Transfer Rumour Tyler Dibling

[matty1878]

The scary thing is, we simply do not know.

We will spend 40m on the lad in the hope that he makes it.

Madness.

Nothing wrong with that as such, every signing is a risk, but footy hey.

and if does we sell for more

if he doesn’t we sell for less

 

[Rich1878]

My mate (who is a blue) now lives and works in Southampton. He's seen him quite a few times and thinks he's a star in the making. All his mates down there , apparently think the same of this lad.
That said my mate's judgement of young players can be suspect (as can mine). We both thought that Moise Kean was going to be a great buy.

Moise Kean is banging them in

 

[catcherintherye]

It was 40 million plus 5 million in addons - https://www.skysports.com/football/...rom-everton-after-handing-in-transfer-request

Ah yes with the 40 up front from memory? And a sell on too.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Where’s he said this?

Apparently his latest paidcast I mean podcast

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

and if does we sell for more

if he doesn’t we sell for less

He'll be worth 80M next season.

Chelsea will be in for him big time.

 

[Rooney_Tunes]

Apparently his latest paidcast I mean podcast

Good news then...

Well in @The Bobble ...

 

[Efcjake]

The scary thing is, we simply do not know.

We will spend 40m on the lad in the hope that he makes it.

Madness.

Nothing wrong with that as such, every signing is a risk, but footy hey.

I said elsewhere I didn't see him get up too much against us and we were definitely no great shakes last year

 

[Goat]

I said elsewhere I didn't see him get up too much against us and we were definitely no great shakes last year

Its a concern that Zat rates him for sure.

 

[catcherintherye]

Players who are already top quality won't come here, players who are just bog standard 'PL proven' don't move the dial forward, if we want to actually get better over the long run then this is the type of deal we have to do. It's a risk of course, but who wouldn't be? Having a clear vision and being seen as a place where players can develop and play good football is going to be much more attractive to players than finishing 9th in the league with a load of ageing plodders playing safety first football, that's very obvious just looking at what clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth etc are doing.

I do agree with that. If you look at the money spent now, compared to when we bought Lukaku, Lukaku was probably like 50/60million for Lukaku in today's money.

Clubs like Brighton, Bournemouth etc are regularly going to on and around 40million now for young players.

The big surprise I have with Dibling is he is interested in coming here.

 

[pfim]

Can you be a 'journey boy'

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TBF, that we know where Tyler Dibling played football at age 5 is a little creepy.

 

[catcherintherye]

I mean obviously we need end product to some extent, everybody does at the end of the day. I don't really agree with the 'we need somebody who's going to produce right now' shouts though. We're obviously not going to immediately gatecrash the top 4, and as long as we add a a few more decent players to beef the squad up you'd hope we'd have enough about us not to go down. So why do we need people who are going to produce great numbers immediately? Surely it's better to bring players in who give us a chance of building a genuinely good side over the next couple of years rather than spending a load of money bringing someone like Grealish in for one year to help us finish 9th instead of 11th.

This 100%.

Like our first 11 is quite strong. But we lack attacking quality. Our issue is our depth.

This lad helps with both depth, but also attacking quality.

We have a reasonable core of players around mid 20s so getting viable younger players is a good move.

 

[Aries]

Ideally we want a couple in to play some minutes against Roma first

They’ll 100% want this (or another marquee signing) done by end of next week to feature against Roma.

Side note, even though I’m not attending I’m really looking forward to watching the game and seeing what the new place is like with a full house.

 

[Oddson]

Dibbling is raw atm but has similar attributes to a younger Bale & a current Grealish, pace/flair and WILL go onto bigger things, question is: can we afford to spend 35-40M on a developing player who’ll need time OR the same amount on an already rounded player who’ll most likely hit the ground running.

 

[bluestevon]

There is this....

He was unable to play and train with his new team-mates as Chelsea abided by the Premier League's five-step review process, an investigation used during transfers for academy players before they can be registered to ensure everything is above board with the move.

While his new team-mates went to win a pre-season tournament in Germany in the summer of 2022, strengthening their bond, Dibling was training alone with a coach.

That isolation was a large reason for him struggling to settle and the clubs were still in negotiations over a fee when Dibling made his desire to return to Southampton clear after just six weeks.

What happened in particular circumstances at 16 for a youth player shouldn't necessarily be a measuring stick for what happens in very different circumstances at 19 for an established senior player.

FFS can imagine us signing him today and him turning up at FF tomorrow and having to train on his todd

 

[Aries]

But not at £40+mill. We're not Chelsea or Spurs who can afford to spend that type money on 19 year olds who'll hopefully develop. The reason they do is because they have adequate cover in areas.

We on the other hand have a very poor to average attack and have done for years. We currently have Ndiaye, Beto, and McNeil in an attack that can deliver to an extent in the prem. Followed by Barry and Chermitti who are "developing". Its pretty thin. You can throw Alcaraz in their too but hes nowhere near the cost.

We then go an blow £40mill on Dibbling to add to that...it doesn't really improve it. It improves longevity in the hopes he'll develop. Say we did buy him...id still expect another more experienced attacking player.

And finishing 9th is more attractive than 11th when it comes to recruitment to improve.

They want Grealish according to Bobble. Dibling on the right, Grealish on the left, Ndiaye through the middle behind Beto/Barry.

For a club at our stage of development and considering where we’ve been the last few years, nobody can moan at that attacking unit.

Central midfield still needs addressing mind you.