Chelsea and Ajax are in negotiation for about 45 million euros. Do with that info as you please.
Mohammed Kudus
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Chelsea are going to bring in both Kudus and Caicedo....are they playing with monopoly money?
It’s been mentioned before but we’re down 5 midfielders from last season. We’ve so far signed 0 apart from cheap punts like Santos. How would you recommend we go about replacing Mount, Kovacic, RLC, Kante and Jorginho?
No, just very good at selling players they no longer want
Another fantastic young talent signed by Brighton. Great price too. Will probably be another £80m+ sale in a few years.
Great team for him to join, too. Brighton are like a go-to side for adorning attacking players talents
Wow what a move for them, perfect environment for him to develop further as well.
Ended up going for less than I thought, would've been a good option pre-Mount signing
Ended up going for less than I thought, would've been a good option pre-Mount signing
Brighton are making some very smart transfers. Players that come with a risk - a risk that the top clubs necessarily don't want to take, but could potentially blossom into very good players for the mid-table teams.
They are ambitious. Wont rule them out to get cl through europa league route. If they keep caicedo and strengthen their defense further they will be challenger for top 4 as well. De zerbi made them play exciting footy.
Quickly becoming the Dortmund of the PL. A place young talents can go and develop their game in a good environment with quality coaching.
Hell of a signing for Brighton.
If they keep Caicedo I expect they'll go well again this season.
Dortmund have struck a balance with when to sell them (at the cost maybe of at least one title the last 8 years, i would guess) and allowing release clauses when needs be; Brighton are gambling with making their very best players nigh impossible to buy except for obscene money. I think their model is really good overall, from scouring to de Zerbi headhunted to replace Potter, the transition to progressive football post Hughton etc, - but they're on a tightrope in terms of how they present themselves to players as a place when you can develop and even compete for some kind of trophy, but also be allowed to move to a top-table club if they offer decent money, so being competitive but also not holding players trapped there.....
They're not really looking for obscene money apart from for Caicedo, probably because they're looking at the fees comparable players (Rice, Enzo) have gone for recently. Other players they've sold in the last few seasons have gone for pretty reasonable fees, like Mac Allister €42m, Sanchez €23m, Trossard €24m, Bissouma €29m. I don't think players would be put off from going there by thinking they wouldn't be allowed to leave.
They demanded a ridiculous amount for Cucurella iirc
That could be the signing of the season.
Caicedo was the one i was thinking of primarily, of course but also the rumours around amount clubs had been quoted for Ferguson, he amount they asked for Cucurella to some extent was also pretty high. It was more about the 'direction of travel' in terms of becoming more restrictive as they've established themselves as a side in the PL, where Bissouma, for instance, would probably be stuck there or quoted at close to 70m or something if he was playing in this Brighton side at this point, and how that could potentially backfire. Trossard I think was coming to the end of his contract (could be wrong) or there were other reasons why he was relatively cheap. MacAllister I think had something in his contract from a while back where his transfer price was kept low, even if it wasn't a simple release amount. Brighton fans have said that release clauses have been essentially banned now in negotiations ...
Great signing. Like other said he will leave for big money in a few years.
Has all the individual talent to be a star for them. Wish him well.
Was no longer really motivated to stay at Ajax, Ajax has found a good replacement in Borges.
Was no longer really motivated to stay at Ajax, Ajax has found a good replacement in Borges.
Would have preferred him to Mount given that price. Excited to see how he does at Brighton because on the surface you’d think he’s in the perfect spot to continue his development
Excellent. I was worried someone else may get it. Now we can go for him 80m + couple of years.
Absolute gem of a player, when fit and motivated. Thw first is a big if with him, the second will be fine for the coming period, but I see him throwing his toys in the pram when/if the real big clubs come knocking in a few years time. He's a bit of a cnut
They could quite easily line up something like this....
------------Ferguson / João Pedro -----------
Mitoma ---------- Enciso ---------- Kudus
-------------- Dahoud ------ Caceido------------
Pretty exciting front 6 that.
------------Ferguson / João Pedro -----------
Mitoma ---------- Enciso ---------- Kudus
-------------- Dahoud ------ Caceido------------
Pretty exciting front 6 that.
Ok 23/24 season England will benefit as beg top two coefficient ranking and will gain a 5th CL spot through PL so 5th place qualifies for the 36 team CL that starts in 24/25 season. Enfact EPL could have up to 7 teams yes 7 teams if Arsenal win the CL but finish 6th behind City, Liverpool, United, Newcastle and Chelsea and then Brighton win the Europa League. But First 5 next season will qualify for the cL
I think we could still hijack that deal ?
Will be one of the players of the season. Finished the previous season strong.
Ajax's squad is being gutted. So many players leaving. Are they struggling financially?
also a question I’ve asked myself. Once they’ve sold Kudus and Alvarez there is not much quality left. They are down both in terms of quality and quantity
Kudus to Brighton is lovely for both. Gonna be a fun team
I'm going to go against the grain and predict he will fail.
Maybe they are salty, but most Ajax fans have noted attitude issues with him.
We shall see.
Maybe they are salty, but most Ajax fans have noted attitude issues with him.
We shall see.
Yep doing good business again
True, but we mostly only look from Ajax' perspective.
He has been so much overlooked in his time here, misused (as a RW and ST, he's neither), and is now by far the best player at a team he only saw as stepping stone anyway, on a bit of a sinking ship.
the real Super League
I thought he played centrally? Is he a right AM/AF?
fuk...after looking at our bench today against Lens we badly need more depth in attack. This is the kid we should have gotten and for 40m that's a fuking bargain
We don't need him mate. Would rather give that game time to Amad.
might be an option in FPL
personally don't think Amad will ever make the grade at United.....Kudus would be a top 15 player for United
€40m for a top 15 player? Not sure it's a big loss then.
He'll probably start for Brighton as well, not sure he would for us, at least not straight away.
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