Summer 2022 Transfer Window

[jayrivers]

14 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

Ok, but I'd still like to know how their revenue is so much higher?

Because the last few seasons they have consistently had European football, and owner who has written off over £100m of their debt (I think £140m+ ?), and we've been fighting relegation battles. 

[Mr X]

Still mystified if a striker was our top priority when ings jumped ship that we still haven't achieved it over the summer, leaving it late! 

[Warriorsaint]

Where did Forster go, I’ve completely forgotten?

[Neef]

Wolves have a multi-billionaire owner who has pumped hundreds of millions into the club since taking over in 2016 or so. Completely different ball park to us.

Think they've stated that their aim is to ultimately become a CL club, and they've had the means to push towards that. 

Edited 16 August, 2022 by Neef

[InvictaSaint]

6 minutes ago, Warriorsaint said:

Where did Forster go, I’ve completely forgotten?

Spurs. 

[Saint Garrett]

15 minutes ago, Neef said:

Wolves have a multi-billionaire owner who has pumped hundreds of millions into the club since taking over in 2016 or so. Completely different ball park to us.

Think they've stated that their aim is to ultimately become a CL club, and they've had the means to push towards that. 

But you're not allowed to do that because of FFP. I know it is a load of bullshit and it has loopholes galore, but you can see right now that Everton and Leicester are struggling because of it, and Newcastle are certainly being a bit more careful than I think most people were expecting them to be, due to FFP.

[Saint86]

43 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

Dont they include inflation / currency fluctuations? 

Mane is £10.5m, Vestergaard was £18m and Ings was £18m, Carillo was £20m I think...

In my mind I always had Carillo at £22M - What's important is that its basically impossible for us to top that and get a worse return 😙

Edited 16 August, 2022 by Saint86

[Saint Garrett]

22 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

In my mind I always had Carillo at £22M - What's important is that its basically impossible for us to top that and get a worse return 😙

Think it was €22m ~ £19.2m at the time.

[Saint NL]

If Everton are getting 45m for Gordon, then surely we should be getting nearer 30m for Che?

 

Nice game of roundabouts, Gordon to Chelsea, Che to Everton and Broja to Saints 

[Suhari]

Just now, Saint NL said:

If Everton are getting 45m for Gordon, then surely we should be getting nearer 30m for Che?

 

Nice game of roundabouts, Gordon to Chelsea, Che to Everton and Broja to Saints 

After RHs comments at the fans forum, I think this train has sailed.

[danjosaint]

Another one added to the fallen out of  list

[Saint Garrett]

13 minutes ago, Suhari said:

After RHs comments at the fans forum, I think this train has sailed.

I don't agree.

[Sheaf Saint]

13 minutes ago, Suhari said:

After RHs comments at the fans forum, I think this train has sailed.

[ErwinK1961]

11 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

I don't agree.

Is that a don’t agree with the train/sailing phraseology, or don’t agree as in we’re still after Broja and would have him back?

[Saint86]

9 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

I think What Suhari is trying to say, is that Broja's joining via underwater train?

[Suhari]

11 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

I think What Suhari is trying to say, is that Broja's joining via underwater train?

And we'll only play him as a sub........?

[gio1saints]

Can someone explain why Broja form dipped end of last season? The whole team were dire. We collectively ran out of juice and had a 15 game meh.. Surely that would have impacted upon his motivation and ability to deliver goals? That he was def going back to Chelsea also might be a factor and his head was already turned as had somehow "made it?2 perhaps?. Did he get too billy big boots? Came in humble got too greedy/arrogant perhaps? There are people saying RH does not fancy him and such like - but when he was smashing up EPL defenders and scoring people like Franny were saying he was "the real deal" live on tv...and i genuinely thought he looked mustard a proper good strong fast technical physical cf the like of which unseen at SMS possibly ever ....how come he seems to have gone from the real deal to not someone we'd want?  

[Whitey Grandad]

35 minutes ago, danjosaint said:

Another one added to the fallen out of  list

He was never our player and was always going to go back to Chelsea.

[trousers]

49 minutes ago, Suhari said:

After RHs comments at the fans forum, I think this train has sailed.

Maybe not as Sicily as it sounds....

 

 

Edited 16 August, 2022 by trousers

[aintforever]

10 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Can someone explain why Broja form dipped end of last season? The whole team were dire. We collectively ran out of juice and had a 15 game meh.. Surely that would have impacted upon his motivation and ability to deliver goals? That he was def going back to Chelsea also might be a factor and his head was already turned as had somehow "made it?2 perhaps?. Did he get too billy big boots? Came in humble got too greedy/arrogant perhaps? There are people saying RH does not fancy him and such like - but when he was smashing up EPL defenders and scoring people like Franny were saying he was "the real deal" live on tv...and i genuinely thought he looked mustard a proper good strong fast technical physical cf the like of which unseen at SMS possibly ever ....how come he seems to have gone from the real deal to not someone we'd want?  

I expect once the media started raving about him his agent got a few calls and that was job done.

[Saint Garrett]

29 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Is that a don’t agree with the train/sailing phraseology, or don’t agree as in we’re still after Broja and would have him back?

As in we're still keen to bring him back, and he's keen to return. I think something will happen with him towards the end of the window, once Chelsea spunk another £50m+ on a striker

[Toussaint]

15 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Can someone explain why Broja form dipped end of last season? The whole team were dire. We collectively ran out of juice and had a 15 game meh.. Surely that would have impacted upon his motivation and ability to deliver goals? That he was def going back to Chelsea also might be a factor and his head was already turned as had somehow "made it?2 perhaps?. Did he get too billy big boots? Came in humble got too greedy/arrogant perhaps? There are people saying RH does not fancy him and such like - but when he was smashing up EPL defenders and scoring people like Franny were saying he was "the real deal" live on tv...and i genuinely thought he looked mustard a proper good strong fast technical physical cf the like of which unseen at SMS possibly ever ....how come he seems to have gone from the real deal to not someone we'd want?  

Only speculation, but there were two factors I had considered at the time, one was he may have been shaken by the whole Abramovich / sanctions issues which coincided with his dip, also the team were  became woeful around the same time, (Villa awy 0- 4)  the service was non existent, that would demoralise any striker. 

[DT]

8 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

As in we're still keen to bring him back, and he's keen to return. I think something will happen with him towards the end of the window, once Chelsea spunk another £50m+ on a striker

Really? I'm doubtful, but that would be okay I guess. Would be big bucks, and not sure of the relationship he has with Ralph, but he may not be with us long I guess

[Turkish]

2 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Only speculation, but there were two factors I had considered at the time, one was he may have been shaken by the whole Abramovich / sanctions issues which coincided with his dip, also the team were  became woeful around the same time, (Villa awy 0- 4)  the service was non existent, that would demoralise any striker. 

I very much doubt that a footballers form dipped due to sanctioned issued againt his parents clubs owners, it's like the ranting that the glaziers are responsible for losing to a team that cost less than Fred! (yes i appreciate the Glaziers are awful owners and should be kicked out of the game but that isn't the reason they lost on saturday) It'll be a combination of the crap team performances, defenders getting wise to him, giving him more attention and the dips in form all young players go through.

[DT]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I very much doubt that a footballers form dipped due to sanctioned issued againt his parents clubs owners, it's like the ranting that the glaziers are responsible for losing to a team that cost less than Fred! (yes i appreciate the Glaziers are awful owners and should be kicked out of the game but that isn't the reason they lost on saturday) It'll be a combination of the crap team performances, defenders getting wise to him, giving him more attention and the dips in form all young players go through.

Not wishing to throw stones in glass houses but I think you mean the Glazers... 😉 

[Chez]

3 hours ago, CamSaint said:

Interestingly, in the list of PL transfers posted by @le_tiss earlier in this thread, 7 other clubs as well as Saints have yet to spend more than £20M on a single player so far this window: Bournemouth, Brentford, Brighton, Palace, Fulham, Leicester and Newcastle. Of course this will no doubt change by the time the window 'slams shut', but it does show that we're not the only ones who have been shopping at the lower end of the market with just a couple of weeks to go.

Newcastle signed Botman for £30m, Palace signed Cheick Doucoure for £20m, while Fulham signed Joao Paljinha for a fee that was close to £20m.

[skintsaint]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Not wishing to throw stones in glass houses but I think you mean the Glazers... 😉 

Its a right pane spelling that surname to be fair.

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Not wishing to throw stones in glass houses but I think you mean the Glazers... 😉 

yes, making that mistake was a right pane.

[Toussaint]

4 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I very much doubt that a footballers form dipped due to sanctioned issued againt his parents clubs owners, it's like the ranting that the glaziers are responsible for losing to a team that cost less than Fred! (yes i appreciate the Glaziers are awful owners and should be kicked out of the game but that isn't the reason they lost on saturday) It'll be a combination of the crap team performances, defenders getting wise to him, giving him more attention and the dips in form all young players go through.

I think it was a bit different in Chelsea's situation, given the heightened tensions around that time and some of the hyperbole being spouted it looked at one stage Chelsea were doomed. It is his parent club, been there since he was a child, probably harboured ambitions to be a star for them and then it all suddenly looked really shaky. As I said, pure speculation on my part. 

[Turkish]

6 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Its a right pane spelling that surname to be fair.

i should have framed the post differently

Edited 16 August, 2022 by Turkish

[SuperSAINT]

 

 

 

Edited 16 August, 2022 by SuperSAINT

[gio1saints]

5 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Only speculation, but there were two factors I had considered at the time, one was he may have been shaken by the whole Abramovich / sanctions issues which coincided with his dip, also the team were  became woeful around the same time, (Villa awy 0- 4)  the service was non existent, that would demoralise any striker. 

Fair point about non existent service.

I know it might sound laughable but, for me, he had something of the Cristiano Ronaldo about him. He attacks defenders directly with pace and technical strength in final third in a way which terrifies them - and which we are unused to seeing at SMS from our attackers. He just wants to score. He can win a game by himself if he's in the mood and given ball in right areas. None of our current or recent past forwards can do this (though there's a promising case for Mara on his one cameo). IF there's a non football problem with him then we are nuts and need to show more mental flexibility in order to find a way to utilise his talents.      

[Saint Garrett]

5 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

 

 

These Newcastle owners tighter than Mike Ashley. Maybe it's because they also own Chelsea

 

[skintsaint]

5 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

These Newcastle owners tighter than Mike Ashley. Maybe it's because they also own Chelsea

 

[Saint Garrett]

4 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11114261/Chelsea-owners-facing-questions-Saudi-links.html

[Sevvy]

45 minutes ago, trousers said:

Maybe not as Sicily as it sounds....

 

 

I have come to the conclusion that Trousers has a picture or video on everything. 

[skintsaint]

4 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11114261/Chelsea-owners-facing-questions-Saudi-links.html

Cheers first I heard of it. If any issues I'm guessing it will be brushed under the carpet once they throw money at the Premier League.

[Saint Fan CaM]

3 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11114261/Chelsea-owners-facing-questions-Saudi-links.html

Ooh, that could get embarrassing! Would love this to blow up into a big scandal, but surely the EPL did a full fit buyers test?

[Wurzel]

58 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

Can someone explain why Broja form dipped end of last season? The whole team were dire. We collectively ran out of juice and had a 15 game meh.. Surely that would have impacted upon his motivation and ability to deliver goals? That he was def going back to Chelsea also might be a factor and his head was already turned as had somehow "made it?2 perhaps?. Did he get too billy big boots? Came in humble got too greedy/arrogant perhaps? There are people saying RH does not fancy him and such like - but when he was smashing up EPL defenders and scoring people like Franny were saying he was "the real deal" live on tv...and i genuinely thought he looked mustard a proper good strong fast technical physical cf the like of which unseen at SMS possibly ever ....how come he seems to have gone from the real deal to not someone we'd want?  

Did it coincide with the new owners being announced?  I can't imagine any self respecting Albanian wanting to be "owned" (even tenuously) by a Serbian

[AlexLaw76]

1 minute ago, Wurzel said:

Did it coincide with the new owners being announced?  I can't imagine any self respecting Albanian wanting to be "owned" (even tenuously) by a Serbian

He was born and raised in Slough.  I doubt he has deep cultural issues with someone who probably has had fleeting meetings with

[Saint Garrett]

6 minutes ago, Saint Fan CaM said:

Ooh, that could get embarrassing! Would love this to blow up into a big scandal, but surely the EPL did a full fit buyers test?

You'd think so, but maybe they were desperate to be rid of Abramovich. It certainly is a bit dodgy..

[Whitey Grandad]

6 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

You'd think so, but maybe they were desperate to be rid of Abramovich. It certainly is a bit dodgy..

I don’t think they had a choice. Government sanctions and all that stuff.

[SuperSAINT]

 

[skintsaint]

3 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Record fee for a pub player?

Actually the whole wiki page is a mess! 

Edited 16 August, 2022 by skintsaint

[SuperSAINT]

 

[skintsaint]

Some nice finishes and interlink play....but so did Steve de Ridder on youtube!

Edited 16 August, 2022 by skintsaint

[DT]

1 hour ago, Turkish said:

yes, making that mistake was a right pane.

Useful for the transfer window though

[skintsaint]

Just now, DT said:

Useful for the transfer window though

Not long now though till it slams SHUT!

[Smirking_Saint]

2 hours ago, Saint NL said:

If Everton are getting 45m for Gordon, then surely we should be getting nearer 30m for Che?

 

Nice game of roundabouts, Gordon to Chelsea, Che to Everton and Broja to Saints 

Id rather Che than Broja tbh

[saintant]

10 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Looks to have a bit of everything. Probably just more clickbait.