CONFIRMED Calvert-Lewin sold to Everton

[finlaytheblade]

Not one player in our current squad would fetch half a mil. That's awful reading.

We really are fucked, aren't we?

How many 1St divi clubs have players worth half a million not many I would wager we tend to forget our position which is an ugly one at best.Players like Calvet -Lewis will be picked off by premiership and chanpuonship teams.just one reason to get out of this league s.a.p.Even if they don't live up to there potential 2 or 3 years at 10 k + a week gives them a real start in life Slew s career seems to have gone down the pan but if he's had good investment advice he will be well set up for the future
The wages these young players are picking up at these clubs kills us.Even

 

[sheffielder]

I have to say, even if we use just a part of the money to bring in 4 players (inc new striker), the balance of this squad will be good.

Someone tickle Kev's belly this afternoon

 

[Houso]

I have to say, even if we use just a part of the money to bring in 4 players (inc new striker), the balance of this squad will be good.

Someone tickle Kev's belly this afternoon

Sod that, someone give him a blowie.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Sod that, someone give him a blowie.

No one knows where WHF is.

 

[Slim Man]

Professional clubs don't agree.

See above.

And after a bright start seemingly appeared to have forgotten how to trap a ball and when playing as a winger, stopped attacking the full back preferring to drift inside and amble around. Re BA, again, why did a club pay that for him but Adams went for much less?

The price they are willing to pay in the second week of august and the price they are willing to pay on deadline day are two totally different things. You know it, and I know it.

 

[Chali 2na]

1.4million is decent for us, not showed anything to suggest he's worth more, if the cash can get us a couple extra players in today its worth it. Add a sell on clause just incase and i'd be happy

When you say "not showed anything to suggest he's worth more" is that based purely on the handful of times you've seem him?

He's showed enough to have top flight interest and an England U20 call up. He's also highly regarded by our academy coaches.

 

[Blade58]

Mail says £1.5M

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...tml?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

 

[GainsboroughBlade]

I have to say, even if we use just a part of the money to bring in 4 players (inc new striker), the balance of this squad will be good.

Someone tickle Kev's belly this afternoon

Another striker? Sharp, Clarke, Done and Lavery? is that not enough?

 

[Cerberus Blade]

What exactly is it that's made him so highly rated?

The double-barrelled surname I reckon. Adds a few hundred thousand on having a double-barrelled name. Classy see?

Cerberus- Cerberus Blade.

 

[Frecheville Blade]

Millwall also know now that we have more than £1M to spend... and they were supposedly wanting £1M for Webster before...

Tick tock.

 

[sheffielder]

Sod that, someone give him a blowie.

Pucker up

 

[LoughboroBlade]

If this is happening with Wilder's blessing, fair enough. As with De Girolamo, Wilder has seen far more of DCL's recent first team appearances than I would imagine anyone on here has, so is in a better position to weigh up his current value to this season's first team vs potential future benefit.

 

[sheffielder]

Another striker? Sharp, Clarke, Done and Lavery? is that not enough?

We don't have any kids left that you would put in the 1st team. I would be happier with a 5th even if he could also play wide.

 

[Slim Man]

No. Demonstrably incorrect. Drivel. He was sold for precisely his value. There are no secrets in football. Other clubs would have known what Birmingham were offering. They could and would have outbid them. We got the market price for Young Peabrain. That really is indisputable.

Bollocks, Utter, and Complete. Rearrange accordingly.
Somehow, even though he was our player Birmingham held all the cards. They knew we weren't playing him because we were selling him, they knew we were desperate. The market is very inflated now, get with it. It's not 2012 anymore.

A 20 year old with pace who has just scored 12 goals from a striking/wide position in this division is now worth more than we sold him for. Simple as that.

Sorry if you disagree but it's true.

 

[Sean Thornton]

The price they are willing to pay in the second week of august and the price they are willing to pay on deadline day are two totally different things. You know it, and I know it.

So your claim is that someone would pay more for Adams today than two weeks ago? These clubs must be as bad as United in transfer dealings then when they had him on their radar and could have got him cheaper. Where's the proof? Would Ibrahimovich have cost Man. United more today?

We get slated for leaving things - or nothing in reality - until the last minute but we clearly aren't alone if clubs are "panic" buying. Of which there is little proof btw.

 

[Sean Thornton]

When you say "not showed anything to suggest he's worth more" is that based purely on the handful of times you've seem him?

He's showed enough to have top flight interest and an England U20 call up. He's also highly regarded by our academy coaches.

I'll raise you Diego.

 

[GainsboroughBlade]

We don't have any kids left that you would put in the 1st team. I would be happier with a 5th even if he could also play wide.

Calvert-Lewin isn't the best of them in my opinion, Brooks and Whiteman are better prospects

 

[Blade58]

We are living in a dream world if we think this fee will be in anyway 'reinvested' into the playing staff.

It will go the way of the murphy, Adams, Maguire, blackman etc etc money. Most probably Invested into paying off another manager at some point this season.

Does anyone really think we'll be shopping for a better class of centre half or now pick on a midfielder as well??"

We've already spent it

 

[Sean Thornton]

Bollocks, Utter, and Complete. Rearrange accordingly.
Somehow, even though he was our player Birmingham held all the cards. They knew we weren't playing him because we were selling him, they knew we were desperate. The market is very inflated now, get with it. It's not 2012 anymore.

A 20 year old with pace who has just scored 12 goals from a striking/wide position in this division is now worth more than we sold him for. Simple as that.

Sorry if you disagree but it's true.

Explain why no one else bid higher than Birmingham then.

 

[Chali 2na]

If this is happening with Wilder's blessing, fair enough. As with De Girolamo, Wilder has seen far more of DCL's recent first team appearances than I would imagine anyone on here has, so is in a better position to weigh up his current value to this season's first team vs potential future benefit.

You say that like it's Wilder's decision. Was it Blackwell's decision to sell Beattie or Wilson's decision to sell Blackman?

 

[Chali 2na]

I'll raise you Diego.

I'm not saying people in the game can't make mistakes, I'm saying their judgement is worth more than a fan who has seen him a handful of times.

 

[Slim Man]

So your claim is that someone would pay more for Adams today than two weeks ago? These clubs must be as bad as United in transfer dealings then when they had him on their radar and could have got him cheaper. Where's the proof? Would Ibrahimovich have cost Man. United more today?

We get slated for leaving things - or nothing in reality - until the last minute but we clearly aren't alone if clubs are "panic" buying. Of which there is little proof btw.

Ibrahimovic is a free transfer it's totally different.
Is Che Adams only worth 300k more than DCL (allegedly)?
Were the Kyle's only worth 7mil?
We undersold Adams, simple as.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I'm not saying people in the game can't make mistakes, I'm saying their judgement is worth more than a fan who has seen him a handful of times.

I agree totally. I'd also say that they have a much better idea of a players worth. Do you think either would be interested at say £2.5m? No one was interested in beating Birminghams offer for Adams, despite claims they would have done today.

 

[Pinchy]

When you say "not showed anything to suggest he's worth more" is that based purely on the handful of times you've seem him?

He's showed enough to have top flight interest and an England U20 call up. He's also highly regarded by our academy coaches.

Your last paragraph could have been written about Little Louis. How much is he worth?

 

[Bladeinleeds]

My 2 penneth on the Adams fee.

I reckon we would have got more than 1.7 mil if we'd sold him today. Birmingham wanted him, we should have held out a bit longer for them to cave imo. Even if we had to hold out il jan to show we were serious

 

[Sean Thornton]

Ibrahimovic is a free transfer it's totally different.
Is Che Adams only worth 300k more than DCL (allegedly)?
Were the Kyle's only worth 7mil?
We undersold Adams, simple as.

No it's not. There's still a cost to him. If he upped his demands by 50% today are you saying MU would have rolled over?

Adams went for market value. That's the simple fact. How could we sell him for more if no one wanted to pay it?

The professionals seem to think that he is. Obviously.

Was Jordan Slew worth a million?

 

[Bladeinleeds]

We've already spent it

** Presto chango **

And the Murphy money Phipps said we still had last year has disappeared from sight. Almost like magic

 

[Chali 2na]

No. Demonstrably incorrect. Drivel. He was sold for precisely his value. There are no secrets in football. Other clubs would have known what Birmingham were offering. They could and would have outbid them. We got the market price for Young Peabrain. That really is indisputable.

Explain why no one else bid higher than Birmingham then.

I understand that a players market value is whatever someone might pay, but what I would ask you both is:

Were you happy with the fee we received for Kyle Walker? Was the <£2m Tottenham paid a reflection of his true value?

Your last paragraph could have been written about Little Louis. How much is he worth?

Pinchy, we get it, you don't rate Louis Reed.

Getting a U20 call up doesn't mean you will become a good player, but it is surely preferable to getting no call up at all?

 

[alcoblade]

Saved me posting all the above. Years ago before the wacky market that is today came about, we got somewhere between 8-11m for two fullbacks.

Now in the midst of silly season when over a billion is being exchanged, why are we considering letting a striker, by far the most expensive of positions, go for such a paultry fee? Yes, he may need to develop, but he's a good height, got decent pace, showed in the previous pre-season and on loan at Northampton that there could be a goalscorer in there.

If this is true, it will be another shake your head moment in McCabe's reign. Sold before he can get anywhere near his potential. Another handful of goals in this division this season and he'll be worth twice that amount.

It seems when push comes to shove, we never, ever turn down the quick buck - Blackman (dsgraceful short-termism), Maguire (embarrassingly handled), Murphy, Adams, etc.

To be quite frank it gets fucking boring after such a long time. Why must we rip out the foundations and flog them off to do any building?

We should be renamed Short-term United.

There's just zero comparison between DCL and the two Kyles. It was almost universally accepted hat the 2 Kyles were going to make it, and they were first teamers. It's almost universally accepted that DCL has offered very little, and he can't force his way into our (third division) first team.

I'm at a complete loss as to why some are getting so uptight about this one, other than the obvious ones who are desperate for something else to get uptight about.

UTB

 

[Slim Man]

No it's not. There's still a cost to him. If he upped his demands by 50% today are you saying MU would have rolled over?

Adams went for market value. That's the simple fact. How could we sell him for more if no one wanted to pay it?

The professionals seem to think that he is. Obviously.

Was Jordan Slew worth a million?

Did the Kyles go for market value?
'Market value' is a myth.