CONFIRMED Will Osula sold to Newcastle United

[nopigfansintown]

These kids just need time. Our problem is that we can't afford to give it them. The club has been great at developing forward players recently. Ndiaye, Jebbo, Osula, Lankshear, Marsh, Ryan One. It takes time for them to develop physically which we struggle to give them. If Ryan One signs maybe he'll be one.

 

[Old Programme seller]

We’re also basically a defensive club strikers don’t score hatfuls so a forward may learn his trade in full but when it comes to goals scored we’re not going to get him his numbers

 

[I should coco]

Do you genuinely believe that Newcastle paid what he did for what he had done, rather than what he could do?

One man's Will Osula, is another man's Jordan Slew.

Unfortunately we don't have the money to take the chance. £10m really was too much for a club in our position.

 

[GrunkyPeep]

Do you genuinely believe that Newcastle paid what he did for what he had done, rather than what he could do?

Absolutely not. I don't think anyone does either.

We sold a player who had shown very little, who had potential, and earned many millions out of it.

Signing a young lad with potential and selling them for a large profit is what we've been saying we should do for years isn't it? Isn't that the Brighton/Brentford model we've been lauding for years?

First sign of actually doing something we've been suggesting to do for years and people are already shitting on it.

It's no wonder we can never have nice things.

 

[tyneblade]

As I understand things Jason Tindall having seen him day in day out in training at ours was a key factor in what seemed a high fee at the time.

That's an usual situation, so I would take too many general lessons about United from it.

 

[bakeblade]

I think if the offer is a decent one for Peck then it's a no brainer to sell him especially if helps retain other players.

What would you class as a decent offer?

 

[Bladesman]

What would you class as a decent offer?

Around the Osula fee ballpark.

 

[bakeblade]

Around the Osula fee ballpark.

Too cheap, I'd want minimum 15 up to 20.
Otherwise keep him another year

 

[Old Programme seller]

Again we aren’t in a position to dictate the deal

 

[Frank the tank]

Couldn't understand it when people were laughing at us having Newcastle's pants down with the fee
This. Kid will go far Hoffenheim offered 30 m last season and now Bayern are circling
Watch this kid come back to England for one of the top teams

 

[Pegster]

Seemed to me that his performance in the pre-season friendly at York secured his move . The goal he scored that day was an absolute cracker .

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

I was, and still am, happy with what we got for him.

He was a raw talent, strong, athletic, fast, but couldn't seem to finish his dinner.

He could have gone either way, top top striker or league one, quick but useless in front of goal.

He's done well, so GLTTL, if we've a sell on clause then I'm happier still

 

[jt64]

Again we aren’t in a position to dictate the deal

He is our player, so yes we are.

 

[jt64]

Signing a young lad with potential and selling them for a large profit is what we've been saying we should do for years isn't it? Isn't that the Brighton/Brentford model we've been lauding for years?

Well, their model is generally to bring in undervalued players and sell when the timing and price is right. Our model seems to be bring in whoever and sell whenever anyone comes calling and not holding our nerve

 

[Old Programme seller]

He is our player, so yes we are.

I’d disagree, yes he is our player but player power is stronger than club power especially a championship club.

 

[jt64]

I’d disagree, yes he is our player but player power is stronger than club power especially a championship club.

Maybe if the club is weak.

 

[KMC-1889]

I was, and still am, happy with what we got for him.

He was a raw talent, strong, athletic, fast, but couldn't seem to finish his dinner.

He could have gone either way, top top striker or league one, quick but useless in front of goal.

He's done well, so GLTTL, if we've a sell on clause then I'm happier still

The fact is (and a lot won’t like it) but players like Jebbison, Osula, Peck, Arblaster, Seriki, Brooks etc… need to move on that age because there’s a ceiling to the player they can develop into at Sheffield United. Players with the correct physical attributes and the drive to make it into our first team have the raw ingredients that top tier clubs are looking for. With the quality of coaches and conditioning they have available the players will normally push on.

Both sides of the argument are right, if we’d have kept Osula he almost certainly wouldn’t have developed into the player he is now so holding onto him probably wouldn’t have made us a bigger fee.

 

[Pedro Verde]

Our model seems to be bring in whoever and sell whenever anyone comes calling and not holding our nerve

When was the last time we did that
Dont say Ndiaye and Berge both were in last year of contract

 

[KMC-1889]

When was the last time we did that
Dont say Ndiaye and Berge both were in last year of contract

DCL? Ramsdale? Adam’s? Brooks?

We’be always cashed in early and swapped youth for championship cloggers.

 

[Pedro Verde]

DCL? Ramsdale? Adam’s? Brooks?

We’be always cashed in early and swapped youth for championship cloggers.

DCL possibly again Everton had time to develop him
Ramsdale we got over £25m and we didnt take the first offer for him
Brooks we sold for £10m ? and built a promotion winning team with the money.
Those transfers were a while ago

 

[Old Programme seller]

DCL possibly again Everton had time to develop him
Ramsdale we got over £25m and we didnt take the first offer for him
Brooks we sold for £10m ? and built a promotion winning team with the money.
Those transfers were a while ago

Maybe Ramsdale first time around

 

[jt64]

Brooks we sold for £10m ? and built a promotion winning team with the money.

What we actually did with the money is irrelevant to the correctness of the initial decision. If we had spent that £10m on Tom Cannon and not a different £10m you wouldn't be making that argument.

 

[Bergen Blade]

These kids just need time. Our problem is that we can't afford to give it them. The club has been great at developing forward players recently. Ndiaye, Jebbo, Osula, Lankshear, Marsh, Ryan One. It takes time for them to develop physically which we struggle to give them. .

Imagine all the success we’d have missed out on if we’d actually given those kids some minutes...

 

[nopigfansintown]

Imagine all the success we’d have missed out on if we’d actually given those kids some minutes...

There's arguments either way. We've been relatively successful for SUFC. I wouldn't have swapped DCL, D Brooks, Ramsdale 1.0 for what happened with the proceeds. I'd rather have had Bamford than One this season. In fact I feel we go down without Bamford.

Did Osula buy us a promotion challenge last season? Probably. If not where was the money coming from for Burrows, Cooper, Campbell, Moore etc?

Seriki, A Brook, D Brooks, Peck, Arblaster, Ndiaye aren't in a position to complain about minutes at SUFC. Not a massive Jebbo fan tbh. Lankshear was very young and we had no choice given contract situation

 

[Pedro Verde]

What we actually did with the money is irrelevant to the correctness of the initial decision.

Of course its not irrelevant what we did with the money. The successful purchase of players that enabled us to win promotion indicates it was the correct decision

If we had spent that £10m on Tom Cannon and not a different £10m you wouldn't be making that argument.

You dont sell player for £10m and then go out and spend the same money on a player that is of lesser quality
The reason we sold Brooks was to buy 3/4 players that strengthened the team as a whole and made it a promotion winning team

The purchase of Cannon is totally irrelevant to this argument