Saido Berahino

[Gazzasrightboot]

The Daily Star (that bastion of investigative journalism) has started describing Berahino as a "Man Utd and Tottenham target". That does not bode well if there's even a sliver of truth in it.

No it doesn't. If Man United are interested, there's nothing we can do. They'll give him 100k a week. Still it's not over till a week today!

 

[mudshark]

I can envisage "complications" arising next Tuesday after reports emerge that a late rival bid has been received. Even if they're not actually interested, they may try to troll us and delay things at the last minute.

 

[Superhudd]

Simply if he isn't in by Thursday I want Levy to move on and sign someone else. Preferably a new Chairman.

 

[scaramanga]

ITK??

Sauce?!

Sauce is nothing more than my own ability to assume the worst in these situations.

Makes for a far less disappointing transfer window.

 

[glorygloryeze]

Sauce is nothing more than my own ability to assume the worst in these situations.

Makes for a far less disappointing transfer window.

Phew. You scared me there! Good to know i'm not the only one with those coping mechanisms

 

[Tottenhammattspur]

How long before we start getting the usual "the goal posts moved, there was nothing levy could do"

 

[Rorschach]

How long before we start getting the usual "the goal posts moved, there was nothing levy could do"

That was Soldado's excuse too.

 

[Robspur12]

There was a great blog I found on news now which I cannot now find the link to. It suggested that the argument was not about the size of fee per se but rather the amount of risk both sides were willing to take on over berahino. So obviously Jeremy Peace wants a greater proportion of the fee paid up front, whereas Levy , understandably from our recent record of purchases, wants a greater proportion from performance related add ons. Also suggested Fazio deal was linked in as far as it was supposedly a sweetener for the berahino deal but we pulled it when the transfer could not be agreed rather than the "failure to agree personal terms" tripe fed to the media.

 

[Bullet]

There was a great blog I found on news now which I cannot now find the link to.

Press Ctrl+H and type Fazio in the search box

 

[Jordinho]

https://twitter.com/x/status/636176217268441088

 

[Gazzasrightboot]

There was a great blog I found on news now which I cannot now find the link to. It suggested that the argument was not about the size of fee per se but rather the amount of risk both sides were willing to take on over berahino. So obviously Jeremy Peace wants a greater proportion of the fee paid up front, whereas Levy , understandably from our recent record of purchases, wants a greater proportion from performance related add ons. Also suggested Fazio deal was linked in as far as it was supposedly a sweetener for the berahino deal but we pulled it when the transfer could not be agreed rather than the "failure to agree personal terms" tripe fed to the media.

That all sounds quite plausible. I'd imagine that Peace will want the payments to offset the payment structure that he has agreed with Rondon and Levy wanting it to match that of Soldado's.

 

[Denmark Spur]

https://twitter.com/x/status/636180953820471296

 

[Yiddo]

Showing their lack of class with these tweets.

 

[metalgear]

levy gets levied.

 

[Vega]

Its a Levy 22m.

So £5m now and an again in increments for the next 3 seasons with the additional £2m based on us winning the Champions League within the 5 years of the players contract.

 

[Denmark Spur]

So I think, its pretty clear that Levy now has to choose between bidding £25m or to move on.

I would be tempted to move on; but then again, I dont know who the backup option is.

 

[E3zzle]

They don't want to sell him, so we move on. He's their player, not ours.

 

[NickTB]

I'm sure want to sell him, but they know the market value of their asset and want to advertise the fact that no other team is in for him other than us. Give other teams the heads up. Either that or they really are a classless bunch of Norvern Monkeys

 

[DubaiSpur]

O-ho, if this one doesn't come off....the desperate gymnastics on one side and the fuel-air explosions on the other will be a sight to behold for the neutral.

Pity I'm not a neutral.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

There gets a point where you say fudge it, too expensive, whose number 2 or 3 on our list. I'd suggest 25m is the absolute max for him and even that is a push (22m was a very fair offer).