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Ryan Sessegnon

Just sounds like someone trying to justify their summer window to the fanbase to me.
Makes a big deal about needing to get money in to do other deals and wouldn’t accept a penny less than original asking price - then agrees a price + player (so not getting the full cash price anyway).
Levy’s played it right and as mentioned above Sessegnon is injured so why bring him in earlier than we need to? A few weeks wages saved - small in the grander scheme but look after the pennies and all that...
 
Fulham vice-chairman Tony Khan has expressed his frustration at how Tottenham handled negotiations over Ryan Sessegnon’s deadline day move.

Spurs secured a £25million deal last Thursday and Khan says Spurs were difficult to deal with. He has also confirmed Tottenham’s delay in paying the asking price scuppered their chances of signing a defender, thought to be Chelsea centre-back Michael Hector, because they could not buy anyone until the Sessegnon money arrived due to concerns over Financial Fair Play.

In an interview on Fulham’s official website, Khan said: “We heard from them [Tottenham] for the first time two weeks before the close of the window. We had been making all our deals under the assumption that Ryan could wind the contract down and they were not going to offer us anything. I was totally prepared for that.

“It seemed like it might be a likely scenario when he still had not heard from them a couple of weeks out, which is why I was doing loan deals where we knew the club would compliant with Financial Fair Play [FFP] rules. We had got three of our top four targets on loan but there was still a lot of uncertainty about what we could do in the rest of the window after we got Ivan Cavaleiro, Anthony Knockaert and Harry Arter.

“It turned out we were not able to buy any players because this transaction had been held up. And when I finally got an offer it was so ridiculously low that I had to make it super clear that we were not going to take a penny less our asking price, which is exactly what we got.

“If it was a penny less than our asking price I was perfectly fine for the player to wind his contract down.”

“We were so far apart that 24 hours before the deadline I was prepared for Ryan to stay at Fulham this year. We were going to get every penny that we asked for, and we got every penny we asked for. I wish it had not taken so long. People have said ‘you knew you were going to get the money, why did you not go out and spend it?’ No, until we had every penny in hand I was not going to go out and spend it.

“It was not until the middle of the afternoon on deadline day that we actually had a signed agreement. There were multiple breakdown in the closing days.

“I was glad we had done some deals early [in the window]. But the stuff we did on deadline day was greatly impacted by the sale that went through late on deadline day.

“We got Harrison Reed down to a loan with Southampton that we could do no matter what happened with our sale. Then we had Bobby Reid and another transfer we were trying to do. Bobby Reid I negotiated in loan in the final hours, and the Josh Onomah swap. The transfer I was hoping to get across but was not able to do because I did not have the money.

“The Ryan Sessegnon situation was definitely the catalyst as to why we were not able to get that transfer across. In terms of FFP compliance, it would not have been a move that was suitable for the club if we had not got that transfer over the line."


How small time does this sound? Its at the porn dwarves level.
Sounds like flimflam to me. Isn't FFP averaged over a few seasons?
 
Those comments are very reactionary which makes him seem incredibly juvenile and cantankerous. Sessegnon can only read those comments and think "whew, got myself clear of that sinking ship!"
 
Sounds like flimflam to me. Isn't FFP averaged over a few seasons?

Definitely in UEFA and the Premier League versions of FFP.
I'm pretty sure the Championship FFP rules are per season to stop teams spending their way to promotion for multiple season and then escaping sanctions once they are up.
 
Definitely in UEFA and the Premier League versions of FFP.
I'm pretty sure the Championship FFP rules are per season to stop teams spending their way to promotion for multiple season and then escaping sanctions once they are up.
Still doesn't make any sense. The year one result of purchasing a player is only their amortised value that year - signing anyone on a 4, 5 or 6 year contract would make a minimal difference.
 
Love how chairman keep whinging about Levy yet they end up doing deals with him - no one is holding a gun to their head telling them they have to do it. If you think there’s a better deal elsewhere go and get it. They just can’t handle the fact Levy is the master of his craft....
 
Love how chairman keep whinging about Levy yet they end up doing deals with him - no one is holding a gun to their head telling them they have to do it. If you think there’s a better deal elsewhere go and get it. They just can’t handle the fact Levy is the master of his craft....

This..

If Khan wants the money so bad to buy someone else then drop your asking price before the deadline or decline the offer.
 
Ryan Sessegnon has made the right choice to join Tottenham because Mauricio Pochettino can guide him to the very top.

That is the verdict of former Fulham boss Slavisa Jokanovic who gave Sessegnon his debut as a 16-year-old and helped develop the England prospect.

Sessegnon, 19, was a target of a host of top clubs this summer but made it clear that he was only interested in joining Spurs because of Pochettino’s record of developing young players.

Tottenham got a £30m deal done on deadline day and Jokanovic believes the left back has the potential to get an England call-up after moving to White Hart Lane.

Jokanovic, who is now in charge of Qatari club Al-Gharafa, told Mirror Sport: “Ryan is really competitive, I'd highlight his focus on the game and his hard work.

“Since he started being a regular with us at the first team he always showed to be keen to listen to the manager and improve and you never had the feeling he was not ready for it.

“Over a hundred games and over 30 in Premier League by the age of 19, you get the experience required to take this step.

“I believe he can perfectly play for Spurs and has still got a huge career ahead and room for improvement.

“We were lucky to be part of his first seasons as a pro and he pays us back with his performance levels who were an important part on the way we played and our promotion at Fulham, like other players as well, and now he is joining a team where Pochettino knows how to manage the progress of young players as well.

“It will give him the platform to show in an even bigger stage what he can do.

"In that sense, Spurs is a good choice and I expect big things from him because I know he will keep his will to improve and great attitude.”
 
Steven Sessegnon getting starts at Fulham now, and seems to be doing well.

I wonder if our alleged interest in him will persist? Could we end up with twin fullbacks?
 
Went to Fulham last night, as my mate is a season ticket holder and had a spare. Can confirm that Steven looks really good. If they don’t come up and kwp isn’t working out for us at RB then I can definitely see us going for him. On a side note Fulham were unplayable last night.
 
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