Think there's some 50 clubs in the world that would want him at that fee so he's probably going to be a very well paid young man next season.
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[Albion] Liam Delap - Man City
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I wonder how long before he’s getting an England call up. Cited as the next Kane for England…just as long as he doesn’t end up at Spurs first….
- May 8, 2018
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I’m sure Julio is in his ear really selling the Albion to him
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I can't believe this thread is still going. We're not signing one of the hottest young English prospects that's already proven in the Prem for goodness sake.
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Doubt that, why is Ensisco not playing with his mate at Brighton ?
- Jun 27, 2012
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Well. On that basis we'd never have signed Brazil's No 9 striker in 2023 - already proven in the Prem and Championship (like Delap) , or spend £40m to land a young No.10 last summer, already proven in the Bundesliga, Prem and Championship and who was a hot young French prospect.
But we did.
pigmanovich
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Were Pedro and Georgi subject to the same hype as Delap though?
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Haha have you been drinking? Pedro Proven in Prem? 3 goals in 28 games for Watford? I suppose it's not much different to his scoring record now.
Georgino proven in the Prem with 0 goals and 1 assists in 11 games?
It's not comparable to bloke who has 12 Premier League goals in his first season in the Prem. that's more than i think any of our players including Welbeck have ever managed in their career. Oh and he's the ultimate premium, an English centre forward.
Oh and we've already signed a young striker for the summer already .
Goodness. This is a nonsense thread. He's not coming here.
- May 8, 2018
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Two summers ago some on here were utterly convinced we were going to sign Cole Palmer
Once he's finished his job for the England U21s with the U21 Euros this summer, he should be right in the mix.
Tbf that was mainly a loan rumour. And we ended up loaning Ansu Fati who at the time arguably was considered the bigger talent.
Reading the thread about it is quite fun hindsight though... a lot of us didn't want him
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Young hot prospects on loan for experience or who need to prove themselves after injury is very different to signing the 11th top scorer in the entire division btw
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Teetotal for 7 years ! I’m saying Both are easily as proven then as Delap is now. Anyway you’re buying a prospect not the finished article.
Agreed he might not fit given our squad and there would have to be movement. But why the absolute certainty ? We sign big young prospects now - and he certainly fits our model.
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But that is demonstrably not the case!?
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No signing is the same as the next one but there’s a serious underplaying of Albions transfer ambition, spend and attractiveness to players here.
They might be now but they weren't established in the PL when we bought them. Unlike Delap, who has now scored double numbers and established himself.
He does not fit our model. Our model is not to sign established Premier League players who are going to want very high wages. There will be no Liam Delap or Tyler Dibling in Brighton.
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pigmanovich
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Fair enough - I think the issue here is not only that we're not prepared to outbid the likes of Chelsea on wages, the function we serve, as a platform where players can announce themselves to bigger clubs, is redundant for Delap now that he has made a name for himself at Ipswich.