| Summer Transfer Rumours 16:26 - May 9 with 434749 views | derbyhoop |
As they seem to have started already, this should be an ongoing thread until August
Seny Dieng - Reims who are mid table in Ligue 1 reportedly interested
Conor Masterson - Gillingham, where he spent the 2nd half of the season; are confident of signing him, but Exeter are also interested | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:02 - Sep 1 with 3781 views | CamberleyR |
As I posted on another thread recently, Chair and Hamer have had almost identical goals/assists stats over the last three seasons. Hamer went for a fee believed to be £15 million so if Chair goes, his fee has got to be an eight figure one. Anything less and we'll have had our pants pulled down again IMO. [Post edited 1 Sep 2023 10:14]
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:03 - Sep 1 with 3773 views | Blue_Castello |
Exactly they have sold Maddison for £40 million and Barnes for reportedly £39 million and I remember they paid Spuds £10 million for Winks but I'm sure their transfer dealings are showing a considerable surplus without spending ages googling their deals.
They can afford to pay the true market value but nobody ever offers there best price at the outset, as Mr Honney rightly says they have far more options and could quite easily just walk away from the deal, that's the tricky bit..... | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:20 - Sep 1 with 3658 views | HAYESBOY |
Castange to Fulham as well now. | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:22 - Sep 1 with 3641 views | Northernr |
Was saying on the Boro podcast last night I've always been mystified into the lack of interest in Chair as all the trendy analytics numbers he scores brilliantly in, top ten in the division, while playing in a crap side. The only thing I can think is that all of his goals are outside the box, he's poor in the penalty area, and the xG evangelists don't like that at all because they say it won't sustain (which, of course, with Willock, and Adam Reach before him, it didn't). | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:26 - Sep 1 with 3589 views | rbee |
Plus he lacks a yard of pace and can slow the game down. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:29 - Sep 1 with 3556 views | Northernr |
Call it "pausa" and that becomes a positive mate. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:31 - Sep 1 with 3517 views | rbee |
Perfect!
All gone quiet on the Eze front. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:34 - Sep 1 with 3464 views | Lblock |
People at our club couldn’t negotiate their way out of a room with one doorway
I’d be saying £10mill now or £12.5mill in Jan
If he goes it’ll considerably weaken us and basically if not replaced confirms relegation | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:42 - Sep 1 with 3373 views | Padulas_Shampoo |
What do you mean pants pulled down again? Who's pulled our pants down over transfer fees recently? | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:53 - Sep 1 with 3258 views | qprcmob |
Maybe not if we can get the lesser spotted Taylor 'dodo bird' Richards to step up and earn his corn | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 10:55 - Sep 1 with 3247 views | rbee |
Dickie and especially Dieng were sold for very reasonable prices but I view those deals as us wanting some cash in quickly. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:04 - Sep 1 with 3136 views | TK1 |
£6 million or £8 million - whatever, we have to sell him if there's a real bid (and not just a Reach hack on twitter who has a hit or miss strike rate - basically just gets agent or buying club tips and punts them out).
Have to sell Chair. Not just for the money, although also for money. But above all for what it says to players, agents. It's fundamental for the club.
Eze, Dieng and now possibly Chair came to the club too old for academy football. QPR developed them into first team regulars, top Championship players. They signed extension deals in good faith and then we sold them upwards.
It says to players, sign that extension. We won't stand in your way next year. It says to young talent, come to QPR - look at Eze, Dieng, Chair, Manning, BOS...you'll prosper. And it says to Kolli, Armstrong - sign that extension next summer and in two or three years you'll be playing in the Premier League if you work hard.
It's fundamental. It's the model. And it's actually working a decade in, just as Ramsey and LF said it would in that time. In every position other than number 9, QPR are growing professional footballers some of whom are leaving the club for millions of pounds. There'll be two or three in that 18s squad with a chance.
Every player on the bus going to Boro, every player at the training ground, every QPR coach, the board - they will all be absolutely delighted if Chair leaves for £6 million quid. It means they are at the right the club and the club is moving forwards.
If they can squeeze another million or two out of them, amazing. It's not the most important thing. Kolli will step up, and they'll get players in. Chair joining at 19 for nothing and leaving at 25 for £6million is exactly how it's meant to work.
(I will miss him though: lovely lad, good player) | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:13 - Sep 1 with 3009 views | QPRConor2000 |
I would be pushing for £10m personally. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:15 - Sep 1 with 2964 views | TK1 |
Gosh, I wonder if the board have thought of that? | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:16 - Sep 1 with 2959 views | johnhoop |
Whether we get £6million or £10 million it will be too late to replace him and we will have nothing to link the defensive midfield of Field and Colback with the strikers. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:17 - Sep 1 with 2944 views | QPRConor2000 |
Knowing our board they would accept £1.5m plus a 5 year supply of Mars Bars. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:20 - Sep 1 with 2913 views | Silverfoxqpr |
This. And as you say IF this is even legit. Can't see anything else anywhere bar that one post on Twitter. Suspect it's absolute twaddle personally. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:35 - Sep 1 with 2771 views | derbyhoop |
If we have to sell Chair in the last few hours of the transfer window, we'll struggle to get a replacement. For that reason alone, I'd be wanting an 8 figure bid. For £6m, Leicester can Foxtrot Oscar. | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:36 - Sep 1 with 2750 views | Northernr |
However, playing devil's advocate and I'm absolutely not saying this is the case but... if we bust FFP without the £6m but we don't with it, then they'll sell for £6m if that's what's on the table. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 11:42 - Sep 1 with 2660 views | davman |
It doesn't matter how much we "push" for. They (and everyone else) know that we are desperate for cash, so why not aim low?
Bottom line remains, as always the FFP calculations. If we are £5m short of meeting the target and there is £6m on the table, "hard balling" for £10m might not be worthwhile. That is the black and white of it as far as I can see. If we NEED £5m and its £6m or NOTHING, not sure that there is a choice.
Market economy - something is only worth a figure if someone is willing to pay that figure.
This is the mess we have got ourselves into and it is an utter shambles, but that is the reality of our position... | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 12:04 - Sep 1 with 2468 views | BrianWilson |
Chair would be an absolute steal at 6 mil IMO. Think we would be in big trouble without him....bigger trouble that is | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 12:27 - Sep 1 with 2248 views | TK1 |
Well, they'll have Willock and Taylor-Richards who are both those exact players you describe, plus they have Dozzell who is much nearer an attacking mid than the holding mid he was played as last season and the first weeks of this, then they have Kolli coming through, Bala in the 18s...
You can argue about whether those players are good enough (Willock definitely is - he's more decisive and unplayable than Chair when fit, but he's not fit), that's a separate argument. But I reckon the link play number 8/10 is the one position QPR are well stocked in. It's not like Dykes being sold. | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 12:47 - Sep 1 with 2115 views | CateLeBonR |
The same has been said before after losing our better players and we in fact improved. Not saying that would happen now but selling Chair might open a number of doors to us. Like giving Willock a new contract on better terms, if that’s what we want to do or by tying some of our younger prospects down to a longer contract. Like Sinclair Armstrong and increasing his future value in the process.
I think we need to get away from this constant living in fear of relegation. We could keep Chair and get relegated anyway and how much would he be worth then? | | | |
| Summer Transfer Rumours on 12:50 - Sep 1 with 2083 views | connell10 |
Chair will remain seated. | |
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| Summer Transfer Rumours on 12:52 - Sep 1 with 2062 views | Northernr |
I hope this turns out better than that Covid thread you started that time  | | | |
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