January 2022 Transfer Thread

[PuntsWolf]

Just fuck Him off and get the money in.

Regardless of whether you think he’s any good or not, he doesn’t fit the system, he’s not signing a new deal and we need to raise our own funds. No brainer.

 

[Alan]

Yep, I'm happy enough to see him go so we can all take a deep breath and remember him for things like his goals against City rather than his total impotence since.

 

[lemonjelly]

tbh I'd be happy to see him go just so threads cease to split into the pro/against adama debates so often!

 

[wanderer89]

tbh I'd be happy to see him go just so threads cease to split into the pro/against adama debates so often!

Because that worked when Doc left...

 

[Keef]

Silva is still here to do that job, £35 million he cost you know

 

[Paul]

Silva is still here to do that job, £35 million he cost you know

I honestly thought £35 million was his first two names, you know these Portuguese have multiple names

 

[Alan]

Silva is still here to do that job, £35 million he cost you know

If I had a pound for every time his fee was mentioned I could afford to purchase him at a profit for the club.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

tbh I'd be happy to see him go just so threads cease to split into the pro/against adama debates so often!

Yeah, glad we got rid of all the Doherty arguments too.

 

[Jinky]

Sounds like the fee being floated around for Adama is £20m. Very disappointing if true. Not saying he’s *worth* more, we all know what he is, but is he really worth £15m less than what we paid for Fabio? Adama was being quoted as £40m+ at one point.

Have to say, Fosun have an extremely alarming track record of poor decisions/deals over recent years since Uncle Jorge stopped helping them about every 5 minutes. It’s concerning.

 

[Tony Towner]

More than we paid for him, 18 months left on his contract and pretty clear he isn't signing another. About right for now, should have sold him in the Summer when we could have got £30m from Spurs

 

[AndyWolves]

More than we paid for him, 18 months left on his contract and pretty clear he isn't signing another. About right for now, should have sold him in the Summer when we could have got £30m from Spurs

I thought the deal was a £5m loan fee with an option for Spurs to buy rather than it being a compulsory purchase?

 

[AndyWolves]

Sounds like the fee being floated around for Adama is £20m. Very disappointing if true. Not saying he’s *worth* more, we all know what he is, but is he really worth £15m less than what we paid for Fabio? Adama was being quoted as £40m+ at one point.

Have to say, Fosun have an extremely alarming track record of poor decisions/deals over recent years since Uncle Jorge stopped helping them about every 5 minutes. It’s concerning.

What would you do differently?

 

[Alan]

Hindsight is 20/20 ay.

Personally I think we're doing quite well just to recoup the fee we paid given Adama has, what, 1 goal contribution this season? And how many over the last two seasons combined, maybe 5? It's honestly a bit mad that Spurs would offer as much as they supposedly have.

 

[Keef]

20 million is pretty good for a player that runs fast tbh, if he could play football as well it'd be on the low side

 

[PuntsWolf]

I think £25m would be ideal for us, any more then fantastic.

But if I was buying him i wouldn’t want to be paying more than £20m. So Hopefully we can bump them up and meet in the middle.

 

[Tony Towner]

I thought the deal was a £5m loan fee with an option for Spurs to buy rather than it being a compulsory purchase?

They came in late at £30m, or so it was reported

 

[Sniffer]

What would you do differently?

For a start, he wouldn’t let Levy pull Jeffs pants down like he did on the Doherty deal.

 

[AndyWolves]

They came in late at £30m, or so it was reported

Fair do's, I'm surprised we turned that down

 

[Alan]

Apologies, I thought Adama recorded an assist last week. He hasn't. Big old goose egg for him this season, still.

If we get a profit out of him I'll be pleased. I really like him and he's stupendously exciting on the ball but he's just not a good player when the object of the game is to score goals.

 

[Tony Towner]

Hindsight is 20/20 ay.

Personally I think we're doing quite well just to recoup the fee we paid given Adama has, what, 1 goal contribution this season? And how many over the last two seasons combined, maybe 5? It's honestly a bit mad that Spurs would offer as much as they supposedly have.

0 goals 0 assists, doesn't tell the full story, but it's the statistical truth