Yeah, it's pretty simple. The online group of absolute idiots simply go "Cucurella was £65m and he's rubbish, so Colwill is worth £90m". Just because your club MASSIVELY overpaid for Cucurella doesn't change Colwill's valuation, it just highlights that you are a complete intellectual vacuum.
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[Albion] Levi Colwill
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I'm in this camp. Colwill's ceiling is absolutely sky-high. Even if we spend £50m on him, Chelsea will probably buy him back in two years for £150m
I would be amazed if we got to those kind of figures. £50 million for Caicedo plus Colwill would be an extremely good deal, in my opinion. I'd be surprised if we even got that.
Would also totally disagree that he's a 'defensive' midfielder. He's the springboard for almost all passing moves and get all over the place.
Milano
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Or until the next new shiny one emerges in 12-24 months time. The truth is that 12 months ago let’s be honest who had really heard of Colwill?
The clear and obvious positive for us is that Levi clearly wants the move. Pinch yourself on that fact. He WANTS to leave CHELSEA to join BHA. What times!!!!!
Bold Seagull
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I'm slightly taken aback we've gone in at £30m.
Going back again at £40m seems surreal.
Going back again at £40m seems surreal.
Farehamseagull
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What makes you say that BS? Just the sums involved or that value of him as a player. Genuinely interested as always value your opinion.
To me I'd have no issue if we were offering £50m. I can't remember being as excited about any centre back in England as I am about Colwill, probably since Ferdinand. I think the way he's played his first season in the PL at aged 19 and 20 and playing the way we do under RDZ with so much importance placed on the CB's is remarkable.
I interpreted that post as being more about "I never thought I'd see the day Brighton would be offering that much for a defender..." rather than "he's not good enough to offer that much".
What's our current record transfer in? Still well below £30m isn't it? If you look at the last 12-24 months, it is remarkable the transformation we've seen in where Brighton sits in the transfer market. We're now generating big, big sales with massive profits (White, Cucu, and we're now looking at Alexis and if Caicedo goes it'll be a new club record IMO). And I suspect in the coming window we're going to break our incoming transfer record as well. Perhaps multiple times. At least once by a big jump if we can land Colwill. None of this incremental increases in the records by a mill or two here and there. We're talking big shifts.
Bold Seagull
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Just the sums. Even now with record receipts for players I didn't see us suddenly jumping, or perhaps leaping into new transfer records.
Nothing to do with Colwill, just the market we find ourselves in - feels unexpected to me.
Joao Pedro is costing 30.
OK, but that just reinforces my point - we're already making record transfers in and the window isn't even open yet.
AstroSloth
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It's two years and automatically extends by a year if he plays a certain number of games.
Little risk in him really I think. Even if we manage it at 45m there's no chance, career ending injury not permitting, we do t make our money back on him in the next 2 / 3 years.
I think the Ben White comparison in value is a very valid one tbh.
Colwill signed an extension and then had an excellent loan at Huddersfield, the same with Ben White at Leeds.
Then a brilliant season in the premier league.
Take into account Levi is younger and left footed and I think £50m is fair. In fact I think I’ve just talked myself into thinking £50m would be cheap
Colwill signed an extension and then had an excellent loan at Huddersfield, the same with Ben White at Leeds.
Then a brilliant season in the premier league.
Take into account Levi is younger and left footed and I think £50m is fair. In fact I think I’ve just talked myself into thinking £50m would be cheap
Bold Seagull
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At centre back they have:Are we playing Poker?
Who the hell is going to pay 200k a week for the 32 year old player Colwill might replace at Chelsea?
Hoping Boehly will step in and sanction the transfer, final decision is not Poch's is it??
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Benoit Badiashile (left footed)
Thiago Silva
Trevoh Chalobah
Wesley Fofana
Kalidou Koulibaly
Clearly Silva is at the end of his career, but still has a year left. As you say, if they have most of those on silly money, who is going to equal that as well as pay a transfer fee?
Seems to me Chelsea are the ones playing poker on this one, and perhaps it is a bit of a bluff.
Silva still probably top of that pecking order aswell having just won their player of the season
Farehamseagull
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Appreciate everyone might not agree but I already think Colwill is ahead of White. As Arsenal have already found out, you can't play White in a back 2 in the PL. White is an excellent, intelligent footballer hence him able to play at RB and DM but as a centre back, I think Colwill is already better and has a much greater ceiling. It is very, very rare for a 19/20 year old to be playing centre back for a top Premier League team.I think the Ben White comparison in value is a very valid one tbh.
Colwill signed an extension and then had an excellent loan at Huddersfield, the same with Ben White at Leeds.
Then a brilliant season in the premier league.
Take into account Levi is younger and left footed and I think £50m is fair. In fact I think I’ve just talked myself into thinking £50m would be cheap
Yeah fair enough, just pointing it out.