17 hours ago, evissy said:

Where are those 20-30m smart buys... they are available but it seems we are not interested.

Are they available? If so, where? Maybe 5/6 years ago, but high quality players are going to cost a lot of money. Even Casemiro who is 30, but quality, was bought by Utd for £60-70m. We should have been all over that tbh. Finding quality players in Jan is even harder. 

4 minutes ago, enigma said:

Didn't we sign Kante from Leicester after one good season? Worked out for us in the end. I do not watch much football outside of Chelsea, so no idea how good he is. I have heard good things about Caicedo though. 

We did........and Drinkwater!!  

What happened about that Alvarez from Ajax? Thought we were going back in this month for him.

Just now, WhiteWall said:

We did........and Drinkwater!!  

Yeah that was ridiculous. He barely played and then got loaned out, the same as Bakayoko did. Barkley played a bit more, but again, he wasn't good enough. Although we did pay £18m for Barkley, rather than 40m like we did for Bakayoko. Drinkwater cost us what, £35m? 

4 minutes ago, enigma said:

What happened about that Alvarez from Ajax? Thought we were going back in this month for him.

Tuchel/Boehly option that hopefully Vivell and Stewart Vetoed. 

Caicedo would be a fun signing

Hearing 60m will do it. Another 7 year contract FFP will be sorted as well. 

Funny. People will criticize Boehly and his American ways, but I can see more and more clubs adopting this kind of business in the future. 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Another 7 year contract FFP will be sorted as well. 

Can't see it being too long before the FFP rules are changed around this though. 

5 minutes ago, drjonesy1994 said:

Can't see it being too long before the FFP rules are changed around this though. 

I'm not so sure. The club are taking and accepting the risk of giving a long contract to these players. If they bust, its on the club. If they do well, its on the club. 

14 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I'm not so sure. The club are taking and accepting the risk of giving a long contract to these players. If they bust, its on the club. If they do well, its on the club. 

You can be rest assured your Arsenal & Liverpool will be moaning about our spending very soon.

25 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Hearing 60m will do it. Another 7 year contract FFP will be sorted as well. 

Funny. People will criticize Boehly and his American ways, but I can see more and more clubs adopting this kind of business in the future. 

Torn between him & Rice, the latter is mooted to be available for £50m in the summer which could even be less if they get relegated. Leaning more towards Rice and the leadership abilities we are missing as a team. 

44 minutes ago, ducavis said:

You can be rest assured your Arsenal & Liverpool will be moaning about our spending very soon.

They will be doing the same thing if in 3 years time we are doing well both on and off the pitch without having to spend at all. 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Hearing 60m will do it. Another 7 year contract FFP will be sorted as well. 

Funny. People will criticize Boehly and his American ways, but I can see more and more clubs adopting this kind of business in the future. 

If true I believe it will turn out as much better value than the last 60mill plus we gave to them for player...

7 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

If true I believe it will turn out as much better value than the last 60mill plus we gave to them for player...

Jan on his Football therapy podcast has cited Ben jacobs saying a January deal would cost at least 75mill @Sconnie Blue. Brightons CEO confirmed it would take a very big fee.

Liked what Ive seen of this guy not sure he's worth breaking the bank for.  Not against the signing so long as Trossard isn't included.

He’d turn our season around, that’s how bad our midfield are. He’s much better then Zakaria and look at the impact he’s having!
 

Yes we are desperate for a creative passer like Enzo but we also need decent defensive midfielders who can support the defence. It would be a very good signing imo

People need to come to terms that if we are wanting to replace Kante and Jorginho with equal or better quality, we are going to be breaking the bank. 

 

Liverpool gave Gakpo a 5 1/2 year contract yet nothing was said about that.

14 minutes ago, dkw said:

Liverpool gave Gakpo a 5 1/2 year contract yet nothing was said about that.

Besmirching everybody's second team. How dare you, sir

45 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

People need to come to terms that if we are wanting to replace Kante and Jorginho with equal or better quality, we are going to be breaking the bank. 

 

I reckon we could be working on a double deal for him and Mac Allister. Prem proven, and could get them both for a bit more than Enzo, maybe 130mill. 

What is Mac Allister anyway? Could of sworn he was a box to box/attacking midfielder, which he was for Argentina. But now he's a holding mid?

No more signings from Brighton please. Sick of hearing about them.

Seems like he's viewed as a cheaper alternative to Enzo

 

8 minutes ago, LongtimerLurker said:

Seems like he's viewed as a cheaper alternative to Enzo

 

The phrase “you get what you pay for” springs to mind here.

1 hour ago, LongtimerLurker said:

Seems like he's viewed as a cheaper alternative to Enzo

 

One would hope they don't think it is a a like for like thing. They are very different midfielders and he would team very well with Enzo, as he does Mac Allister.