paul514

Yes the best since him. I simply said he was the best in that time he simply isn't comparable to the regular quality of the SPL, anyone who has seen him play just once can see this.

There have been plenty of players to come out of Scotland recently who have been of a very high standard, Eduoard is the best forward to have played in the SPL for about 20 years

It is the same with the 8 used slightly differently. john becomes a bit of an odd one out but I don’t see why he can’t play as a defensive midfielder

Eduoard for sure but now Watkins is here I’d spend the 40m elsewhere anyway. No point having great strikers up front if you let too many in the other end or don’t create enough for them

Everyone still thinks he’s crap after the stats I posted 10 hours ago....

I’m not arguing about structures of deals affecting transfers, they do that for all sorts of reasons, not least cash flow. I was just looking for a definitive answer on FFP only.

I am going to chime in knowing very little about the player but just looking at the lads stats and I will break them down to add something to the debate. Ajax (1 Season) 13 Goals, 6 Assists, 3074 minutes which works out to 34 full games. That is 19 goal contributions in 34 games. Lyon (All Seasons) 33 Goals, 17 Assists, 7649 minutes which works out to 85 full games. That is 50 goal contributions in 85 games. Lyon (Last season but included in the above stats) 4 Goals, 5 Assists, 1913 minutes which works out to 21 full games. That is a 9 goal contribution in 21 games. So that is the raw unarguable data on Bertrand Traore, I put in last seasons stats because people said he was so terrible. My conclusion based on his goal contributions is he should be a good signing.

My understanding is that the full amount that is guaranteed on his transfer plus the total guaranteed value of his contract is amortised into a yearly figure?

I am going to chime in knowing very little about the player but just looking at the lads stats and I will break them down to add something to the debate. Ajax (1 Season) 13 Goals, 6 Assists, 3074 minutes which works out to 34 full games. That is 19 goal contributions in 34 games. Lyon (All Seasons) 33 Goals, 17 Assists, 7649 minutes which works out to 85 full games. That is 50 goal contributions in 85 games. Lyon (Last season but included in the above stats) 4 Goals, 5 Assists, 1913 minutes which works out to 21 full games. That is a 9 goal contribution in 21 games. So that is the raw unarguable data on Bertrand Traore, I put in last seasons stats because people said he was so terrible. My conclusion based on his goal contributions is he should be a good signing.

I’d like to fix everything in the team with a purchase but I would rather fix certain positions properly, run out of budget and get loans in for the couple of others and address them next summer

AEG is playing back up this year and Taylor won’t go unless we sign a left back.

I saw it and thought what a load of bollocks 20 million is below what they will release him for

That’s exactly the point these players we sign if they are successful they will want wage increases as will our handful of existing successful players which eats future budgets.

The stats I mentioned were Lyon only. i think it’s worth mentioning on your 80m point that by the time next summer has ended we should have good money coming in for players we no longer need unlike at the moment plus perhaps a few high value players that may get picked off by top clubs further topping up future budgets. We can’t have net spends over over 100m in perpetuity especially as our wage bill rises having to give out good contracts to our successful players.

I'd pretty much take any wide forward over King

He doesn't seem that bad? 85 games (when looking at mins only) and 33 goals 17 assists so 50 in 85 for Lyon

Just looking up his stats in previous seasons..... Not great but not that bad, all I know about him is he used to be at Chelsea.

I thought at the start of the window we would have a chance but I thought he would be 30 not 40 and I didn’t know Liverpool wanted him. if we had him all three forwards could inter change and Grealish could roam and overload it would be insane.

Sarr would be perfect on the opposite site to Rashica but Liverpool apparently want him and I see 40m mentioned

We aren’t going to be in that fight this year. The teams isn’t likely to get as key injuries as last year at the same length, they are more experienced, more settled and will be joined by new players. Mid table

Don’t forget guys he will be fit this year unlike last year, dean likes him too. he may not be done yet in a Villa shirt

One last time. It will not happen. We should have brought this guy and not Watkins, but as we didn’t this isn’t happening.

How many of those seasons was he worth 33 million because of his performances?

Seriously at all the people who think we have just brought a 33,000,000 pound striker to play primarily as a wide forward because we may purchase a 40,0000,000 striker as well. It’s just not going to happen

Well that is exactly what they did last year and there is no reason to suggest they won't be doing it again this summer.