| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) 11:09 - Aug 21 with 6420 views | NorthSuffolk |
Haven’t seen it reported anywhere else, but Daily Record transfer news has just updated this morning saying Embolo is now close to Atlanta move.
Hoping this is because we’ve opted for another target rather than him rejecting us. Or that the report isn’t true. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:11]
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:14 - Aug 21 with 4288 views | belgablue |
Maybe Jesus is coming. |  |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:16 - Aug 21 with 4201 views | Leaky |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:14 - Aug 21 by belgablue |
Maybe Jesus is coming. |
Perhaps he's better on crosses. |  | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:18 - Aug 21 with 4143 views | ipswichtillidie |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:16 - Aug 21 by Leaky |
Perhaps he's better on crosses. |
Hopefully we can nail him down. |  |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:23 - Aug 21 with 4008 views | tractorboy1978 |
That would be a proper blow for me if it is true. | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:25 - Aug 21 with 3949 views | AbujaBlue |
A "strong financial package" according to this article two days ago. Very disappointing if true
https://sports.yahoo.com/artic |  | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:26 - Aug 21 with 3937 views | berkstractorboy |
Well if he fancies the MLS over a challenge in the PL then good luck to him.
Hope MA does have another option or letting Hirst go so soon could be a mistake. We know we need better as good as GH has been, but you would get them in the door 1st? | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:27 - Aug 21 with 3900 views | LandOfMickyStockwell |
We already have a horse that can walk on water, why not a striker?
Would have come in handy at Blackburn last season. |  | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:36 - Aug 21 with 3625 views | berkstractorboy |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:25 - Aug 21 by AbujaBlue |
A "strong financial package" according to this article two days ago. Very disappointing if true
https://sports.yahoo.com/artic |
But reading that Yahoo article that financial package is only what Atlanta would pay Rennes. Says noting on personal terms which we were lead to believe by l'equipe he rejected so assume they have increased those terms. Maybe we couldn't match part of the deal somewhere, maybe wages already allocated to Palacios and Jesus .. wishful thinking | | | |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:37 - Aug 21 with 3621 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:26 - Aug 21 by berkstractorboy |
Well if he fancies the MLS over a challenge in the PL then good luck to him.
Hope MA does have another option or letting Hirst go so soon could be a mistake. We know we need better as good as GH has been, but you would get them in the door 1st? |
I really don't think Hirst's departure and a new #9 are as linked as people think. We clearly want one and we'll get one, but it would've taken quite a set of circumstances for us to need to keep Hirst. He's valuable from a profit perspective which we wanted to realise, and we have record signing Emersonn who has come in ahead of him. Enciso can play in the 9 and would play there before Hirst IMO, plus Akpom, who while I don't rate as highly as Hirst on grass and don't think he'll play a lot of football this season, I can understand financially why he's staying. In a system with 1 in that role, Hirst was effectively 3rd choice of 4 on merit IMO (assuming Emersonn is the upgrade he should be for £20m+), 4/4 in terms of the wider picture.
We've got 2 league games between now and the window, I doubt Hirst would've featured in either and think its right for all parties to sanction that move now. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:38]
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:38 - Aug 21 with 3557 views | IpswichBlue18 |
Think we may have been used to get him a better financial package there, rather than a case of us actually being after him? |  | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:42 - Aug 21 with 3438 views | pointofblue |
Probably used us to extract a higher contract from Atlanta. Hope we were wise enough to realise that. | |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:44 - Aug 21 with 3387 views | pointofblue |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:37 - Aug 21 by _CliveBaker_ |
I really don't think Hirst's departure and a new #9 are as linked as people think. We clearly want one and we'll get one, but it would've taken quite a set of circumstances for us to need to keep Hirst. He's valuable from a profit perspective which we wanted to realise, and we have record signing Emersonn who has come in ahead of him. Enciso can play in the 9 and would play there before Hirst IMO, plus Akpom, who while I don't rate as highly as Hirst on grass and don't think he'll play a lot of football this season, I can understand financially why he's staying. In a system with 1 in that role, Hirst was effectively 3rd choice of 4 on merit IMO (assuming Emersonn is the upgrade he should be for £20m+), 4/4 in terms of the wider picture.
We've got 2 league games between now and the window, I doubt Hirst would've featured in either and think its right for all parties to sanction that move now. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:38]
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What gives you confidence we'll get another number 9 through the door? We've failed to sign the requisite number in every summer transfer window since Gamechanger came in. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:45]
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:45 - Aug 21 with 3348 views | Guthrum |
Or the info is simply out-of-date/recycled. After all, he was "close to moving to Atlanta" some days ago, before our interest surfaced. |  |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:48 - Aug 21 with 3254 views | BiGDonnie |
We've offered £32m for Delap. |  |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:49 - Aug 21 with 3217 views | pointofblue |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:48 - Aug 21 by BiGDonnie |
We've offered £32m for Delap. |
He's not worth more than Chelsea paid for him last summer. | |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:55 - Aug 21 with 3100 views | BarcaBlue |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:49 - Aug 21 by pointofblue |
He's not worth more than Chelsea paid for him last summer. |
I think Chelsea got Delap on the cheap last Summer and there was nothing we could do about it. |  | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:57 - Aug 21 with 3061 views | IpswichBlue18 |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:49 - Aug 21 by pointofblue |
He's not worth more than Chelsea paid for him last summer. |
I get what you mean, but in theory he is. We only sold him for £30m because of his release clause, if that wasn’t there, given the current market, he would have gone for a lot more.
So it’s understandable why they’d want more, even though he extremely underperformed expectations | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:00 - Aug 21 with 2949 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
The Yahoo article is dated 2 days ago. Feels like recycled/behind the times news. What for something credible. | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:01 - Aug 21 with 2946 views | berkstractorboy |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:37 - Aug 21 by _CliveBaker_ |
I really don't think Hirst's departure and a new #9 are as linked as people think. We clearly want one and we'll get one, but it would've taken quite a set of circumstances for us to need to keep Hirst. He's valuable from a profit perspective which we wanted to realise, and we have record signing Emersonn who has come in ahead of him. Enciso can play in the 9 and would play there before Hirst IMO, plus Akpom, who while I don't rate as highly as Hirst on grass and don't think he'll play a lot of football this season, I can understand financially why he's staying. In a system with 1 in that role, Hirst was effectively 3rd choice of 4 on merit IMO (assuming Emersonn is the upgrade he should be for £20m+), 4/4 in terms of the wider picture.
We've got 2 league games between now and the window, I doubt Hirst would've featured in either and think its right for all parties to sanction that move now. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:38]
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Not sure I entirely agree. Going into a PL season with Emersonn, Akpom and Encisco as our No 9 options doesn't feel like attacking the league. It could be OK but I really wouldn't fancy us at all. We may get enough from the #10 or wingers but last time we heavily relied on the #9 to get the few goals we did.
It is all beginning to feel like the last 2 summers, but as you say there is time left so have to trust MA and his confidence 'we are not done'. | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:04 - Aug 21 with 2863 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:44 - Aug 21 by pointofblue |
What gives you confidence we'll get another number 9 through the door? We've failed to sign the requisite number in every summer transfer window since Gamechanger came in. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:45]
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I'm very confident we will. | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:09 - Aug 21 with 2757 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:01 - Aug 21 by berkstractorboy |
Not sure I entirely agree. Going into a PL season with Emersonn, Akpom and Encisco as our No 9 options doesn't feel like attacking the league. It could be OK but I really wouldn't fancy us at all. We may get enough from the #10 or wingers but last time we heavily relied on the #9 to get the few goals we did.
It is all beginning to feel like the last 2 summers, but as you say there is time left so have to trust MA and his confidence 'we are not done'. |
I don't disagree about the current options, I suppose the question is whether going into a PL season with Emersonn, Akpom, Enciso and Hirst is any more ready. We absolutely need another, hence we're chasing, but Hirst's departure hasn't changed anything in that respect. | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:09 - Aug 21 with 2742 views | Illinoisblue |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 11:37 - Aug 21 by _CliveBaker_ |
I really don't think Hirst's departure and a new #9 are as linked as people think. We clearly want one and we'll get one, but it would've taken quite a set of circumstances for us to need to keep Hirst. He's valuable from a profit perspective which we wanted to realise, and we have record signing Emersonn who has come in ahead of him. Enciso can play in the 9 and would play there before Hirst IMO, plus Akpom, who while I don't rate as highly as Hirst on grass and don't think he'll play a lot of football this season, I can understand financially why he's staying. In a system with 1 in that role, Hirst was effectively 3rd choice of 4 on merit IMO (assuming Emersonn is the upgrade he should be for £20m+), 4/4 in terms of the wider picture.
We've got 2 league games between now and the window, I doubt Hirst would've featured in either and think its right for all parties to sanction that move now. [Post edited 21 Aug 11:38]
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Enciso as the 9?????? Really? |  |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:11 - Aug 21 with 2664 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Nah, he turned down going there.
He's coming to us. |  |
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| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:16 - Aug 21 with 2565 views | berkstractorboy |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:09 - Aug 21 by _CliveBaker_ |
I don't disagree about the current options, I suppose the question is whether going into a PL season with Emersonn, Akpom, Enciso and Hirst is any more ready. We absolutely need another, hence we're chasing, but Hirst's departure hasn't changed anything in that respect. |
I know what you are saying but Hirst looked OK last time up top when we did have striker injuries. We were right to make sure we got some money coming in rather than keep loaning out players. | | | |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:16 - Aug 21 with 2522 views | BarcaBlue |
| Embolo signing for Atlanta (Daily Record) on 12:09 - Aug 21 by Illinoisblue |
Enciso as the 9?????? Really? |
I think we'll see Enciso playing the 9 role a few times this season. Probably more often as a 10 but think he's someone who can play anywhere in attack. Might be more of a withdrawn 9 or false 9 but definitely an option in my humble opinion. | | | |
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