Piroe confirmed

[A4Jack]

Funnily enough it was from Tom Coleman.

That's my concern mate. Somebody in the club is feeding them this bollocks

 

[Longlostjack]

Leeds, presumably.

This will only come as a shock to those that have believed some of the absolute nonsense being spoken this summer.

You know, the investment means we don’t need to sell our main players, we have a new regime in place, all decisions are now made locally, we are not advertising the size of investment received on companies house so that clubs don’t know how much money we have (for the group of not very expensive players we have brought in), the spend is the biggest it ever has been etc etc etc.

Could there be an element of shit stirring from Leeds given the previous history with HJ ? Ever the optimist me. Head says it’s Coleman looking out for his Delaware mates. Sorry Andy - I know you said we should all be pulling together otherwise we won’t succeed. I digress bychan.

 

[JackSomething]

Arguably, the two best strikers in the Championship last season were Gyokeres and Piroe.

Gyokeres went for £20m + add ons. And he went abroad, he's no threat to Coventry and they haven't strengthened a rival.

We've practically given Piroe away for a fee that only guarantees us half what Coventry got for Gyokeres, and to a direct rival.

It's really not a good deal. Not a good deal at all. But then we shouldn't be surprised, the club has history for badly negotiating fees on departing players.

For all the good work the club has done getting bodies through the door this summer, this takes the shine off that completely for me.

I think Chuba Akpom (7 goals more than Gyokeres and 10 more than Piroe) would like a word. Incidentally, he moved to Ajax for less than Piroe has gone for, although he is older (27).

It looks like Coventry convinced Sporting Lisbon that they were happy to keep Gyokeres and would only sell him if Sporting met their asking price. Whereas if what was posted earlier is correct, Watson was doing similar and Leeds just went straight to the owners, who don't seem to be the best negotiators, do they?

 

[Longlostjack]

I think Chuba Akpom (7 goals more than Gyokeres and 10 more than Piroe) would like a word. Incidentally, he moved to Ajax for less than Piroe has gone for, although he is older (27).

It looks like Coventry convinced Sporting Lisbon that they were happy to keep Gyokeres and would only sell him if Sporting met their asking price. Whereas if what was posted earlier is correct, Watson was doing similar and Leeds just went straight to the owners, who don't seem to be the best negotiators, do they?

As Jasper pointed out in an earlier thread though - we seemed to have made signings on the assumption that Piroe would be sold. As for going behind Watson’s back - if true, then a bloody disgrace and the all knowing humble Yanks have learned nothing.

 

[JackSomething]

As Jasper pointed out in an earlier thread though - we seemed to have made signings on the assumption that Piroe would be sold. As for going behind Watson’s back - if true, then a bloody disgrace and the all knowing humble Yanks have learned nothing.

Yeah, fair point. It could be Leeds contacted the Yanks and said this is our best offer, take it or we're going to look elsewhere. Watson may have been prepared to call their bluff, but the owners not so much. Let's hope Southampton don't repeat the trick with Wood and the owners leave it to Watson.

 

[evzy1975]

Didn’t Coventry have a one year option on his contract so that effectively means two years left, which makes a huge difference to valuation.

Interesting that our recent signings have been 3+1 deals, which is the way to go, the club is clearly reluctant to commit to more than 3 years for any player, which is sensible, but this is a way of doing that while still protecting value after two years. Wish we’d done that with Piroe two years ago!

 

[bakajack]

Didn’t Coventry have a one year option on his contract so that effectively means two years left, which makes a huge difference to valuation.

Interesting that our recent signings have been 3+1 deals, which is the way to go, the club is clearly reluctant to commit to more than 3 years for any player, which is sensible, but this is a way of doing that while still protecting value after two years. Wish we’d done that with Piroe two years ago!

I've mentioned this a few times, three plus one is definitely the way forward and I think the club has learned this the hard way after the Piroe situation.

 

[Ronald Parp]

Nonsense to suggest Watson wasn’t involved. At the very least they would have been an agreement on the price to let Piroe go. It seem Leeds matched it.

 

[Glyn1]

And he scores in his first game for them after 19 minutes!

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

We are really going to miss his goals this season, to stay up has to be the target now