Yeah my bad, the Sky Sports article I read didn't say anything about it being rejected straight away but then I checked an Ornstein tweet and it said they had rejected it.Originally Posted by KSE Comedy Club
They rejected it about 30 mins after the media reported our 2nd bid...
I like the way you slipped in Zinchenko there Mac!
Yep, we need to close this deal ASAP. Edu and Garlick will have big questions to answer if this deal collapses, that would be two big deals on the trot that they failed to complete and we have gone very public with this one since January.
A superstar is £150m - £200m these days based on current prices.
Every midfielder has a baseline price of £70m now as well, Rice is English so once we apply that magic tax, £100m is about right.
That Haaland deal was a release clause. If he was on the market without a release clause, he would have gone for well in excess of 100million IMO
The Rice fee is nuts, but so is the market in general. West Ham rejected 100million for him last summer from Man United, albeit with a longer contract. Also, the market has moved on a bit since then, 80million is kind a standard price now for a highly rated international midfielder, plus we are paying the added "English Tax" on top. West Ham are certainly milking us, but so did Brighton a few years back for Ben White.
I think we have backed ourselves in a corner with the Rice deal, we clearly want him and he's our number one target as we have been publicly saying since January, we are going to have to pay the fee West Ham want for him irrespective of whether he wants us only.
Last edited by selassie; 21-06-2023 at 09:35 AM.
ofcI like the way you slipped in Zinchenko there Mac!
Havertz deal is close and expected to be in the region of 65m. That’s from Ornstein.
Not best pleased but hopefully we can get a better tune out of him.
I genuinely could not get a read on what Richard Garlick actually does
I think we have to be mindful that although we aren’t self sufficient anymore and the Kroenkes have been reasonably generous, they aren’t going to allow us to go berserk and just pay West Ham what they want.
Far from pleased. Why are we throwing Chelsea a fucking life raft?Havertz deal is close and expected to be in the region of 65m. That’s from Ornstein.
Not best pleased but hopefully we can get a better tune out of him.
Fuck knows. If it were for a potentially special player then fine but this kid is an awful finisher and pretty lazy as well. I guess he’s still got his best years ahead of him so fingers crossed there’s better to come.
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