[Albion] Danny Welbeck, should we? [18/10: we did - one year deal] - *** NEW ONE YEAR DEAL ***

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I would be surprised at West Ham taking him .. Antonio is injury prone and we know Welbeck is too. They might be seeing him as one of two or three that they bring in, but doesn't look that clever to me to have a lot riding on 2 players who are often injured, or at least injured a number of times in the season.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

We took him on for a year, he did that year.

Everyone's been a winner.

Good luck to him and thanks for all the fish.


Over to recruitment now to sing that striker.

 

[schmunk]

MLS salary caps in place now - would only be moving there for the experience etc rather than bags of cash

They have a designated player rule, which allows three players per franchise to be exempted from the salary cap - colloquially the "Beckham Rule"*









* unrelated to the "Beckham Rule" in Spanish tax law for foreigners coming to work there...

 

[Farehamseagull]

I would be gutted as I'm a massive fan but could totally understand him going to West Ham from his point of view. He knows Moyes, will earn more there and have the opportunity to play European football again.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Excellent player and we’ll miss him if he goes.

He is an injury concern though so we shouldn’t overreach for him. He missed a number of games this season.

 

[Icy Gull]

Hasn’t he held out until the 11th hour to sign both for Watford and us? Perhaps he was hoping for a bigger club but injury concerns warned them off. I can see a WHU or Everton taking a punt on him after last season. Can’t blame him but it’d be annoying, great player if still a little injury prone.

If he does go elsewhere it would be proof that we are still not in with a chance against bigger clubs for recognised players even though this is our 5th season at this level, we are still L’il Brighton at this level. I suggest Lallana would have gone somewhere else too if he hadn’t been so injury prone.

One day we’ll be seen as biggish though…I hope!

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Hasn’t he held out until the 11th hour to sign both for Watford and us? Perhaps he was hoping for a bigger club but injury concerns warned them off. I can see a WHU or Everton taking a punt on him after last season. Can’t blame him but it’d be annoying, great player if still a little injury prone.

Yeah I don't expect negotiations to be quick on this one.

Rightly so to be frank.
He needs to get the best deal possible and the club need to be very careful on managing costs.

Whatever the final outcome is, it will be in the club's best interest.

 

[Springal]

They have a designated player rule, which allows three players per franchise to be exempted from the salary cap - colloquially the "Beckham Rule"*









* unrelated to the "Beckham Rule" in Spanish tax law for foreigners coming to work there...

But it still isn't unlimited is it ?

Yeah I don't expect negotiations to be quick on this one.

Rightly so to be frank.
He needs to get the best deal possible and the club need to be very careful on managing costs.

Whatever the final outcome is, it will be in the club's best interest.

Agreed - there is probably no real rush at the moment. Our management are probably away the moment, Welbeck agent will see what other offers are out there. I suspect the club will put a time limit on the offer on the table and will become apparent in the coming weeks.

My only concern is we already need a striker, perhaps 2 if Connolly isn't in the plans. If Welbeck is off then looking to sign 3 strikers in a window seems a huge stretch

 

[Farehamseagull]

Excellent player and we’ll miss him if he goes.

He is an injury concern though so we shouldn’t overreach for him. He missed a number of games this season.

He was available for 79% of our league games since he signed for us which is not bad at all.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Perhaps he does owe us a bit after us showing faith in him.

I would argue a 1 year contract isn't particularly showing faith. Faith would have been 2 or 3 years. 1 year worked well for everyone

 

[schmunk]

But it still isn't unlimited is it ? [MLS Designated Player salaries]

I believe it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designated_Player_Rule

 

[vagabond]

I want him to stay, but I think we’d be a loss for him too.

We’re a good fit and clearly our fitness and coaching staff have worked well with him to make him have his most productive season in years.

If he leaves it’s his loss, but I wish him all the best and thank him for his brilliant contributions this season.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

The lack of any news on extending his contract is slightly concerning, I am beginning to worry he will be off probably to Palace or Watford knowing our luck.

And we all know what happens next then, don't we....

 

[Robinjakarta]

This thread seems a bit resigned to him going at the moment but with no apparent evidence to support that. Squeaky bum time, perhaps. Hope he stays. As others have said, there are good reasons why he should and why we should do what we can to keep him as I imagine we are.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

But it still isn't unlimited is it ?




Agreed - there is probably no real rush at the moment. Our management are probably away the moment, Welbeck agent will see what other offers are out there. I suspect the club will put a time limit on the offer on the table and will become apparent in the coming weeks.

My only concern is we already need a striker, perhaps 2 if Connolly isn't in the plans. If Welbeck is off then looking to sign 3 strikers in a window seems a huge stretch

Andone, Maupay, Zeqiri + 1

Or

Andone, Maupay, Welbeck + 1 ( Zeqiri loaned out )



Connolly loaned out whatever to sort himself out.

 

[brighton_tom]

He's 31 in November. After a promising season with us this is his last summer for a decent Prem contract. Of course he's going to wait and see what all the offers are. Why take our offer if there's a 10% chance someone else could come in with an extra 10-20k per week. There's obviously a deal on the table from us, but he's signing nothing until he's given other clubs fair chance. & who could blame him.

 

[crodonilson]

The lack of any news on extending his contract is slightly concerning, I am beginning to worry he will be off probably to Palace or Watford knowing our luck.

And we all know what happens next then, don't we....

My mate Dirty Barry said he's considering his options but at least one club has offered him a further 12 months on what we're prepared to offer.

 

[Sheebo]

Classic NSC today on this thread

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

My mate Dirty Barry said he's considering his options but at least one club has offered him a further 12 months on what we're prepared to offer.

How did he get his nickname?


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[Psychobilly freakout]

How did he get his nickname?


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He "fell"