag. He cost less than £2m a year ago.
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They’re the 11th ranked team in the world
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #853
Kizz said:
I’m not worried about him flopping I’m more worried about the club committing to much money, will leave us broke for January and could cause us issues down the line.
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I'd like to think the club have done some forecasting and are not planning on a shit or bust season.
 
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Fysnkysc

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #854
Ccfcisparks said:
I'd like to think the club have done some forecasting and are not planning on a shit or bust season.
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covcity4life

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #855
shmmeee said:
But at what level to justify a fucking massive fee? For £9m I’d want someone who hadn’t flopped at similar levels before. He’s a gamble and the price should reflect that.
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If he scores near 20 for us next few years we prob can sell for 20m again. Stop panicking
 
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djr8369

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #856
Ccfcisparks said:
I'd like to think the club have done some forecasting and are not planning on a shit or bust season.
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Well they know they’ve got the season ticket money trickling in for example which is guaranteed income.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #857
djr8369 said:
Well they know they’ve got the season ticket money trickling in for example which is guaranteed income.
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I'd like to think that a lot of the operating costs will be covered by these sorts of things
 

Senior Vick from Alicante

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #858
Blind-Faith said:
Can’t we all just appreciate the fact we’re in a position to be spending 9m on a player? Where were we 8 years ago?

I’m hoping he turns out to be the USA version of Adebola! With more goals of course
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The whole shooting match wasnt worth 9 million back then.
 

kg82

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #859
Grendel said:
Wages were well over a million a month when we weren’t playing - that’s always the issue - the fees are one thing - it’s the wage bill that needs funding consistently over time
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Whose wage bill was over a million a month?
 

Calista

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #860
Finham said:
Those at the start of this thread (although I realise you are being sarcastic). Sorry I've pissed you and everyone else off, I just think it's a huge gamble for that amount of money. I've said I really hope he proves me wrong, not sure what more people want.
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What sarcasm? It was a genuine question. You say "90% of them are him miscontrolling, diving, missing the target or taking the wrong option". I didn't think it could possibly be the videos posted on here, so wondered if you'd found something else.

I can't see any of that, so I'm baffled by your comment. Maybe you mean the bit where he goes to ground by the near touchline, having beaten his man and had his shirt pulled?

Look, I can't possibly know whether he'll adapt and be a force in the Championship but he has pace, strength and good movement. He's scored plenty of goals and comes across as an intelligent guy and a team player. How those videos could make you write him off is beyond me.

Edit: I feared that the only extra striker we brought in might be a loanee kid, and we'd have to rely entirely on Simms for the whole season. This signing is a big boost as far as I'm concerned.
 
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Frostie

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #861
djr8369 said:
Absolutely but some fans will quickly criticise players when they make mistakes. Even when what he tries doesn’t come off he’s a handful, much like Gyok.
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Especially when they come with a hefty price tag or relatively high wages, creates an unfair expectation on them. People turned against Waghorn far quicker than they might normally have done due to his rumoured salary.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #862
Calista said:
What sarcasm? It was a genuine question. You say "90% of them are him miscontrolling, diving, missing the target or taking the wrong option". I didn't think it could possibly be the videos posted on here, so wondered if you'd found something else.

I can't see any of that, so I'm baffled by your comment. Maybe you mean the bit where he goes to ground by the near touchline, having beaten his man and had his shirt pulled?

Look, I can't possibly know whether he'll adapt and be a force in the Championship but he has pace, strength and good movement. He's scored plenty of goals and comes across as an intelligent guy and a team player. How those videos could make you write him off is beyond me.

Edit: I feared that the only extra striker we brought in might be a loanee kid, and we'd have to rely entirely on Simms for the whole season. This signing is a big boost as far as I'm concerned.
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Yeah I like the fact we have 2 marquee forwards with Godden and hopefully someone else to support. Gives us 4 strikers to mix things up. Also, Haji can play up front on his on. More of a Vik direct replacement v Simms.
 
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Grendel

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #863
kg82 said:
Whose wage bill was over a million a month?
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Ours.
 

Skyblueweeman

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #864
Grendel said:
Ours.
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Really? Didn't that article posted yesterday state that our wage bill is about £4m or something like that?

I think I read that that article wasn't 100% accurate but I don't for a second believe our wage bill is over £1m a month (or was). Top earner on £20k? You'd need 50 of those to hit a million a year.
 
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kg82

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #865
Grendel said:
Ours.
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Who are we counting in that wage bill? Everyone? Directors to car park attendants? If it’s just the playing side there is no way it’s a million a month.
 

ccfcricoh

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #866
im sure i remember total wage bill in the last accounts was over £15m. so over £1m a month, we have well over 100 staff
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #867
Skyblueweeman said:
Really? Didn't that article posted yesterday state that our wage bill is about £4m or something like that?

I think I read that that article wasn't 100% accurate but I don't for a second believe our wage bill is over £1m a month (or was). Top earner on £20k? You'd need 50 of those to hit a million a year.
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Its everyone employed by the club.
 

kg82

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #868
Ccfcisparks said:
Its everyone employed by the club.
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Then that’s fair enough. I thought playing/coaching and non-playing staff would be separate.
 
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slowpoke

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #869
It will be a million month+ easyily, but unlike last year and before our income has risen substantially, in terms of transfer fees we are still spending the Gyokeres money and hopefully have a decent chunk left.

The wage bill will be from tea lady to Robins.
 

Gibbo

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #870
...maybe we are already spending the Hamer money?
 

slowpoke

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #871
oakey said:
I think 3 have come in since the "another ten" remark, Thomas, Van Ewijk, Binks. Await correction
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You might be correct, six or seven to go then, at my age I can’t take all this excitement.
 

Calista

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #872
Skyblueweeman said:
Really? Didn't that article posted yesterday state that our wage bill is about £4m or something like that?

I think I read that that article wasn't 100% accurate but I don't for a second believe our wage bill is over £1m a month (or was). Top earner on £20k? You'd need 50 of those to hit a million a year.
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Not trying to be funny, but are you getting months, years and weeks mixed up?
 

Skyblueweeman

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #873
Ccfcisparks said:
Its everyone employed by the club.
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Ah ok, I thought it was playing staff only.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #874
Frostie said:
Especially when they come with a hefty price tag or relatively high wages, creates an unfair expectation on them. People turned against Waghorn far quicker than they might normally have done due to his rumoured salary.
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It's as if the player set his own transfer fee or it is somehow an intrinsic part of him

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
 
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Aug 2, 2023
  • #875
Calista said:
Not trying to be funny, but are you getting months, years and weeks mixed up?
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Sorry, in that example, yes. I meant '50 of those to get £1m a month', not years.
 
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