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Made In Aston Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 As we only need him in the short term, I wonder if we could loan him with a fee similar to what it would cost to buy (£3-5m mooted). It's a win win, as Lyon get some money for him and we aren't stuck with him for 3-4 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: Watkins haters will love him, bet they can't wait.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 minute ago, Made In Aston said: As we only need him in the short term, I wonder if we could loan him with a fee similar to what it would cost to buy (£3-5m mooted). It's a win win, as Lyon get some money for him and we aren't stuck with him for 3-4 years. Not sure it would be a win-win though. After all if he comes in and does anything like a half decent job over the next 6 - 12 months, then we should be able to sell him for a lot more than €3-5 million and probably more than his transfer fee plus his wages. A 27 year old half-decent striker with PL experience (and no imminent contract end date) has got to be worth at least €18 million. So we'd be doing ourselves out of a nice potential profit. If he is better than half decent then that figure goes up to €25 million plus. Even if he does a **** job we should be pretty comfortable offloading him for about what he cost (excluding wages). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 14 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Watkins haters will love him, bet they can't wait.... I actually rate him, but I just had to Put this out there lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 1 hour ago, allani said: Not sure it would be a win-win though. After all if he comes in and does anything like a half decent job over the next 6 - 12 months, then we should be able to sell him for a lot more than €3-5 million and probably more than his transfer fee plus his wages. A 27 year old half-decent striker with PL experience (and no imminent contract end date) has got to be worth at least €18 million. So we'd be doing ourselves out of a nice potential profit. If he is better than half decent then that figure goes up to €25 million plus. Even if he does a **** job we should be pretty comfortable offloading him for about what he cost (excluding wages). We don't have a good record for shifting deadwood for a loss, let alone a profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allani Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: We don't have a good record for shifting deadwood for a loss, let alone a profit. But this isn't a typical situation. If he had 3 years left on his contract then the chances of making any kind of profit in 6 - 12 months are reduced. But €3m barely buys you a decent player in the bottom half of the Championship these days. I'd say he'd either have to have a career ending injury or one of the worst 6 months known to any professional footballer ever not to be worth more than €3m in the summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 (edited) A bit more about the type of player Dembele is Edited January 22, 2023 by gwi1890 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
messi11 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Would be come here to play second fiddle to Watkins tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, supermon said: Fake account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, bose said: Fake account Tier 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Why would anyone pay €8m for a player they can already sign for free (but have to wait until June before the move is complete). 2 or 3m tops to get him in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 6 minutes ago, villa89 said: Why would anyone pay €8m for a player they can already sign for free (but have to wait until June before the move is complete). 2 or 3m tops to get him in now. Was going to say the same thing... It just made no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 18 minutes ago, bose said: Fake account Damn it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Just now, supermon said: Damn it!! Also Dembele has only 5 months left on his contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 2 hours ago, villa89 said: Why would anyone pay €8m for a player they can already sign for free (but have to wait until June before the move is complete). 2 or 3m tops to get him in now. lol he is easily worth 8m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 9 hours ago, DeadlyDirk said: Was going to say the same thing... It just made no sense. To stop it being an auction on wages? If he is on a free, he will go to the highest bidder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 Won't be a loan and player won't sign short term deal when he broke break his ACL tomorrow. Lyon will pass about to the last day of the window playing silly buggers until they realise they're only going to get a couple of million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted January 23, 2023 Share Posted January 23, 2023 12 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: Won't be a loan and player won't sign short term deal when he broke break his ACL tomorrow. Lyon will pass about to the last day of the window playing silly buggers until they realise they're only going to get a couple of million. Somebody's been up all night drinking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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