I think this bloke would have to show a bit more before the big boys part with any serious money.
Evan Ferguson - Top Irish Prospect
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Stable City? They are being investigated for cheating with threat of relegation!
There’s absolutely a risk to Brighton of turning down very lucrative bids for a player who might not turn out to be worth that kind of money.
https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/2860902/evan-ferguson-signs-new-contract
I have no reason to believe the club are lying…
Another(!) new contract is possible to increase his wages, but I don’t think it changes a thing in terms of the transfer fee.
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Thank you for the reply mate. I fear you may have misread my reply. Actually I said it was “an enormous risk” for the buying club. Thank you for your response though.
This is not a smart thing to do. This is pissing away a transfer budget on something that will have no tangible impact on what we can field next season.
And also why will Brighton entertain that, they have ambitions and from the money they get, they would love to sign and develop their own player.
Shite! That’s my mistake. Meant to say “buying club”
Perhaps not directly, but a new and improved contract would make an attempt to pry away Ferguson from Brighton at least slightly less successful for the two and I suspect only two clubs who would realistically be in for him this summer: United and Spurs.
The case for United's interest in Ferguson is straightforward, but one can imagine that a move to a "top four" club may be viewed a bridge too far, too fast from Evan's own point of view. My proposal to make such a move more appealing to the boy himself is for United to bring in both Kane and Ferguson (yes, this would require total transfer outlay of around 160m...but United literally have zero strikers we can count on) so that the boy is properly nurtured at a club which is in a great place and has, at least in my view, a realistic chance of winning major trophies over the next few seasons; and, more importantly by the time Ferguson is ready to be a regular starter for a (hopefully) dominant club like United, at the age of 21 or so, Kane will be phased down and soon out. And even if the day when Ferguson is a regular starter for United has to wait until he's 22, that's still another 10-12 seasons when he will possibly be the marquee player for the biggest club in the world, possibly only exceeded in global exposure by Real and Barcelona.
The case for Tottenham's interest is obvious, but I if I were a member of young' Evan's inner circle I would caution him against going to a floundering club whose future is cloudy at best but even if it becomes sunny by June, immediately following in the footsteps of Harry Kane could be perilous. Putting a 19 year old straight into that situation is a bad idea.
Another season at Brighton may be the best decision for the boy right now. If he grows into the kind of statute that Haaland attained by 19 (Ferguson might even better than Haaland was at 19) offers from big clubs will be there, and perhaps by then those offers will come from Real, or perhaps even City in the event Haaland becomes bored with the EPL and moves to Real, as some expect is inevitable. On the other hand, if an opportunity to go to United presents itself it would be hard, and possibly risky, to pass up on it.
As for the transfer, which I'm finally addressing since I bolded your statement, there is no doubt now that it would somewhere between 60-100m. I don't follow Brighton's financial situation but even if we assume it's in league of Newcastle or Villa (seems unlikely, but I have no idea), if an offer of 75m is put on the table and if the player himself expresses a desire to leave, it's hard to imagine a deal not getting done.
Just scored a real beaut of a goal.
Let's just sign Brighton.
He’s really good. I’d fast track a move for him this summer honestly
Starting to think he might be the real deal and not just an Irish player being pumped up because he's decent from an Irish squad point of view
All the best parts of Messi and Ronaldo, with the lethal finishing of Ruud. And he's a childhood Man Utd fan. Sign him up !
I think this is the type of singing SAF would be all over. Sometimes you need to take a risk on a player.
Get him in
Looks like the next rooneh
I'd love him here but it's the sort of signing you make from a position of strength. We need the finished article.
If he didn't play for Brighton I'd say we should 100% sign him
Sadly though Brighton price their players at a ridiculous amount and I'm thinking 100 mil they'd ask for would be too risky
Sadly though Brighton price their players at a ridiculous amount and I'm thinking 100 mil they'd ask for would be too risky
We need to sign him and Brightons scouting department
Prepare for the hype train to go full nuclear.
We need to buy him as soon as possible. I would honestly prioritise him over Kane.
He may be 18 but he is a Rooney like 18 in that he is ready now and will give us years of top class service
Feck this 4231 nonsense, let's just sign him and Kane and go back to 442.
Class goal. He’s racking up quite the array of different finishes.
With his weaker foot too!
Him and Kane would make too much sense. I’d rather 120m on the two of them than 120m on Osimhen.
This kid is incredible.
Hope he sticks with Brighton for a few more years and then we snap him up.
Hope he sticks with Brighton for a few more years and then we snap him up.
Lot of great Irish players in our history.
Would be nice if he was another one at some point.
Would be nice if he was another one at some point.
120m? Try 200m.
He's still a teenager, not sure it would be great for his development to have millions of idiots slating him online for being a Brighton Tax Banter Player the first time he misses a chance, even if Brighton were willing to sell.
Sign him up.
£120m for both would be a steal considering today's climate and that they're from English clubs, I doubt it.
Great age, looks a proper handful, top finisher and he's a Utd fan as well.
Maybe we skip Kane and go get him. Levy no doubt is only going to mess us about anyway.
Maybe we skip Kane and go get him. Levy no doubt is only going to mess us about anyway.
Kane + this boy would make so much sense. Learn off of him for a few years, take over after 2/3 seasons then break his goalscoring record in 15-20 years time 
As long as the two isn't Fred & McT, it could work.
Everyone just wanting to sign this guy but does he fit with the way Ten Hag wants to play?
Kane + this boy would make so much sense. Learn off of him for a few years, take over after 2/3 seasons then break his goalscoring record in 15-20 years time
Yep. Especially if the Qatari group buys the club. Do this duo and the stage is set for both to achieve great things.
Welcome to England, Evan.