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£10 Million for Leonardo WHY?????????



Spinal Wheels

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Apr 9, 2012
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Having given the Ulloa's pending £10 Million record transfer some reflection. It seems amazing what scoring no more than three or four goals can do for a players market value when scored at the right time & against the right teams. Obviously the goals he scored against Leicester last season hit the spot as far as Nigel Pearson is concerned. This was further cemented by Ulloa's 92 minute winner against Forest to sneak us into the Play Offs.
A stunning bit of business by our beloved Chairman in hindsight, he played a cool hand you could say. But he clearly knew that those three or four goals mean't the cards were stacked so to speak.
Could you buy my next Lottery Ticket Mr Bloom ?.:cool:
 
No, I don't think it was 3 or 4 goals that got him the move - but I agree to the extent that his record against the better teams proved he was a Premiership standard player, which we saw very early on when he played against Arsenal. Those players are worth £8m if they are in the prime of their career like Leo
 
And for a team challenging for the Premiership like us, they could be the difference in getting the £100m+ annual revenues. Apparently the argument is we can get a replacement player to do this for us - well, time will tell
 

Spinal Wheels

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I totally agree, but in my opinion his last four or so months of the season that added several millions extra to his value.
 


Dorset Seagull

Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
If you score goals in games that are noticed by the media then you get talked up a lot.This has a knock on effect that actually becomes a self fulfilling prophecy whereby everyone rates a player higher than maybe he actually is. Not saying that was the case with Ulloa as he is clearly a good player with a good goal scoring record but I think we would all agree that £10m is outside what most of us would have valued him at.
 

The_Viper

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If he scores ten goals that keep them in the Premier League and pocket another fortune in TV money, and his replacement fails to hit the mark as well, he'll have been worth alot more then 10 million, we shall see who Bloom gets in.
 

El Presidente

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3 or 4 goals?

I could swear he scored 23 in 50 games for us, including goals against Premier League opposition.
 


aolstudios

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Nov 30, 2011
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And for a team challenging for the Premiership like us, they could be the difference in getting the £100m+ annual revenues. Apparently the argument is we can get a replacement player to do this for us - well, time will tell
This,
it's all about what we do with the money now & whether we use it effectively & in time to make losing him (& Bridders & Barnes) worthwhile...
 

El Presidente

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How do we know it's not Barber/Burke who have masterminded the hugely inflated transfer fee??

Can't be Burke, he knows nothing about football apparently.

Can anyone remember who recommended Ulloa in the first place?
 


DavidinSouthampton

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Set this against Loic Remy going to Liverpool for a reported £8.5million.......... Good business from Mr Bloom
 

JBizzle

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Apr 18, 2010
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How do we know it's not Barber/Burke who have masterminded the hugely inflated transfer fee??

Well it was, wasn't it. I know Bloom is surrounded by the "poker player" stuff, but Barber negotiates outgoing transfers, Burke incoming.

Both are doing pretty good jobs if you ask me.
 


chaileyjem

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He's scored terrific goals and had fine performances in last 18 months against Arsenal, Hull, Burnley,QPR, Palace and Leicester. All prem league opposition in 14/15. I think he'll be fine.
 

nicko31

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Seems that 4-1 at Leicester, was a very good pay day for the Albion.
 


El Presidente

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Seems that 4-1 at Leicester, was a very good pay day for the Albion.

I don't think it made a blind bit of difference. All the Leicester players were hungover that day, so I'm pretty sure Pearson ignored the performance and didn't draw any extra conclusions from it.
 

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