16 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The way things have turned out I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s as simple as Brighton now having the funds because some club thought spunking 25m on their third choice GK was a good idea. 
 

We’ve had our trousers pulled all the way down by them all window. Only saving grace is Colwill giving them the finger. 

Sanchez was their first choice keeper who fell out of favour with De Zerbi, that's why he ended up as the third choice GK at the tail end of last season.

We'll see anyway.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Man we look like right mugs if Caicedo isn’t pulled off. Doing so many “favours” for Brighton. 

I think Caicedo will happen, Romano did say about a couple of weeks ago that we should keep an eye out for Kudus as him signing for Brighton may be related to the Caicedo deal.

1st Cucurrela

Then Potter

3rd time lucky ?

So kudas will go to brighton for 39mil, then in a years time, we will probably hit brighton up about signing him and be quoted 80 mil. We actually really need a player like kudas right now to compete with maduake on the right side so if we let the kudas opportunity pass us by then we better be very certain of signing olise, because we really need one of them.

5 hours ago, Gordon Bennett said:

Brighton splashing the Caicedo money already. Can't say I'd ever heard of this c**t until a week or so ago. I'm sure he's licking his lips at the prospect of playing alongside Danny Welbeck.

They got 55mill for Mac Allister and 25mill for Sanchez. We sure that is Caicedo money they are spending.

3 hours ago, ALTE said:

So kudas will go to brighton for 39mil, then in a years time, we will probably hit brighton up about signing him and be quoted 80 mil. We actually really need a player like kudas right now to compete with maduake on the right side so if we let the kudas opportunity pass us by then we better be very certain of signing olise, because we really need one of them.

Sterling will be impossible to shift with his wages though, so he’s not going anywhere for now.

With no European football, there is only so much bulk we can manage, not to mention Pochettino himself stating he wants to make the squad smaller. 

1 hour ago, Term_X said:

Sterling will be impossible to shift with his wages though, so he’s not going anywhere for now.

With no European football, there is only so much bulk we can manage, not to mention Pochettino himself stating he wants to make the squad smaller.

Sterling would seem like an absolutely great shout for a saudi move once he realises how downhill his performances have gone, but id suspect he currently hasnt accepted that hes on a downward spiral. 

I will be so pissed if we let Kudus go to Brighton only for us to go for him in the next two years for 200m. He is the type of player we need in the team, versatile, strong and with the heart of a lion. We have done fairly well moving out a lot of dead wood and we still have Lukaku and Ziyech to be moved. But we can still sell Gallagher to Westham and use that money to buy Kudus who can play as an AM or RWF.... Even a false 9 in a pinch and his as hardworking and Gallagher is. 

Think Kudus will be an excellent player for Brighton, and one we should have signed ourselves.

 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Think Kudus will be an excellent player for Brighton, and one we should have signed ourselves.

 

I think Pochettino has intimated that he wants a bit of PL experience in and around the group as well. I am not surprised our latest signings and links are Sanchez, Caicedo, Olise and Adams. Vlahovic I still think is a vehicle to get rid of Lukaku so is a separate issue.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Think Kudus will be an excellent player for Brighton, and one we should have signed ourselves.

 

You hadn't heard of him 2 weeks ago.

1 hour ago, dkw said:

You hadn't heard of him 2 weeks ago.

True mate, true. From what I have read since his personality and skillset seem like a better fit than Olise and Cherki. 

Having witnessed what happens when a lot of bad attitudes are brought together like last season, am as concerned about the right personality fits as I am anything else.

8 hours ago, d-one said:

we can still sell Gallagher to Westham and use that money to buy Kudus 

What makes Kudus better than Gallagher exactly? 😂

 

Imagine Conor in the Eredivisie - he'd get about 25 goals and be player of the season.

Maybe instead of us letting Brighton take one of our targets we where messing around with theirs in an attempt to get them to sell Caicedo?  Maybe we where never interested.

28 minutes ago, DarkMata said:

Maybe instead of us letting Brighton take one of our targets we where messing around with theirs in an attempt to get them to sell Caicedo?  Maybe we where never interested.

Good point mate, wouldn't bet against that at all. Thought the same myself before.

It’s a strange quirk of the footballing world that a player from four times European Champions A**x sees Brighton as an upgrade to his career. 

He hasn't agreed personal terms with Brighton, which means he may still agree to come to Chelsea. Brighton has gone ahead to agree a fee with A**x, but I think the player may prefer to go to maybe Chelsea or Arsenal.

Apparently, Brighton had agreed a fee with A**x since July as reported by Romano and they couldn't agree personal terms with Kudus since July, meaning he may still go to Chelsea or Arsenal.

So the deal is not over. 

Edited August 6, 20232 yr by hephzibah

19 hours ago, axman2526 said:

True mate, true. From what I have read since his personality and skillset seem like a better fit than Olise and Cherki. 

Having witnessed what happens when a lot of bad attitudes are brought together like last season, am as concerned about the right personality fits as I am anything else.

He looks decent but worth reminding yourself of some of the other players that shone for A**x and were targeted by Premier league. Our own Ziyech being a prime example.

With nkuku injured I say with kudus. Nkuku was crucial with rotation because he can play any of the front four positions , so can kudos. 

 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

If you were Brighton and you know that Chelsea badly needed a midfielder, wouldn't you make sure you can get as much money out of them as possible? Let's say the shoe was on the other foot and Real Madrid came in for our best player and they did not meet our valuation. We would be praising the club for standing firm and be demanding they would meet the price tag we gave him.

This sense of superioty fans have when they say this is silly, he signed a new contract 6 months ago! There's a good chance we meet their valuation as well and everyone will be praising him for standing firm.

1 minute ago, Sheva said:

If you were Brighton and you know that Chelsea badly needed a midfielder, wouldn't you make sure you can get as much money out of them as possible? Let's say the shoe was on the other foot and Real Madrid came in for our best player and they did not meet our valuation. We would be praising the club for standing firm and be demanding they would meet the price tag we gave him.

This sense of superioty fans have when they say this is silly, he signed a new contract 6 months ago! There's a good chance we meet their valuation as well and everyone will be praising him for standing firm.

I think it’s funny that players are now getting wise to Tony Bloom. 

13 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I think it’s funny that players are now getting wise to Tony Bloom. 

I am sure he will survive, he will probably get another 80-90 for Mitoma next season.

Edited August 9, 20232 yr by Sheva

So apparantly kudas is in disagreement with brighton over a release clause, as in he insists on one but brighton dont want to allow it 😄. This is the bed brighton have made for themselves over their caicedo stance and its already haunting them.

44 minutes ago, Sheva said:

If you were Brighton and you know that Chelsea badly needed a midfielder, wouldn't you make sure you can get as much money out of them as possible? Let's say the shoe was on the other foot and Real Madrid came in for our best player and they did not meet our valuation. We would be praising the club for standing firm and be demanding they would meet the price tag we gave him.

This sense of superioty fans have when they say this is silly, he signed a new contract 6 months ago! There's a good chance we meet their valuation as well and everyone will be praising him for standing firm.

This isn't a hypothetical, it happened. Eden Hazard.