Confirmed Signing Youssef Chermiti

[Villa_Fan]

Is he the Niall Quinn to Maupay's Kevin Philips?!

Wouldn't that be nice

 

[Villa_Fan]

Sure, if hes not good its paying over the odds. But if hes worth 30m in a years time its paying under the odds. All depends on scouting and properly judging his future potential.

Those that are truly good at it dont bat an eye about being willing to pay more than everyone else for a player who will be worth much more in a year or two. If a player will be worth 30m, the smart team is the one who "overpays" his 10m estimate. They see the true unrealized future and pays 12m instead. Of course judging that is the true hard part.

The problem is they all work for Brighton

 

[Bedfordblue]

The big thing is the wages, he shouldnt be on 120k a week.

But I cant say for sure.

 

[PeregrineT]

The problem is they all work for Brighton

Perfect then, once they get linked with someone you offer the selling club a million more. You dont need to pay for the scouts and you get the rewards!

 

[Barnfred 55]

The thing is, you could ask 10 different Everton fans what they think of Ben Godfrey for example and you would get 10 different answers.

Crap, dog poo, shoite, poop, turd, rubbish, dung, garbage, pathetic. How many's that?

 

[sw blue]

What don't you understand?

The reference to 1975 was just a simple bit of hyperbole to emphasise the relatively low transfer fee. Sorry if that was confusing.

We just sold Ellis Simms for £8m.
Southampton just paid £15m for Shea Charles (27 minutes of professional football)

Paying £12m for a 19 year old striker - from a club that have a track record of producing some of Europe's best talent - is not really a huge risk. If it doesn't work out, we'll be able to shift him and he won't be on huge wages

So yeah £12m is not in any way "over the odds" and it just smacks of bed wetting for bed wettings sake. But knock yourself out

It's all opinions friend, to you it's not much, to me it's a sizeable chunk of our budget spent on someone with 10 first team starts. No hyperbole required.

I wish the lad all the best if he signs and won't loose any sleep if he doesn't become a success.

I'm sure you will do the same.

 

[GraemeS1980]

If we sign him please let his nickname be Walt

 

[Bedfordblue]

If we sign him please let his nickname be Walt

Too many of them in the squad already!

 

[Tin-Tin]

 

[blulouie]

Fab really backing himself on this one.

 

[Goat]

Good luck lad, you have some big boots to fill.

Replacing Neal Maupay is a tough ask for anybody.

 

[TexanToffee]

I'm honestly pretty pumped for this. The alternative was bringing in nobody and DCL getting injured so I'll happily get excited for a young striker until he gives me reason not to.

 

[coollino]

Fab is such a little loser isn't he. Confirming his own story twice

 

[Fralahna]

Chermiti is coming to relieve DCL in the short term and potentially replace him down the line. He has a similar profile but is much younger and taller. I think he’ll regularly spell DCL later in games, a win-win-win that gives him experience, DCL rest, and the team the ability to keep playing the same kind of football without trying to adjust to Maupay clogging up the gears.

And because you also with for successfully mediating a conflict at work?

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

If we sign him please let his nickname be Walt