Sheffield United have agreed a club record £20m deal for Swansea City striker Oli McBurnie.
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Sheffield United have agreed a club record £20m deal for Swansea City striker Oli McBurnie.
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Oh, it’ll be on HP👍Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
hire purchase!!! I don't believe it !
Heard this on the radio earlier. Jacks have done well out of this. In my humble opinion he's average at best and £5m would be about right.
OK then 🤪Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
£17m only £20m with addons probably if they stay up!
£5million for a 23 year old Scottish international who scored 24 goals last season? Come on, don't be ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by valleys caveman
The Jacks always seem to get top dollar for their players while we always sell on the cheap? Ramsey £4.8m, Bruno £3m, Zohore 8m, Ledley 0, Matthews 0, numerous other actually payed off to leave! How much will we get back for Madine,Tomlin,Cunningham,Bogle and Smithies all Apparently we are trying to shift!Quote:
Originally Posted by Igovernor
To be fair Ramsey, chopra would be top dollar today also. Prices gone crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianto13
Ok, £6m tops :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
I could most probably get in Scotland's team.
Theyve fecked up as well in recent years. The Ayews Carroll Clucas Bony Baston to name a few.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ianto13
Seems like a player that can score regularly in the Championship is worth at least £10m these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by valleys caveman
He did have people like Dan James playing alongside him last year and although I have done little research (I ain't that sad), one would have thought he'd have had a good few chances and more than likely missed a few. It's a lot easier playing striker when you know that if you miss one or two, you will still get another chance to put it right.
We'll see how good he is this season but fair play to SU, they are speculating.
Didn’t bobby Reid score more than that in his last season in the championship?Quote:
Originally Posted by delmbox
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Originally Posted by Hilts
Don’t forget sanches he cost them 8 million odd, they blew about 75 million on rubbish that’s not worth anything
This is getting similar to the Shankley anecdote..... “Err, the boy McBurnie”......”20 million wouldn’t buy him”...... “I know I’m one of them”.
I read that as don’t forget the sandwiches at first & thought no wonder they’re in the shite🤪Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
I think you're being a bit unfair on the lad. I watched them a few times on sky last season and he certainly wasn't a fox in the box type player who's only offering was goals.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacAdder
When I watched them he was all over the place. He'd be helping out at left back one minute, then he'd be in the number 10 position then he'd be up top.
They'll miss him as much as Dan James in my opinion as teams hadn't even got to grips with how fast James was last season.
Haven't seen much of him in fairness, the only impression he had on me was that he looks a bit scruffy and ungainly.Quote:
Originally Posted by thehumblegringo
They must have had a good look at the bloke but as I say, time will tell.
24 goals in his first season as a first team regular for Swansea, 9 in 17 for Barnsley the season before.
Maybe :hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by valleys caveman
£8m good money for ZohoreQuote:
Originally Posted by Ianto13
Ask Scotland fans what they thought of him.Quote:
Originally Posted by valleys caveman
Absolute shite is what I’ve mostly seen.
They’d prefer Paterson up top.
Prices have gone mad.
He’s a hard worker and scores a few, but he had some good players around him creating lots of chances.
He found it a lot more difficult when he played in the Prem.
Not quick, particularly good in the air or tricky.
Good touch and brings other players in well, movement and hold up play very good.
Young too but I can’t see him getting quicker, trickier or better in the air -£20m seems Madness.
I dont think McBurnie is worth that fee. However hes obviously a natural goalscorer and i dont think Swansea were creating loads of chances. Most of their prettty football was in non dangerous positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
Without his goals theyd have been in trouble.
We normally have to cancel by mutual consentQuote:
Originally Posted by Ianto13
Would you rather Paterson or Mcburnie up front?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
8m for Zohore good, at the time Ramsey - 5m for a 16/17 yo was good money - Prefer he stayed and potential for more but if he had to go, add on’s would have been nice but club needed cash.
Fee for this guy looks about right,. Real question is who cares what they get really? They are not our problem.
I agree but it shows how a functional academy can benefit a football club. If they weren't able to sell two academy players for nearly £40 million then they'd be in shit street now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Q
James and McBurnie were in their late teens by the time they went to the Jacks. They obviously deserve credit though but people criticise us for taking Ralls at 15 and not a real youth player etc, while these two came in 2/3 years after that! I agree though, we have to get it working better than it is currently, we've wasted 5 seasons really with no progression. Hopefully Coxe gets games somewhere this season!Quote:
Originally Posted by thehumblegringo
Re McBurnie, he puts the ball in the back of the net first and foremost. If he does that, nobody will care. He's scored 33 in his last 61 games for the Jacks and Barnsley. It's a lot of money but I'd rather spend it on him than Solanke.
Both Mcburnie and James were signed from other clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by thehumblegringo
I don't think we should be criticized for taking Ralls and developing him and I don't think they should be criticized for how they've developed Mcburnie and particularly Dan James who was about 14 when he went to Swansea from Hull.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
Either way they've spent a lot of time developing these players in their academy according to their philosophy and made a profit of £35 million ffs. How can anyone be sceptical of that!!
Players were 17 (James) and 19 (Mcburnie). They pretty much spent their time in other academies.Quote:
Originally Posted by thehumblegringo
This shows that its useful being in the Premier league to scout younger players and have them playing in your U23 side.
And how important it is to have a Cat 1 academy. You can't have a good academy for the level we're at without it. We've lost players like Matondo because of our Cat 2 status.Quote:
Originally Posted by qccfc
Just for clarity, James was 16 when he joined the Jacks:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150416...il/story.html#
McBurnie was 19 and already played 30 professional games:
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co....ager-mcburnie/
All credit to the Jacks for improving them.
Not really both players were already out of their respective academy before they came to Swansea. McBurnie was on a pro deal at Bradford.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
Dont get me wrong Swansea did well to identify 2 young talents, they were lucky they were in the Premier League at the time, and the players developed in their U23 squad.
However its nothing to do with them having a strong academy.
The Jacks could sign James because they were Cat 1 while Hull's academy was not, hence the low fee (£72k!).Quote:
Originally Posted by qccfc
100% McBurnie for me, seems a natural goalscorer and has knocked them in for both clubs he's played for. Pato puts a shift in and scores a few through hard workQuote:
Originally Posted by thehumblegringo