CONFIRMED Anel Ahmedhodzic sold to Feyenoord

[Mendi]

Rob Dorsett

#sufc close to agreeing a deal with Feyenoord for Anel Ahmedhodzic. Fee much less than the €18m suggested in the Netherlands, but a good deal still for the Blades for a players with only 1yr left on his contract. Should be joining up with Robin Van Persie’s Eredevise side soon

 

[Railway Blade]

BBC is also quoting fee agreed at 18 mill euros. I would be very surprised if that's correct.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Bed wetters.

I don't know how you didn't drown after the state of the squad a year ago last summer.

I expected anel to go and if we use that money well I think we come out much stronger than 12 months ago

 

[Bladesman]

 

[Boxer Blade]

Let's have a bit of faith in our new management team , let's wait and see , these things happen every season before the season starts so fingers crossed

 

[robbiez666]

Again, that’s fantastic if we use the funds to bring permanent replacements in, otherwise it’s a very bad strategy short term and more importantly long term.

Letting your players leave for free is a terrible long and medium-term strategy.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

If we can get 15 million for him that's outstanding

Sheffield United: Feyenoord make transfer bid for defender Anel Ahmedhodzic

Feyenoord make an offer worth £15.6m (18m euros) for Sheffield United defender Anel Ahmedhodzic.

www.bbc.com

 

[Blades98]

He was always gonna go, that was guaranteed after Wembley with one year left. Fine with it if we got a decent sum. He's good but not irreplaceable.

 

[wizadry]

Letting your players leave for free is a terrible long and medium-term strategy.

Good and very fair point, if he helped us to promotion though it would be worth more than whatever the fee is but that’s something we’ll never know.

As I said further up, let’s see what happens with all the funds made available from these sales before we cast ourselves 100% in one camp or the other.

 

[Pandev]

 

[JFK]

There's a club owner not a million miles from here who refused to sell his players when they still had value.
I bet this club's supporters absolutely love this owner for sticking to his guns and holding on to its assets.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

Unfortunately in the 27 days before the window shuts we play 4 league games which is 12 points which could be the difference between play offs and automatic or even making the play offs.

From what I’ve been reading on here tonight,there will be many teams who will be much stronger than us,even without a ball being kicked. If you ever thought this was going to be a quick fix with the shite and antics we were witnessing last season and the previous season in the space of a few weeks,you are following the wrong team.

 

[PaddysMad]

Surprised thought we’d sell for 3 or 4

 

[Eric_Brooks]

I think the Van Den Berg deal was for around 11 million so if I am sheffield united I want something similar

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

I used to love Angel Delight. Can you still buy it?

I would probably have traded an angel delight for our only remaining Centre Half, back in the day

You can get it online I got some for my wife last year

 

[Carlton Blade]

Good and very fair point, if he helped us to promotion though it would be worth more than whatever the fee is but that’s something we’ll never know.

As I said further up, let’s see what happens with all the funds made available from these sales before we cast ourselves 100% in one camp or the other.

No. I'm in the this is a terrible idea/fantastic plan camp (delete in 6 months, as appropriate)

 

[robbiez666]

Good and very fair point, if he helped us to promotion though it would be worth more than whatever the fee is but that’s something we’ll never know.

As I said further up, let’s see what happens with all the funds made available from these sales before we cast ourselves 100% in one camp or the other.

Fair. We won't know about the commitment of the owners until the transfer window closes.

We took gambles last time with Hecky that would have put us in an extremely bad position had we not gone up. We were lucky then but it could have gone badly wrong. We can see what that looks like by looking towards S6. I don't care for gambling promotions I care about having a football club to support.

 

[Jon Bon II]

I used to love Angel Delight. Can you still buy it?

I would probably have traded an angel delight for our only remaining Centre Half, back in the day

Passion fruit and mango flavour, Mmmmmmmm

 

[Berkshire Blade]

From what I’ve been reading on here tonight,there will be many teams who will be much stronger than us,even without a ball being kicked. If you ever thought this was going to be a quick fix with the shite and antics we were witnessing last season and the previous season in the space of a few weeks,you are following the wrong team.

Nearly every single squad in the country wishes they are shite enough to get 90+ points still talking nonsense

 

[LondonBlade89]

Rob’s not exactly sticking his neck out here re: fee.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

Nearly every single squad in the country wishes they are shite enough to get 90+ points still talking nonsense

And still failed.

 

[UddersBlade]

Fair. We won't know about the commitment of the owners until the transfer window closes.

We took gambles last time with Hecky that would have put us in an extremely bad position had we not gone up. We were lucky then but it could have gone badly wrong. We can see what that looks like by looking towards S6. I don't care for gambling promotions I care about having a football club to support.

Great post. There are a lot of times in the Championship this season chasing that ‘Golden Ticket’. I think a lot more will go ‘pop’ in next 2-3 years like Pigs. It’s a massive gamble to commit to big salaries for 2-3 seasons & fail to go up. As stated above - had we not gone up under Hecky - we may have ended up in League 1 by now in financial strife.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

And still failed.

You are talking as if we were mid table nobodies which is ludicrous. With small tweaks that side can absolutely go again

 

[Bladesman]

I think this is a theme with foreign players making Championship moves. They sign their initial 3 to 4 year contract but the plan is not to sign another deal but use the club as a stepping stone to another.

Souza even if we got promoted was unlikely to renew I reckon.

Berge didn't renew.
Ndiaye didn't renew.
Anel didn't renew.

All had multiple contract offers made to them while here and promotion to the PL didn't change their stance.

 

[NateDogg]

Passion fruit and mango flavour, Mmmmmmmm

That sounds rank. Butterscotch or nowt.

 

[LondonBlade89]

I think this is a theme with foreign players making Championship moves. They sign their initial 3 to 4 year contract but the plan is not to sign another deal but use the club as a stepping stone to another.

Souza even if we got promoted was unlikely to renew I reckon.

Berge didn't renew.
Ndiaye didn't renew.
Anel didn't renew.

All had multiple contract offers made to them while here and promotion to the PL didn't change their stance.

I don’t think that’s a foreign player thing. It’s a good player thing.

 

[robbiez666]

Great post. There are a lot of times in the Championship this season chasing that ‘Golden Ticket’. I think a lot more will go ‘pop’ in next 2-3 years like Pigs. It’s a massive gamble to commit to big salaries for 2-3 seasons & fail to go up. As stated above - had we not gone up under Hecky - we may have ended up in League 1 by now in financial strife.

I really don't think it's worth the risk. I'd rather live within our means and hope for a good run/season to go up with. Whether the current approach will work is another thing, but let's see.

 

[loyalblade95]

Our squad has changed considerably since last season

No BBD, Choudary, Anel, Souza, Moore, Brewster, Gilchrist, Rak Saki, Holding, Clarke.

Possibly another departure before window closes?

And an unknown manager

A lot of teams are weaker now than compared to last summer, look at Ipswich starting 11 now vs this time last season, they're weaker now.

Leicester are weaker as well, the only team I'd say are stronger right now are Millwall.

As for our departures, I'd say quite a few of those players have been replaced.

Players who take the departed players spots in starting 11/bench
Holding replaced by Bindon
JRS replaced by Brooks
BBD replaced by Barry
Souza replaced by Soumare
Brewster replaced by Ukaki

Replacements we still need
Clarke and Gilchrist replaced by 1 new RB to compete with Seriki
Anel replaced by 2 new CB's, 1 starter, 1 cover
Moore replaced by 1 new ST
Choudhury potentially replaced by another new CM/CDM

4/5 replacements in total, and not all of them have to be starters.

As for Selles being an unknown manager, is he an unknown manager?

I don't think he is, I think he's been around English football long enough not to be unknown.

Yes we're his biggest/toughest job yet, but you could have made the same argument for CW after he left Northampton for us.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

You are talking as if we were mid table nobodies which is ludicrous. With small tweaks that side can absolutely go again

Absolutely we can rekindle to be a good side again,the basis is there apart from a lightweight back 4 and a lacking at present forward line. I like what Seles is doing and hope to see green shoots on Saturday. Did you enjoy the last season and a half under Wilder ?

 

[Mojo]

I think this is a theme with foreign players making Championship moves. They sign their initial 3 to 4 year contract but the plan is not to sign another deal but use the club as a stepping stone to another.

Souza even if we got promoted was unlikely to renew I reckon.

Berge didn't renew.
Ndiaye didn't renew.
Anel didn't renew.

All had multiple contract offers made to them while here and promotion to the PL didn't change their stance.

I think this is more to do with the club not progressing in that time as much as anything else