How much did Coventry pay us for his services ?
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[Albion] Viktor Gyokeres
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Gabbiano
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I think we made another 4 or so from the sell on. And will take a chunk of Cov's own sell on when he leaves Sporting.
AstroSloth
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The sell on percentage was said to be "a sizeable amount" by Andy Naylor when he was getting sold last summer.
Based on that I'd probably put it as around 20-30% of the profit Coventry made on him.
That means we'd receive 20-30% on whatever Coventry's sell on percentage is.
Badger Boy
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But doesn't our model completely fly in the face of what you're saying here? We've spent big on players with very few appearances and they've gone on to be excellent footballers who we can then sell on for big profits. Chelsea are, effectively, trying to do the same thing but spending dramatically more and probably getting their valuations wrong or buying players they think have the highest possible ceiling and will all be Champions League level players within a year or two at their club.
Personally, I think that however you look at Chelsea's spending model - it doesn't and probably can't really work but we'll see. For all the laughter, they're really well placed to make a charge for 6th in the league which obviously would be an excellent season for them and they'd feel like they're in a good position to strike next season.
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Not really. He needed to go somewhere he could play regularly and develop as a player. It simply wasn't happening for him here. When he was sold he'd scored 3 goals in 30 Championship appearances, there was nothing to suggest we'd let this level of player go. We did well to get a million for him plus the sell on. He's done very well since he left and good luck to the lad.
That doesn't mean we made a mistake letting him go, he needed to move on to become the player he has. There was no evidence he was a player that would reach the level he has at the time we sold him (or would have reached those levels if he'd stayed), and there would still be question marks over can hit the same level in the Premier League if he was to move back to England.
I doubt the club are that worried that we let him go but are probably very glad they took the insurance policy of putting a decent sized sell on clause into the Coventry deal.
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AZ Gull
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I'm not sure if it was covered in this thread at the time, but back in July (when he made the move to Sporting) Albion were willing to match their bid (as per an agreement in the contract when they sold him to Coventry) but Gyokeres chose to move to Portugal.
Gabbiano
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Now that is interesting, I hadn't heard that previously.
completely INCORRECT. Gyokeres isn’t at all slow. He’s pretty rapid, especially for such a big unit.