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Player Valuation: £1m
I think 1 of 2 things is happening with the whole Moshiri ownership thing:
1) Moshiri isn't a sugar daddy, but is more of a facilitator/guarantor. He isn't an owner to just pile money into the club Willy nilly. He's the sort to maybe boost us with a little more every window, or pay up front to cover us while waiting for tv money/player sales cash. E.g. He gave us the cash up front to buy Pickford/Keene/klaason/Sandro before the Lukaku money came in. In years gone by we all know we wouldn't have spent a penny until he was sold. This is advantagous as all the players above would've cost a lot more if we had already sold Lukaku (see gylfi).
2) the club are willing to spend money but still only under the old business model. I.e. They will splash out for a player but only if there is a resale value or a gaping hole in the team. I think this is partly what's holding up the gylfi transfer. He may give us a slightly different option but we already have lots of quality players in his position. Klaason Rooney Barkley and Sandro can all play there. He may become the best of the lot but while we have players who play in his position he's not exactly the target man or LB cover we are after.
2.5) it may also be that Bill is still at the helm regarding transfer negotiations and simply doesn't think gylfi is worth 50mil which, to be fair to Bill (for once), he probably isn't. I think if it had been 35-40mil we'd have seen this done weeks ago. He's in the same bracket as Keane Pickford etc (I.e. a bottom half player who's very important to his own team, but not good enough to attract the really top clubs). Swansea and Everton have both played this one very badly in my opinion. Swansea will definitely now be short when they start the new season and will struggle to get players in before the window closes. They may end up getting relegated because of it. Plus when they do sell gylfi they'll have to pay more for any player they want. Everyone will know they'll have 50mil burning a hole in their pocket. Everton look like they will also be short when the season starts and will have a half fit gylfi for a few weeks. They Gould have compromised for 40-45mil weeks ago. Bad business all round.
What's interesting is the Koeman Walsh Moshiri Kenwright contract Dave relationship. Who decides on targets? Who places bids? Who negotiates? Which players are Koeman targets and which players are Walsh targets? Will this affect their playing time/role in the team? When Koeman criticizes the sepending (only 7mil) who is he aiming this at? The board? Walsh? Kenwright? Moshiri? We'll probably only find this stuff out when 1 or all of them have left the club. I would love to see what's going on behind the scenes though. It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle hidden inside an inigma!
In short: up the blues! Let's get a few more players in.
1) Moshiri isn't a sugar daddy, but is more of a facilitator/guarantor. He isn't an owner to just pile money into the club Willy nilly. He's the sort to maybe boost us with a little more every window, or pay up front to cover us while waiting for tv money/player sales cash. E.g. He gave us the cash up front to buy Pickford/Keene/klaason/Sandro before the Lukaku money came in. In years gone by we all know we wouldn't have spent a penny until he was sold. This is advantagous as all the players above would've cost a lot more if we had already sold Lukaku (see gylfi).
2) the club are willing to spend money but still only under the old business model. I.e. They will splash out for a player but only if there is a resale value or a gaping hole in the team. I think this is partly what's holding up the gylfi transfer. He may give us a slightly different option but we already have lots of quality players in his position. Klaason Rooney Barkley and Sandro can all play there. He may become the best of the lot but while we have players who play in his position he's not exactly the target man or LB cover we are after.
2.5) it may also be that Bill is still at the helm regarding transfer negotiations and simply doesn't think gylfi is worth 50mil which, to be fair to Bill (for once), he probably isn't. I think if it had been 35-40mil we'd have seen this done weeks ago. He's in the same bracket as Keane Pickford etc (I.e. a bottom half player who's very important to his own team, but not good enough to attract the really top clubs). Swansea and Everton have both played this one very badly in my opinion. Swansea will definitely now be short when they start the new season and will struggle to get players in before the window closes. They may end up getting relegated because of it. Plus when they do sell gylfi they'll have to pay more for any player they want. Everyone will know they'll have 50mil burning a hole in their pocket. Everton look like they will also be short when the season starts and will have a half fit gylfi for a few weeks. They Gould have compromised for 40-45mil weeks ago. Bad business all round.
What's interesting is the Koeman Walsh Moshiri Kenwright contract Dave relationship. Who decides on targets? Who places bids? Who negotiates? Which players are Koeman targets and which players are Walsh targets? Will this affect their playing time/role in the team? When Koeman criticizes the sepending (only 7mil) who is he aiming this at? The board? Walsh? Kenwright? Moshiri? We'll probably only find this stuff out when 1 or all of them have left the club. I would love to see what's going on behind the scenes though. It's a mystery wrapped in a riddle hidden inside an inigma!
In short: up the blues! Let's get a few more players in.
