ToffeeScot
Player Valuation: £8m
Both club and player are at fault. We have still been treating him like a king throughout pre-season and up until now.
2024/25 Dominic Calvert-Lewin
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Both club and player are at fault. We have still been treating him like a king throughout pre-season and up until now.
Ferguson1878
Player Valuation: £30m
unbelievable isn’t it
BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
You’re doing exactly what the club want, turning on the player not the club. Who allowed the contract to get down to final year? Who set an unrealistic valuation given his injury past?
Dom had never once bad mouthed the fans or the club, yet he gets trashed constantly for his fashion sense, being injured and rushed back etc and he’s the rat?
Victus
Player Valuation: £30m
I don't care about that. I care about him leaving it so late and asking for obvious wages we can't afford. If he knew a while back we can't give him a contract or he doesn't want a contract he should have said this earlier. It's not hard.
larrygobfiend
Player Valuation: £40m
C’mon mate. He’s got 1 year left of his contract, he’s injury prone and his goal record is pretty poor.
I’m not saying he’s a bad player, but £35m is just daft.
Yes.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £50m
Solanke scores goals and isn’t made of sponge pudding.
Kever10
Player Valuation: £20m
Lets assume they are similar value, same age, similar goal records. How much do you knock off for last year of contract? More than half? I dont think so.
C’mon mate. He’s got 1 year left of his contract, he’s injury prone and his goal record is pretty poor.
I’m not saying he’s a bad player, but £35m is just daft.
I think we are well within our right to ask for £10 more than Beto for him.
Solanke had a much better year. I believe his contract was longer, and he hasn't had the same injury issues.
I dont think we get close to 35m
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
We’ve significantly overpaid for Beto though imo.
Kever10
Player Valuation: £20m
And wwhen DCL had his better year, his was much better than Solanke's. Its not like Solanke has had multiple years of top form.
£35m in this day and age for an English Premier League experienced striker is on the cheaper side.
But no, you are right we should have just asked £10-15m and then fumed afterwards we didn't ask for enough. We love an opportunity to moan at how poorly run we are.
Kever10
Player Valuation: £20m
That's Transfers isnt it.
There's a bit of blame on both sides.
If Dom wanted to leave he should have said earlier and rejected the contract - which is his right. No issue with that. Just do it earlier.
But the fact the club have planned the pre season around him despite the contract situation, has been hard to understand. He should have been transfer listed in July when the contract remained unsigned. Very poorly handled by the club as far as I'm concerned.
BlueStevie35
Player Valuation: £70m
We’re not, not with so little time left on his contract. His injury record prior to last season negates any value on him, £15m min is less a gamble for suiters than £35m+
I've never suggested accept 10m but I think 20m is realistic.
The circumstances aren't the same so we can't compare them. No one will bid 35m for a player with a lot of previous injuries when they can wait 9 months and get him for free.