Deal or no deal? - Summer 2022 Transfer gossip!

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Re: Deal or no deal? - Summer 2022 Transfer gossip!

Post by GhostoftheBok » Thu May 19, 2022 12:37 pm

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Fri May 13, 2022 1:46 pm
Trafford is discussing his contract situation with City before (hopefully) coming back here.

I wonder what odds you'd get on him coming here on a long term deal with buy-back and sell-on clauses for City.
I don't know more than I did a week ago, but the fact BWFC don't either would seem to indicate that him showing up on a 4+ year deal is still in the realm of the possible. Dare to dream and all that.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu May 19, 2022 12:38 pm

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Things hopefully progressing well on the Trafford front?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... 6koP5iCnIE
Sort of. Everything after "I think we're trying to get him back" is opinion. Clearly we are entirely dependent on what City want to do with him – and hopeful that (1) he'll want to come back and (2) they'll care.

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu May 19, 2022 1:14 pm

Maybe I'm jumping the gun.

Just, my interpretation is that from 'Trafford's discussing his situation with City' to 'The two clubs are in discussions with each other' as per the MEN piece, is one of positive progress. Hopefully.
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu May 19, 2022 1:46 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 1:14 pm
Maybe I'm jumping the gun.

Just, my interpretation is that from 'Trafford's discussing his situation with City' to 'The two clubs are in discussions with each other' as per the MEN piece, is one of positive progress. Hopefully.
Entirely understandable mate. It's quiet, and we all hope he comes back.

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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Thu May 19, 2022 2:08 pm

Hull release Tom Eaves. The reunion is on!!

Also club captain Richard Smallwood, if we want an experienced defensive midfielder, albeit one who missed much of this season with an injury.

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Post by GhostoftheBok » Thu May 19, 2022 2:13 pm

Mr and Mrs Smallwood really hated their kid.

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Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu May 19, 2022 7:35 pm

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Mr and Mrs Smallwood really hated their kid.
:lmfao:

Reminds of a story I read about a couple named Peacock, who christened their son 'Drew'. :doh:
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Thu May 19, 2022 8:10 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
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Hull release Tom Eaves. The reunion is on!!
Just so long as that reunion takes place at Queens Park, Glasgow, that'll be fine 😉
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Post by GhostoftheBok » Thu May 19, 2022 8:16 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 7:35 pm
:lmfao:

Reminds of a story I read about a couple named Peacock, who christened their son 'Drew'. :doh:
There was a copper around the Bacup area years ago who was known as "Inspector Jockstrap" because his name was Richard Holder.

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Re: Deal or no deal? - Summer 2022 Transfer gossip!

Post by TonyDomingos » Thu May 19, 2022 11:01 pm

GhostoftheBok wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 8:16 pm
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 7:35 pm
:lmfao:

Reminds of a story I read about a couple named Peacock, who christened their son 'Drew'. :doh:
There was a copper around the Bacup area years ago who was known as "Inspector Jockstrap" because his name was Richard Holder.

Many, many years ago, I worked at a jobcentre in Sheffield. Amongst our claimants was Fanny Wragg, Rachel Su Kin Kok and a chap called David Balls who had a daughter, Ophelia.
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Post by GhostoftheBok » Thu May 19, 2022 11:09 pm

I have a friend from South Africa called Anel Kloppers.

She doesn't think it's funny.

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Post by Prufrock » Fri May 20, 2022 12:21 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 7:35 pm
GhostoftheBok wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 2:13 pm
Mr and Mrs Smallwood really hated their kid.
:lmfao:

Reminds of a story I read about a couple named Peacock, who christened their son 'Drew'. :doh:
One of my best friends at school had a cousin called Chris Peacock. His brother unfortunately was Rob not Drew.
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Post by bettyrasta » Fri May 20, 2022 1:04 am

There’s a plaque at Westhoughton sports centre saying that Chris Peacock opened it. Think he may have been a councillor. Don’t know him but I know his brother Lou.

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Re: Deal or no deal? - Summer 2022 Transfer gossip!

Post by LeverEnd » Fri May 20, 2022 12:34 pm

GhostoftheBok wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 11:09 pm
I have a friend from South Africa called Anel Kloppers.

She doesn't think it's funny.
Dutch bloke works for my missus' company called Dick Monster. Famous on LinkedIn apparently.
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Post by Worthy4England » Fri May 20, 2022 12:37 pm

Yeah, I've worked with Michael Hunt....

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Post by Gary the Enfield » Fri May 20, 2022 12:55 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
Fri May 20, 2022 12:37 pm
Yeah, I've worked with Michael Hunt....
Me too. Wouldn't be called Mike. Hard to not say it once he's insisted............ :shock:

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Post by GhostoftheBok » Sat May 21, 2022 6:09 am

Iles has today name-checked Ayoub Assal and Tom Barkhuizen, which he doesn't often do unless he has some reason to believe we're interested.

Barky makes loads of sense to me, but I suspect he'd be the end of Izzy (that's unless IE sees him as a striker).

Assal is one of the three Wombles who we've known for over a year interest Evatt and he looks the most attainable - with Hartigan and Rudoni both having Championship suitors. Assal is also a natural replacement for Amaechi, but someone who is more comfortable as a #10 than Xav was.

It's of course possible Iles is just repeating Twitter gossip, but I think we're probably now at the "no smoke without fire" stage.

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Post by TonyDomingos » Sat May 21, 2022 8:57 am

Agree that Iles is unlikely to be reporting internet tittle tattle at this point. Assal has two years left to run on his contract:
https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/202 ... ntil-2024/

But, he's only 20 - does that matter in terms of a transfer fee?
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sat May 21, 2022 10:19 am

TonyDomingos wrote:
Sat May 21, 2022 8:57 am
Agree that Iles is unlikely to be reporting internet tittle tattle at this point. Assal has two years left to run on his contract:
https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/202 ... ntil-2024/

But, he's only 20 - does that matter in terms of a transfer fee?
Yes. Clubs are entitled to compensation if they offer a contract to a player they developed, he refuses and goes elsewhere - even at the end of his contract.

During the contract, they would be entitled to ask a fee for his registration, as they would for any player.

I'm not quite sure what "developed" counts as - eg, what if he moved from one academy to another in his teens, like many young players cut by the funnelling process (or conversely snapped up by a bigger fish) - but Assal has been a Don since 12 so I think we can say he's their product.

As a side note, Assal was born in January 2002, so he wouldn't count against the overage-outfielder quotient for 2022/23 or even 2023/24.

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Post by TonyDomingos » Sat May 21, 2022 10:40 am

Great. Thanks, DSB. Despite his young age, he made 42 appearances (scored eight) for the Dons last season; as far as I can tell, most of them were starts.
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