33 minutes ago, Donnyboro said:

Hes still a target if we don’t get messed about by the owner 

I think if the new gaffer doesn't want him he'll be easier to get.

7 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:

What are you on about?

I've not questioned them offering more money than he's on here.

I've said I don't think he'll want to go to the MLS when there's interest from the Premier League, where the money will be even better.

It still requires that a PL club actually bids for him and we accept it. I can still see him going to the MLS instead of a team like Ipswich. He’ll likely be back in the championship on a reduced contract. I agree that he will likely choose West Ham if it’s an option. 

9 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:

What are you on about?

I've not questioned them offering more money than he's on here.

I've said I don't think he'll want to go to the MLS when there's interest from the Premier League, where the money will be even better.

Would Ipswich pay 60/70k a week then?  That’s the only prem team to actually bid 

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5 minutes ago, Borodane said:

It still requires that a PL club actually bids for him and we accept it. I can still see him going to the MLS instead of a team like Ipswich. He’ll likely be back in the championship on a reduced contract. I agree that he will likely choose West Ham if it’s an option. 

I expect West Ham will bid soon.

They have one fit striker and it's Danny Ings who they were already trying to move on.

Fullkrug will be out for a month, Antonio might never play again.

Summerville has a hamstring issue and Bowen's fractured his foot, neither of them are actual strikers to begin with.

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At the rumoured fee you’d expect more clubs to come in for him hopefully pushing the price up a bit. Be happy with 20 million £ if we can get it sorted in the next few days and have time to get a replacement in + strengthen other parts of the team 

Also, seems that the designated players at Atlanta only earn around 45k USD per week, so about 37 grand, is it that much more that he'd leave for the US instead of staying in Europe?

Just now, BelgianBoro said:

Also, seems that the designated players at Atlanta only earn around 45k USD per week, so about 37 grand, is it that much more that he'd leave for the US instead of staying in Europe?

Their top earn is on 57k a week in £. The league record fee offered so guessing he’d top that salary 

It would hurt less for me to see him go to the MLS even if it is a bit lower fee then to see him go to the Premier League and start banging them in for another club while we still struggling to go up

7 minutes ago, Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die said:

 

 

I think we’d want more up front, 15 million pounds is low for lath 

10 minutes ago, Donnyboro said:

Their top earn is on 57k a week in £. The league record fee offered so guessing he’d top that salary 

Where are you getting that from?

The MLS publish the top 25 salaries and there's not an Atlanta player in that, and the 25th highest earner in the league is on £41,000 a week.

Unless they signed him in the summer, that is, that publication is from May.

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4 minutes ago, Donnyboro said:

Their top earn is on 57k a week in £. The league record fee offered so guessing he’d top that salary 

Ah, didn't see the guaranteed compensation part. 

5 minutes ago, TeaCider24 said:

Where are you getting that from?

The MLS publish the top 25 salaries and there's not an Atlanta player in that, and the 25th highest earner in the league is on £41,000 a week.

Have a look at the guaranteed part it’s different 👍

22 hours ago, boksicdink said:

The amount of articles the EG has written with Travers on it tells me there is too much smoke (especially when they are quick to shut things down these days like Jade Jones)

The taekwondo olympian? 

3 minutes ago, Donnyboro said:

Have a look at the guaranteed part it’s different 👍

That's what I'm looking at and what I gave the figure from.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/lionel-messi-leads-2024-player-salaries-guide-mls-players-association

Edited January 12, 20251 yr by TeaCider24