Summer Transfer Window 2019

[matty1878]

If we were to sign Zaha, Iwobi and a loan CB while also clearing the rest of the deadwood it seems to me like we would be looking at a net spend of ~80-85m and a wage increase of about 2m/year.

It's not impossible.

We won’t sign iwobi, he’s bambi on ice not what we need

 

[liamefc91]

If we were to sign Zaha, Iwobi and a loan CB while also clearing the rest of the deadwood it seems to me like we would be looking at a net spend of ~80-85m and a wage increase of about 2m/year.

It's not impossible.

Dont think wages will increase by that much tbh?!

Say £200k zaha. £120k iwobi.

Schneiderlin going pays for iwobi wages itself

 

[bag a yoko]

point i was making earlier is that yes, while he's nationalistically italian, it doesn't mean his family and upbringing didn't have any ivorian influence whatsoever. language and culture are things that could make him feel literally at home

gbamin and kean prob share some similar culture. throw a potential zaha into the mix, and maybe they hit it off well

as i said, i'm american - born and raised. but my blood and culture is still chinese, and if you were to think that i wouldn't feel any sense of closeness immediately from a fellow chinese person, you'd be wrong

No doubt. We don't have any Italian speakers at the club and he doesn't speak much English by the look of it so I assume he will be speaking French with the new French speaking signings. Piemonte is very bilingual anyway being on the French border.

 

[Jim Hopper]

The situation with Palace is crap but its not like they didn't know the player wanted to leave. They have made the situation harder for themselves by asking for silly money and moving the goal posts last minute which has then upset the player.

 

[aazak]

My offer is this. Nothing...not
even the thousand dollars for the
Gaming Commission, which I'd
appreciate if you would put up
personally.

 

[matty1878]

Still nope. If you'd said that Kean was "Italian with Ivorian heritage" that'd be perfectly fine, but you can't say he's "Ivorian with Italian papers" unless you've got some evidence that he sees himself as an Ivorian national.

Who gives a hoot long as we get him aye?

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

I think we need another quality centre half.
If Zouma isn't happening we need a similar player in asap. I wouldn't be looking at getting him in in 12 months time, as fat Frank will ruin him, and we will be back to another 6/8 months of shakey defending trying to coach him back to normal :/

 

[Ste2018]

Jason Burt really out on a limb with the prediction of "another offer" in response to the transfer request and that it might be a "big one" in response to a 100m price tag.

And to go in before the deadline!

 

[liamefc91]

Was the iwobi bid one to either force zaha to hand in request or to get palace to agree to the fee? Or has uncle uzzy been leaving his cheque book about

 

[Hogwild]

We won’t sign iwobi, he’s bambi on ice not what we need

Don't get me wrong - i wasn't advocating for the move

 

[BernieH]

Zouma defo not happening if :Luiz goes to Arse

 

[malfosse]

Good point that Mikey, the figures released later this year will show a wages to turnover ratio in the region of 80 - 85%

It's not sustainable without success on the pitch.

I'm trusting an accountant to know what he's doing. That's all I have.
* fingers tightly crossed.

 

[pablo315]

I've no idea, you'd have to ask him what nationality he is.

Is there any reason to suggest Kean isn't completely Italian? Genuine question.

Cuz he's scouse

 

[GT77]

Who gives a hoot long as we get him aye?

It just doesn't sit well with me and I'd rather call it out than ignore it.

Landed to have him, still chuckling at the fact the notoriously conservative valuing by transfermarkt still has him at £36m.

 

[matty1878]

Zouma defo not happening if :Luiz goes to Arse

Think that’s sailed and we’ve moved to someone else.