Transfer Rumour Evan Ferguson

[Lanolin]

It’s not that outlandish. Blackburn turned down Zidane.

We’re all aware of those things. In this case it came from an interview where Walsh was quite clearly saying ‘I was amazing at my job I’m just misunderstood’ and so should naturally be taken with an enormous pinch of salt. I believe haaland visited a huge amount of clubs around Europe at that time, do I believe we were one of them? Sure. Do I believe he was desperate to come here and everything was agreed only for the notoriously profligate moshiri to refuse to pay out the necessary money? Absolutely not.

 

[buededw1]

Yes bring him in more height I want a team of giants, fulfill dyches dream

Only 6ft isn’t he?

 

[heatmeiser]

Sign him up

 

[Lanolin]

Give ya a tenner for the Banksy.View attachment 292811

Yep, aware of this and already addressed it. Obviously we’ll never know for sure but to me it all sounds extremely convenient and different reports claim that he was anything from 15 to 18 when it happened which is a fairly big difference. It just has all the hallmarks of an urban legend I think, something with a grain of truth but not quite as much as is claimed.

 

[brettangellnightporter]

If you're not excited by a young tall skillful Gaelic number 9 called Ferguson signing, then give it up lads.

 

[Zatara]

Only 6ft isn’t he?

6'2

 

[God Benfrey]

Only 6ft isn’t he?

Haha I don't know why but I was really confident he was like 6ft 4, maybe cuz Brighton have so many small quick wingers

 

[tim gabbott]

"as they turn their attention to striking targets"

Must have missed what the "attention" has been for the past month

A new driver or pitching wedge

 

[Bluemersey]

Someone else mentioned that Brighton let Gyokeres go but even better than that, we let Erling Haaland go.

Chelsea let Salah and De Bruyne go, Dortmund let Isak go, City let Cole Palmer go, it happens all the time.

We let Rondon and Maupay go.

 

[RomanReigns]

Remember that time he scored a hatrick against Newcastle

 

[perth_blue]

I'd be made up if we signed him.

 

[bluestevon]

It's a risk for sure. It's the reason we're in the conversation. If he'd remained injury free and progressed he'd be elsewhere.

Risks aren't necessarily bad though...

Risks on younger very highly touted players are rarely 'bad' you will almost always find the ones that don't work out will have another side willing to take a risk on them again. Yea you'll lose money but not the same level you'd lose on a big money bust whose 26/27 who you then struggle to get anything for if they bomb out.

Buy Ferguson for 35-40m and in two years he's not worked out, at 22yo you'll still find another Fulham, West Ham, or promoted side willing to spend 20-25m on the hope they are the ones who can get his potential out. Or in other words you're risking the same type of money loss you can get by just signing a Maupay type these days.

Worth the risk.

 

[bluestevon]

Beto 24m, Maupay 16m.

That's 40m we spent right away when brone on two centre forwards we knew had zero potential to be anything more than bang average at best (being generous there), 40m on a player who at worse will be average but who has the genuine potential to be one of the best around...

Or we can sign the lad from Rangers, an injury prone back up from forest and a lad from Luton for 50-60m and be guaranteed crap/mediocre.

 

[Mr Happy]

been involved in a few big transfers yourself have you ?

Plenty. Transfered the contents of my sock drawer into an ikea storage unit inly yesterday

 

[Marius57]

Remember that time he scored a hatrick against Newcastle

So of his 6 goals last season, 3 of them came in one game. And before he got injured, he went 15 games without scoring.

And that’s with good, fast wingers and an actual number 10 supporting him? Can’t wait to see how he does with doucoure behind him and our slugs on the wings.