Don't understand what the benefit of him signing a new contract was (from his POV). Immediate cash windfall must have been nice, but there's no way the likes of Madrid sign him now as he's effectively priced himself out of a move.
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He's 21 and they already have excellent players in that position. Plenty of time.
Maybe he fancies a European campaign with Brighton where he's at the centre of the team rather than a bit part player at a bigger club that's a good draw for a 21 year old.
There's a good chance he goes nowhere this summer and with Mac Allister almost certainly leaving, Brighton don't fancy selling both their best midfielders.
Fair, I'd sort of assumed he'd angle for a move this summer but it'd be great if he ended up staying at Brighton (assuming we can't get him obv).
I don't understand our transfer policy. When we were for him (and similiar players) why we just didn't bought him for that 5 mil and loaned him out. There was zero risk in that business.
We did so many bad decisions last few years which is unbelievable.
Missed on Caicedo, refused Haaland because "we are too big to give release clause", we didn't go all in for Bellingham before he signed for BvB, De ligt's father was too fat....
We did so many bad decisions last few years which is unbelievable.
Missed on Caicedo, refused Haaland because "we are too big to give release clause", we didn't go all in for Bellingham before he signed for BvB, De ligt's father was too fat....
Good post. I totally agree.
Wondering if one of the portuguese or South American redcaffers who are more familiar with ugarte than I am could do a brief comparison on how they compare to each other.
I’m being picky here but Caicedo went to Beerschot, not USG and Amad joined us the same window Caicedo did you
We signed him too late to get him through in the “summer” window. Pellistri joined in October too, damn covid window.
Football is a different world. That's obvious.
Also I'm taking transfer fees between football clubs, not wages.
All good mate, it just really pisses me off with the amount of money that goes on in football.
Exactly. Had Chelsea got an offer accepted in January he'd have went there. He actually asked to be let go when Arsenal put an offer in. He's still giving interviews saying he was close to leaving and was disappointed at the time it didn't happen, and is still liking Arsenal related posts on social media and saying he hopes Arsenal win the league.
I think if Utd or City were to bid and get an offer accepted, he'd go to either of them as well.
I certainly wouldn't rule out Arsenal going back in for him in the summer. Whether they bid enough to get Brighton to accept, that's another story, but i can certainly see them bidding £80M and at least trying again.
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My preferred #1 target this summer.
That's the part people always forget. At Brighton nobody cares about a 5m £ signing from Ecuador.
The best we have developed would be Amad. And we have so much discussion about him needing another loan vs being back up for Antony. Imagine if he was bought by Brighton for 10m£ from Belgium. He would be getting invaluable game time for them and developing nicely.
It's just different. We need to be very meticulous and planned in how we develop any talent. Same goes for all the big clubs. And everyone knows how meticulous we have been for the last 10 yrs.
Would be a mint signing. Fee would be insane. But you know I'm all about the muppetry mate
I think he's more like Jota, a very good player that could go up a level. Easy to forget that this is his first year of top level football. But yeah I agree he's not there yet currently. But could be a great punt for someone at the £50m level mark.
Dream debut.
Yikes. I’m staying out of this thread tonight 
More like Moises Concedo a penalty.
I feel bad for these players like Ceicedo and Modryk. They get sold for astronomical figures and then they are expected to have imitidiate impact.
Whenever they make a mistake the internet is there to troll them. The players does not decide their selling price.
Whenever they make a mistake the internet is there to troll them. The players does not decide their selling price.
Yikes. I’m staying out of this thread tonight
Hop in the Moises Caicedo | Chelsea player thread instead
Disaster class
Hop in the Moises Caicedo | Chelsea player thread instead
Only the caf would have two active threads to dunk on the same player.
We are in no position to say anything negative about other teams or their players after yesterday.
Feck that. If there’s something in football that gives me joy when my own team is doing poorly, I’ll grab on to that with both hands
Of course we are. You must live an incredibly boring life if that's your outlook.
I contend that you signed a younger player, with a fan base who have considerably greater expectation on big $ signings, and he immediately flourished.
Mudryk is there since January, but the issue with him is that he never proved his worth, unless you count handful of games in Ukraine.
Of course we can, it's football.
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