KP

[whitestomper45]

Salary cap is the only thing to resolve this situation. Certainly a more level playing field over here with our major sports.

Prefer that a state owning a club is prohibited better in future... else could be Citeh v Barcodes for a few years then it will become boring. Understand KP after his injury prone last season grabbing all that dough, think there was an agreement they were the only club in PL we were selling to.
Hopefully we will re invest wisely... 3 years ago i never saw 40M for KP coming ... thanks again MB

[Ozwhites]

Why would he indeed.

Apologies for being pissed off that one of ours has gone - I shall go and sit on the naughty step for a while

Understand the disappointment Rev. The same as we all are with him leaving. But he is no fly-by-nighter that has stolen our cash for no effort and left. He really owes us nothing...and I think that is the point Tichi is refering to. After many years of service, he deserves to hit the highest he can achieve. We may unearth another one?? 😉

[Rev72]

Understand the disappointment Rev. The same as we all are with him leaving. But he is no fly-by-nighter that has stolen our cash for no effort and left. He really owes us nothing...and I think that is the point Tichi is refering to. After many years of service, he deserves to hit the highest he can achieve. We may unearth another one?? ��

Yeah I get the point can't blame KP but he was only saying a few weeks ago he wanted to stay but I suppose that is the way things are these days but I still feel the fee is 10-15 million shy of what it should be.

[Ozwhites]

Yeah I get the point can't blame KP but he was only saying a few weeks ago he wanted to stay but I suppose that is the way things are these days but I still feel the fee is 10-15 million shy of what it should be.

Certainly agree with that. In value terms, we deserved more. I think it hurts more when it is the same half dozen clubs that end up with all the diamonds! 🤐

[WTF11]

GFY, we have him and Raph that prove we are able to invest wisely. Would love to have every signing a dream one, but i live in real world while you romp in the anti Leeds one, enjoy... you sad feck

One player worth more than we paid in four seasons of "overpaying" is anything BUT proving we are able to "invest wisely", but hey, you keep in trying to convince yourself otherwise. You live in the "real world"? I think not.

[WTF11]

GFY, we have him and Raph that prove we are able to invest wisely. Would love to have every signing a dream one, but i live in real world while you romp in the anti Leeds one, enjoy... you sad feck

None of those in current positions of executive decision making, and most definitely not our DoF, had f00k all to do with Philips as a youth investment, go back a few years. One player and one player only introduced by that esteemed bunch of arseholes us wirth mire today than when first purchased. Real world? F00k me if thats our real world then Championship here we come.

[cherrypie7]

None of those in current positions of executive decision making, and most definitely not our DoF, had f00k all to do with Philips as a youth investment, go back a few years. One player and one player only introduced by that esteemed bunch of arseholes us wirth mire today than when first purchased. Real world? F00k me if thats our real world then Championship here we come.

Only 1 player worth more than purchased?
What about Raphinha (£18m)? Meslier (£3m, I think), Bamford (£7m) and Struijk are all worth more than when they came i am quite sure. Maybe even Gelhardt (£1m).

[WTF11]

Only 1 player worth more than purchased?
What about Raphinha (£18m)? Meslier (£3m, I think), Bamford (£7m) and Struijk are all worth more than when they came i am quite sure. Maybe even Gelhardt (£1m).

I was referring to Raphina, as Philips was a product of the academy and was on the clubs books well before the three stooges arrived.

Post #116 referred to "we have him and Raph that prove we are able to invest wisely", "him" being Philips.

I'll give you the others, including Gelhardt although that wasn't my point. Even with those included that's 6 players since May 2017, 5 years, just over one player per year that have shown how "wise" we have been when investing in new players!!! On the mere law of averages given the scooping up of anyone and everyone in his first three years, anyone could do as well. (I could always list those players whos value has dropped since we acquired them?)

WS' statement about "investing wisely" is about as wide of the mark as our DoFs scouting capabilities.

[Rev72]

Now confirmed KP has gone!

42 million minus the 5 million for Darko (Robbed)

Wanted to go to Citeh and work with Pep (Forced to go eh Tichi?)

Thank feck its over and we now we will see what this 5 million quid wonder kid can do for us !

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Good luck to him - he put a nice message and thank you up on twitter.