[Albion] Liam Delap - Man City

[Flounce]

I'm pretty sure we tried to get him (on loan?)

Me too but it all fell apart when City insisted it had to be a transfer and not a loan

 

[GT49er]

Me too but it all fell apart when City insisted it had to be a transfer and not a loan

Looks like we goofed up then - what did they want for him?

 

[Justice]

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.

£40m if he scored 20 goals £80m +

 

[Flounce]

Looks like we goofed up then - what did they want for him?

No idea but when Chelsea came knocking it was all over I guess. Chelsea were never going to want him on loan

 

[Stato]

Looks like we goofed up then - what did they want for him?

Presumably, what Chelsea paid for him C£40m. However unlike a loan, a transfer to us would have meant us having to negotiate a salary. He's reportedly on £125k a year at Chelsea, so wouldn't have been coming here.

 

[GT49er]

Presumably, what Chelsea paid for him C£40m. However unlike a loan, a transfer to us would have meant us having to negotiate a salary. He's reportedly on £125k a year at Chelsea, so wouldn't have been coming here.

If that's all he wanted we'd have bitten his hand off!

 

[BadFish]

Delap will end up somewhere paying double the wages we will offer.

He's not a Brighton signing and he's not coming here.

 

[Stato]

If that's all he wanted we'd have bitten his hand off!

Freudian slipped into non-football salaries. Most of us would be more than satisfied earning his weekly wage over a year.

 

[um bongo molongo]

If he has better offers than us, he’ll go there.

He’ll have better offers than us.

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

Never say never. European football, PSR and João Pedros inability to play number 9 will all have some impact on ours, and other clubs need, appeal and ability to sign a player who has already put his career ahead of playing for a big club once already.

 

[The Fits]

Palmer was never coming here. It was a total non-story. The rumour was a loan. Pep categorically refused loaning him out from the get go. There’s plenty of players every team would like to sign but it isn’t as simple as that.
And forget about Delap. Having huge choice of clubs means huge wages.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Doubt that, why is Ensisco not playing with his mate at Brighton ?

You know I’m not being serious right?

 

[SAC]

£30 million plus £125k a week could be an absolute bargain. Another 12 goal plus season in the PL and he will be worth double that. No reason why teh club shouldn't be thinking about it. Better than spunking £160k a week on an unproven (in the PL) loan player.