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ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:47 pm
by ClaretTony
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:48 pm
by Pearcey
Good move for him. Still can’t get my head around him signing in the first place. Pursuing him hard and then not wanting him.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:57 pm
by boatshed bill
Pearcey wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:48 pm
Good move for him. Still can’t get my head around him signing in the first place. Pursuing him hard and then not wanting him.
Wasn't he only signed as cover?
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 4:59 pm
by mdd2
And we fans via CT and this board have no idea when he is OOC. Given he signed in January 2023 he may have only one year left before we miss out on any transfer fee.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:00 pm
by jrgbfc
A signing that never made much sense right from the start.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:02 pm
by Vegas Claret
Swansea turning down 10 million for him must go down as a massive fail on their part
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:06 pm
by ClaretTony
jrgbfc wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:00 pm
A signing that never made much sense right from the start.
It made sense only in that Vincent Kompany pursued him strongly but then never gave him a chance. All very strange.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:11 pm
by Cirrus_Minor
Hope he does well. Never really looked the part when I watched him
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:21 pm
by Papabendi
Pretty much a disaster of a signing. And there have been a few, including ones leaving today.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:27 pm
by boatshed bill
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:06 pm
It made sense only in that Vincent Kompany pursued him strongly but then never gave him a chance. All very strange.
Wasn't he also a good mate of Nathan Tella?
Not that this makes it a viable transfer.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:31 pm
by jojomk1
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:06 pm
It made sense only in that Vincent Kompany pursued him strongly but then never gave him a chance. All very strange.
From what bits we saw of him in cup games he wasn't very good at all
Further loans have proved that to be the case as, unfortunately, nobody wanted to sign him after loans
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:36 pm
by Papabendi
I have just re-read the official Michael Obafemi to Burnley announcement. It was initially a loan with the option to make it permanent (not mention of obligation). So what the hell happened there?
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:45 pm
by ecc
The club have done well to shift him.
Most definitely one of the oddest BFC signings.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 6:03 pm
by Rowls
Vegas Claret wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:02 pm
Swansea turning down 10 million for him must go down as a massive fail on their part
And a massive let off for us.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 9:28 pm
by Papabendi
boatshed bill wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:27 pm
Wasn't he also a good mate of Nathan Tella?
Not that this makes it a viable transfer.
Bochum is about 50 miles from Leverkusen.
Re: ARTICLE: Bochum move for Obafemi
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2025 9:44 pm
by ClaretTony
Papabendi wrote: ↑Mon Sep 01, 2025 5:36 pm
I have just re-read the official Michael Obafemi to Burnley announcement. It was initially a loan with the option to make it permanent (not mention of obligation). So what the hell happened there?
It was an obligation - I'm sure we'd have pulled out otherwise that summer.