Connor Coventry might well be that back up. Apparently Moyes been impressed with him and he’s cheaper than buying someone
It seems we have a bit of a gem in this lad and I'm sure he'll play a part this season. With the obvious exception of Rice there's not been anyone as promising since the boy Dixon.
Castiron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:01 pm
Braithwate rumour gaining momentum. Don't know much about him. Thoughts?
He didn’t really set the world alight for me in the Euros. Not one I thought “yeah I’d love him at West Ham”
Played for Middlesbrough for 2 years and scored 8 goals. In the Championship. This is a Sullivan signing without a doubt as he's had doe eyes for Braithwaite for fucking years. £13M for a 30 year old goal shy player that may or may not be deployed as a "striker" is fucking madness.
Gokhan Tore levels of dogshit this bloke.
Who the fuck is General Failure and why is he reading my harddisk?
He didn’t really set the world alight for me in the Euros. Not one I thought “yeah I’d love him at West Ham”
Played for Middlesbrough for 2 years and scored 8 goals. In the Championship. This is a Sullivan signing without a doubt as he's had doe eyes for Braithwaite for fucking years. £13M for a 30 year old goal shy player that may or may not be deployed as a "striker" is fucking madness.
Got to say that is how I see it as well , though the CB - LB - AM and Striker have to be starters and the Holding Midfielder backup , do you have any in mind for the above positions ? .
Connor Coventry might well be that back up. Apparently Moyes been impressed with him and he’s cheaper than buying someone
Would agree , but why didn't we see more of him last season if Moyes had been impressed ( I was pre-season last ) .
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Castiron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:52 am
If this Zouma rumour is true, can anyone tell me why we are even interested. £20m for a defender we don't really need, who is bang average.
We don't need a CB ? Balbuena has been allowed to just leave , Dawson is at best a backup on the bench , Reid at best is injured , Diop I still have high hopes for him to make the grade , Ogbonna needs a partner .
Zouma may be bang average in your eyes but many rate him highly and is valued well above £20m so out of our price range I would think .
Castiron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:52 am
If this Zouma rumour is true, can anyone tell me why we are even interested. £20m for a defender we don't really need, who is bang average.
Chelsea want £30M so we offer £20M, £10M below the asking price so it's a safe bid and risk free. The papers report West Ham have offered Twenty million for blah,blah and no cheques need to be written.
Lets remember we used this imaginary £20M to bid for Lingard from Man U. They naturally wanted the full £30M so that was a safe one as well.
And yet again we waved the same £20M for Tammy Abraham but that was only half what Chelsea wanted.
It's hard doing deals when the discount you award yourself, has not been agreed by anyone else.
Castiron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:52 am
If this Zouma rumour is true, can anyone tell me why we are even interested. £20m for a defender we don't really need, who is bang average.
Chelsea want £30M so we offer £20M, £10M below the asking price so it's a safe bid and risk free. The papers report West Ham have offered Twenty million for blah,blah and no cheques need to be written.
Lets remember we used this imaginary £20M to bid for Lingard from Man U. They naturally wanted the full £30M so that was a safe one as well.
And yet again we waved the same £20M for Tammy Abraham but that was only half what Chelsea wanted.
It's hard doing deals when the discount you award yourself, has not been agreed by anyone else.
Would have thought Kiki Kouyate ( what a name ) would have been the ideal CB for us to be after , we would possibly go in with a bid of £4m but in reality would sell for closer to £15m .
Castiron wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:52 am
If this Zouma rumour is true, can anyone tell me why we are even interested. £20m for a defender we don't really need, who is bang average.
We don't need a CB ? Balbuena has been allowed to just leave , Dawson is at best a backup on the bench , Reid at best is injured , Diop I still have high hopes for him to make the grade , Ogbonna needs a partner .
Zouma may be bang average in your eyes but many rate him highly and is valued well above £20m so out of our price range I would think .
Ask most Chelsea fans what they think of Zoumas performances.