PaulC Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 A bit like Craig Gardner he has become a journeyman footballer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 9, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2017 On 8/4/2017 at 20:29, penguin said: Isn't Messi on a £1m a week contract now? Don't think so. Neymar's deal is reportedly twice what messi is earning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 admittedly from FM... messi is on about £450k a week i think, if neymar is on the reported £500k a week after tax deal, depending on which country he gets taxed in (france is something like 63% tax for top earners) then yeah double sounds about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 6 hours ago, rodders0223 said: £18m for Andre Gray, didn't score goals last year, last year of contract, couldn't trap a bag of cement. Good deal Watford. Just heard a stat on the radio he played 32 prem games and failed to score in 26 of them. Mental fee. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 After watching Jerome Sinclair try to finish a chance at VP, you can hardly blame them for panicking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted August 10, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) On 09/08/2017 at 11:46, rodders0223 said: £18m for Andre Gray, didn't score goals last year, last year of contract, couldn't trap a bag of cement. Good deal Watford. Good news for Brentford though. Tidy little 27% sell-on clause. Edited August 10, 2017 by choffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) Gray can look fairly decent at times but I'm really struggling to understand the basis of that transfer fee, £18m for a 26 year old who scored only 9 league goals last season seems utterly ridiculous. Edited August 10, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I don't find the fee THAT ridiculous to be honest. He's a striker coming into his prime, with a season of Premier League football under his belt. I doubt £18m gets you much from the Premier League anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, bobzy said: I don't find the fee THAT ridiculous to be honest. He's a striker coming into his prime, with a season of Premier League football under his belt. I doubt £18m gets you much from the Premier League anymore. What does coming into his prime mean? I think it's only valid if they show they are good to start with. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Just shows how crazy football has gone. Makes me wonder how much we would have to spend if we got promoted. Likely we would end up breaking our transfer record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Not that much hopefully, we just need to scout better what isn't being talked about because of this deal is Watford also snapped a Brazil U20 international for around £12m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 30 minutes ago, bobzy said: I don't find the fee THAT ridiculous to be honest. He's a striker coming into his prime, with a season of Premier League football under his belt. I doubt £18m gets you much from the Premier League anymore. If thats the criteria then Gestede should have been valued at same price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 (edited) 34 minutes ago, bobzy said: I don't find the fee THAT ridiculous to be honest. He's a striker coming into his prime, with a season of Premier League football under his belt. I doubt £18m gets you much from the Premier League anymore. You'd have a point if he was good last season but he wasn't. He basically had a one in four record, no real justification for fee as far as I'm concerned. Edited August 10, 2017 by Dr_Pangloss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, Zatman said: If thats the criteria then Gestede should have been valued at same price Gestede scored 9 goals in our PL season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 10 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: You'd have a point if he was good last season but he wasn't. He basically had a one in four record, no real justification for fee as far as I'm concerned. 1 in 4 for a defensive, newly promoted team is pretty decent - and I'm fairly sure he missed a chunk of the season too (could be wrong). He scored at a better rate than Troy Deeney - who they obviously currently have - suits their style of play and is a good mix of experience with a good number of years left. I just don't find his fee that ridiculous at all. I'd rather have Gray than a fair few PL strikers who would cost/have been rumoured to cost much more than £18m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Brighton just signed a good little player from Club Brugge for 16m, I think with this new guy and knockaert running at defenders they could be a handful, not sure about their strike force tho, Murrays probably too old now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 This Dembele to Barca situation is getting a bit childish. Dembele doesn't show up for training, unfollows BvB on twitter, and numerous teammates. Honestly I'd be put off by his actions if I was Barca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I would guess it was Barca or his agent that suggested he act like this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 3 hours ago, bobzy said: I don't find the fee THAT ridiculous to be honest. He's a striker coming into his prime, with a season of Premier League football under his belt. I doubt £18m gets you much from the Premier League anymore. Isn't the retort to this, 'stop buying from the Premier League then'? £18m is £2m more than West Ham paid for Hernandez, and I know who I would back to score more this season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 4 hours ago, bobzy said: Gestede scored 9 goals in our PL season? He scored 6 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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