Confirmed Signing Cenk Tosun

[CRIMHEAD]

That Keane being second fastest at Burnley means nothing when he looks like he's running knee deep in mud at Everton

Other than he's not slow of course.

 

[Azza]

When did that happen?

Next week.

 

[Frang]

I can't begrudge Jagielka £220k a week, sadly Farhad has lost his nerve and bowed down to the Turks demands and he's been absolutely bummed on the personal terms and transfer fee.

£27m rising to £64m after 12 appearances seems like schoolboy negotiating.

actually sounds like our negotiating is getting better mate.

happy with this

 

[cemguner]

Daniel Finkelstein did an analysis of this a few years back in The Times which showed the peak age for players by position. Forwards start declining from 26. He’s not the only one who has looked at this, see this analysis for example https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa0021

Turkish strikers play their best when they are 29-30. For example, Burak Yılmaz or Hakan Sukur.

 

[Zeke]

So Barkley goes for ... £25m ... and we sign Tosun for ...


£27m


hmmm

I think your being very generous if you think we'd get anywhere close to 25M for Barkley.......6 Months left on contract and hasn't played for 6 Months or so after long injury layoff id say 10M tops!

 

[JLW]

Our transfer policy is simply to pay gold prices for the mud.

Yet we hire a glorified scout in Walsh to get us bargains.. He’s failed badly so far.

 

[MikeH72]

It has not, stupid speculative post. Plus no one has enquired about him ATM which makes me think it will be near end of window hoping to drive price down.

Clubs have been "trying to drive the price down" according to people on here since the start of August. First they were waiting for summer deadline day, then waiting for January, now it's January deadline day, but he's going to leave on a free in the summer.

 

[nsno-chris]

We're sort of arguing the same point from different perspectives here.

If anything, by bringing up Williams, Bolasie and Schneiderlin it strengthens my point. You buy from the Premier League and you pay top dollar....

All of those players - on the face of it are good investments by the standards that seem to be espoused on this site.

Both stances seem to converge on the price for Tosun. It's high for a player within the context.

So highlights the complete failure of that bald PE teacher tit

Running amok with our chequebook

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Turkish strikers play their best when they are 29-30. For example, Burak Yılmaz or Hakan Sukur.

Isn't Tosun German?

 

[Toffeelover]

Clubs have been "trying to drive the price down" according to people on here since the start of August. First they were waiting for summer deadline day, then waiting for January, now it's January deadline day, but he's going to leave on a free in the summer.

Looks like it Mate. And get a big signing on fee!

 

[MikeH72]

Next week.

Spurs I assume? Considering that deal was done in August apparently.

 

[jceverton]

He was 23 - just the first example I could think of. What about Cahill - he was 25

Still a lot younger than 26. I think there’s a difference with forwards, very rare that you pick up an older player who is an unknown gem. Vardy is only one that springs to mind. But then you are not paying big money for them. We are paying big money for Tosun.

 

[cemguner]

Isn't Tosun German?

No, he is Turkish but born in Germany

 

[COYBL25]

Biggest waste of money in football history

In fairness Spurs had a really good go at buying a load of crap with the Bale money too

 

[Jebus_lives]

So highlights the complete failure of that bald PE teacher tit

Running amok with our chequebook

Well no. It depends what the policy and instructions from the board have been.

If they set the strategy then it's on them. If they left it in the hands of Walsh then he's failed and it's on them for not scrutinising more heavily and allowing it to continue.