Britt Assombalonga

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:23 pm

Interesting one with Warburton admitting that they will have to listen to offers that benefit the club

Chuckypad · Post by **Chuckypad** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:28 pm

Skysports reporting we've made £8 million bid:

http://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre

Edit - as DC Wat pointed out ages ago

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:30 pm

Chuckypad wrote:Skysports reporting we've made £8 million bid:

http://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre

Edit - as DC Wat pointed out ages ago

Ah yes but Sky Sports source is DCWat

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:31 pm

Boro seem to have some interest!

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FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:34 pm

So if we sign him, do you think it's to replace Gray (to be sold), or to increase competition for a starting place?

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:37 pm

FactualFrank wrote:So if we sign him, do you think it's to replace Gray (to be sold), or to increase competition for a starting place?

to be frank: the latter!

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:37 pm

He'd be a class signing. I wrote the following in a post a few months ago:

He's only 25 but a player I'd be interested in is Britt Assombalonga (24 years old). He'd be a risk given his injury record but you look at the minutes he's played in comparison and his stats look pretty good, particularly when you consider he's at Forest who were (as we all remember) flirting with relegation on the last day of the season. If the club could be confident regarding his fitness, I think he'd be worth looking at.

Britt Assombalonga: 14 goals scored, 1 assist (57% shots on target)
130 minutes per goal / 1818 minutes played

I believe he had one of the best records in the Championship last season in terms of the number of goals scored for games and minutes played.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:38 pm

DCWat wrote:£8m bid placed

Who by? Middlesbporough?

Chuckypad · Post by **Chuckypad** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:38 pm

IndigoLake wrote:He'd be a class signing. I wrote the following in a post a few months ago:

He's only 25 but a player I'd be interested in is Britt Assombalonga (24 years old). He'd be a risk given his injury record but you look at the minutes he's played in comparison and his stats look pretty good, particularly when you consider he's at Forest who were (as we all remember) flirting with relegation on the last day of the season. If the club could be confident regarding his fitness, I think he'd be worth looking at.

Britt Assombalonga: 14 goals scored, 1 assist (57% shots on target)
130 minutes per goal / 1818 minutes played

I believe he had one of the best records in the Championship last season in terms of the number of goals scored for games and minutes played.

So is he 24 or 25? Could be a dealbreaker

cutsy123 · Post by **cutsy123** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:39 pm

IndigoLake wrote:He'd be a class signing. I wrote the following in a post a few months ago:

He's only 25 but a player I'd be interested in is Britt Assombalonga (24 years old). He'd be a risk given his injury record but you look at the minutes he's played in comparison and his stats look pretty good, particularly when you consider he's at Forest who were (as we all remember) flirting with relegation on the last day of the season. If the club could be confident regarding his fitness, I think he'd be worth looking at.

Britt Assombalonga: 14 goals scored, 1 assist (57% shots on target)
130 minutes per goal / 1818 minutes played

I believe he had one of the best records in the Championship last season in terms of the number of goals scored for games and minutes played.

I posted something about britt a few months ago too

Mine was about a burnley wood pub tho

Colburn_Claret · Post by **Colburn_Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:43 pm

I fear foe 8million we might get gazumped.
A lot of money but in todays market it ain't mind blowing.

Probably be outbid by Arry. I just hope the lad wants to play in the premiership

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:48 pm

Even if Andre Gray stays we still need another striker.
Could see Assombalonga vying with Sam Vokes to play alongside Andre Gray
So healthy competition for a place in the starting 11

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:49 pm

Probably 4 to 6 million short of what Forest will want.

He signed a 5 year contract last summer.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:49 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:I fear foe 8million we might get gazumped.
A lot of money but in todays market it ain't mind blowing.

Probably be outbid by Arry. I just hope the lad wants to play in the premiership

Don't forget he's worked with Mr Dyche before, and his favourite food is omelette..

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:50 pm

If he does sign can we make it a 5 year banning order for anybody in the ground forming any kind of chant to the conga song

Young_Claret_91 · Post by **Young_Claret_91** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:50 pm

Comparison of Gray last season vs Assombalonga this season on an average per game basis:

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Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:50 pm

Colburn_Claret wrote:I fear foe 8million we might get gazumped.
A lot of money but in todays market it ain't mind blowing.

Probably be outbid by Arry. I just hope the lad wants to play in the premiership

Foe? - He's gone to Bournemouth hasn't he?

ablueclaret · Post by **ablueclaret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:50 pm

Certainly a decent acquisition if we could get him but we do have historic problems with certain clubs

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:57 pm

I think with Forest it was more to do with a certain owner they had at the time

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:02 pm

I genuinely can't see us being successful with a "reported" bid of 8 million for a guy on a 5 year contract. I've no idea if he's worth more than that in today's market ?

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:02 pm

Derisory bid for a Forest player , here we go again .

Selby Claret · Post by **Selby Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:04 pm

Give us an 'A'.....

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:04 pm

joey13 wrote:Derisory bid for a Forest player , here we go again .

If the bid is correct, what do you want us to do? Bid £18 million?

I would assume if it is correct then it is an opening bid, maybe like the £15 million (including add ons) that Everton first offered for Keane.

taio · Post by **taio** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:05 pm

£8m opening bid would be a reasonable starting position but would take 8 figures I reckon to get a deal done.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:07 pm

Now had Huddersfield bid 8m joey would have been on saying look at how they are getting on with things.

UpTheBeehole · Post by **UpTheBeehole** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:09 pm

claretdom wrote:If he does sign can we make it a 5 year banning order for anybody in the ground forming any kind of chant to the conga song

Do Do Do Britt Assombalonga
Do Do Do he's better than Defour

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:10 pm

UpTheBeehole wrote:Do Do Do Britt Assombalonga
Do Do Do he's better than Defour

10 year for that

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:13 pm

joey13 wrote:Derisory bid for a Forest player , here we go again .

On what do you base that statement, pray tell ?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:19 pm

sounds like Posh have a sell on clause too........

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:19 pm

Sounds as if they have turned it down

ClaretAndJew · Post by **ClaretAndJew** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:22 pm

Bid rejected. Their fans on Twitter laughing at the £8 million bid.

Forest don't wanna sell but "every player has their price".

Alan Nixon suggesting an auction type situation, whatever that means exactly.

Paulclaret · Post by **Paulclaret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:23 pm

It's amazing that whenever we try to have dealings with Forest, every bid we make for any player immediately goes public. I know they have got new owners but it seems the way they do business hasn't changed.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:24 pm

ClaretAndJew wrote:Forest don't wanna sell but "every player has their price".

I used those quotes the other day in an article. It read to me as if they were shoving him in the shop window to see what they could get for him

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:28 pm

Warburton before the weekend:

'...If a club comes in with a bid that represents good business for Nottingham Forest, we will do what any other club would do. But we do not want him to go...'

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:30 pm

We would need to double that to sign him, in this market.

I suspect we know that too but want to unsettle the player and get him putting pressure on at his end.

All part of the process.

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:31 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I used those quotes the other day in an article. It read to me as if they were shoving him in the shop window to see what they could get for him

And maybe his agent has thrown Boro's name into the ring in the hope of creating a bidding war thus upping the players signing on % and his agents cut as well.

NickBFC · Post by **NickBFC** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:32 pm

I would feel uneasy getting into a bidding war for an injury prone player personally. No doubting he has quality but it's a risk for us (anyone) paying big money for him. Especially a risk if he was to replace Gray should he leave...

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:34 pm

Already gone back in with a £8,100,000 bid.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:41 pm

NickBFC wrote:I would feel uneasy getting into a bidding war for an injury prone player personally. No doubting he has quality but it's a risk for us (anyone) paying big money for him. Especially a risk if he was to replace Gray should he leave...

Is he injury prone? I thought he'd just had one bad injury. Like lots of players. Would you regard Marney as injury prone?

Juan Tanamera · Post by **Juan Tanamera** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:41 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Already gone back in with a £8,100,000 bid.

We're ruthless, aren't we?

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:43 pm

Juan Tanamera wrote:We're ruthless, aren't we?

This pot won't stir itself when all the gobshites arrive.

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:47 pm

He reminds me of Michael Antonio at West Ham. Employed as a wing back by Bilic. Never thought I'd see Antonio as a Premier League player but it works. Not suggesting we play Ass.... him as a wing back mind.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:49 pm

ClaretTony wrote:If the bid is correct, what do you want us to do? Bid £18 million?

I would assume if it is correct then it is an opening bid, maybe like the £15 million (including add ons) that Everton first offered for Keane.

Everton offered 15 million originally, where that come from ?

After what happened last time with Lansbury and Stephens, I thought it would be better to go in with a tempting bid of say 12 million take it or leave it , if they say no move on to someone else and not waste time and ending up with players not worth what we pay.

BFC88 · Post by **BFC88** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:49 pm

I feel that should we sign Assombalonga it would be a replacement for Gray who will be off given its the last year of his contract and is refusing to sign a new deal. If so, we would definitely be worse off considering Gray has experienced the Premier League and has proven he can score goals, Assombolonga spends more time on the treatment table.

Also i wouldnt give Forest the time of day after the Lansbury debacle.

As someone mentioned above, we need to be looking at a player to come deep and link play i.e. Danny Ings. The way we play doesnt suit Gray nor would it suit Britt.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:50 pm

maybe he has decided his 5 year contract isn't enough and just wants to renegotiate !

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:54 pm

BFC88 wrote:I feel that should we sign Assombalonga it would be a replacement for Gray who will be off given its the last year of his contract and is refusing to sign a new deal. If so, we would definitely be worse off considering Gray has experienced the Premier League and has proven he can score goals, Assombolonga spends more time on the treatment table.

Also i wouldnt give Forest the time of day after the Lansbury debacle.

As someone mentioned above, we need to be looking at a player to come deep and link play i.e. Danny Ings. The way we play doesnt suit Gray nor would it suit Britt.

What I have seen of him I'd concur. He's totally the opposite of what we need!

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:00 pm

BFC88 wrote:I feel that should we sign Assombalonga it would be a replacement for Gray who will be off given its the last year of his contract and is refusing to sign a new deal. If so, we would definitely be worse off considering Gray has experienced the Premier League and has proven he can score goals, Assombolonga spends more time on the treatment table.

Also i wouldnt give Forest the time of day after the Lansbury debacle.

As someone mentioned above, we need to be looking at a player to come deep and link play i.e. Danny Ings. The way we play doesnt suit Gray nor would it suit Britt.

Maybe he wants both be a very good option to have

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:10 pm

Yep both him and Gray along with Barnes and Vokes would be a decent strike force to have squad wise.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:12 pm

He's not Irish, next.

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:16 pm

If it's true what some on here say that he has only recently signed a 5year contract.
Forest must have been confident that he would make a full recovery from his injuries