Player Suggestion David Brooks

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jono_t2000 said:
If we get Brooks back, then I do think we have enough quality on the park to go back to playing with a number 10 without getting blown away.

Then we will show these EPL divas what playing against the mighty blades is all about!
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Brookes No10 and Ampadu DM, top
And bottom midfield Diamond with Berge and fleck in the middle. Jesus Christ that’s good. Brewster as a loan striker
 

Kanye said:
Who's supposing it's a bargain?

As for Brewster, a move was made for him, so I guess that answers your question.
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Brewster was an apparent bargain at £25m and no one else made a move for him, until we did for a decent chunk less, which is why we right to wait it out.
 
False number 10.
Rotate him and Mcgoldrick over the 90.
Would be a fantastic addition to a now attack minded team.
Go gerrim in🙏🙏
 
I honestly can't work out how this would be possible:
  • he's valued at £40-50m
  • he is known to have other admirers including Man Utd (although apparently no bids)
  • if Bournemouth had any sense they'd have included >25% reductions in salaries in players' contracts so he'll be on ~£37.5k/week - is this affordable to them and us?
  • Utd have other pressing priorities (LCB, RCM)
I suspect it's yet another Twitter fuelled rumour with no substance, although that doesn't mean I wouldn't want it to happen.
 
Mouth of the South said:
I honestly can't work out how this would be possible:
  • he's valued at £40-50m
  • he is known to have other admirers including Man Utd (although apparently no bids)
  • if Bournemouth had any sense they'd have included >25% reductions in salaries in players' contracts so he'll be on ~£37.5k/week - is this affordable to them and us?
  • Utd have other pressing priorities (LCB, RCM)
I suspect it's yet another Twitter fuelled rumour with no substance, although that doesn't mean I wouldn't want it to happen.
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Agreed, no chance this is happening. Realistically we'd have to sign him for around £10-15m and they probably value him at least 3x that amount. It's not like they need cash either they've just sold 2/3 of their better players for big money.
 
Some of our best times as a blade was when we won promotion from the first division and the two seasons in the championship watching Duffy, I would love to see us play that formation again and Brooks could play that role, it can't possibly happen, can it?
 
Mouth of the South said:
I honestly can't work out how this would be possible:
  • he's valued at £40-50m
  • he is known to have other admirers including Man Utd (although apparently no bids)
  • if Bournemouth had any sense they'd have included >25% reductions in salaries in players' contracts so he'll be on ~£37.5k/week - is this affordable to them and us?
  • Utd have other pressing priorities (LCB, RCM)
I suspect it's yet another Twitter fuelled rumour with no substance, although that doesn't mean I wouldn't want it to happen.
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Loan is the option IMO. Bournemouth had a really high wage bill last season (the highest % to turnover in the PL). They have sold Wilson, Ake and Ramsdale. With no crowds and no premier league money I think they would offload him on loan unless someone comes in with a permanent transfer.

I think the same could be said for players like Cantwell and Buendia at Norwich as well.
 
RMBlade said:
Loan is the option IMO. Bournemouth had a really high wage bill last season (the highest % to turnover in the PL). They have sold Wilson, Ake and Ramsdale. With no crowds and no premier league money I think they would offload him on loan unless someone comes in with a permanent transfer.

I think the same could be said for players like Cantwell and Buendia at Norwich as well.
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Would love to see Buendia and Cantwell in our squad. Cantwell seems proper loyal, and Buendia is a genius.
 
RMBlade said:
Loan is the option IMO. Bournemouth had a really high wage bill last season (the highest % to turnover in the PL). They have sold Wilson, Ake and Ramsdale. With no crowds and no premier league money I think they would offload him on loan unless someone comes in with a permanent transfer.

I think the same could be said for players like Cantwell and Buendia at Norwich as well.
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That's a mighty good point! Could loan him to us, save the wages, and get him back if they're promoted this season.
 
Mouth of the South said:
I honestly can't work out how this would be possible:
  • he's valued at £40-50m
  • he is known to have other admirers including Man Utd (although apparently no bids)
  • if Bournemouth had any sense they'd have included >25% reductions in salaries in players' contracts so he'll be on ~£37.5k/week - is this affordable to them and us?
  • Utd have other pressing priorities (LCB, RCM)
I suspect it's yet another Twitter fuelled rumour with no substance, although that doesn't mean I wouldn't want it to happen.
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I think his value will have dropped a bit over the course of last season and the fact he's quite fragile. I would think £30m tops for him and if we have a sell on percentage from selling him that drops the fee lower. Might not be impossible for us this.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
Brewster was an apparent bargain at £25m and no one else made a move for him, until we did for a decent chunk less, which is why we right to wait it out.
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I've not read the full Brewster thread, but I don't remember too many people saying £25m was a bargain - seem to remember people saying the opposite, if anything.

As you say, we waited to get the best possible price. The same could be currently happening with Brooks.
 

Kanye said:
I've not read the full Brewster thread, but I don't remember too many people saying £25m was a bargain - seem to remember people saying the opposite, if anything.

As you say, we waited to get the best possible price. The same could be currently happening with Brooks.
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There’s a lot to read through, but there was a lot of noise thrown at the board for not paying the “going rate”, “no brainier” and “bargain” were all in there by a fair number of posters.
This now just switches to Brooks, a player with a huge question marks around his fitness, if he’s still at the required level, and he’s only had one season in the PL. To say he’s rated at £40-50M is daft when no one has seemingly been in for him at that type of money.
Leicester is still the one that makes sense to me for him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted a loan to buy too.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
There’s a lot to read through, but there was a lot of noise thrown at the board for not paying the “going rate”, “no brainier” and “bargain” were all in there by a fair number of posters.
This now just switches to Brooks, a player with a huge question marks around his fitness, if he’s still at the required level, and he’s only had one season in the PL. To say he’s rated at £40-50M is daft when no one has seemingly been in for him at that type of money.
Leicester is still the one that makes sense to me for him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted a loan to buy too.
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It might seem daft to you but obviously not to Bournemouth.
 

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Flatulent_Bob said:
There’s a lot to read through, but there was a lot of noise thrown at the board for not paying the “going rate”, “no brainier” and “bargain” were all in there by a fair number of posters.
This now just switches to Brooks, a player with a huge question marks around his fitness, if he’s still at the required level, and he’s only had one season in the PL. To say he’s rated at £40-50M is daft when no one has seemingly been in for him at that type of money.
Leicester is still the one that makes sense to me for him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted a loan to buy too.
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That's fair enough, I'm not sure I'll ever have the time to revisit the thread and see it first hand 😂

As for Brookes, I expect the only people rating him at £40-50m are Bournemouth. As you point out, his fitness will put off a lot of suitors. I could still see someone taking a chance on him though based on his ability - there's always going to be a market for attacking players who can dictate play and create something from nothing.

I think financial constraints will mean we're not in the running unfortunately, though if a loan to buy is actually on the table, you never know.
 
Reyt, Been up all neet tossing & turning wondering/dreaming about how it would even be possible. At first I thought nneeeeeeeoooww no chance BUT then started to put a few pieces together. First things first if he wants to go he wants to go which I'm sure he does cos he's way too good for Championship (That's why he left us in first place), Then apart from Man U it doesn't look as though any other clubs are in the market for him. If Man U get Sancho I imagine their interest stops there. Then price you say? Well I've read a few times that our sell on for Brooksy was a record sell on for us around 20% so if they're wanting 40 off Man U they'd owe us 8 of it so call it 32 minus anything else they owed us on the original deal....if we could get em down to 25-30m I wouldn't be absolutely shocked if we are in for him cos the Prince said it himself that he gives Wilder a budget but if a solid investment comes up in-between he will invest. He was on peanuts at our place and not on a massive whack at Bournemouth neither so wages wouldn't smash our structure to bits, Brooksy loves Wilder (who doesn't) and vice versa. I genuinely think this could be final piece to the jigsaw after Wilder banging on since end of last season what we need at the top of the pitch. Like a lot of Blades have been saying it's all good n well having strikers but we need creativity too. Anyway like I say at first I was the same and thought no fucking way are we getting Brooksy back but I dunno....it just feels so us at minute to go and bring him home. After all that I reckon it could just be that I'm doing the sober October and couldn't get to sleep cos of the lack of ale
 
He was on £50k a week last year but has probably had a wage cut of up to 50% with relegation.
Therefore he is affordable as a loan or possibly a loan to buy for next years budget but not a full transfer this year after the Brewster deal
 
He’ll need to prove he’s not injury prone and match fit before anyone with a sane mind would pay anywhere near £40m they’d be lucky to get what they paid for him at the minute, he needs a good season under his belt somewhere and whether that’s a loan to another club we’ll have to see.
 
Just can't see this but who knows. Loan surely would be the only feasible way.

Think it would the have the potential to be a fantastic loan for us fitness concerns aside.

Brooks and Brewster both possess qualities we currently lack.

We need a cutting edge through the middle of the park not just working the flanks.

Throw in Sander's progression and ability to carry the ball through the middle of the park, and we look to carry a different threat.
 
It's a no brainer. We could triple profit from Brooks, with the initial fee, a top player to keep us in the Prem, and a potentially tasty sell on fee if he keeps performing in the spotlight and the big boys come for him.
 

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