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Winter-January 2026 Transfer Window Rumours ...
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Brighton have obviously seen potential there. However, they have a premier league lifestyle, so they can afford 3m on a punt and loan him out to get him up to speed. We don't have that dort of money, and today rusk bringing him into a struggling Championship relegation battle may do his confidence harm while not getting us to safety.
In an ideal world I'd go full on Peterborough and tell them 9m or bugger off. But we don't seem to have their money to enable that sort of behaviour. But we are a selling club so if we can get in a LWB ready to hit the ground running with that money, its a real consideration.2 -
What dimwits are loling this. We quite literally have owners worth several billion and he has a contract until 2028 with an option for a further year.arny23394 said:
Exactly. He also has 2 & a half years left on his contract + a club option for another year. Not to mention our owners being worth billions, so we aren’t desperate for cash.Steven81 said:
Considering brightons track record for finding talent and selling them on for big money surely we have to hard ball them a bit and not fold at the first couple of offers,they have the money and if they don't pay so be it we develop him.arny23394 said:
Brighton: Ok, if 3.5m isn’t enough, how about 5m?raytreacy said:
Absolute nonsense. Mbick has played a handful of games in League One with us and for Colchester in League Two. Suddenly he is going to be in a Premiership squad? I am a regular watcher of Academy football and Mbick is a decent player, but that is all. 4million plus add ons is what we should be asking. Look what happened to Mason Burstow.Red_Chester said:
They rate Mbick very highly and will get him for less than 10 million. What might annoy people too is he will more than likely be in their squad for prem games this season….yet we didn’t recall himForeverAddickted said:Norwich are signing a Norwegian Striker for €7m / Oxford have signed a 26-year old Striker from South Korea whose club turned down bids of £1.5m in the summer from other Championship sides.Brighton have a long way to go before they reach what we should be demanding... £10m minimumThats for the potential alone, let alone addons in my opinion
Charlton: No, we will only take 4m and that’s final.3 -
How many L2 players have been picked for England U20 squads and are strikers?
What are the most recent sales prices of players at his age and frame who are England U20 internationals?
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Mbick has 33 senior appearances, 1 goal against Cray Valley, 1 in the FA Cup for Colchester, 1 in the EFL Trophy and 6 in League 2. Hardly prolific.
i am not saying the potential isn’t there, but can we afford to wait and see? If we go down this year his value will plummet.
if Brighton are offering a deal around 5m, with a sell on and loan back I’d be of a mind to take it on the basis that the fee is invested in the team.6 -
Peterborough lost Mason-Clark for peanuts as he was sold with 6 months left of his contract. They lost Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones on frees in the summer as they out of contract.
There are no clubs which get it right all the time.
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A player id really like us to go for though i doubt he'd be cheap is Naatan Skytta at Kaiserslautern. Plays as a 10 but can play wide also and has looked really lively in Bundesliga 2 this season. A finish international too and only 23.2
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Ricky Jade-Jones scored a great goal for St Pauli at Dortmund on Saturday.killerandflash said:Peterborough lost Mason-Clark for peanuts as he was sold with 6 months left of his contract. They lost Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones on frees in the summer as they out of contract.
There are no clubs which get it right all the time.1 -
When have we ever got it right ?killerandflash said:Peterborough lost Mason-Clark for peanuts as he was sold with 6 months left of his contract. They lost Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones on frees in the summer as they out of contract.
There are no clubs which get it right all the time.1 -
Bonneshine166 said:
When have we ever got it right ?killerandflash said:Peterborough lost Mason-Clark for peanuts as he was sold with 6 months left of his contract. They lost Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones on frees in the summer as they out of contract.
There are no clubs which get it right all the time.16 -
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Which probably suggests we shouldn't be selling to a club like Brighton who obviously have an eye for an even greater sell on profit.FirenzeAddick said:Our model has to be built on player trading for the next stage of club development. The goal has been to be as close to sustainable as possible whilst progressing - if a young youth talent hardly tested in the first team like Mbick can bring in 4-5 million plus a sell on percentage, that’s just sensible business!
We bought the likes of Carey, Kelman and Apter in for the same reason, high ceiling of talent not yet realised. The clubs hope will be that we can sell them in 18 months for a good profit and reinvest.It’s no different to the Nigel’s, Brentford’s, Bournemouth’s and Brighton’s of this world.
Precisely the reason its important to have a good sell on percentage. You are both then getting money in, and protecting future opportunity.3 -
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It would also drop our left foot quota down to near zero, although Soumare of Sheff Utd tried to correct that by forcing Knibbs to become predominantly left footed by trying to amputate his right.ForeverAddickted said:Cawley has confirmed that Maynard-Brewer is attracting transfer interest... Here come Chelsea... As predicted
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I feel like some fans obsess over what the actual fee is but it's what you do with it that matters. We got a good fee for Lookman, but we languished in league 1 for the next 5 years. Bonne we pulled QPR's pants down, but how much did that money really change the club? The last one i can remember is getting 300k (?) for Jenkinson which got reinvested excellently and we won the league 1 title the year after. It's true there may be things like improving our training ground etc, that I've forgotten.12
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Ffs!! 80 posts thought something was on…..nothing!!!!!4
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That was pure robbery ! Not the same as sellimg a youngster for profit though. You could argue Jenkinson was the only one as we spent that money very well, but it was still peanuts.Danny Addick said:
Bonneshine166 said:
When have we ever got it right ?killerandflash said:Peterborough lost Mason-Clark for peanuts as he was sold with 6 months left of his contract. They lost Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones on frees in the summer as they out of contract.
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Bring him back, put him in the bench and let him have some 10 minute cameos so he becomes Championship experienced. His size and movement would keep the opposition defences busy and like Chuks he might even get a goal or two.5
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Why do we need to be recalling any striker, we’ve just bought Dykes and have Matty Godden coming back which is almost like a new signing. If we really want to be recalling anyone it’s Alex Mitchell, having a decent season at L1, played a decent chunk for us last season and could deffo plug a few holes in what is a defence with the structural integrity of a fucking popadom.4
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Yes - but even better to get the benefit of a couple of years from the player and then take all of the profit rather than sharing with Brighton. We have to have confidence in developing and using our own players.FirenzeAddick said:sm said:
Which probably suggests we shouldn't be selling to a club like Brighton who obviously have an eye for an even greater sell on profit.FirenzeAddick said:Our model has to be built on player trading for the next stage of club development. The goal has been to be as close to sustainable as possible whilst progressing - if a young youth talent hardly tested in the first team like Mbick can bring in 4-5 million plus a sell on percentage, that’s just sensible business!
We bought the likes of Carey, Kelman and Apter in for the same reason, high ceiling of talent not yet realised. The clubs hope will be that we can sell them in 18 months for a good profit and reinvest.It’s no different to the Nigel’s, Brentford’s, Bournemouth’s and Brighton’s of this world.
Precisely the reason its important to have a good sell on percentage. You are both then getting money in, and protecting future opportunity.0 -
3 Senior Keeper - 1 Left Back!!MarcusH26 said:AMB linked to Scotland by Cawley but unsure if it will happen as NJ likes to have 3 senior keepers.9 -
He's just getting ready for the new rule where you can play 3 keepers at once and we can stop worrying about that annoying thing called scoring goalsThemightyath2 said:
3 Senior Keeper - 1 Left Back!!MarcusH26 said:AMB linked to Scotland by Cawley but unsure if it will happen as NJ likes to have 3 senior keepers.0 -
I would say try AMB at left LWB, but I’ve never seen a pro footballer make kicking a football look so hard.😬YannTheMann said:
He's just getting ready for the new rule where you can play 3 keepers at once and we can stop worrying about that annoying thing called scoring goalsThemightyath2 said:
3 Senior Keeper - 1 Left Back!!MarcusH26 said:AMB linked to Scotland by Cawley but unsure if it will happen as NJ likes to have 3 senior keepers.0 -
sm said:
Yes - but even better to get the benefit of a couple of years from the player and then take all of the profit rather than sharing with Brighton. We have to have confidence in developing and using our own players.FirenzeAddick said:sm said:
Which probably suggests we shouldn't be selling to a club like Brighton who obviously have an eye for an even greater sell on profit.FirenzeAddick said:Our model has to be built on player trading for the next stage of club development. The goal has been to be as close to sustainable as possible whilst progressing - if a young youth talent hardly tested in the first team like Mbick can bring in 4-5 million plus a sell on percentage, that’s just sensible business!
We bought the likes of Carey, Kelman and Apter in for the same reason, high ceiling of talent not yet realised. The clubs hope will be that we can sell them in 18 months for a good profit and reinvest.It’s no different to the Nigel’s, Brentford’s, Bournemouth’s and Brighton’s of this world.
Precisely the reason its important to have a good sell on percentage. You are both then getting money in, and protecting future opportunity.I would love this to be the case. But maximizing his value relies on us having a better squad around him (requiring investment) and that Mbick himself develops well within a Jones system. We also need to stay in this division and we have to sell at least 12-18 months prior to his deal running out to get maximum value.The same will happen with Fullah before too long.The way we get better at maximizing value is by consolidating and investing at this level.0 -
If the right player becomes available that NJ is convinced will make a difference right now and the Mbick deal can make that happen, i think its worth doing. Be a shame if that's the case though and we don't have owners who can stump up for the right player without having to do that - unless we think what Brighton are offering is way OTT for what MBick is worth.3
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Hope this doesn’t come across in any way, but have you seen any of his performances this season?Clem_Snide said:Mbick has 33 senior appearances, 1 goal against Cray Valley, 1 in the FA Cup for Colchester, 1 in the EFL Trophy and 6 in League 2. Hardly prolific.
i am not saying the potential isn’t there, but can we afford to wait and see? If we go down this year his value will plummet.
if Brighton are offering a deal around 5m, with a sell on and loan back I’d be of a mind to take it on the basis that the fee is invested in the team.
Mbick’s game, especially at Colchester where is leads the line, is so much more than goals. And by the way, some of his goals have been fantastic. He’s been outstanding for them, shown real quality and ability to hold off and beat his man, hold up the ball and bring others into play.
At times he’s looked like prime “cheat code” Aneke and I mean that in the most praise possible.
At his age, he’s got potential to go and play in Premier League, and that’s why Brighton are interested.10
