Papa Lazarou
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[Albion] There is ZERO chance of SIGNING anyone today.
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Do I sense a degree of gallows humour kicking in today?
Betfair Bozo
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- Jul 24, 2007
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Do you mean Brian Lenihan? Had the choice of us or Hull and went there. Only made one start, later injured, went to Blackpool on loan and started a couple of games. Still with Hull but not a first teamer.
Put me down as a bedwetter.
The Birdman
New member
We must only buy someone who going to improve what we got although we not scoring enough goals I would be more worried if we did not create chances we should have converted more chances against the scum.
Trust TB and CH.
Trust TB and CH.
and here's the problem, we all already know, in a nutshell:-
Everton have joined the race to sign Arsenal forward Theo Walcott, 28. The Englishman is also wanted by his first club Southampton, with the Gunners set to ask for close to £30m. (Liverpool Echo)
Everton have joined the race to sign Arsenal forward Theo Walcott, 28. The Englishman is also wanted by his first club Southampton, with the Gunners set to ask for close to £30m. (Liverpool Echo)
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
That and his salary expectations as well. I'd imagine our salary structure restricts our 'pool' of targets in the UK more than anything else.
blockhseagull
Well-known member
The fact that Pritchard has been valued at £12m, £4m more than Norwich played after roughly 25 appearance and 4 or 5 champ goals shows how hard it is to recruit.
The club will have to take a chance on a foreign export and hope they hit the ground running.
The club will have to take a chance on a foreign export and hope they hit the ground running.
we need 2 strikers for each postion in case of injuries and suspensions etc.
We currently have 3 ( of which 1 has not played in the league yet)
Therfore , if they signed me it will be an improvement on having no one.
Most sides have 4 + good options , chances are someone will get injured as we've been largely lucky in this area last couple years.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The fees are bad enough, but we know the biggest problem is wages. We lost Ward, Grabban, and Pritchard due to wages offered.
We could recall Richie Towell. He has played 19 times on loan at Rotherham and scored, er, twice.
Maybe not......
Maybe not......
BensGrandad
New member
I read somewhere that Pritchards price had been agreed at £14m by Huddersfield.
?Judging by the Kayal thread, if he scores one more he'll be the go getting goal scoring midfielder the 1st XI is crying out for.
Judging by what we think we have learned about what we are paying Knocky, Duffy, Dunk and Stephens, we can expect to be offering 45-55K a week. That is up to around 2.86 million pounds a year in salary. And a transfer fee of 15 to 20 million. SURELY we can find ourselves a decent striker playing in France, Spain, Portugal or Germany if we are prepared to offer up that sort of dosh. Even if it means paying a bit more to some current players according to any 'must be the highest player' arrangements they have.
On that basis I am confident we will have singings soon.
Blackadder
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Napper is already on Football Rumours......
BensGrandad
New member
Nothing on there.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Or Ollie Norwood from Fulham.
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
I don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere, a Bruno replacement?
Club afraid of Brighton & Hove competition in race for fullback, can’t compete
By Lucas Sposito - 11th January 2018
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The Portuguese press doesn’t seem convinced Benfica can compete with Brighton & Hove Albion for the signing of Roma fullback Bruno Peres.
Recent reports have been claiming that both clubs, along with Galatasaray, would be interested in the Brazilian as a January signing.
But as they take the news today, Jornal de Notícias doesn’t show any excitement to know that the race for the player is getting bigger.
They say the deal doesn’t seem easy because of a ‘huge difference’ in the amounts offered, making it unlikely that Benfica could continue competing on financial terms.
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Brighton’s plan to bid for Peres was first reported in Italy, although the amount of the offer hasn’t been revealed yet.
Roma paid €12.5m to take the Brazilian from Torino last summer, giving him a contract which runs until 2021. So the Italian side will be very comfortable negotiating a fair price to sell him now.
Benfica would step aside after any reasonable Brighton offer, and let the Seagulls get on with it.
Club afraid of Brighton & Hove competition in race for fullback, can’t compete
By Lucas Sposito - 11th January 2018
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The Portuguese press doesn’t seem convinced Benfica can compete with Brighton & Hove Albion for the signing of Roma fullback Bruno Peres.
Recent reports have been claiming that both clubs, along with Galatasaray, would be interested in the Brazilian as a January signing.
But as they take the news today, Jornal de Notícias doesn’t show any excitement to know that the race for the player is getting bigger.
They say the deal doesn’t seem easy because of a ‘huge difference’ in the amounts offered, making it unlikely that Benfica could continue competing on financial terms.
Embed from Getty Images
Brighton’s plan to bid for Peres was first reported in Italy, although the amount of the offer hasn’t been revealed yet.
Roma paid €12.5m to take the Brazilian from Torino last summer, giving him a contract which runs until 2021. So the Italian side will be very comfortable negotiating a fair price to sell him now.
Benfica would step aside after any reasonable Brighton offer, and let the Seagulls get on with it.
MrSnuggles
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- Apr 29, 2016
- 529
We are Sidwell, Brown and Murphy down. Squad needs strengthening pretty quickly!