Topic: THE NON-LIVERPOOL TRANSFER THREAD

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Not even academy ... he's significantly worse than Pulisic or CHO
Without doubt one of the most mystifying deals of all time

But on the plus side, Chelsea don't get stronger and Everton do get weaker

[rafathegaffa83]

Imagine thinking Anthony Gordon is worth £60m.

[Dim Glas]

Chelsea are doing the reverse Liverpool. Buying up EVERY fucker with little rhyme or reason 
 

[Tokyoite]

£60m for Gordon is mental, jesus. As hilarious as it is though, this going through will fuck up fees even more. Every team will try to sell their dross for triple what they are worth.

[Ray K]

There has to be some sort of financial fair play shenanigans going on for Gordon. There's no way on god's green earth that you'd look at him diving around the place and think 'worth £60m for sure'. It just doesn't make any sense.

If this is the thing that keeps Everton from liquidation I'll never forgive Chelsea.

[The North Bank]

Chelsea are mad , new owner trying to show he’s got the same muscle as Roman, but blowing all his money on shit

[JackWard33]

Imagine thinking Anthony Gordon is worth £60m.

Not trying to be funny but he's worth closer to 6 than 60

[DelTrotter]

This will probably keep Everton up which is sickening really. I know they are shit in the transfer market but even signing an average player would be a huge improvement on him.

Not even sure what Chelsea's plan is. He can't play in their already shit attack as he can't score or create. Is it £60m to back up Reece James?

[Red Beret]

There has to be some sort of financial fair play shenanigans going on for Gordon. There's no way on god's green earth that you'd look at him diving around the place and think 'worth £60m for sure'. It just doesn't make any sense.

If this is the thing that keeps Everton from liquidation I'll never forgive Chelsea.

I'd say it makes it more likely. Losing Gordon weakens Everton and £60m won't put a dent in their debt. They can spend it on players, but they won't spend it wisely. If they go down, they're as good as dead as a viable financial entity. They're already on life support.

[RedBec1993]

Even some of my blue nose mates can’t believe their luck getting 60 million for a player who has 4 goals and 3 assists in 51! Didn’t realise how much they didn’t rate him. It will definitely make them weaker though.

[lionel_messias]

Saka definitely is.

Source?

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Hold on, they're actually paying £60m for that diving twat?, I thought you were all taking the piss, that makes Andy Carroll look like an astute signing!

[Phineus]

60m for Gordon and 70-80m on Fofana, whilst bringing in a 33 year old Aubemayang on what will surely be mad wages, is an interesting transfer policy for sure.

[B0151?]

Well my mates are saying apparently they're rejecting the 60mil and don't want to sell

Not sure who the bigger fools are

Probably Everton considering they could very well get relegated and still haven't even sorted a Richarlison replacement yet

[Dave McCoy]

Both Everton and Leicester are insanely stupid.

[MonsLibpool]

60m for Gordon and 70-80m on Fofana, whilst bringing in a 33 year old Aubemayang on what will surely be mad wages, is an interesting transfer policy for sure.

They are spending so much to stand still or even regress.

[rossipersempre]

Both Everton and Leicester are insanely stupid.

Quite.

[Lone Star Red]

Only Everton would be stupid enough to reject that kind of fee for Gordon.

They could get 2-3 badly needed players in with those funds to actually improve their chances of staying up. Of course, knowing Everton, they'd probably spend that profit on Gueye, Barkley and Maupay.

Edit: Gueye, Barkley and Maupay would actually probably still improve them. 

[Barefoot Doctor]

Both Everton and Leicester are insanely stupid.

You say that, but it’s not stupid in the event that Chelsea come back with even bigger offers, which seems distinctly possible - certainly in Fofana’s case.

[Dave McCoy]

You say that, but it’s not stupid in the event that Chelsea come back with even bigger offers, which seems distinctly possible - certainly in Fofana’s case.

That's only true if that happens. The offers as is are already well above and beyond realistic values for these players unless Football inflation happens further which seems remote in the short-medium term considering the EU/UK economic outlook. If they don't come back with better offers then you're stuck with disgruntled players, probably a disgruntled squad and a worse long term outlook.

[The North Bank]

Everton somehow getting 120m for Richarlison and Gordon . That’s incredible.

[Barefoot Doctor]

That's only true if that happens. The offers as is are already well above and beyond realistic values for these players unless Football inflation happens further which seems remote in the short-medium term considering the EU/UK economic outlook. If they don't come back with better offers then you're stuck with disgruntled players, probably a disgruntled squad and a worse long term outlook.

Yeah, there’s obviously a point where Chelsea pull out. But everyone was calling Everton stupid last week when the £45-50m fee was mooted, and now it’s climbed even higher.

Wouldn’t be surprised on either deal if the sticking point is the structure of the deal - the clubs wanting larger payments up front, pushing back on the suggested add ons etc.

[rafathegaffa83]

Only Everton would be stupid enough to reject that kind of fee for Gordon.

Got to think they are willing to sell. That's an insane amount of money. I think they'll see if they can squeeze better terms out of Chelsea in order to do their last minute shopping

[OOS]

60m on a 21 year old winger who has scored 4 career club goals.

[disgraced cake]

60m on a 21 year old winger who has scored 4 career club goals.

Wildly different circumstances but for me it goes to show how much we got done on Mane for.

[newterp]

Wildly different circumstances but for me it goes to show how much we got done on Mane for.

if it's wildly different circumstances...how did we get done?

[disgraced cake]

if it's wildly different circumstances...how did we get done?

Because he's still one of the top footballers on the planet and probably still has four or five good years ahead of him. 30 million an absolute bargain for Bayern.

Lewandowski only had a year left too but went for about 50 million. He's a full five years older as well.

Problem for me was Bayern was the only team he wanted, seemingly. We probably would have got more if it had been a 'bidding war'

[robertobaggio37]

Nunes looks electrifying for Wolves. Didn't he reject them 1st time as he was waiting for a better team? Boggles mind 

[rafathegaffa83]

Hudson-Odoi joining Leverkusen on loan. He should have left Chelsea years ago

[Dim Glas]

Because he's still one of the top footballers on the planet and probably still has four or five good years ahead of him. 30 million an absolute bargain for Bayern.

Lewandowski only had a year left too but went for about 50 million. He's a full five years older as well.

Problem for me was Bayern was the only team he wanted, seemingly. We probably would have got more if it had been a 'bidding war'

Liverpool did Mane a favour because he let them know early he wanted to leave.

Shame it was to Bayern, the smuggest team in Europe.

Bayern had no intention of doing Lewandowski a favour because he’d been yapping so much and behaving like a prick.

[Agent99]

Nunes looks electrifying for Wolves. Didn't he reject them 1st time as he was waiting for a better team? Boggles mind 

Really wouldn't surprise me if we went for Nunes next season if we miss out on Bellingham. Mendes must have some sort of clause in place to be able to move him on if a bigger club is interested after a good season in the Premier League.

[plura]

Everton somehow getting 120m for Richarlison and Gordon . That’s incredible.

If done well there are surely some really good prospects in the French and Portuguese league to get in. Players like Jonathan Davies, etc that we've looked at. But surely they will waste in on old Man Utd rejects.

[lionel_messias]

If done well there are surely some really good prospects in the French and Portuguese league to get in. Players like Jonathan Davies, etc that we've looked at. But surely they will waste in on old Man Utd rejects.

Jonathan David.

Yes, interesting player, surprised a PL team hasn't pulled the trigger on him. Not even West Ham!

[bird_lfc]

I saw something about Forest signing another player. 29 year old for about 4 million, but then loaning him out to Olympiacos for a year? Unless it’s under hand dealing I fail to see the logic here again

[Garrus]

I saw something about Forest signing another player. 29 year old for about 4 million, but then loaning him out to Olympiacos for a year? Unless it’s under hand dealing I fail to see the logic here again

Same owner for both clubs, so probably a way to skirt some financial regulations in the Greek league.

[Clint Eastwood]

The market is being destroyed by clubs like Chelsea spending so much on average English players. If Gordon is worth £60m, imagine how much other clubs will be demanding for their players. It's already in a poor state with the likes of Declan Rice valued at £150m.

[rossipersempre]

The market is being destroyed by clubs like Chelsea spending so much on average English players. If Gordon is worth £60m, imagine how much other clubs will be demanding for their players. It's already in a poor state with the likes of Declan Rice valued at £150m.

United paid £80m for Harry Maguire in 2019.

[Clint Eastwood]

United paid £80m for Harry Maguire in 2019.

Yep, they're included in this.

[Tobelius]

The market is being destroyed by clubs like Chelsea spending so much on average English players. If Gordon is worth £60m, imagine how much other clubs will be demanding for their players. It's already in a poor state with the likes of Declan Rice valued at £150m.

It's crazy,kind of glad we don't shop in that massively inflated market of homegrown players.

Get them in very young for relatively small fees like Carvalho and Harvey,mould and train them in house seems a more sensible way.

[plura]

It's crazy,kind of glad we don't shop in that massively inflated market of homegrown players.

Get them in very young for relatively small fees like Carvalho and Harvey,mould and train them in house seems a more sensible way.

We could of course sell Elliott and Carvalho for some insane fees if we wanted to now, or in a few seasons. Same goes for the new Scot. So we might not have received any insane fees like £60m for Gordon, but the fee for Ibe, Solanke, Brad Smith were all very favourable to us. Maybe that was a one off with Bournemouth .
But the money we got from Wilson and this year Williams wasn't too bad either.