CONFIRMED Nils Zätterström to Genoa

[jt64]

When on earth did we put such a high fee on him.

I dont mind us spending a couple of £100k on players who may or may not come good. But this one seems crazy and then we had an opportunity to offload and we missed it because of a clause being too high.

If he ripped Serie A a new one and looked every bit like a £10m player, would you rather the option have been what it was, or lower? Additionally, do you think the option clause also came with the condition that if Genoa weren't interested at that price, but would offer a lower figure that we still found acceptable, we are obliged to reject it?

 

[dexter101]

If he ripped Serie A a new one and looked every bit like a £10m player, would you rather the option have been what it was, or lower? Additionally, do you think the option clause also came with the condition that if Genoa weren't interested at that price, but would offer a lower figure that we still found acceptable, we are obliged to reject it?

I take your point, but it does feel like all the young players we bought last summer would ideally all be got rid of this summer.

If we thought he was going to tear it up, we wouldn't have even put a clause in, we would have wanted him back.

Maybe they still might make a lower offer, just surprised by the whole situation really.

 

[jt64]

If we thought he was going to tear it up, we wouldn't have even put a clause in, we would have wanted him back.

If we thought that he would have been starting for us. Naturally there might be a difference between how our current football operations staff evaluates players and how a competent team does the same. If we were wrong, and it would not be the first time, you've got to at least try to protect your position

 

[AWetFlannel]

If you don’t think the CEO, Chief Scout and Head of Analytics wasn’t involved in signing of players I’ve got a bridge to sell you.

It’s not like signing dog shit players was a phenomena linked exclusively to last summer. We’ve been signing shit players for 15 years.

Every set of fans thinks their club signs loads of shit players, because only fans notice all the flops. We've had more success and signed better players than most clubs of our level in the past 15 years.

 

[KMC-1889]

Every set of fans thinks their club signs loads of shit players, because only fans notice all the flops. We've had more success and signed better players than most clubs of our level in the past 15 years.

Not even close to be true. The only signing we’ve made money on is Ramsdale, most of our signings leave for free or bargain price at the end of their deals.

Not to mention the amount of money we’ve wasted on loans or players that were never fit enough to play in the first place.

We had a good batch in 18/19 and the rest since then have been largely appalling

 

[AWetFlannel]

Not even close to be true. The only signing we’ve made money on is Ramsdale,

Ironically, this isn't even close to being true.

most of our signings leave for free or bargain price at the end of their deals.

Most of everyone's signings leave for free or bargain prices, besides the few clubs that are elite in player trading.

Not to mention the amount of money we’ve wasted on loans or players that were never fit enough to play in the first place.

Again, this is common for most clubs.

We had a good batch in 18/19 and the rest since then have been largely appalling

Have a look at Wigan, or West Brom, or Stoke. Pick a few random clubs that are about our level and have a detailed look at their past fifteen years of transfers.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Suggesting he was some mere 'consultant, is disingenuous, he very much had the board's ear. He was a Brit who professed to know football, but also a Poundland Tech Bro, who used stats and AI.
Well it turned out that he was just a bit shit at spotting a player..
He was also a bit shit at buying a club. His consortium put in a ludicrous bid for Shithole FC, more than twice what other established entrepreneurs were prepared to offer.

The board got conned by him, as they did in appointing the charlatan.
You plainly don't like Betis, Hoyland and Allen, but to suggest they should have put their jobs on the line, telling their new bosses that they are idiots, is fanciful.

If you have ever worked for an American company, you will know that they are always right. In my experience, they don't want to hear 'no', but maybe you know the inner workings at the Lane, better than any of us.

Why not go back to just blaming Wilder?

To be fair, Bettis is a bit more than a bean counter. He was phenomenally successful in business in his own right at a young age, which is how he first appeared on the radar of the McCabes, and I think history will come to judge him well as our CEO during volatile times.

 

[The Crab]

Why did they spend £3m on him then?

The football equivalent of magic beans maybe?

 

[relish]

The only signing we’ve made money on is Ramsdale

And he was absolutely rubbish! Funny old world.