Confirmed Signing Idrissa Gueye

[TheBigIguana]

You're massively underestimating the lure of the PL (and the wages that come with it) there. Unfashionable teams sign decent prospects all the time, I don't know why some of our fans always want us to be some sort of special case where things are somehow more difficult for us than for any other club.

Brighton finished what 16th and 17th in back to back years and still managed to sign young talents. Palace haven't finished top half since they came up and they're doing it. Leicester brought Mahrez and Kante in on the back of a great escape and have never stopped. And we can compete wages wise with all of them. It really is a choice.

 

[ToffeeTim]

If we are paying anything close to £10m then I think it's a terrible piece of business

 

[toffee-boy]

I'm guessing we would pay what the loan fee would be ? As he's out if contact at the end of the season

 

[Parker]

If we are paying anything close to £10m then I think it's a terrible piece of business

Yep, I had justified the stupid wages he'll be on because I thought it was gonna be a free transfer or a low fee. 10m is ridiculous for a 34 year old.

 

[BlueToff]

Yep, I had justified the stupid wages he'll be on because I thought it was gonna be a free transfer or a low fee. 10m is ridiculous for a 34 year old.

He's 32 like (but I agree)

My thinking is that it could be what's left on his PSG contract. Like how Al Rayyan paid off the last year of James' deal with us (£8m-ish when he had 9 months left on his deal).

But hopefully we are paying tops £3-4m as a fee

 

[Jamiednm]

It's gonna be a bit weird and I hope the club addresses it quickly.

But I think I'm gonna have to separate Gana the man from Gana the footballer when I sit down at Goodison.

I very much don't agree with what he believes but I like him as a footballer.

He's going to have to get the Morrissey treatment. Moz is a weapons grade plum but This Charming Man is a rager. So you have to separate the man from the art. Or in Gana's case the man from the tackles.

What beliefs? Genuine question, I don’t know the background to this.

 

[Ivo]

I reckon he'll be on a free. PSG seem to want him out so it saves them in terms of wages.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

Just a bit underwhelming really isn't it. We've signed the bloke to replace himself 3 years on except now he's even older

 

[Bilbo]

I very much don't agree with what he believes but I like him as a footballer.

It takes all walks of life. We don't know what half our current squads beliefs are, and if one came out with something that you didn't like or agree with, would that make a difference to you?

 

[SerenityNigh]

What beliefs? Genuine question, I don’t know the background to this.

Gana, who is a practicing muslim, didn't play in a PSG match (more than once) during which the team wore a pride kit.

P.S.G. Player Benched for Refusing to Wear Rainbow Jersey

Idrissa Gueye faced criticism after he missed a game rather than wear a shirt designed to support an anti-homophobia initiative. He skipped the same game last year.

www.nytimes.com

 

[matty1878]

If we are paying anything close to £10m then I think it's a terrible piece of business

who said we was

 

[matty1878]

It takes all walks of life. We don't know what half our current squads beliefs are, and if one came out with something that you didn't like or agree with, would that make a difference to you?

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[Death]

It's gonna be a bit weird and I hope the club addresses it quickly.

But I think I'm gonna have to separate Gana the man from Gana the footballer when I sit down at Goodison.

I very much don't agree with what he believes but I like him as a footballer.

He's going to have to get the Morrissey treatment. Moz is a weapons grade plum but This Charming Man is a rager. So you have to separate the man from the art. Or in Gana's case the man from the tackles.

Yeap in my case its the Fred Durst treatment. You look me square in the eye and tell me Limp Bizkit band members cant play.

That's what I thought.

 

[matty1878]

He's 32 like (but I agree)

My thinking is that it could be what's left on his PSG contract. Like how Al Rayyan paid off the last year of James' deal with us (£8m-ish when he had 9 months left on his deal).

But hopefully we are paying tops £3-4m as a fee

hope we sign him for saturday. we’re so desperate for a DM plus he can do it this league. gbamin through no fault of his own even if stayed fit, wouldn’t match the physical side now?

 

[BlueToff]

hope we sign him for saturday. we’re so desperate for a DM plus he can do it this league. gbamin through no fault of his own even if stayed fit, wouldn’t match the physical side now?

Don't think we know on Gbamin tbf but if offers come in he'll be gone.

Gana's signing for us mate, it'll be done in time for the weekend I'm sure.

We still need another midfielder on top, like.