[SIGNED perm] Ismaila Sarr - club record fee

It feels like any rumour that lasts more than a week generally doesn't seem to happen.

The ones we buy seem to be signed within a couple of days of us hearing about them.

 

Other than Dawson, for example, which lasted about a year.

 

L’Equipe in France saying we are close to signing Sarr and selling Lukebakio to Lille...at least that’s what I think it says. Be damned if I’m spending €1 to read the whole article....

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Art...e-le-mercato-du-stade-rennais-s-anime/1039189

 

They don’t know ****

 

None of us do. It’s nice to keep up appearances though.

 

Am I the only one who thinks about the SARS virus that everyone panicked over in the 2000s when they see his name?

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/sars/

 

I would be pleasantly sarrprised.

 

This rumour has already gone viral.

 

He’ll be a nightmare under GDPR if things go wrong. He’ll want all the information any of us have on him.

 

Just a translation from what can be copied into google translate:

Sarr agrees with Watford, Andre pushing to sign in Lille, Koubek who is annoyed: the Breton club goes through hectic hours.

 

You don't want to annoy Koubek. Those Canadians can turn really nasty - have you not seen the SouthPark movie ?

 

http://www.insidefutbol.com/2019/07...-senegal-team-mates-of-watford-desire/428401/

Here is what L'equipe say.

 

Believe it when I see Sarr in yellow and black, but if it does come off, I'll accept letting Lukebakio go as the cost of it

 

By the time Gino has finished we'll have signed Sarr for £20m, sold Lukebio for £21m with enough change leftover for 3 new CBs.

 

Wasn't it Peter Houseman?

 

Although half of us assumed the wrong Dawson.

 

Was Sarr holding the league table upside down when he confided with his team mates?

 

I suspect he's not really very good and realised he wouldn't get a game unless he picked us !

 

True.

And what's all this 'confiding' with team mates?

That's what ONJ did in Grease.

 

As long as he's like greased lightening and hopelessly devoted to us I guess it doesn't matter.

 

Probably thinks we are Wolves.

 

No, I already made a joke about it on page 2 (post 44) that perhaps flew under a number of people's radars:

Ismaila Sarr

 

I doubt he'd give much of a crap one way or the other about a difference of just one place.

 

"Come to read your poet mate".

 

https://twitter.com/adamleventhal/status/1149637917167386630?s=21

#WatfordFC transfer update

Club in talks with Rennes over signing of Ismaila Sarr - fee would be club record.

Retained interest in Maximin of Nice.

Attacking midfield / winger top priority this window.

 

At least the name 'Ellington' will be finally erased.

 

Exciting player but as said before far from the finished article. Pleasing if true that he wants to play for us. At least GD will be able to keep up with him. I'm hopeful but until he's pictured in the shirt I will keep calm.

 

I like his Jazz Hands goal celebration. For that reason alone, Im in.

 

He's blatantly just copying what we've all just seen in that L'Equipe article.

 

Or he’s seen it reported in L’Equipe and contacted whoever he knows and reporting it’s truth?

I see SSN are saying we are also in talks with Lille about selling Lukebakio and we value him at £13m.

 

£13m seems low ?

 

https://twitter.com/AdamLeventhal/status/1149652487709683714

 

We won't be the only club interested so I don't believe for a second we will end up buying him.

 

We might be willing to let Dodi go soon and for a lower price if it finances the Gaston and crazy dribbler deals and keeps them ticking along.

 

He was pretty anonymous in the AFCON last 16 against Uganda and didnt play in the quarter final against Benin. Not sure if that's good (in terms of cost) or bad (in that he's ****)