I think he could well be a good signing for us but that fee if true is over the top.
3.5m up front seems excessive, I would have thought 2m rising to 3.5m more in the ball park I was expecting. It's not as if we're fighting off clubs with bigger budgets than us for him.
Think it works differently in the champ. Allowed to lose 13m a season or 39m over 3
Don’t get me wrong I’m glad to see us backed but we lost £13.8m in the last accounts and we didn’t spend any significant fees. Obviously more Champ money etc but we’ll need to be very clever for the next 2 years, we will probably have to sell someone at some point
I think as long as you are buying young players with resale value it shouldn’t be a problem. Apter and Kelman could have a high resale in a couple of years then that covers us and then some.
Think it works differently in the champ. Allowed to lose 13m a season or 39m over 3
Don’t get me wrong I’m glad to see us backed but we lost £13.8m in the last accounts and we didn’t spend any significant fees. Obviously more Champ money etc but we’ll need to be very clever for the next 2 years, we will probably have to sell someone at some point
I think as long as you are buying young players with resale value it shouldn’t be a problem. Apter and Kelman could have a high resale in a couple of years then that covers us and then some.
That’s exactly the point 100% spot on. Our owners have money and there is a lot of worse investments than spend a few million on young players, even if only one goes on to bigger things the overall ROI is very good
On the fee, what would be realistic for someone who’s scored 20+ in the Championship? It could easily be £10m+. No player scored that many league goals at his level last season.
We paid about £1.5m for Tanto and he only scored 8 league goals last season.
Apter’s had one good season at L1 level and the rumoured fee is £2m or so.
Strikers generally cost the most and these sort of fees are the reality of competing at this level.
Jury's out for me on Kelman. It took him a good few seasons to find any kind of goalscoring form in League One including looking pretty powder puff up front while on loan at Gillingham. Who's to say the same won't happen in the Championship?
He's 23...... did you expect him to be scoring a hatful of goals in the Championship as an infrequently used teenager?
My post is about his form in League One prior to last season. Have another go at reading it and try again.
I'm happy we've signed Kelman as we need a striker but if the fee is true then i think it's crazy. I totally get that he's young and we've bought him for the potential and the sell on value if he does well, but personally when we're in year one in the championship and looking to survive, if we've got that kind of money to spend on a striker then i think maybe spending half that and outbidding Wrexham for someone like Ryan Hardie would've been smarter. Go with someone tried and trusted to keep us up and then spend big next summer on a striker.
That said, i totally trust Jones and Chapple so if they think he's worth it, then who am i to question them?!
I think he could well be a good signing for us but that fee if true is over the top.
Is it though? In today's market... a 23 year old who just scored 27 goals last season. How much did brentfors pay for Tony and market has gone bonkers since
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Can all the male CL members on here grow a pair at least until the winter window opens.
Thanks for sharing Sam 👍🏻
Anyway, we couldn't afford Harry Kane.
1 year left on his deal, never scored a goal above league one level, surely we haven't agreed to pay 3.5m rising to 5m with add ons.
We paid about £1.5m for Tanto and he only scored 8 league goals last season.
Apter’s had one good season at L1 level and the rumoured fee is £2m or so.
Strikers generally cost the most and these sort of fees are the reality of competing at this level.
Promotion
International caps
Sell on fees.
Remember Gomez. We are still waiting for some of the "add ons" many years later.
And once we are in the Premier then who cares.. 😉
That said, i totally trust Jones and Chapple so if they think he's worth it, then who am i to question them?!