Wasn't it reported that we bid £40m for Levi?
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[Albion] Mohammed Kudus **Signed For West Ham 27/08**
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GT49er
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Yes, but only in context of a deal invlving Caicedo, I think. Besides, we'd actually had Colwill here for a season, so were in a position to know it wasn't a risk - in this case,, Chelsea are unfortunately right; an exceptional young talent they don't want to sell at any price.
drew
Drew
Any deal we were discussing was separate from Caicedo. He has his value and TB are sticking to that.
GT49er
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Theoretically maybe - but come off it!
West Upper Seagull
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If that happens then I’m convinced Potter will quickly be appointed as his replacement
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Why? He’s proved he can’t deal with pressure.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
He wasn't great however it was more the chelsea management and fans who had problems with pressure.
ConfusedGloryHunter
He/him/his/that muppet
- Jul 6, 2011
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I remember when we broke our highest ever transfer fee record buying Hoskins for £500,000 then Buckley doubled it a few days later. Then even more for CMS a few days after that.
As then, so now. I was a bit surprised when Bloom spent £30m on a player and would be stunned if he then spent more on another in this window. But should it actually happen I will just laugh like I did at the Buckley fee. £1m is still a ridiculous amount of money to sign an athlete to do their thing let alone anything more. It is all monopoly money to me. Not real at all.
Four other clubs have looked at Kudus too, according to today’s independent.
“Four of England's major clubs - perhaps symbolically, the old “big four” - all want midfielders. United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have each at least had a look at a group of players led by Lavia, Fiorentina's Sofyan Amrabat, Ajax's Mohammed Kudus, Nice's Khephren Thuram and - above all - Brighton's Moises Caicedo”
“Four of England's major clubs - perhaps symbolically, the old “big four” - all want midfielders. United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal have each at least had a look at a group of players led by Lavia, Fiorentina's Sofyan Amrabat, Ajax's Mohammed Kudus, Nice's Khephren Thuram and - above all - Brighton's Moises Caicedo”
His Advisers have spoken to more than that. They were speaking to Man United about 3 weeks ago plus 2 clubs in Germany plus Chelsea. I don't know if they spoke to Brighton or not. I read Arsenal showed an interest but I don't know if they spoke to them or not
FatSuperman
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- Feb 25, 2016
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I personally wouldn't assume Chelsea being interested is any indicator of a player's future success. Given the absolute mountains of money they've wasted over the years. Arsenal too, albeit in very recent years they seem to be doing a bit better.
Taking a step back, and appreciating it’s a squad game etc.., in a best 11 where does Kudus fit in?
Who is he an improvement on?
Who is he an improvement on?
He literally plays in most positions.
I see him as another Groß. 1st 11 standard BUT you use him to plug gaps.
In a scenario where Welbeck and Pedro are injured and Ferguson needs a break, he plays up front. He can cover at No.10 if Lallana is not fit, he can play one of the central midfield positions or even cover for Solly at right wing. I would not be surprised if RDZ tries him at full back also.
He would have played in all our final 5 games last season (after March’s injury) and perhaps we’d have won more than 2 of them with a bigger squad full of more actual quality rather than just potential.
West Upper Seagull
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And you think the pressure at West Ham is as much as Chelsea ? West Ham are not considered an elite club (although it pains me to suggest Chelsea are), the pressure there is probably not much different to the Albion and he won’t have 30+ egos to manage. Potter would be a perfect fit for West Ham
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
He couldn’t handle 50 Albion fans having a moan. Hammers fans do nothing but moan.
Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
West Ham fans above all others, are aware of how good a manager Potter is. His tactics left them scratching their heads many times.
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
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Was it his tactics, or was it the players signed for him? A mixture of both maybe but personally I would lean more heavily toward celebrating the recruitment team than the former manager.