Viktor Gyökeres

BBC are quoting £18.5m - I am surprised an established Premier League club has not bid £20m, say Everton, Wolves, Palace etc
 
h_m_boro said:
Going to a top European club, playing in a league where he'll bag a hatful, warm, substantial pay rise, European football........

Good couple of seasons he'll get a move to a bigger club.

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This.

I’d much rather play for a top club in Portugal than slog it out with Everton. I’m not sure why more players don’t do it tbh, especially English players. The quality of life he’ll have over will be incredible.
 
indeedido said:
He wouldn't have cost £20m last summer.
He would have got us up and be ready for PL.
So, great logic.
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He would have been a great signing, whether the club felt we had that kind of money to spend is another story. I think he would have cost close to that figure though, because Wilder did mention that he had been quoted 20 million for a striker in the division. Also he never stopped talking about his admiration for Gyokores and still speaks about him now so it’s almost certainly him. As let’s be honest, it couldn’t be about anyone else in the division.
 
The G. deal is 'worth' £20.5m , will mean the other figure reported many times in last few days of £18.5m will be the guaranteed part with £2 poss add-ons. There is however a sell on clause in his contract due to Brighton, minimum 10% but poss 15% so net initial benefit to Cov is more like £16.7m and seems they have already bought Simms in a deal 'worth' £8m which could be £6.5m bottom line.
 
indeedido said:
If he has signed a 4 year contract, he will be on at least £50k per week (Sporar was on a very big contract with them two years ago).
His contract will be at least £10m. No way is that included within the number mentioned.
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You could be right, but I'm sure that SL are not prepared to pay €24m for a player in the final year of his contract and one that's never played higher than the championship.
 
Diego said:
He would have been a great signing, whether the club felt we had that kind of money to spend is another story. I think he would have cost close to that figure though, because Wilder did mention that he had been quoted 20 million for a striker in the division. Also he never stopped talking about his admiration for Gyokores and still speaks about him now so it’s almost certainly him. As let’s be honest, it couldn’t be about anyone else in the division.
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Could have been Weimann.
 
Scrug said:
This.

I’d much rather play for a top club in Portugal than slog it out with Everton. I’m not sure why more players don’t do it tbh, especially English players. The quality of life he’ll have over will be incredible.
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Because 98% of them are pretty thick and don’t get it…
There is only a small handful who are emotionally mature like h.Kane
 
Scrug said:
This.

I’d much rather play for a top club in Portugal than slog it out with Everton. I’m not sure why more players don’t do it tbh, especially English players. The quality of life he’ll have over will be incredible.
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I do, it's the chance to play in the PL.

In purely sporting terms (no pun intended) then the PL is THE place to play, but if you're swayed by the lifestyle too, then the decision becomes more complicated.
 
Jonny Ingbar said:
I do, it's the chance to play in the PL.

In purely sporting terms (no pun intended) then the PL is THE place to play, but if you're swayed by the lifestyle too, then the decision becomes more complicated.
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Isn't it more the money?

I get there's an argument about wanting to test yourself against the best, but surely a thankless task if you're in a bottom 8 side. Highly unlikely to win anything and if you're a forward you're probably feeding off scraps.

Move to a top Italian side say and you have a better climate, more chance of winning stuff and get to play in European competition.

But of course won't get paid as much.
 
festa5 said:
Isn't it more the money?

I get there's an argument about wanting to test yourself against the best, but surely a thankless task if you're in a bottom 8 side. Highly unlikely to win anything and if you're a forward you're probably feeding off scraps.

Move to a top Italian side say and you have a better climate, more chance of winning stuff and get to play in European competition.

But of course won't get paid as much.
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For sure, the money comes into it too, but it's a fact that the EPL is the one with the biggest pull.
 
Jonny Ingbar said:
You could be right, but I'm sure that SL are not prepared to pay €24m for a player in the final year of his contract and one that's never played higher than the championship.
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Transfermarkt.com have them paying 24m Euros for him on July 13th 2023 after his second and final stellar season at Cov and with a year left on his contract.

We would have got him for £15m a year earlier before that big season.

It's done now, but I thought he was brilliant then and is different class now. The bloke is fabulous.
 
indeedido said:
Transfermarkt.com have them paying 24m Euros for him on July 13th 2023 after his second and final stellar season at Cov and with a year left on his contract.

We would have got him for £15m a year earlier before that big season.

It's done now, but I thought he was brilliant then and is different class now. The bloke is fabulous.
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I don’t think we were ever getting him, especially for £15m. We couldn’t afford the fee anyway.
 
starplayer said:
I agree. Why he would have wanted to join us would have been beyond me given the squad we had. We would not have got the best out of him.
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He would have seen it as a sideways move at best. Our only hope would have been promotion.

Great player though - absolute bargain for Coventry.
 
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