38 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

 

Here we go, just 48 hours to go 😐

4 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Here we go, just 48 hours to go 😐

Yep, it's always 48 hours away 😂

I do think we are at a point where we either pay the money or walk away. Im absolutely sick of hearing about this saga. The situation we find ourselves in is self made.  Brighton are taking the piss but also that is negotiations for you and we have been too slow to shut it down. Why has it taken so long to get to a point where we are now considering a 90mil offer for him? In the beginning bright said 100 so why didnt we sit around a table and negotiate something that meets in the middle? Now at this point so much water under the bridge and brighton are fed up and digging their heels in. I absolutely blame our side for not taking any control in these negotiations, whilst throwing money left right and centre at unproven 18 year olds. What message does all this send. Yes brighton are c**ts but our recruitment/owners are fking clueless.

Now Get the deal done. We need him and youve wasted too much time already.

56 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

 

Which Monday is that?

9 minutes ago, ozboy said:

Which Monday is that?

Oh ye of little faith 😂

 

Brighton have a match tomorrow. Let's see if Caicedo is in the squad. If so then the "Ecuadorian Romano" is talking bollocks. If not then...

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

We're not buying flops, were buying players of the season for mega bucks.

That moody bastard had had more than one good season before he came here. He's probably had more clubs than Caceido has had games.

 

Yes, but can you imagine the reaction here today if we were about to sign a player with sketchy attitude issues who in the last five years played what should have been his peak years at clubs of the level of pre Shiekh City and Bolton?

"Ecuadorian Romano"? I mean seriously WTF making up sh1t like that these days? Next thing we will see is North Korean "Ecuadorian Romano" says it's a done deal, apart from clubs couldn't agree on a fee. Wait, have we been there already?

15 minutes ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Oh ye of little faith 😂

 

Brighton have a match tomorrow. Let's see if Caicedo is in the squad. If so then the "Ecuadorian Romano" is talking bollocks. If not then...

Someone who called us going back in for Enzo at the deadline has also been saying similar for days. Didn't take much notice at first it being twitter and that but that guy being the "Ecuadorian Romano" speaking out alongside has made me take notice a bit.

A lot of smoke and coincidental activity (Sanchez/Kudus) very much taking place it seems.

3 hours ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Apparently deal is done - £95m plus £10m in add ons. Announcement will be made Monday.

We wait to see if it's true.

Also Caicedo was absent from the Brighton pre season kit photos this weekend.

If true Brighton got their Rice money they wanted all along, just 5mill less up front and 5mill more in add ons.

8 hours ago, Argo said:

Yes, but can you imagine the reaction here today if we were about to sign a player with sketchy attitude issues who in the last five years played what should have been his peak years at clubs of the level of pre Shiekh City and Bolton?

True,I'm not sure how that relates to signing a one season hit for £100 million though ?

11 hours ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Apparently deal is done - £95m plus £10m in add ons. Announcement will be made Monday.

We wait to see if it's true.

Also Caicedo was absent from the Brighton pre season kit photos this weekend.

If true we are truly mugs and will get hauled over the barrel by every club moving forward when they overvalue all their players we want.

Two £100 million players is nuts.

We didn’t learn from the Cucu deal at all did we.

11 minutes ago, El regreso said:

If true we are truly mugs and will get hauled over the barrel by every club moving forward when they overvalue all their players we want.

Two £100 million players is nuts.

We didn’t learn from the Cucu deal at all did we.

Unfortunately I won't be surprised if this report is true. Since the departure of Roman  the idiots that took over have shown a consistent lack of common sense and business acumen required to run a club in the EPL. We should have been very afraid as a fan when one of the first thing they did was to sack the entire club structure without the tiniest inkling of how to run a football club. Buying two players for 200m not only sets a precedent with other clubs but also place enormous pressure on the team and the players to perform. The Press witch-hunt will be massive anytime we lose a game. Not only that, the way we bend over backward all the time for Brighton is not only nauseating but deserves to be investigated. No matter how good Caicedo is, he does not have 3 legs, and he can always be injured. We could have taken another route and gotten another player for far less and build over time. The club won't die or go to relegation if we don't get Caicedo. So what exactly is all this rubbish about?

On 02/08/2023 at 11:27, dermott said:

Yes, well, it also includes the Tyler Adams rumour that's been doing the rounds. FFS.

He's a really underrated player tbh. Arguably the United States' best player. 

If we do sell Gallagher for 50m, getting Adams for only 20m, who is very good defensively, in the pivot would be a great depth option. 

 

Enzo

Caicedo

Adams

Santos

12 minutes ago, d-one said:

Unfortunately I won't be surprised if this report is true. Since the departure of Roman  the idiots that took over have shown a consistent lack of common sense and business acumen required to run a club in the EPL. 

Yeah, we definitely weren't run likeable crazy house under Roman were we, made no mad decisions or huge overpriced signings....

42 minutes ago, El regreso said:

If true we are truly mugs and will get hauled over the barrel by every club moving forward when they overvalue all their players we want.

Two £100 million players is nuts.

We didn’t learn from the Cucu deal at all did we.

Brighton are probably already lining up another one season wonder for us to break the bank over

1 hour ago, El regreso said:

If true we are truly mugs and will get hauled over the barrel by every club moving forward when they overvalue all their players we want.

Two £100 million players is nuts.

We didn’t learn from the Cucu deal at all did we.

We can always pull a Man Utd and pretend  we’re skint and in trouble with FFP, then spend £200 million.

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Brighton are probably already lining up another one season wonder for us to break the bank over

Brighton see us as a laughing stock.

Seen this fan preview in the Guradian and their contributor says:

”And we might be about to see another piece of great business from Tony Bloom: selling our third choice goalie to Chelsea and using the money to buy Chelsea-target Mohammed Kudus from A**x…”

and…

”It’s all about De Zerbi…. He’s already winding up Chelsea about how we’re in Europe and they’re not.”

So I’m fifty/fifty about signing him. On the one hand we get their best player and weaken them on their quest for European glory to rival ours, and on the other hand, we spend 100m and they offload another overhyped five minute wonder and we again look stupid. And they have a better season again and everyone worships Kudus and we offer 150 million for him next summer and get told it’s not enough.

It's quite honestly pathetic they are trying to make this a rivalry. 

 

While Sanchez was far from my first choice this "Brightons 3rd choice keeper" line is a disingenuous twisting of reality at best.

8 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

If they expected him to stay, he would be in the squad. Might be some meat to this. 

13 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

He's gone. 

People forget with caicedo we have a midfield that can last 8-10 years. I see him the difference maker in us getting CL and not getting it. 

 

Hold on tight - we might well be within 48 hours of 48 hours!