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I wish that wasn't true but, because of her track record, it probably is.Henry Irving said:
When people hear Katrien is doing the deal the price and wages double.
She is a laughing stock amongst other CEOs and agents.
I'm not suggesting you're wrong but how do you know this as a fact?0 -
Contacts with other CEOs and agents1
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If selling them means he'll f*ck off I'll take it.1
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What a shame they've been sold, though I do find it weird they've been sold before the transfer window has opened0
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I read the SLP piece on lookman and Konsa as a double bluff ... either way she wins after reading that article!
If she sells them then the fans had already got used to it , and if she holds onto them then she's going to be a hero for holding onto two players who were heavily likely to be off!2 -
Didn't palace offer £6m for Lookman in the last window? We should be able to get that as a minimum this time round.
Loan back would also be a big bonus.0 -
That's what I thought.sammy391 said:I read the SLP piece on lookman and Konsa as a double bluff ... either way she wins after reading that article!
If she sells them then the fans had already got used to it , and if she holds onto them then she's going to be a hero for holding onto two players who were heavily likely to be off!
PR stuff = leak the truth as rumour weeks before so that the impact is decreased.
Or classic "Yes, Prime Minister" tactics of fight to save the British Sausage that was never under threat.0 -
I always believe Daisy.stonemuse said:
It's a lie, Daisy said we are not selling.Scoham said:SLP - Lookman and Konsa to be sold
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/13336/charlton-set-sell-star-young-duo-january-transfer-window/
She herself has said several times that she's not a liar.
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Is that true about the British Sausage? Is it?
We can't allow that to happen.6 -
I thought that was why you all voted for Brexit. If you don't get out quickly, the country will be overrun by knock wurst and andouille.LoOkOuT said:Is that true about the British Sausage? Is it?
We can't allow that to happen.0 - Sponsored links:
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MKD sold him to Spurs, loaned him back for the rest of the season and got promoted.SELR_addicks said:Dele Alli only sold for 5m from league one so wouldn't start expecting 10m+...
Now who was their manager...2 -
This. I would want more for lookman and take less for konsa. 13-14m including add ins. Expect 5 million plus 17 year olds in on loanClem_Snide said:10m for both is an insult. Lookman in the current market is 7-8 upfront and add ons up to 10m.
Konsa is 3-4m upfront and add ons up to 5-6m.
10 million is what I'd expect and incompetent CEO and owner to take.....oh.
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She is a laughing stock amongst other CEOs and agents.lancashire lad said:
I wish that wasn't true but, because of her track record, it probably is.Henry Irving said:
When people hear Katrien is doing the deal the price and wages double.
I'm not suggesting you're wrong but how do you know this as a fact?
Didn't a chairman of another club, fleetwood???? Openly admit this
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No, they're just advertising the January sales with a fantastic BOGOF on talented young players that might, in a normal club, reasonably be expected to represent our future.Henry Irving said:
That's what I thought.sammy391 said:I read the SLP piece on lookman and Konsa as a double bluff ... either way she wins after reading that article!
If she sells them then the fans had already got used to it , and if she holds onto them then she's going to be a hero for holding onto two players who were heavily likely to be off!
PR stuff = leak the truth as rumour weeks before so that the impact is decreased.
Or classic "Yes, Prime Minister" tactics of fight to save the British Sausage that was never under threat.
Basically, any player in our "squad" that looks half decent is available, with the regime happy to sell at permanent DFS style discount, just as long as the income goes to its rightful Belgian home....
As a born pessimist, I fully expect Bauer and Texeira to also leave, and I worry that Dillon Phillips is coming into form at a bad time.0 -
KR says we're not interested in Jed Wallace, for anyone who didn't open the link on the previous post.0
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Sounds like a fair deal, unfortunately. Sad that none of it will be invested back into the squad.shirty5 said:1 -
Agreed. Even if a small percentage of any fee was reinvested back into the squad, we can't have much confidence that it would be spent wisely or that CAFC in its present state will be an attractive proposition for the sort of players that we'd like to sign. in reality, we all know that clubs very rarely benefit from selling their best players, especially top class youngsters. To compound matters, we remain remorselessly under the yoke of Duchatelet's abject 'revolving door' strategy, which is deployed at all levels within the club (managers/chief coaches, players, staff, consultants etc.), save - unsurprisingly - for the position of his malleable CEO.Callumcafc said:
Sounds like a fair deal, unfortunately. Sad that none of it will be invested back into the squad.shirty5 said:
I personally think it's unlikely that Everton, or any other Premier League club, would pay £8-10 million for Lookman and then agree a loan-back deal to us. Apart from the purchaser's own needs this season (even if it's a few impact appearances from the bench), they are likely to be thinking in terms of a top Championship club for any loan, rather than subjecting Lookman to the type of 'clogging by rotation' that is fairly common in League 1. Just as we can all overstate the quality of our players because of their less able teammates, it's also easy to underestimate what Lookman could achieve in a team that could retain possession in midfield, stretch the opposition and get him on the ball in dangerous positions in the last third.
As for signing new players, I'm sure that Karl Robinson is a good salesman and ambassador for CAFC but the reality is that our reputation as a football club is at an all-time low.4 -
Any club in the third tier, wacky owners or not, would be mad to turn down 8m up front for a player who has scored 6 goals this season.
I know he is our top scorer at the moment but Magennis, Ajose and Holmes need to pick up the slack and hopefully they'll start firing soon2 -
Everton U23s? With the Lookman link maybe a loanee or two included in a deal?Henry Irving said:You've got to think outside the triangle : - )
Tottenham U23s v Derby County U23
Liverpool U23 v Arsenal U23
Everton U23s v Leicester City U23
Tottenham is north but since all the scouting staff are going my guess some will go to Everton/Leicester and KR will go to see his old mates at Liverpool where he was a coach.0 - Sponsored links:
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I wish that wasn't true but, because of her track record, it probably is.Henry Irving said:
When people hear Katrien is doing the deal the price and wages double.
She is a laughing stock amongst other CEOs and agents.
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And, Roland doesn't do failure ...Henry Irving said:Why do we need to sell?
We are financially stable, we're aiming for the Premiership, we're backing the new manager, we've learnt from our mistakes, the club's not for sale.1 -
Seems from that article that Karl has got himself all enthusiastic about bringing in players in January.
Talks about pulling out all the stops to watch games, driving north 'in convoy' on the hunt, Jed Wallace being a good player but not on our list. EXCITING!
Karl mate, I don't want to piss on your chips, but Slade had to fight to bring in Andrew Crofts. On a free.15 -
It would be hard to turn down anything like the figures quoted in that article for Lookman. He's talented for sure but does he have a defined position? Those figures look like a potentially expensive punt to me.
I get the impression that Palace won't be back in for Lookman in a serious way but may well make a bid for Konsa. I believe they rate him (as a centre-half, not a right-back).
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Spurs did the loan back for Dele Alli to MKD in L1Blucher said:
Agreed. Even if a small percentage of any fee was reinvested back into the squad, we can't have much confidence that it would be spent wisely or that CAFC in its present state will be an attractive proposition for the sort of players that we'd like to sign. in reality, we all know that clubs very rarely benefit from selling their best players, especially top class youngsters. To compound matters, we remain remorselessly under the yoke of Duchatelet's abject 'revolving door' strategy, which is deployed at all levels within the club (managers/chief coaches, players, staff, consultants etc.), save - unsurprisingly - for the position of his malleable CEO.Callumcafc said:
Sounds like a fair deal, unfortunately. Sad that none of it will be invested back into the squad.shirty5 said:
I personally think it's unlikely that Everton, or any other Premier League club, would pay £8-10 million for Lookman and then agree a loan-back deal to us. Apart from the purchaser's own needs this season (even if it's a few impact appearances from the bench), they are likely to be thinking in terms of a top Championship club for any loan, rather than subjecting Lookman to the type of 'clogging by rotation' that is fairly common in League 1. Just as we can all overstate the quality of our players because of their less able teammates, it's also easy to underestimate what Lookman could achieve in a team that could retain possession in midfield, stretch the opposition and get him on the ball in dangerous positions in the last third.
As for signing new players, I'm sure that Karl Robinson is a good salesman and ambassador for CAFC but the reality is that our reputation as a football club is at an all-time low.
Lookman is only just 19. The PL clubs are after potential with him, not someone to slot into their 1st team. He won't be a PL regular for another 2 or 3 years.
Everton have been strongly linked with the likes of Depay and Schneiderlin from Man U in the window as well they're players for the 1st team
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Lookman is the best young talent about at the moment. Other Prem sides will not want to miss out and they all have pots of money now.
Anything over £10mil is OK, but not stunning. Let the bidding war begin.0 -
£10 mil is not OK. That money is going back to Belgium.5
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I hope lookman and Konsa go for as a little as possible2
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I think I know what you mean but I think it's skewed logic.J BLOCK said:I hope lookman and Konsa go for as a little as possible
The less money Duchatelet pockets to offset his expenditure the more money he needs to find from other areas of the club be that playing budget or on capital projects.
I don't want RD making wads from the sale of young talent every season and reinforcing his view that his scheme can work but equally I don't want to see the club go further down the shitter with lack of funding where it's needed.
Rock and a hard place.
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I presume that Everton U23 game was the one KR went to watch. Everton have already said (allegedly), that they want Lookman to be ready to go into their first team straight away, so perhaps KR was looking at loan replacementsBangkokaddick said:
Everton U23s? With the Lookman link maybe a loanee or two included in a deal?Henry Irving said:You've got to think outside the triangle : - )
Tottenham U23s v Derby County U23
Liverpool U23 v Arsenal U23
Everton U23s v Leicester City U23
Tottenham is north but since all the scouting staff are going my guess some will go to Everton/Leicester and KR will go to see his old mates at Liverpool where he was a coach.2
