Tressor the man with the touch

[Woodleyclaret]

VK chased him for 6 months yet the games he's has played looked gash.Is he injured too or just disguarded?

[bumba]

Could have had Tella for the same price, they'll tell us the project will mean Tresor gets sold for big profit

[boatshed bill]

Could have had Tella for the same price, they'll tell us the project will mean Tresor gets sold for big profit

I doubt that very much,: the Tella bit, I mean.

[gandhisflipflop]

This is a new one, a thread slagging off a player that didn’t play today

[bumba]

I doubt that very much,: the Tella bit, I mean.

How much did we pay for Tresor? Thought it was touted ta over £15 million?

[fidelcastro]

How much did we pay for Tresor? Thought it was touted ta over £15 million?

He's on loan.

[bumba]

He's on loan.

Thought it had already become permanent?

[fidelcastro]

Thought it had already become permanent?

I think it's with view to a permanent deal.

If we can still pull out of it, we should.

[Goliath]

It seems like the Luton game may have been the final straw.

[ChrisG]

Meanwhile Tella set a goal up in the win over Bayern

[boatshed bill]

Tella was never available for £15million.
For all we know Tella didn't want to sign a permanent deal at Burnley.
There's a lot of stuff being made up here.

[ksrclaret]

Tella was never available for £15million.
For all we know Tella didn't want to sign a permanent deal at Burnley.
There's a lot of stuff being made up here.

If you can't beat them, join them?

[jrgbfc]

I think it's with view to a permanent deal.

If we can still pull out of it, we should.

After 5 appearances we had to sign him. At least that's what was being reported.

[fidelcastro]

After 5 appearances we had to sign him. At least that's what was being reported.

Really?

That must be the shortest appearance based clause ever!

More fool us if it's true.

[alwaysaclaret]

I doubt that very much,: the Tella bit, I mean.

Could have had tella for £15m when we bid £9m, but we held out for tresor the miracle man for £18.2m

[Vegas Claret]

Really?

That must be the shortest appearance based clause ever!

More fool us if it's true.

Jack Grealish cost 100 million and was awful for City in his first season
Nunes cost 90 million and was crap

Whilst I appreciate he's not looked remotely at the level required, do we write him off this early based on how many players (especially foreign) struggle in their first season? It's a weird one that he's disappeared unless he's injured though

[boatshed bill]

Could have had tella for £15m when we bid £9m, but we held out for tresor the miracle man for £18.2m

You know that for sure then?
Interestingly, Tella never expressed any interest in returning to Burnley.

[fidelcastro]

Jack Grealish cost 100 million and was awful for City in his first season
Nunes cost 90 million and was crap

Whilst I appreciate he's not looked remotely at the level required, do we write him off this early based on how many players (especially foreign) struggle in their first season? It's a weird one that he's disappeared unless he's injured though

He hasn't even looked interested though.

[Carlos the Great]

Tella was never available for £15million.
For all we know Tella didn't want to sign a permanent deal at Burnley.
There's a lot of stuff being made up here.

He was apparently available initially at 15m but I think that boat sailed when we insulted Southampton with a crazy offer of 9m ..: as interest grew in Tella so did his price and he was sold for 20m .. we should have signed him for 20 m I think .. At least it wouldn’t have been wasted

[Vegas Claret]

He hasn't even looked interested though.

I always find that a hard one to judge tbh. I don't think he has looked interested either in some parts of the games but I've never seen him play before so I just don't know if that's how he just plays or appears. Not making excuses for him, he's been the biggest disappointment on the pitch for me.

[fidelcastro]

I always find that a hard one to judge tbh. I don't think he has looked interested either in some parts of the games but I've never seen him play before so I just don't know if that's how he just plays or appears. Not making excuses for him, he's been the biggest disappointment on the pitch for me.

His performance at Brentford was one of the worst individual performances I've ever seen from a Burnley player... and I've seen some bad ones!

[fidelcastro]

He was apparently available initially at 15m but I think that boat sailed when we insulted Southampton with a crazy offer of 9m ..: as interest grew in Tella so did his price and he was sold for 20m .. we should have signed him for 20 m I think .. At least it wouldn’t have been wasted

How do you know it wouldn't have been wasted?

Prior to joining us on loan in the division below, he couldn't make Southampton's bench! :

[Vegas Claret]

His performance at Brentford was one of the worst individual performances I've ever seen from a Burnley player... and I've seen some bad ones!

yep, it was up there !

[LincsWoldsClaret]

Obliged to buy him at the end of the season, Esteve too - based on appearances

[Carlos the Great]

How do you know it wouldn't have been wasted?

Prior to joining us on loan in the division below, he couldn't make Southampton's bench! :

We wasted more than 20million on players that’s are not living up to the hype .. I’m saying Tella at 20m would have been a good deal .. Southampton loaned us a player who shot us into the premier league .. so forget about how he couldn’t make their bench .. that’s old news

[fidelcastro]

We wasted more than 20million on players that’s are not living up to the hype .. I’m saying Tella at 20m would have been a good deal .. Southampton loaned us a player who shot us into the premier league .. so forget about how he couldn’t make their bench .. that’s old news

You've no evidence that he would have been good enough at this level and in this team.

[alwaysaclaret]

You know that for sure then?
Interestingly, Tella never expressed any interest in returning to Burnley.

You know that for sure do you ?

[bumba]

Tella was never available for £15million.
For all we know Tella didn't want to sign a permanent deal at Burnley.
There's a lot of stuff being made up here.

Yes mainly by yourself, who said Tella was available for £15 million?

[Carlos the Great]

You've no evidence that he would have been good enough at this level and in this team.

Well nobody will know that ,,, but what we do know is he was brilliant for us in the championship .. which is more than we knew about most of are other signings which have turned out to be terrible waste of money

[fidelcastro]

Well nobody will know that ,,, but what we do know is he was brilliant for us in the championship .. which is more than we knew about most of are other signings which have turned out to be terrible waste of money

And I'm sure our terrible signings would have fared better in the championship too.

[boatshed bill]

You know that for sure do you ?

Well, this post seems to

He was apparently available initially at 15m but I think that boat sailed when we insulted Southampton with a crazy offer of 9m ..: as interest grew in Tella so did his price and he was sold for 20m .. we should have signed him for 20 m I think .. At least it wouldn’t have been wasted

[boatshed bill]

Yes mainly by yourself, who said Tella was available for £15 million?

Sorry, i replied to a different post.
But can anyone on here point to any interview or statement from Tella suggesting he wanted to stay?
I have to say i've never seen or heard one.
Have you?

[Dark Cloud]

Let's be honest, Tresor isn't the only player in our squad looking ridiculously overpriced!!!

[Carlos the Great]

And I'm sure our terrible signings would have fared better in the championship too.

We will find out next season how many will score as many goals as Tella did … I think most people were genuinely baffled we didn’t try harder to sign Tella and to say he wasn’t good enough has certainly come back to bite us ..

[Carlos the Great]

If it was such a risk to sign Tella for 15m as not proven in the premier league then sign a division 1 goalkeeper for 19m seems odd

[fidelcastro]

We will find out next season how many will score as many goals as Tella did … I think most people were genuinely baffled we didn’t try harder to sign Tella and to say he wasn’t good enough has certainly come back to bite us ..

You're right. I don't expect the likes of O'Shea and Delcroix to get as many goals in the championship as Tella did.

[expoultryboy]

I wish it was only 20m we'd wasted.

[ervi34]

We will find out next season how many will score as many goals as Tella did … I think most people were genuinely baffled we didn’t try harder to sign Tella and to say he wasn’t good enough has certainly come back to bite us ..

I think there's a very small chance he stays with us when we go down. Will probably be loaned out several times like Weghorst was.

[CoolClaret]

If it was such a risk to sign Tella for 15m as not proven in the premier league then sign a division 1 goalkeeper for 19m seems odd

This.

It just doesn't make sense whatever way it's spun.

[Percy]

Obliged to buy him at the end of the season, Esteve too - based on appearances

I’m praying we haven’t seen him at all lately as we’re just under his appearances to not be obligated to buy him. He’s been a massive flop.

[KRBFC]

If it was such a risk to sign Tella for 15m

This isn’t football manager.

1. VK wanted Tella and Maatsen back

2. No proof those two would’ve been good enough

3. We had a 30£m bid accepted for Maatsen, he did not want to return.

4. There’s no evidence Tella wanted to return, Burnley or Leverkusen? For a non Burnley fan, it’s a pretty easy decision, no?

5. We don’t know if Tella rejected us but we were prepared to pay the fee. Maybe ALK didn’t want to pay the fee. Maybe Tresor was the back up if Tella went elsewhere? Maybe VK decided to look elsewhere?

Acting like we could have just gone and signed them loan players no problem is complete fantasy and supported by zero facts. Therefore criticising VK/ALK for not doing so is also nonsense when we don’t know the reasons why.

[dougcollins]

Tresor was the back up for Tella?

That makes no sense whatsoever.

[LincsWoldsClaret]

This isn’t football manager.

1. VK wanted Tella and Maatsen back

2. No proof those two would’ve been good enough

3. We had a 30£m bid accepted for Maatsen, he did not want to return.

4. There’s no evidence Tella wanted to return, Burnley or Leverkusen? For a non Burnley fan, it’s a pretty easy decision, no?

5. We don’t know if Tella rejected us but we were prepared to pay the fee. Maybe ALK didn’t want to pay the fee. Maybe Tresor was the back up if Tella went elsewhere? Maybe VK decided to look elsewhere?

Acting like we could have just gone and signed them loan players no problem is complete fantasy and supported by zero facts. Therefore criticising VK/ALK for not doing so is also nonsense when we don’t know the reasons why.

VK has said that to have bought the loan players he wanted would have cost around 100m and he would have then been short of numbers. Instead he used the money to build a full squad.
In hindsight, perhaps somewhere in the middle would have been better