Transfer Rumour Wilifred Gnonto

[mikel_88]

He's still training on his own, latest today is, his agent has been told 27m plus 5m add ons will be enough, pricey I know but guess that's the market...il try an find out some more later

Makes sense now is between what we wanted and them 25-30. Is time for us to match it or move on, hopefully you can give us good news thats its done.

 

[DanB90]

My memory isnt the best, but I recall some pushback, people suggesting it was a bit high, saying we shouldnt pay more than 20.

But yes, in hindsight 28m for Lukaku was a steal, 40m for Richarlison a decent price and 45m for Iceland a crime against football.

I guess we find out in 4 years if the 32m for Gnooo was worth it.

£27m-£32m for a pacy exciting 19 year old who’s shown he can hold his own in the league isn’t bad at all.

Whether we should spend that money elsewhere, or whether we should’ve bought him for £4mil a year ago are different conversations though.

 

[jazzy]

He is half decent. That's why Leeds want to hang on to him. £30m for a current Italian international in today's markets is cheap.

the Italy No9 went for less than £30 m last month

 

[PeregrineT]

28mil was a STEAL for Lukaku in hindsight.

Keep in mind Lukaku had scored 17 goals and 15 goals in the league in back to back seasons before we paid 28m for him.

 

[nevsonlymate]

Kirk was famously the Captain..

you are correct Sir my bad

 

[BlueStevie35]

This is how you end up paying 45m for Gylfi Sigurdsson.

We left Steve Walsh to bid against himself instead of walking away when Swansea wanted £40m+

 

[nevsonlymate]

Mr Spock.

Didn't he have a rank?

 

[DanB90]

Keep in mind Lukaku had scored 17 goals and 15 goals in the league in back to back seasons before we paid 28m for him.

I thought he was defo worth it at the time.

I was just proper shocked we had anything near that kind of money to spend on a player. Our record signing before that was Fellaini for £15m about 7 years prior.

 

[Houghty19]

Didn't he have a rank?

I don't think he was ever caught doing that...oh sorry rank

 

[blueblue]

….bit of a waste having a big ceiling when you’re 5ft 4in.

He is still hoping he will grow a bit.

 

[Goat]

Lukaku

How much would you spend on him at the end of the season? not a chance id pay 20/25 more like 12/18 for me

www.grandoldteam.com

 

[nevsonlymate]

How often do the add ons ever get met anyway?
Will probably be stuff like if we finish above a certain position, or he plays x amount of games, in which cases it’s usually been worthwhile.

You can imagine our add on's to the likes of City, they give a million for every trophy we give a tenner when we find an Everton player from a throw in, we still havent ayed out an add on in 3 seasons

 

[Melchizedek]

That’s pretty much what Udinese were asking for Beto. Unless we can afford to do both Gnonto isn’t the one of the two we should be doing, not at anything like that.

Agreed. If we are spending close to 30 million on one player, I would be looking for a center forward like Beto. We need something for both positions, but striker is a greater need for me.

 

[twoblue]

Makes sense now is between what we wanted and them 25-30. Is time for us to match it or move on, hopefully you can give us good news thats its done.

Remember chucking that at tosun and not even caring

 

[chippy1722]

£27m-£32m for a pacy exciting 19 year old who’s shown he can hold his own in the league isn’t bad at all.

Whether we should spend that money elsewhere, or whether we should’ve bought him for £4mil a year ago are different conversations though.

He had a better season for Leeds than Onana did for us and we are asking ridiculous amounts of money. Gnonto will pay back that £30m no problem, have every confidence he would be a top player for us.