[RUMOUR] Sam Johnstone

Discussion in 'The Transfer List' started by UEA_Hornet, Jun 2, 2021.

  1. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

  2. hornetboy1

    hornetboy1 First Team Captain

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  3. nornironhorn

    nornironhorn Administrator Staff Member

    £20m for a keeper with a year left on his contract, that is crazy.

    Decent keeper but can't see him coming here.
     
  4. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    No chance at that fee. But throw Ben Foster into the deal and it becomes a bit more interesting.
     
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  5. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    No chance whatsoever. We simply don't place GK as a position that you need a spend a fortune on.
     
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  6. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    £20m would also make him the 8th most expensive GK of all time.
     
  7. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Not a priority position imo
     
  8. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Odd one. Especially as Musso is available from Udinese. They'll be extremely lucky to get half of that valuation.
    On another note 10m plus Deeney and Gray would be sublime negotiating.
     
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  9. simpleMASH

    simpleMASH Reservist

    Rather get Donnarumma on a free.
     
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  10. Optimistichornet

    Optimistichornet Penguin Assassin

    Let his contract run down and snag him next year if we are still up. WBA are on something if they think a keeper with 12 months left on his deal is worth £20m.
     
  11. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    You've not seen his kicking ability then :D
     
  12. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Any club in their right mind would over value its players but if he wants to go he will but for nowhere near 20m
     
  13. Stuey

    Stuey Reservist

    Not sure I'd want a Doctor Strange villain between the sticks.
     
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  14. I Blame Pozzo

    I Blame Pozzo First Team

    More chance of Donna Summer!
     
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  15. Aylesburyorn

    Aylesburyorn Academy Graduate

    Wba friendly now in place.
     
  16. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Well he will be definitely playing at the Vic next season :D
     
  17. MIlton Dammers

    MIlton Dammers Reservist

    Troy would prefer Donnakebab on a free
     
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  18. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Don't buy players from WBA. Rubbish and overpriced
     
  19. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    How does anybody actually know if a club is ‘readying a bid’?.

    If you’ve actually bid, that’s different.

    It always come across as nonsensical jargon when the media use that expression.
     
  20. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    I agree, though agents do speak to the media to drop them a bone every now and again. I wouldn't normally post these but it was by a named local journalist and I've not seen it anywhere else online recently that might suggest said journo has used Twitter or something as a source.
     
  21. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    Perfectly valid thread to start @UEA_Hornet it was just the expression I laughed at. It conjures up images of us and West Ham emptying our piggy banks or meeting our local bank manager to ask him how much spare cash we might have handy!
     
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  22. YellowKicks

    YellowKicks Squad Player

    To be fair, these days, by the time a bid is made the players agent will have agreed a provisional contract, tried to agree a fee with each club and it's all but done.
     
  23. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    This gets a 0/10 likelihood of happening score from me.
     
  24. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

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  25. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    Since he owns the Paint trophy, if we buy him do we get the trophy too?
     
  26. USAHornet

    USAHornet Academy Graduate

    It's basically impossible to believe this.

    We have a Premier League standard keeper in Foster. We have a keeper who was brilliant for half of last year in Bachmann. We have another potential future starting keeper in Dahlberg. I cannot imagine spending this type of money when we already have so many options at that position. This just feels like agent hype to prompt a bidding war with West Ham.
     
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  27. LouOrns

    LouOrns First Year Pro

    Playing devils advocate. Do we actually know how good Bachmann is? He made 35 saves all season. Foster is also probably Championship standard now given his age
     
  28. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    You could make caveats for all those points though - the only one I'd say is nailed on is that we won't be spending anywhere near the amount quoted on a GK. I don't think it's inconceivable we might sign one though.
     
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  29. foxywfc

    foxywfc Reservist

    You can never have enough keepers. Maybe we’re offering 1st team football in the first 11, supposed to other clubs maybe only giving him a place in the squad. Trying to get him on the cheap as WBA setting the price at £20m is wishful thinking when he can go for nothing in a year. Chuck a player or 2 in the deal maybe dhalberg on loan for a season or 2 and it could happen.


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  30. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    That's my view too. I don't think Foster or Bachmann are as good as Gomes was in 2015 and if an opportunity arose for Pozzo to bring in a keeper for the right price I don't think he'd hesitate. This is the second keeper we've been linked with this summer already after Souza in Brazil came up a couple of weeks ago. Whether that means the feelers are out or it's just journos playing games I wouldn't like to say for sure.
     
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  31. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    I assume it was the shortest enquiry ever, once they told us the asking price.
     
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  32. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Dino Zoff was 40 when he captained Italy to win the World Cup.
     
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  33. barely1egal

    barely1egal Reservist

    With the exception of maybe the Derby and Luton games, I think he dealt with everything he had to. Id guess we have his season at Killie as well as further evidence of what he is capable of. Not going to pretend I watched it because Scottish football is *****, but reportedly he did well.

    Think it also needs to be said that he has reportedly become a part of the leadership group of the team.
     
  34. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Reservist

    We might get to see both Bachmann and Johnstone in the friendly tonight!
     
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  35. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    This. Foster clearly keeps himself fit too. If his heart and head are still 100% committed, he's still a EPL standard GK.
     
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