[Albion] Charalampos Kostoulas

[pigmanovich]

If the insanity is coming from the £40m price tag, it might be more palatable to speculate that the 'package' starts at around £28m and tops to £40m with the addition of Sima and a number of add-ons (appearances, goals, assists, league position & trophies etc).

The latest is that there is no player swap involved.

 

[macbeth]

I do not feel easy with this. It’s an insane amount of money to spend on a teenager and puts a ridiculous amount of pressure on someone who is still a child. That being said, I’ve come to the point with recruitment that I trust the club so much, and know that if they are spending this much money on someone, they must be absolutely convinced they are are a world class talent. Like, this must be THE most convinced Tony has ever been about a player. There’s no other reason he’d spend so much on a teenager. So I trust him

 

[Lady Whistledown]

puts a ridiculous amount of pressure on someone who is still a child.

You can relax. He's been legally an adult for seven days now.

 

[Whoislloydy]

Whilst it is a lot of money, there comes a time where to take the next step, we have to start "fishing in a different pond" to say. There is only so far £5m wonderkids can take you, before we need to start looking elsewhere for the next signing to take us to the next level.

 

[chaileyjem]

I do not feel easy with this. It’s an insane amount of money to spend on a teenager and puts a ridiculous amount of pressure on someone who is still a child. That being said, I’ve come to the point with recruitment that I trust the club so much, and know that if they are spending this much money on someone, they must be absolutely convinced they are are a world class talent. Like, this must be THE most convinced Tony has ever been about a player. There’s no other reason he’d spend so much on a teenager. So I trust him

They spent £30m on a 19 year old last summer and £25m on a 20 year old. And £23m on a teenager a couple of seasons ago who is now worth what ? Caicedo type valuations. . We nearly paid same for Vitor Reis in Jan. We don’t know what Kostoulas fee is - possibly £29m + add ons. Maybe more. It’s a centre forward so a bit of a premium but is it really that different from a Minteh, Baleba or a Gruda .

 

[Greenbag50]

Yes, he is a big lad and has the physical attributes potential.
If he does end up here, he will need to toughen up, as has Griuda and FB and JE etc.
Looking at the YT reel, there are literally no challenges on him. I immediately thought of a host of PL 6’s battering him with a price tag of 40m.

 

[jackalbion]

Who gives a shit, it’s not my f***ing money lol

On a separate note, if anyone watched the Olympiacos v Gabala U19 match the night before AEK away, then they would have caught a glimpse of him already.

 

[jackalbion]

The latest is that there is no player swap involved.

Who will take Sima off our hands? Who knows but hope they do Sim sima in their BIMMER.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

I do not feel easy with this. It’s an insane amount of money to spend on a teenager and puts a ridiculous amount of pressure on someone who is still a child. That being said, I’ve come to the point with recruitment that I trust the club so much, and know that if they are spending this much money on someone, they must be absolutely convinced they are are a world class talent. Like, this must be THE most convinced Tony has ever been about a player. There’s no other reason he’d spend so much on a teenager. So I trust him

It's mad but Lamine Yamal is 17 and the highest valued player in the world at £340m.

So as long as this Greek lad is more than 1/10th as good as the Barcelona wonderkid, then we're getting value for money.

 

[Washie]

The only thing i can see over 40m is in Euros and that is after add-ons. So in pounds its about 33m altogether. Less than Minteh and Rutter.

 

[Bozza]

Who will take Sima off our hands? Who knows but hope they do Sim sima in their BIMMER.

We're trying.

 

[macbeth]

They spent £30m on a 19 year old last summer and £25m on a 20 year old. And £23m on a teenager a couple of seasons ago who is now worth what ? Caicedo type valuations. . We nearly paid same for Vitor Reis in Jan. We don’t know what Kostoulas fee is - possibly £29m + add ons. Maybe more. It’s a centre forward so a bit of a premium but is it really that different from a Minteh, Baleba or a Gruda .

Completely agree. Don’t think you’d deny that we’re comparing apples and oranges when we’re talking about the Greek league, however if a significant proportion of the fee is performance based, then all of a sudden it starts to look more reasonable. Nonetheless, I think if TB is potentially committing to *that* much money, then he must think this kid is and absolutely world class talent, which is my general point

 

[dwayne]

In the history of football there's barely been one world class greek striker. And we are buying 2 incredibly expensive ones in the space of one summer lol.

Why is Greece suddenly a decent market ?!?

Greek talent is so few and far between that the best player of ALL time was a Leicester regular when they were crap, the 4rh best player of all time was a Sheffield utd regular! ...history is not on our side with these transfers.

Top 10 Greek footballers of all time

As part of the countdown to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

www.sportsmole.co.uk

 

[peterward]

Chelsea again with their key recruitment policy.

Watch what Brighton do and attempt to Hijack.

 

[Lawros Lip]

Is he Icelandic?

Yess posssibly.

 

[Change at Barnham]

In the history of football there's barely been one world class greek striker. And we are buying 2 incredibly expensive ones in the space of one summer lol.

Why is Greece suddenly a decent market ?!?

Greek talent is so few and far between that the best player of ALL time was a Leicester regular when they were crap, the 4rh best player of all time was a Sheffield utd regular! ...history is not on our side with these transfers.

Top 10 Greek footballers of all time

As part of the countdown to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

www.sportsmole.co.uk

What about Giákos Hinselwoodis? The most underrated Greek that has ever played for the Albion.
We signed him after spotting him emerging from The Souvlaki Taverna in Selsey High Street.

Another one you didn't rate initially, but you eventually saw the light.
Trust the algorithms and keep the faith Dwayno!

 

[Justice]

Another one you didn't rate initially, but you eventually saw the light.
Trust the algorithms and keep the faith Dwayno!

Let’s not forget Kudus won’t make it in the PL waste of money, soon to join Chelsea if rumours are true for £70-80m

 

[Gwylan]

Nonetheless, I think if TB is potentially committing to *that* much money, then he must think this kid is and absolutely world class talent, which is my general point

This is the point. The TB algorithm isn't a simple "This kid is mustard and we must buy him". It's: "this kid is a decent prospect, let's pay a couple of million for him and take a chance" (and so we buy Kozlowski) or this "this kid is the dog's bollocks, let's go large" (and so we put in a bid for Kostoulas).

He also must think the Greek market is undervalued (in the same way that he was fishing around in South America a couple of years ago) and he thinks it's worth grabbing a couple of Bubbles to have a look at how they'll fit in.

 

[chaileyjem]

..history is not on our side with these transfers.

for Greece - agreed. Its a new market. For Brighton. history is definitely on its side given their track record in finding value.

 

[dwayne]

for Greece - agreed. Its a new market. For Brighton. history is definitely on its side given their track record in finding value.

Yep on the whole tony usually gets it right. Crazy crazy start to the window if this kid does sign though.