Florin Andone - £11.8m bid

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:06 pm

He's had to battle hard against pretty much the best defence in the World tonight. I don't know how much we will go up to value wise but he is a much better player than he showed tonight. I guess it will depend how many others we are looking at. Plenty of good value in La Liga and plenty of players that would walk into our team that's for certain

claretlegend · Post by **claretlegend** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:13 pm

I was pretty impressed with him but for the penalty. He got in some great positions for 4 or 5 good chances, a real handful. Showed some good pace too. Commentators mentioned that they felt he has been Deportivo's best and most dangerous player. For the right price, sign him up.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Sun Aug 20, 2017 11:44 pm

It looked like he was trying to hard or his head has been turned

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:31 am

I can't imagine knowing someone is trying to sign him affects his ability to takes penalties.

Clarinetclaret · Post by **Clarinetclaret** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:35 am

SkiptonClaret wrote:I think you need a comma after wouldn't, Winston. Might have made more immediate sense then. Anything constructive to add on the subject of the thread or do you just want to be abusive to another poster ?
(Happy to provide you with some English lessons if you want ?)

You know you sound like a knob when you start remarking on people's grammar, bet you checked your post about 3 times to check for mistakes.

Jeremy_Bentham · Post by **Jeremy_Bentham** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:08 am

. thinks this guy should have netted at least two of the chances tonight. Unlike others, he's not too impressed with just passion & commitment - the bench is already full of that.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:32 am

Vegas Claret wonders how many times Jeremy Bentham has seen Andone play ?

Walt · Post by **Walt** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:34 am

He looks like he'd be a good alternative type from our current strikers and at the right price I'd be happy with him signing. From his interview Deportivo have told him he isn't going. Sounds to me it will take a pretty big increase on our previous offer.

So, if the 11.8 is accurate along with his release clause of approx 27m, then it's likely to need close to 20m to even tempt them and at that price is he good value.

Jeremy_Bentham · Post by **Jeremy_Bentham** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:38 am

Vegas Claret wrote:Vegas Claret wonders how many times Jeremy Bentham has seen Andone play ?

. hasn't seen Andone too many times. He wonders if he had seen Andone play 200 games that it would have helped Andone score those two easy chances he missed last night?

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:23 pm

Like a Romanian version of Martin Paterson, infact he's more Paterson than Martin himself.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:19 pm

KRBFC wrote:Like a Romanian version of Martin Paterson, infact he's more Paterson than Martin himself.

Utter drivel
I wouldn't pay more than 14 for him though, plenty of good players to be had

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:50 am

Spanish reporter on twitter reporting we are still very much interested in andone

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:57 am

Translated

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:49 am

Blatantly nonsense, we will never sign nine more.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:53 am

DCWat wrote:Blatantly nonsense, we will never sign nine more.

Whose to say it means sign 9 more and not mean add 9 more on our offer

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:59 am

Bing's aint what they used to be

claretandy · Post by **claretandy** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:00 am

It means signed a number 9 I. E, wood.

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:04 am

Thanks Andy- you are clearly better at it than Bing and it makes sense

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:05 am

Reecey1987 wrote:Whose to say it means sign 9 more and not mean add 9 more on our offer

Obviously needed a wink

jlup1980 · Post by **jlup1980** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:22 am

Vegas Claret wrote:Utter drivel
I wouldn't pay more than 14 for him though, plenty of good players to be had

£14m is living in la la land. We're in a world where Demari Gray is being touted at £30m and we paid upward of £18m for Chris Wood! This lad is clearly going to cost as much as Wood, if not more, solely because the clubs around Europe know how much money PL teams have. They might sell him for less to someone in Italy or Spain but not England. They'll milk us for all they can!!

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:28 am

Reecey1987 wrote:Spanish reporter on twitter reporting we are still very much interested in andone

Much as I would love this to be true, how do you know he is a Spanish reporter? He has less than 700 followers and is an unverified account without even a bio.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:40 am

Somebody asked nixon last night he said were still on the andone trail

RVclaret · Post by **RVclaret** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:46 am

Reecey1987 wrote:Somebody asked nixon last night he said were still on the andone trail

Where? Can't see that in any of his tweets.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:50 am

He was having a conversation with somebody late last night and he said hes still on our trail . Waris still not done but getting a bit closer

CrosspoolClarets · Post by **CrosspoolClarets** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:01 am

That Spanish lad has a Facebook profile implying he works at the club. He has a heck of a lot of retweets though so either he has plenty of time on his hands or its just as likely he is a Russian bot or some stirrer sat at a desk in Moscow. You just never know nowadays.

If Andone signs he signs, i want a centre back more though so I am not sweating over it.

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:25 am

Reecey1987 wrote:He was having a conversation with somebody late last night and he said hes still on our trail . Waris still not done but getting a bit closer

All I saw him say was we had other options. He didn't state who.

Mala591 · Post by **Mala591** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:43 am

Not sure if Andone (too expensive) or Waris (not good enough?) are our best options.

We definitely need a fast, mobile, technically strong forward to partner Vokes or Wood.

IMHO has to be Long or someone with similar qualities.

leightonjameslegend · Post by **leightonjameslegend** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 10:58 am

The true translation is: I bring bad news about Andone. Burnley have returned and WILL sign another number 9! They are very interested in Andone.
Can we get him? Not sure but I think we will get Ranocchia as Inter are in discussions to get Mangala from City and hopefully sign Waris as not too far away from meeting L'orient valuation of him. Andone would really be the icing on the cake of what I think has been a much improved window.

keith1879 · Post by **keith1879** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:07 am

leightonjameslegend wrote:The true translation is: I bring bad news about Andone. Burnley have returned and WILL sign another number 9! They are very interested in Andone.
Can we get him? Not sure but I think we will get Ranocchia as Inter are in discussions to get Mangala from City and hopefully sign Waris as not too far away from meeting L'orient valuation of him. Andone would really be the icing on the cake of what I think has been a much improved window.

Sometimes I worry that I will wake up back in 198whenever it was and find that I am still quite excited about signing a player from Matlock Town. Are we really bidding to get players from Deportivo La Coruna and Internazionale?

RVclaret · Post by **RVclaret** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:07 am

leightonjameslegend wrote:The true translation is: I bring bad news about Andone. Burnley have returned and WILL sign another number 9! They are very interested in Andone.
Can we get him? Not sure but I think we will get Ranocchia as Inter are in discussions to get Mangala from City and hopefully sign Waris as not too far away from meeting L'orient valuation of him. Andone would really be the icing on the cake of what I think has been a much improved window.

I think it will either be Andone or Waris, not both.

I hope we are still in for Andone as this guy has suggested but more than likely to be false.

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:13 am

He looks like exactly what we need so I hope there is some truth in this.

andyh · Post by **andyh** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:22 pm

keith1879 wrote:Sometimes I worry that I will wake up back in 198whenever it was and find that I am still quite excited about signing a player from Matlock Town. Are we really bidding to get players from Deportivo La Coruna and Internazionale?

Not just any player from deportivo... Probably one of their best. Truly amazing times.

clerkenwell.claret · Post by **clerkenwell.claret** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:32 pm

Clarinetclaret wrote:You know you sound like a knob when you start remarking on people's grammar, bet you checked your post about 3 times to check for mistakes.

Sloppy English is inexcusable.

Skipton is to be commended for his vigilance in the face of grammatical provocation!

The possibility of Skipton captaining a ship or other vessel called the "Glass Half Empty" is, however, quite amusing. So thanks to Winston for that.

RVclaret · Post by **RVclaret** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:39 pm

Nixon just said we've moved on from Andone.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:47 pm

Andone heart, i knew it would fizzle out.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:51 pm

I thought he was going to be one of 3 signings. We could have called them the 3 musketeers. All for one andone for all.

Stan Tastic · Post by **Stan Tastic** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:59 pm

I thought it was Andone deal.

Ric_C · Post by **Ric_C** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:01 pm

This is Hakim Zyiech all over again

I_hate_pne · Post by **I_hate_pne** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:10 pm

RVclaret wrote:Nixon just said we've moved on from Andone.

Can you screen shot that from Nixon? I can't see it mention Andone, only that we're back in for Waris and want a CB.

Cheers

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:24 pm

I_hate_pne wrote:Can you screen shot that from Nixon? I can't see it mention Andone, only that we're back in for Waris and want a CB.

Cheers

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:25 pm

I_hate_pne · Post by **I_hate_pne** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:29 pm

Cheers, I didn't look at the responses. Although it's only Nixons opinion and he's got a few things wrong already this summer. I still hope we are going for him.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:30 pm

'Think they moved on ...'

Think.

Belgianclaret · Post by **Belgianclaret** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:21 pm

I heard that we will soon turn our attention to Florin's brother Dusted.

I'll fetch my coat...

Marlonspants · Post by **Marlonspants** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:28 pm

Why do people hang on to every word some journo spouts?

My guess is he gets fed the same info' as the rest of us.

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:30 pm

Marlonspants wrote:Why do people hang on to every word some journo spouts?

My guess is he gets fed the same info' as the rest of us.

My ironyometer just melted.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:02 pm

Michael Duff lookalike!

tally · Post by **tally** » Fri Aug 25, 2017 7:37 pm

[quote="Quicknick"]they 'Think they moved on ...'

They did now!

Long Time Lurker · Post by **Long Time Lurker** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 10:36 am

Rumour - still no movement on Perez for Deportivo

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Maybe his agent should stop trying to butter up Wenger for a lower price and help us out by persuading Deportivo to accept an offer from us that is less than the release clause on Andone. That could get things rolling for Deportivo and Perez.

We get Andone for a decent amount, Deportivo fill up their coffers and pay Arsenal what they are asking, Perez gets his dream move.

Everyone is happy

#Wishful Thinking

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Wed Aug 30, 2017 11:00 am

Why don't we just go for Perez, that may change Deportivo's mind