Joyce reporting it. Dunno if people have enough to say about Morton for a separate thread, but given it’s Joyce reporting it I figured it wasn’t an unreliable rumour thread comment. Other clubs mentioned in the article are in the title
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He’d be better off at West Ham or Ajax
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Ajax seems the best option to me. West Ham play prem football but are a circus. If there’s other prem interest down the line I’d see that being worthwhile, but going to West Ham would be a riskier move.
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West Ham would be the natural prospect though. For a player who’s above championship material.
I hope it is West Ham. Not just because Prem teams have money, and it’s neither here nor there paying 10-15M or whatever. I want West Ham so he stays in the Prem and tests himself at that level. Tyler Morton is a good player, but a move does seem right at this stage, as he won’t develop much more sitting on our bench.
Failing that, Ajax, as they have a reputation for good football.
Arguably it could also grease the wheels for a deal for Hato, although I’d probably rather see him stay there and play at his stage of development.
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2023-24-Hull City: 41 games, 3020 mins
2022-23-Blackburn: 46 games 3226 mins
His minutes last season were negligible. But if he can replicate the previous two seasons, he would be a good backup for a PL side or its equivalent.
West Ham completely lost me in last transfer windows. They managed to create a situation where you can’t field Bowen, Kudus and Paqueta in a starting XI, with all of them in their best positions and in a team with balance. All over the place. Headache already when you see most of their starting XI’s. And in that deeper midfield zone, very unconvincing in terms of quality, depth and a lack of variety in style. A bit of an overrated (hopefully less these days when some things are clearer) Ward-Prowse and even Andrew bloody Irving getting games. Morton could see it as an opportunity under Potter.
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I’d steer well clear of West Ham. Potter may sling him an attractive pitch, but the most likely outcome there is Potter doesnt see out of the season and all of a sudden Morton is a kid with trivial experience with a new manager trying to impress a new manager who doesnt know him from anything.
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Not the most reliable source but apparently West Ham are pushing forward with a planned bid of 16m
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Wouldnt be a bad recoup to be honest.
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Morton is worth more than that, IMO. But I understand that his minutes here would be quite restricted. Cashing in isn’t a bad idea, as long as we insert a reasonable buyback clause.
Or a sell-on clause
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Just let the lad go and crack on with his career. We kept him around last season, turning down offers for him, and he got about 250 minutes on the pitch.
He’ll be 23 in October and he’s clearly not going to make it here. Do the decent thing and take a decent offer for him and don’t fret about buy back and sell on clauses. If we thought he had the talent to play for us he would be already.
Deserves the chance to test himself at the PL level and we shouldn’t be so rigid in our valuation as to stand in his way of kickstarting his career.
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Sell to the Hammers, good move for Morton.
Ideally insert a sell on, as he could become a 50M+ player.
I don’t see a buy-back as we are at the pinnacle, and he is a little short of that. But he’s still a good player. Good luck to the lad!
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A sell on percentage of 20% and a right of first refusal effectively means that we can get him for 20% cheaper when and if we do decide to buy the player back.
Ideally should be more considering he’s counted as homegrown but a 16m price tag effectively means we aren’t standing in his way of building a career in a premier league club.
I think he is into the last year of his contract now as well.
Reckon he is an ex employee because he was sacked for giving transfer rumours away.
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