2021/22 Lucas Digne

[Thomasc]

Therefore Digne should be easier to sell.

Another win for chris

To easy now Dave

He’s staggering around the forum like the old nuisance drunk in the pub, throwing stupid comments in and generally getting on everybody’s tits.

As if we should ever take Barkley back! Digne will go for a fee hopefully and pay for the incoming replacement.

 

[Theoneandonly]

Don't know if this has already been posted. But looking at 3.5 mil loan fee, 30 mil full asking price.

 

[Carloblues]

Don't know if this has already been posted. But looking at 3.5 mil loan fee, 30 mil full asking price.

how could anyone else post it when you've just made it up?

 

[carolinablue232]

He has to go regardless due to our finances. Italian club's can't afford him straight away so it would be drawn out similar to the Kean deal.

Chelsea won't be arsed if they don't get him IMO so the deal will have to suit them than us.

Contract Dave will have his work cut out negotiating that

I don’t understand the Chelsea links. They still have Alonso and Chillwell will be back at some point. If he stays in England, weirdly the only place that makes sense to me is City.

 

[jazzy]

Don't know if this has already been posted. But looking at 3.5 mil loan fee, 30 mil full asking price.

Why the hell would we want to loan him out.

I can just about get my head around selling him for a profit and bringing a younger cheaper player in his position but a loan makes no sense unless it is to Benitez's ego.

 

[nsno-chris]

Don't know if this has already been posted. But looking at 3.5 mil loan fee, 30 mil full asking price.

Post the article you bubonic mutant

 

[Kev The Rat]

Why the hell would we want to loan him out.

I can just about get my head around selling him for a profit and bringing a younger cheaper player in his position but a loan makes no sense unless it is to Benitez's ego.

Tbf it wouldn’t surprise me if no one wanted to buy him at least not at the figures being quoted

 

[jazzy]

Tbf it wouldn’t surprise me if no one wanted to buy him at least not at the figures being quoted

Disagree to an extent.

OK there isn't a lot of money around but you won't buy a better left back at £25 million eve though Benitez has done his best to trash his reputation.

 

[Kev The Rat]

Disagree to an extent.

OK there isn't a lot of money around but you won't buy a better left back at £25 million eve though Benitez has done his best to trash his reputation.

you are correct in theory but We are terrible at selling players.

This is about Benitez ego more than anything

 

[kenada_blue]

I don’t understand the Chelsea links. They still have Alonso and Chillwell will be back at some point. If he stays in England, weirdly the only place that makes sense to me is City.

Bit of unrest over Alonso. He seemed to have started well, the bombed. Tuchel has rinsed him a few times. Fans don't like him either.

The idea would be they'd be looking to upgrade on him/have senior 2 left backs. Hence why I think they'd want just a loan.

 

[jonnyboy316]

Suspect he will want Chelsea with Chilwell sidelined for the season. That is bad for us as Chelsea will want a loan. I think only the barcodes would pay a fee. A swap with Barkley would be very poor from us. No confidence in us getting a good deal

 

[TheBigIguana]

Can all the people who think he's bad take a second and try to square it with the teams wanting to buy him now that he's available

 

[Brett Angell Delight]

Barkley is a decent standard player. He can't hack it in a squad of Chelsea super stars. He will do fine for us.

He won’t. Just as he didn’t for Villa.

 

[PITA]

Suspect he will want Chelsea with Chilwell sidelined for the season. That is bad for us as Chelsea will want a loan. I think only the barcodes would pay a fee. A swap with Barkley would be very poor from us. No confidence in us getting a good deal

Wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea offered a swap of Digne for Chillwell and we agreed. This would be conditional, of course, on our medics not touching Chillwell.

 

[Zatara]

Don't know if this has already been posted. But looking at 3.5 mil loan fee, 30 mil full asking price.

how could anyone else post it when you've just made it up?

Its a half decent educated guess i think.

Digne has about £7mil book value...if we loaned him for a full season we could have a 'free' player in terms of FFP payments....half a season £3.5mil.

I don’t understand the Chelsea links. They still have Alonso and Chillwell will be back at some point. If he stays in England, weirdly the only place that makes sense to me is City.

Digne is a better left back than Chelsea's players...he's a top class player who improves most other teams.

Why the hell would we want to loan him out.

I can just about get my head around selling him for a profit and bringing a younger cheaper player in his position but a loan makes no sense unless it is to Benitez's ego.

Only logic is to use a loan payment to sign someone...£3.5mil in could mean £17.5mil out this window.

Wouldn't be surprised if Chelsea offered a swap of Digne for Chillwell and we agreed. This would be conditional, of course, on our medics not touching Chillwell.

Apart from their 'big money, big salary, stars' theres not many I'd want in a swap deal.

Imagine if we could swap Digne for Lamptey and Livramento today...

That Chalobah is one i mentioned as highly rated 2-3 years ago...if we do a deal with Chelsea we should ask for one or two youth players.