The Unreliable Rumours Discussion Thread (Part 1)

Not sure why there are rumours of us being interested in Sarr this summer, we can sign him on a free in 4 years time.

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Just in time for the 2025 AFCON? No thanksā€¦

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Tax relief is only available on interest payments on a loan; the repayment of the capital element of a loan is never tax-deductible.

Loans and repayments of loan capital are excluded from the calculation of a profit and loss account.

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With Watford getting Ā£15m for a left back who didnā€™t play a second for them in the last 4 years, we better not bother hoping theyā€™ll lower their price for Sarr.

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Come on you are a great poster, please donā€™t sully yourself with that lying pricks bullshit.

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Otherwise known as: #Pozzoā€™d

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Hearing that a fee has been ā€œagreedā€ to sell Brewster to Sheiffield United. No numbers.

More disturbing the article also said Greek LB Tsimikas tested positive for COVID which he caught during international duty. Wtf?

Any truth to these rumors?

Thereā€™s a rumour that youā€™re getting your rumours sent to you via a carrier pigeon. With only one working wing.

Or from Sky News.

Tsimikas is now clear. Brewster could be off on loan or on a permanent deal for anything from Ā£15m to Ā£35m, or heā€™s staying. Nobodyā€™s got a fucking clue.

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Few people saying Ā£25m

Iā€™d take Ā£25m in heartbeat, provided there was a healthy kick back to us from a later sale.

Heā€™s a really good young player, but there is a suspicion that there just isnā€™t a role for him in a Klopp team. Heā€™s potentially a great finisher, but if he wanted to lead the line for us he needs to be a lot more than that.

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Thatā€™s a very decent valuation indeed.

Solanke for better or worse has always been the bench mark against which he is compared. They had very comparable youth careers at club and international level, but Dom got a season in Holland (in which he did ok), then wasted a year back at Chelsea doing nothing before having one season with us in which he was a bit part player who scored just 1 goal. He went for 17 million.

Brewster has had only half a season of real senior involvement compared to Domā€™s 2 full seasons (even if weā€™re generous and ignore the season he wasted at chelsea in between Vitesse and signing for us) and scored more goals in those 20 games than Dom had done in his entire senior career up to that point.

You have a Covid deflation and a Bournmouth are shit in the transfer market tax to account for, but itā€™s still a ball park figure.

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Think when you stack his numbers up against Ollie Watkins you can see why that figure is pretty reasonable.

Goals per game or minutes per goal were very similar albeit with Rhian only having half a season to settle in and make an impact. Younger too.

Feels odd to be thinking about selling such a prospect but if it funds a prospect that better fits our needs and way we play then it makes some sense.

Increasingly I think big clubs will be looking at making revenue in this way rather than holding on to kids that havenā€™t made the break through in their teens or early 20s. A successful loan move to boost the profile and value then shift them on. Those that look good but are still a way off challenging for a starting place or their pathway is blocked go with a first option or buy back fee in place.

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I thought that was a US right wing/Republican old man, obsession. Is Nuno going after that poor freshman girl as hate object nr 1 as well ? :upside_down_face:

But yeah, interesting quandary. Personally, I am not sure, but then I still have hopes for Oxlaide since I love him when in form. But that is one nasty injury ago :frowning:

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Talk of Spurs maybe getting shut of diving Dele should we be interested.

No. That was all I had to say about that.

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Seems like a bit of a prick to be honest. I think weā€™ll decline.

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I think he needs a particular system to be his best. Kane may still be scoring tonnes of goals but his movement isnt quite the same as it used to be and i think that reduces Deleā€™s effectiveness as he no longer has the same areas of space to work in as before.

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From what little I have seen of Watkins I think he might actually have been a good addition but 28 mill or more is a lot of money. I am sure h will do very well at Villa.I agree that someone like Doku would be a worth a try.

Bale and Spurs was like peas and carrots agin.

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