Finley_Smith10 Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 tbf with the money we could probably sign 3-4 good players 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 There’s no way he’d come all the way back to the UK to sort a new deal with City. He’s off £8M + add ons I reckon. £20M is day dream predictions. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, P'head Red said: Worded slightly differently it sounds much better..new deal perhaps? Not usually the done thing for a player to come back just to finalise a new contract I don’t think. Reading between the lines it sounds like we might’ve received a very good offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Jerseybean said: Latest (earlier today) from Daily Record re Celtic interest: Another attacker who has been linked is Bristol City striker Antoine Semenyo but any deal there will likely have to wait til his business with Ghana finishes on June 10. He made his debut in the 3-0 win over Madagascar on Wednesday night and Ghana hero Awudu Issaka was pleased with what he saw. Although he reckons Semenyo is far from your traditional front man. "I see him as a playmaker and not a striker," he said. "He is very mobile and has good movements. "He tackles as well, he plays in the same role as Jordan but he's mobile and industrious. "He is good on both the left and the right side. He knows how to curl the ball and he is strong and forceful. "If he is given his opportunity, he should do his best because in Ghana normally, when you are talented, you get attacks. "He should be focused and think about Ghana. What we need now is someone who can partner him." I’d he goes to Celtic, think we will be very disappointed with the transfer fee - they ain’t gonna pay anywhere near the £20m people seem to think we will get for him…. Just hope that Nige gets a decent chunk of the money (however much that is) to replace AS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Loosey Boy said: Gonna have to be sorted pretty quickly if this tweet is true - Ghana play Japan next Friday morning Just now, Rocky said: There’s no way he’d come all the way back to the UK to sort a new deal with City. He’s off £8M + add ons I reckon. £20M is day dream predictions. lets agree to disagree... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire robin Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 7 minutes ago, Cov 77 said: Pearson has said on a few occasions that he won’t stand in his way if Prem club came in but he would be ‘very expensive’ I hope if he goes it is for big money but for example kodjia was a 20 goal a season striker and he didn’t go for 20 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Just now, Wiltshire robin said: I hope if he goes it is for big money but for example kodjia was a 20 goal a season striker and he didn’t go for 20 million I think had Kodjia gone a year or two later he probably would’ve done - that seemed to be the peak for big fees at our level pre-Covid. I think 20m (especially as a flat fee) for Semenyo is unrealistic, but I don’t think it’ll be low necessarily. Kodjia was a few years older and IMO Semenyo will go on to have a better career. It’s the potential to improve that warrants a large fee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finley_Smith10 Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Phileas Fogg said: I think had Kodjia gone a year or two later he probably would’ve done - that seemed to be the peak for big fees at our level pre-Covid. I think 20m (especially as a flat fee) for Semenyo is unrealistic, but I don’t think it’ll be low necessarily. Kodjia was a few years older and IMO Semenyo will go on to have a better career. It’s the potential to improve that warrants a large fee. Plus the fact he’s got everything you want in a striker. Quick, strong, tall, can use both feet very well aswell as adding goals and assists this season. At least 15m surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cov 77 Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, Wiltshire robin said: I hope if he goes it is for big money but for example kodjia was a 20 goal a season striker and he didn’t go for 20 million Was a little while ago now , the market is a completely different animal now , we will want Kelly money at least I believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Still got 2 years left On his contract, so absolutely we will be getting good money for him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 £20M is a good figure to bandy around but I'm not sure it will be achieved. Looking at the championship players being talked about at the moment only Djed Spence may go for that sort of money. No one is talking such figures for Rothwell, Lewis-Potter or even Andre Gray with his goalscoring pedigree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 17 minutes ago, Finley_Smith10 said: tbf with the money we could probably sign 3-4 good players Or more of Palmer , Wells etc How you recruit will always key if we are ever to move upward. Losing Antoine would be a real blow , but wasting the money would make it a complete disaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 minute ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said: £20M is a good figure to bandy around but I'm not sure it will be achieved. Looking at the championship players being talked about at the moment only Djed Spence may go for that sort of money. No one is talking such figures for Rothwell, Lewis-Potter or even Andre Gray with his goalscoring pedigree. With respect. Rothwell is OOC and on a free Gray is OOC and on a free Spence is a RB and won’t attract that type of fee. A young striker with huge upside is a totally different matter. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshtonRobin21 Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Just now, RoystonFoote'snephew said: £20M is a good figure to bandy around but I'm not sure it will be achieved. Looking at the championship players being talked about at the moment only Djed Spence may go for that sort of money. No one is talking such figures for Rothwell, Lewis-Potter or even Andre Gray with his goalscoring pedigree. Rothwell and Gray are both out of contract. Djed Spence is difficult to compare as full backs often cost less than attackers, but will still go for good money. The big draw for Semenyo is the number of Prem teams that require a player like him. West Ham, Southampton, Bournemouth, Forest, Brighton, Brentford and potentially even Everton could all benefit from a player such as him, whether that be as a starter or as cover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 From what I'm reading Djed Spence is the hottest property in the Championship right now and Hull's Keane Lewis-Potter is interesting West Ham more than Antoine at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) Edited June 3, 2022 by Rocky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Gregor says nothing doing. Hmm. https://twitter.com/GeeMacGee/status/1532832601857306624 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) Gregor: Antoine Semenyo? Understand stories of an imminent transfer are wide of the mark. Nothing doing. Have a good weekend all. #BristolCity Confirmed that he’s off. Thanks for the memories Antoine. Should be announced before the end of this weekend I guess. Edited June 3, 2022 by Selred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 All speculation , but. He isn't flying home to sign a new deal with us. That could be done any time. It looks like we have accepted an offer. If we have a contract until 2023, massively more potential than Kodjia, only 22. We aren't letting him go cheaply. The thing is, what is a good fee in the current market ? Semenyo is , IMO, the most important player in the current squad, you just don't find quick strong strikers like him every day. Whatever the fee, it's a blow to next years potential. For him to go it has to be a Prem side, which means it could be good money. For us to accept so quickly, maybe very good. I don't think high teens is out o the question. But even getting £20m would be disappointing when we looked like building something. That's not to say we can't build a side, just that it's harder to replace good players. There could be several Teams interested. They know others will be interested. To get a quick deal done the first one in will want to put in such a deal as to make us happy not to play for time and to get it done quickly. All points to good money, specially as it's so early in the window. I look forward to a mad bidding war. ....... hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin_unreliant Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said: A young striker with huge upside is a totally different matter. People have talked about Scott and HNM as possibly attracting bids. Antoine always seemed to me to be far more likely to go. For me, he is the one we can least afford to lose. A lot of our goal threat relied on him. Which is why he will be in demand. I really worry about the impact of losing him. We will need to replace him with someone with pace and power up front or a lot of the attacking threat will be gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Really think he’s not ready for the step up yet. His goal scoring record still isn’t fantastic and his decision making can still be erratic albeit massively improved over the last few years. Think he would benefit with one more season, being the main man starting every week, but if a ludicrous offer comes in we can’t turn it down due to our finances. We can easily barter for 20 million plus add ons sell on fees etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 I mean Gregor was definitely all over the Naismith deal before that was confirmed... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 £8-10m with add ons and percentage sell ons would be my guess 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 3 minutes ago, !james said: I mean Gregor was definitely all over the Naismith deal before that was confirmed... this. I feel more nervous now Gregor has said it’s not happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgy Red Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 I like Semenyo and his pace and strength made a huge difference to the 2nd half of our season, however if we receive a big bid (£12 mill plus) and Nige has the opportunity to recruit a couple of forwards, then so be it. I'm not sure he's ever going to be a classic 20 goal a season centre forward (in the Prem) but he certainly has ability. If he stays then i think he will be a real handful in The Champ next season, but if he moves on then hopefully Nige can continue to recruit well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Disaster if true. I was hoping we could keep him for another season. Without his pace and power our attack is neutered. The threat will have gone. Where we find another young, strong and fast 2 footed striker to terrorise championship defenses on our budget is mission impossible. Just hope it is not true. But if we have sold him then let's hope we receive a very large fee. As for building a team to challenge for promotion, yet again that is pie in the sky at Bristol City. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Redrascal2 said: As for building a team to challenge for promotion, yet again that is pie in the sky at Bristol City. No one has said the plan for next season is promotion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Hoping Gregor is right, but a Ghanaian photographer has certainly triggered me with this one…sod! If he goes, he sorts P&S in one go, and leaves money over too. So, that is a positive, but everything else would be a bummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Robin Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 Hopefully Semenyo stays. He's so important to us and will be very difficult to replace. As others have said, I also think he'd benefit from another season in the Championship (at least in a purely footballing sense). Were he to go, I think the fee would be fairly big. Am I right in thinking the club said they value him at around £15m? My instinct is that Pearson is much more bullish about keeping our best young players than the previous regime, and we'll be unlikely to budge from our valuations. Let's hope Gregor is correct and there's nothing in the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, Selred said: No one has said the plan for next season is promotion I thought the idea was to build a team/squad that would in time be able to challenge at the top end of the table. I did not imagine it would be next season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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