Record transfer fee

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  1. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2019/july/simon-sluga/

    Luton Town have signed a keeper for their biggest ever transfer fee, smashing a record going back to 1989 when they signed Lars Elstrup.

    This massive fee, which has smashed their record transfer fee is......wait for it...….

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    €1.5m!!….which in today's exchange rate comes to a whopping £1.35m :D:D:D
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    Last edited: Jul 22, 2019
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  2. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    Who did they steal 1.35m from?
     
  3. hornetgags

    hornetgags McMuff's lovechild

    Tommy Robinson?
     
  4. Vicarage Road

    Vicarage Road Reservist

    Yes, we hate L*t*n but you mocking their transfer spending makes you look like one of those Man U / Arsenal / Chelsea / Spurs / Everton / Liverpoo l tvvats who spout 5h1t on Twitter. I’d like to think, we Watford fans are better than that
     
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  5. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

    Nah…...any opportunity to take the p1ss out of Luton is fine, plus this is genuinely funny.

    Just underlines how utterly irrelevant they have been for the past 30 years.
     
  6. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    I think its Millwall who had the same this summer too..

    Wasn't Lars Elstrup a Norway international?
     
  7. goldpapaya

    goldpapaya First Year Pro

    quite an achievement to get to the Championship without splashing out. Compare us against other teams in the old 4th and 3rd divisions in our golden era under SEJ and GT
     
  8. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Danish I think ?
     
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  9. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    Isn’t £1 million for Lars Elstrup back then the equivalent of £30 million for Sarr now?

    Not sure historical transfer records are really comparable.
     
  10. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yeah. Both eclipsed by the £200k we paid for Simms.
     
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  11. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Sims.
     
  12. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yes. Late decision to switch from Simmo and didn't deduct an "s" ! I'd always assumed Simmo looked better with two "s"s.
     
  13. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    ‘M’s?
     
  14. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    M & S. S & M. Always get those two mixed up.
     
  15. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yep ! I'm not a complete imberseal.
     
  16. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    What's our record fee paid for a keeper? Is it still £12.5m for Karnesis on a 5 year deal?
     
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  17. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Perry Suckling from Palarse ?
    What did we pay for Foster ? Presumably him, with Espen Baardsen prior to that ?
     
  18. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Baardsen cost 1.5 million.

    Foster was 4 million I think?
     
  19. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Yes our record GK fee for many years was spent on a keeper so bad that he'd lost his place in the team and retired from football within 12 months.
     
  20. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Well we did spend 3.5 million on Ellington once too - in the past when we come to spending big it hasn't gone well!
     

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