CONFIRMED Iliman Ndiaye to Marseille

[Millhousesblade1889]

£17m feels a bit light. I’d say £20m is fair for where he’s at with his contract. I guess it’s how much he pushes for a move now! Interesting to see if he’s at chesterfield on Saturday.

 

[dc_blade]

By far the highest paid player in the clubs history. It’s over £45k a week I will say that.

Thanks. Is 45k the current record for our highest paid player?

 

[T-Blade]

Fair enough then. Anyone else coming in, in the next 48 hrs?

Not in next 48 hours Traore will be done next week just loads of extra stuff to do for his work permit with these new rules. Hopefully a breakthrough with the other 2 targets next week too which we are getting closer on

 

[Carlton Blade]

He can agree all the personal terms he wants but until Marseille put in a decent offer he’s not going anywhere. Thing that is annoying is I bet they haven’t offered him nowhere near the personal terms we have.

Why are people so sure Marseille can't or won't match that? At a guess they have 5 or 6 players earning comfortably more

 

[T-Blade]

Thanks. Is 45k the current record for our highest paid player?

Nope it’s way more than anyone else in the squad.

 

[SUFC Guy]

By far the highest paid player in the clubs history. It’s over £45k a week I will say that.

If that's the case then surely OM could blast us out of the water salary wise...

 

[LondonBlade89]

So he’s gone from agreeing terms to “fully” agreeing terms. Only problem is they need to pay the fucking transfer fee.

 

[TJ blade]

£17m feels a bit light. I’d say £20m is fair for where he’s at with his contract. I guess it’s how much he pushes for a move now! Interesting to see if he’s at chesterfield on Saturday.

Some more bollocks then..

 

[mattbianco1]

Think positive people.

The transfer window slams shut in just 7 weeks

 

[Bladesman]

Think positive people.

The transfer window slams shut in just 7 weeks

We can just pretend we are not in.

 

[ben1987]

Might be clutching at straws but I’m not sure the club would post him returning to pre-season all smiles for the camera, several pictures and tag him in a clip of the first game if they thought his departure was imminent.

The market place pictures could have easily been faked. Nick someone else’s advert and stick Illimans mrs name and picture on it.

 

[Harry's Game]

If he wants to go then it’s better we get a fee for him we can use. No point having a player here who is going to be unhappy and not giving 100% we have been down that route with Lunny.

 

[Bladesman]

Not sure the club would post him returning to pre-season all smiles for the camera, several pictures and tag him in a clip of the first game if they thought his departure was imminent.

The market place pictures could have easily been faked. Nick someone else’s advert and stick Illimans mrs name and picture on it.

They best not be fake pictures. I need a new chest of draws.

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

If that's the case then surely OM could blast us out of the water salary wise...

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They pay out big wages but not big fees it seems.

 

[Bladesman]

They pay out big wages but not big fees it seems.

They are better off grabbing Illy on a free then.

 

[Dan Emery]

If we only want £17million, anyone else surprised that other clubs aren't seriously sniffing around?

 

[Bladesman]

If we only want £17million, anyone else surprised that other clubs aren't seriously sniffing around?

I was thinking that.

 

[Greg.]

If that's the case then surely OM could blast us out of the water salary wise...

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Payet's doing alright for himself aged 36!

 

[Balboni]

?

Obviously a joke

 

[Balboni]

By far the highest paid player in the clubs history. It’s over £45k a week I will say that.

We can’t do much more then. Though it’s ridiculous we’ve spent this long to do so.

Still, I wouldn’t sell him for a penny under 30m.

 

[Bladey_blade]

Might be clutching at straws but I’m not sure the club would post him returning to pre-season all smiles for the camera, several pictures and tag him in a clip of the first game if they thought his departure was imminent.

The market place pictures could have easily been faked. Nick someone else’s advert and stick Illimans mrs name and picture on it.

The latter point, it definitely wasn't as I actually checked the listing when it was highlighted and clicked through her profile and there was pics of her and illy going back a few years at least

 

[Addison]

If we only want £17million, anyone else surprised that other clubs aren't seriously sniffing around?

The French press are saying that, no one else yet everyone is assuming its fact. They are putting out the strap lines on behalf of OM to unsettle SUFC and the player. I doubt very much we are even discussing fees at the moment as no bids have come in. We just need to ignore the bluster like we did when Brugge were carrying out the same tactics with their paltry offer of £12m for Berge last season.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

Average PL wage is about 60k per week isn’t it? That surely sets the floor if you’re wanting to keep him.

 

[FriethBlade]

Where is there any evidence that Ndiaye is motivated by the dollar? If he was then he would have asked for a transfer last summer and in January when clubs started bidding for him. Billy left other clubs to join us as he wanted to play for his boyhood club. Was he greedy when he left Scunthorpe, or is that different because it's us. Ndiaye has been a great player for us and if he wants to fulfill his dream of playing for his boyhood club then that doesn't make him a greedy mercenary. John Lundstram was a greedy mercenary. Iliman Ndiaye, no.

Players get sold. Players have ambitions and some ambitions can't be fulfilled staying "loyal" at a poorly run, broke Championship club that pays peanuts and will likely be back down in the Championship come May.

If we get a good price for him and Hecky gets all of the fee to use then so be it. One disadvantage we had last time in the top flight is that we didn't have a Grealish or a player we could sell for big bucks to help finance our following summer. This summer selling Ndiaye and Berge could potentially generate £25-30mil, which would give Hecky a significantly better chance in the transfer market, or in rebuilding a team for promotion after this season, which is better than letting them go for free in the summer where we'd then be trying to replace them with little to no money, as our club seems to be good at making the Premier League windfall dissappear quicker than it arrives.

I'm not saying I want Ndiaye to go, but we might have no choice.

For the money we would get for Ndiaye and Berge we wouldn't be able to sign players of anything like their quality. We have to gamble and keep Ndiaye in tje hope he keeps us up and earns us another 150m.

The equation is a guaranteed 10-15m now or a possible 150m in a years time. That's odds of 10/1 minimum and the bookies have us a lot shorter than that to stay up so the odds favour us keeping him

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

£17m feels a bit light. I’d say £20m is fair for where he’s at with his contract. I guess it’s how much he pushes for a move now! Interesting to see if he’s at chesterfield on Saturday.

It’s gone from £7m to £17m in a day. God knows what it’ll be tomorrow, maybe closer to something actually worth accepting?

 

[ben1987]

The latter point, it definitely wasn't as I actually checked the listing when it was highlighted and clicked through her profile and there was pics of her and illy going back a few years at least

Fair enough, thought about doing that myself but couldn’t be fucked.

Whatever happens happens… the fact he’s in training and involved with the clubs media still suggests it isn’t happening within the next few days to me. The fact we’re openly in contract negotiations with him also suggests nothing is set in stone.

All just stinks like OM playing games to unsettle him or his agent trying to to generate the largest cut for himself.

 

[Houso]

If we only want £17million, anyone else surprised that other clubs aren't seriously sniffing around?

Presumably his agent has suggested to any other club he's only interested in OM right now.

I think the lad will be going. I hope we get a good fee and a loan player would be nice.

 

[Kozzy_is_my_Dad]

The only thing I can hold on to, is that the Prince, for his flaws and naivety at times, hasn't let anyone take the piss out of us in the transfer market. Now is his biggest test yet.

 

[andy m]

For the money we would get for Ndiaye and Berge we wouldn't be able to sign players of anything like their quality. We have to gamble and keep Ndiaye in tje hope he keeps us up and earns us another 150m.

The equation is a guaranteed 10-15m now or a possible 150m in a years time. That's odds of 10/1 minimum and the bookies have us a lot shorter than that to stay up so the odds favour us keeping him

But if we sell them and sign players with the money we would have a better chance of getting promoted back up from the Championship and earning £150million.

 

[Varkanoid]

He didn't look like he was leaving in training today.

Does that mean I`m not going to get the Console Table I just bought for £30 ?