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Reply | The QPR summer transfer rumours thread
at 17:08 25 Jul 2025
I’m not sure that’s “great business”. It’s simply the market rate for a young, English goalscorer who won league 1 golden boot. I’d expect nothing less than 3m with supposedly only 1 year left.
In fact, given Richard Kone at Wycombe only had 18 months left on his deal in Jan and reportedly Luton had a 6m bid turned turned down, 3m doesn’t seem like a great fee. I’d say undercooked.
Strikers - especially young ones and goal-scoring ones, even in the division below, cost millions. |
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Reply | Castellon Friendly
at 00:58 13 Jul 2025
The new manager (coach) is under instructions who to play and when to play them. Same as the old manager (coach). It’s one of the reasons marti is not here anymore.
As an example. Cook played so much last year, that he triggered an auto-extension. That would not have happened if it were up to “the club”. That was Marti.
So if you are wondering why Bennie is selected at RB (he played there for Oz u20s) or why dev squad members have been called up to the first team squad tour, or why Kolli was ostracised early last season, it is “the club”.
This will never be Julian Stephans side. It is the clubs side, coached by Stephan. [Post edited 13 Jul 1:04]
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Reply | Castellon Friendly
at 10:34 12 Jul 2025
First 30 gone and all at sea. Reminds me of an Ainsworth pre season side.
Playing 4-4-2 with Pearman just of Celar.
Mbengue massively overhit about 3 passes. Touch looks well off.
Only vale looking half decent so far. |
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Reply | Girona Squad
at 19:46 11 Jul 2025
Appears they (Talla, Aoraha) both signed a 2 or more year deal last summer, hence still contracted to the club this season. [Post edited 11 Jul 19:48]
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 19:47 28 Jun 2025
100% it’s the right direction for the club to take, investing in younger players, and protecting assets with proactive contract extensions. Both are well overdue. And it’s just common sense. But we are still early on this journey overall, and so is Nourry.
The 6m spent on Madsen and Celar is not a good start, as it will likely need to be offset by Varane’s sale. Mid-term, we cannot be getting big money marquee signings wrong, as you just end up standing still, with incoming flops and outgoing sales largely cancelling each other out. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 18:33 28 Jun 2025
Couple of things.
1. No, it didn’t have the sterling fee included. Total income was circa 30m, outgoings were 26m IIRC. Eze being the big one.
2. Yes, you are right for pure transfer spend. The above figures include academy generated profits. If analysed on a transfer net, the picture for Les does not look good. But taken overall, with academy production, it evens itself out, and more than that, represented an overall net positive.
If there is interest in these specific figures on this site in general I can dig them out, I spent a while doing them in between jobs at the time as was a bit bored. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 16:27 28 Jun 2025
I’ve previously run these numbers and Les’ era was a net profit of circa 4m if I remember correctly. In other words, we largely stood still in the player trading model over 8-9 years. To be clear, I was not a fan of Les’ and his DOF leadership, his tried his hardest, but we needed to be performing far better with the player trading model. Brentford pocketed 100m in net over the same period. Nourry must do a lot better for the sake of our clubs chance of progression. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 16:17 28 Jun 2025
I agree that Varane could net 10m next summer, his age is on his side, as is his contract.
But Madsen is 25 and Celar already 26. You’ll know very well that market valuations plummet downwards from 26 years onwards, every year incrementally decreasing at a faster rate. So unless both of these players smash it out of the park this season, we’ll be likely taking a loss on both players going forwards. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 20:33 27 Jun 2025
We’ve had a whole season watching Madsen and you ain’t getting money back on him. Celar jury is out but also doesn’t look good.
The point is that’s a significant 6m spent. And you’ll be lucky to see 2m of that returned.
We simply can’t afford to be getting marquee signings wrong as a club, and, frankly, neither can Nourry. DOFs are ultimately judged on net transfer profit / loss. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 19:20 27 Jun 2025
Money is invested by the owners for a return. That is a key part of the stated strategy. To be sustainable through a player trading model. And that is Nourry sold the owners on and is trying to deliver on.
So, it’s absolutely not ok to flop with big money marquee signings. That is acceptable for low risk free transfers or dev squad signings. But not acceptable for big money transfers.
Of course some will work some will not. But the difference between a successful DOF and a poor to average one is getting most of those right, and more specifically, getting the big money signings right.
Not off to a good start. |
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Reply | Amadou Mbengue confirmed (n/t)
at 18:46 27 Jun 2025
It’s no good making 4m on Varane, but spunking 6m on Madsen and Celar - who let’s face it are largely dead money.
Overall, it’s a 2m net LOSS.
That is not a successful DOF strategy at all. |
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Reply | First day of training video
at 23:16 26 Jun 2025
Thought the same.
Final chance saloon. Talent is there, I hope he somehow wakes up. [Post edited 26 Jun 23:17]
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Reply | Catastrophe, ou formidable? Stéphan steps into Loftus Road hot seat - Column
at 09:12 26 Jun 2025
Strange perspective from Dave Mc on Kolli. How anyone at 20 years old is at their peak market value is beyond me. Unless of course you simply don’t rate them at all, which is essentially Dave’s perspective.
Watched Kolli from early on in the youths -he’s always been the stand out talent and on a different level to all others. Premier league potential and I don’t say that lightly. We simply don’t produce this type of talent through our academy.
So I’m with Chair - who is on record saying he’s got huge potential and is best natural talent to come through the club since Eze, with several similarities. For someone who trains with him everyday and understands what passes through the club over the years, that’s high praise indeed. He just needs to stay fit. |
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Reply | Manager situation
at 23:33 10 Jun 2025
I half wonder why folks bother to give the time of day to these new posters, but I get it all the same. But I believe the vast majority know what is going on here. They repeatedly have the hallmark of Nourry. And his direction is written all over them. It’s either Christian himself (hello Christian), or his expensive PR disciples. Either way, it’s rank. |
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Reply | Manager situation
at 19:54 8 Jun 2025
Nourry has developed a certain reputation that now precedes him. The fact that a manager as smart and humble as Marti was on the lookout early speaks volumes.
Additionally, any new incoming coach worth their salt will, without question, be picking up the phone to Marti - a well-respected peer and coach in the game, now unceremoniously placed on gardening leave - to ask the real question: what’s it actually like working under Nourry?” [Post edited 8 Jun 19:54]
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 21:05 6 Jun 2025
You also can’t be getting wins out of lower cost and free transfers, whilst flopping with big money marquee signings like Madsen and Celar at a cool 6m. It cancels itself out. Something Les largely did over his tenure. And we didn’t go anywhere. And finances didn’t change.
We were still wholly reliant on owners, funding all manner of losses, and thus restricted with FFP and hamstrung. A successful DOF has to do better than that. A lot better. Nourry has to deliver net profit for the good of the club. Making 2 million over 3 years won’t cut it. It needs big returns. That is the job of a successful DOF. And that is what Nourry must deliver on. |
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Reply | The QPR summer managers rumours thread
at 19:26 5 Jun 2025
Noticed this too.
Almost as if a deal has been made with Nourry. I’ll seed you club insights if you give me good press.
Queue the new articles that are appearing in higher frequency than prior and the media blackout. But with a far softer tone than before, and arguably with a positive spin.
Something smells fishy to me. |
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