| Franco 19:01 - May 29 with 2360 views | GVJack |
Hopefully no truth in it, but just seen a post on Twitter (yes I'm still going to call it that) that Franco is attracting attention from Sporting CP. States they've made a 10m bid. They do also quote Swansea as being an 'English Club' so the accuracy of the post has already lost some credibility for me.
If true though, 10m would be very hard to turn down and would not be able to stop the player wanting to take that opportunity if it came knocking.
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| Franco on 19:11 - May 29 with 2314 views | raynor94 |
There's an article on this from the admin |  |
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| Franco on 19:32 - May 29 with 2283 views | Whiterockin |
| Franco on 19:11 - May 29 by raynor94 |
There's an article on this from the admin |
"Difficult negotiations are expected" football speak for complete bullshit. |  | | |
| Franco on 21:31 - May 29 with 2079 views | KeithHaynes |
| Franco on 19:32 - May 29 by Whiterockin |
"Difficult negotiations are expected" football speak for complete bullshit. |
Absolute BS. |  |
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| Franco on 22:00 - May 29 with 1985 views | Dr_Winston |
Clearly there will be people looking at Franco. He's played too well for there not to be. Is anyone going to be convinced enough to part with the kind of cash that would make it worth our while to sell? Maybe, maybe not.
Given the renewed sense of purpose about the club, and the suggestion that we've committed nigh on £5m to bring Inoussa in ourselves, it would be something of a turnup if we accepted anything less than double that for someone who is already a key player in the Brave New World that we're building. |  |
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| Franco on 22:05 - May 29 with 1962 views | GVJack |
| Franco on 22:00 - May 29 by Dr_Winston |
Clearly there will be people looking at Franco. He's played too well for there not to be. Is anyone going to be convinced enough to part with the kind of cash that would make it worth our while to sell? Maybe, maybe not.
Given the renewed sense of purpose about the club, and the suggestion that we've committed nigh on £5m to bring Inoussa in ourselves, it would be something of a turnup if we accepted anything less than double that for someone who is already a key player in the Brave New World that we're building. |
I think it would depend on how they would plan to re-invest that 10m? With Montague on board, he may already be aware of players with similar traits at lower cost? Could bring in another 2/3 decent squad players with that sort of money. I do tend to agree though, given he's contracted to 2028, is currently on cheap wages and has established himself as a mainstay in the starting XI I think it would take something more around the 13m+ to temp us to sell. | | | |
| Franco on 22:06 - May 29 with 1962 views | Whiterockin |
| Franco on 22:00 - May 29 by Dr_Winston |
Clearly there will be people looking at Franco. He's played too well for there not to be. Is anyone going to be convinced enough to part with the kind of cash that would make it worth our while to sell? Maybe, maybe not.
Given the renewed sense of purpose about the club, and the suggestion that we've committed nigh on £5m to bring Inoussa in ourselves, it would be something of a turnup if we accepted anything less than double that for someone who is already a key player in the Brave New World that we're building. |
Every player we have is for sale at the right price, I just believe with the current regime that price is higher than it used to be. [Post edited 29 May 22:07]
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| Franco on 22:26 - May 29 with 1884 views | Dr_Winston |
| Franco on 22:06 - May 29 by Whiterockin |
Every player we have is for sale at the right price, I just believe with the current regime that price is higher than it used to be. [Post edited 29 May 22:07]
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Every player will have their price.
I disagree that the previous incumbents sold "on the cheap" though. Huw Jenkins traded Ben Davies and Michel Vorm to Spurs for Gylfi Sigurdsson in a deal valued at £10m the same Summer that Man Utd paid £27m for Luke Shaw. Luke Shaw is no Ben Davies. That deal stank then and stinks even worse now.
Kaplan and Co generally held out for top dollar, whether that was Gylfi, McBurnie, Rodon, Dan James or whoever. | |
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| Franco on 07:59 - May 30 with 1613 views | johnlangy |
| Franco on 22:26 - May 29 by Dr_Winston |
Every player will have their price.
I disagree that the previous incumbents sold "on the cheap" though. Huw Jenkins traded Ben Davies and Michel Vorm to Spurs for Gylfi Sigurdsson in a deal valued at £10m the same Summer that Man Utd paid £27m for Luke Shaw. Luke Shaw is no Ben Davies. That deal stank then and stinks even worse now.
Kaplan and Co generally held out for top dollar, whether that was Gylfi, McBurnie, Rodon, Dan James or whoever. |
Wasn't it HJ who got us £15 million for Dan James by accidentally leaving his phone off ?
Kaplan and Levein were happy for him to go on loan to Leeds with a price of £4 million only if they got promoted. | | | |
| Franco on 08:07 - May 30 with 1592 views | Dr_Winston |
| Franco on 07:59 - May 30 by johnlangy |
Wasn't it HJ who got us £15 million for Dan James by accidentally leaving his phone off ?
Kaplan and Levein were happy for him to go on loan to Leeds with a price of £4 million only if they got promoted. |
Personally I don't buy for a second the idea that the same Huw Jenkins who caved in negotiations time and time again suddenly had a Road to Damascus type conversion and decided to play hardball for once.
There's always been a hell of a lot more to that story than the "Huw saved us from the same people he sold the club to" line IMO. | |
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| Franco on 09:55 - May 30 with 1444 views | KeithHaynes |
| Franco on 07:59 - May 30 by johnlangy |
Wasn't it HJ who got us £15 million for Dan James by accidentally leaving his phone off ?
Kaplan and Levein were happy for him to go on loan to Leeds with a price of £4 million only if they got promoted. |
There is most certainly an element of truth in that. But the deal was 10M.
At that moment in time Huw was at loggerheads with Kaplan and Levien. He knew that James could be sold for far more. But I would suggest on this occasion he didn’t let the sale go through for a variety of reasons.
The fact it didn’t go through should suggest to many that it was his refusal to close the deal that led to this not being completed. Phone on or off. It was down to Huw that it didn’t proceed.
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| Franco on 10:00 - May 30 with 1432 views | ReslovenSwan1 |
| Franco on 22:26 - May 29 by Dr_Winston |
Every player will have their price.
I disagree that the previous incumbents sold "on the cheap" though. Huw Jenkins traded Ben Davies and Michel Vorm to Spurs for Gylfi Sigurdsson in a deal valued at £10m the same Summer that Man Utd paid £27m for Luke Shaw. Luke Shaw is no Ben Davies. That deal stank then and stinks even worse now.
Kaplan and Co generally held out for top dollar, whether that was Gylfi, McBurnie, Rodon, Dan James or whoever. |
The Davies deal to Spurs was outstanding work.
" Was valued at " by whom? . As a Swap Gylfi must have " been valued at" by someone at £11m or so. Born hardly ever played for Spurs
From a PFP point of view Davies was zilch.He could have run his deal down like CR17 did and Swansea pick up £3m.Instaed they got a £45m footballer. |  |
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| Franco on 10:00 - May 30 with 1433 views | KeithHaynes |
| Franco on 22:00 - May 29 by Dr_Winston |
Clearly there will be people looking at Franco. He's played too well for there not to be. Is anyone going to be convinced enough to part with the kind of cash that would make it worth our while to sell? Maybe, maybe not.
Given the renewed sense of purpose about the club, and the suggestion that we've committed nigh on £5m to bring Inoussa in ourselves, it would be something of a turnup if we accepted anything less than double that for someone who is already a key player in the Brave New World that we're building. |
We will hear of this speculation throughout the summer. This is agent talk though. But if the Swans don’t get proper inquiries for him I would be very surprised. In fact I would include a number of players, even Ronald. | |
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| Franco on 12:48 - May 30 with 1206 views | QJumpingJack |
| Franco on 10:00 - May 30 by ReslovenSwan1 |
The Davies deal to Spurs was outstanding work.
" Was valued at " by whom? . As a Swap Gylfi must have " been valued at" by someone at £11m or so. Born hardly ever played for Spurs
From a PFP point of view Davies was zilch.He could have run his deal down like CR17 did and Swansea pick up £3m.Instaed they got a £45m footballer. |
Ben Davies now being heavily linked with a move to Wrexham. | | | |
| Franco on 14:30 - May 30 with 1033 views | Dr_Winston |
"Huw Jenkins was the hero of the hour" says Huw Jenkins.
The same Huw Jenkins who was the very model of veracity when it came to his dealings in 2016. | |
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| Franco on 18:27 - May 30 with 816 views | max936 |
| Franco on 12:48 - May 30 by QJumpingJack |
Ben Davies now being heavily linked with a move to Wrexham. |
I'm surprised that we haven't heard rumours about them sounding out Messi {lol]
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| Franco on 19:15 - May 30 with 752 views | sons_of_omri |
We’d be mental to sell one of the best midfielders in the championship for £10 million. 20-25 million and that’s a nailed on but 10 million is just giving him away | | | |
| Franco on 19:54 - May 30 with 657 views | Whiterockin |
| Franco on 19:15 - May 30 by sons_of_omri |
We’d be mental to sell one of the best midfielders in the championship for £10 million. 20-25 million and that’s a nailed on but 10 million is just giving him away |
How much did we get for Downes. | | | |
| Franco on 23:09 - May 30 with 484 views | KeithHaynes |
| Franco on 19:54 - May 30 by Whiterockin |
How much did we get for Downes. |
I recall around 11,000,000 | |
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| Franco on 07:54 - May 31 with 339 views | Whiterockin |
| Franco on 23:09 - May 30 by KeithHaynes |
I recall around 11,000,000 |
A reasonable price for a championship midfielder. We would do well to get more for Franco if he was to leave. As always the detail would be in the add ons. | | | |
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