Summer 2019 Transfer Thread

[Numero Veinticinco]

Dobby Buncin.

 

That’s all I got. 

[Josef Svejk]

19 minutes ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Dobby Buncin.

 

That’s all I got. 

[Barrington Womble]

17 hours ago, Ne Moe Imya said:

 

This agent is 100% one of the bad guys, mate.

 

I can easily see an argument that the club might be in the wrong in this situation, or at least partly in the wrong, but even so, this particular agent is an obvious chancer. He had to ask twitter to clarify what a "loan with obligation to buy" was just a few days ago. He has multiple postings of completely unprofessional behaviour on public forums. He's pretty much impossible to defend.

 

So yeah, you can say that Edwards and Inglethorpe might have, behind closed doors, promised Duncan more than they could deliver in terms of a pathway to the first team. What you can't argue is that his agent hasn't then substantially damaged his career prospects by throwing a public temper tantrum about it instead of handling it internally.

Relationships rarely end up in this state without some blame on both sides. But you're spot on, the agent is clearly a complete tit. I know Duncan is young and desperate to progress his career and if Liverpool don't see a path for him and don't want to offer him a new contract, regardless of if he likes it or not and if he thinks it's fair or not (that the club want a big fee), he needs to suck it up and see out his last year of his contract and then he can go where he likes. If he didn't want to commit to the length of his contract, he shouldn't have signed it. I'm sure another 30 goals in the u23s for Liverpool won't do his career any harm, the actions of his agent could have fucked up his whole career. 

 

As for Liverpool, the way we signed him shouldn't have provided too much of a shock that we ended up here. 

[Anubis]

Very disappointed opposition fans haven’t started a #FreeBobby hashtag.

[TheHowieLama]

How is his back holding up?

[Megadrive Man]

On 29/08/2019 at 11:45, Lizzie Birdsworths Wrinkled Chopper said:

He’s not getting what he wants unless he wants his brand to be a clown show overnight. If he didn’t give a shit what anyone thinks of those tweets he would have left them up. He’s on damage limitation precisely because of what people will think of them and how it may impact his business.

You need a bit of that.

[Harry Squatter]

Bobby Duncan set to join Fiorentina today after they increased their offer to €2million. #LFC will also have a 20% sell on clause. Full details to follow on @TheAthleticUK

 

 

[Josef Svejk]

So he got what he wanted?

[Captain Turdseye]

He’ll be bouncing around the lower leagues for most of his career, the little divvy. If he’s lucky he might get gigs in Austria, Belgium or the Scandinavian leagues. 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Aye, fluent in Italian in preparation for the move he thought he been bullied out of, is he?

The silly little tit.

He's been badly advised and when you see the state of the wanker who's been looking after him, you can understand why.

[John102]

Knew he was a wrongun from the Watford game in the youth cup.

[General Dryness]

Bobby Dickhead.

[aws]

1 hour ago, Josef Svejk said:

So he got what he wanted?

Sounds like we did.  

[Dr Nowt]

[Dr Nowt]

[Toxteth O'Grady]

That's a grand deal for both Ryan and Rangers. He needs regular football, which he will get there and we need to sell him, as another loan had been ruled out.

Good luck to Ryan Kent, he's a good lad and a decent player. 

Steven Gerrard will get the best of him and that's about his level currently. 

He may well turn into a Premiership player eventually, but for now, it's a deal that suits everybody.

I suspect that there will be a sell on clause included.

[Numero Veinticinco]

I don't know who Bobby Duncan is. I don't care about him or his agent, nor will I miss either of them. 

 

See ya. 

[aws]

Moneyball! 

[TheHowieLama]

How many players have Roma loaned in - four, five?

[Bjornebye]

8 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

How many players have Roma loaned in - four, five?

 

 

[El Dangerous]

On 30/08/2019 at 19:36, Anubis said:

Very disappointed opposition fans haven’t started a #FreeBobby hashtag.

There's a dirty protest underway at Goodison. Waiting on reports to see if they've ever heard of Bobby Duncan.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Hope his mental health improves, the last thing i’d want is to see Duncan go nuts.

[TheDrowningMan]

What if Duncan doesn’t play regularly for Fiorentina? I know it’s a poor team in a fairly average league, but I can’t imagine it’s guaranteed. On past form, he'll be angling for a move again next summer, and it’s not hard to imagine that next time the takers are more likely to be at League One / Two level.

[Arnaud]

Straight buy from Calcio, no loan ? That’s mental indeed.

[lifetime fan]

If the lad genuinely did have mental health problems the last thing I’d be advising him to do is move to another country where he doesn’t presumably know the language, will be living alone, away from friends and family and with no support network.