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im not convined Citeh did undervalue him, or at least if they did, it was not by much. A bit like the Zaha thing at Palace, Cucu was, at the time worth more to us at Brighton, than a player of his ability ,s market value was He happened to be a perfect fit for us, but as we proved with...

The big problem Chelsea now have following the transfer madness of the past 2 years is that not only did they over pay for players Cucu and Caceido among them, they didnt need ,they were handing out 8 year contracts in an effort to get round FFP (or whatever its called now). A lot of people on...

Brighton have just sold a player for about £10 000 000 more than City payed for Haarland-, after selling Bissouma for £35 000 000 and Ben White for £50 000 000, with other players going as well Ostigard, Burn etc) that must be over £160 000 000 in 12 Months- That is just insane

i wasnt saying our model was simply buy and sell higher, the whole academy is set up to produce a stream of players , not just for us, but to proivide a steady income year on year as graduates who dont make it into the first team populate lower and foreign leagues. Its a long term, well thought...

you write that as if its some kind of new revelation rather than the clubs stated policy for a few years. We recruit from overseas and lower leagues young, develop the talent through the academy, u23s, loans etc and then sell for a profit if they dont quite make the grade , or sell to a top...

In the vast majority of the tweets, reports, breaking news alerts up to now there seems to be an underlying narrative that I find hard to understand- its the City will walk away from the deal and making it sound like Brighton are the ones wanting this deal-and pushing for it and its city...

hasn't it been said that most of this "debt" has been converted to shares or some such in the club and so isnt debt- its not repayable

Papa-thats basically what i meant-u put it better than me

I think Leeds actually did us a favour with Ben White, offering what for Brighton at the time was a massive fee for an academy player. It wasnt unreasonable to think we may actually accept something in that region. The fact that we turned them down, White had a great season, England caps, and...

You know very well what i meant- Its safe to say you arent every going to admit that Naylor has done what u asked of him- and that you were wrong, thats fine,takes a big person ( well just a reasonable one really) to say ok i was wrong, IMO a simple -ah ok, maybe he does get some info when...

my oh my Swanny- you really are a piece of work. If you look hard enough you will find "rumours" about everything and anything somewhere. This isnt rumour- its a confirmed bid- that your guy apparently has retweeted- exactly what you accused Naylor of doing. The fact that Naylor seems to have...

so Naylor has now broken transfer news (Maupay to Italy) , are you going to eat your words? Its the exact scenario you asked for - A bid has been received- so willing to admit you were wrong-i mean even your blessed Romano hadnt reported it

what makes you think for one second this is a negotiation? It isnt. Look at what Arsenal were purported to have said after the Ben White deal- along the lines of - hardest deal we have ever had to make. Never given a figure from Brighton, had to keep going back till we reached the figure TB had...

you really do post some drivel sometimes dont you? I assume its for affect. Your argument falls down when you start using "inbred" "local dog" and such like. Whether you like it or not Naylor and Owen are given info by the club, when Naylor states something no- its far more often than not...

ive probably been whooshed, happens a lot! it seems strange behavior to create a meaningless "battle" over it. Romano seems to be obsessed with this transfer, his oft tweeted -bid anyday now for over a month proves he isnt itk over this, although heis better placed than most for a larger numvber...

I think the difference is Romano has been saying basically the same thing every day for a month. Naylor hasnt. We all expected this to happen (city make a low bid, brighton reject it). That doesnt make us ITK any more than Romano saying "a city bid is ready to go and will be put in anyday now" a...

The only flaw with this approach is that it only works if Brighton want to sell. As we don't then its has zero chance of intimidating anyone, let alone Tony Bloom, or whoever they talk to at Brighton. People seem to think that this is a negotiation between Brighton and City, it isn't. City...

so anytime anything is mentioned by any manchester schoolboy on twitter its all over nsc as gospel that he is signing for them, yet when Naylor, and the Athletic ,are reporting talks with Cucurella about an improved and extended contract there is silence on here? Its like people want him to go...

that has been said since before the window opened. Terms agreed, bid in a couple of days, first bid turned down etc He may well go, he may well stay, but ALL the reports we see are just rubbish until we see him holdingbthe shirt

i am really struggling to understand the pessimistic confirmation bias going on here. Lets look at the stuff we actually know. He is going 1. ............. He is staying. 1. Publicly stated he is happy following a difficult move here, but he and family settled - 2. Naylor (closest thing we...