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CheersMarra84 said:
"We knew him a little bit, I think we do not have time to look too much, we are focused on the field, to prepare the team. But we have a sufficiently professional team, specialists who take care of that. We knew him a little. His profile? We need a scorer, that’s what we need. Apparently, this season he scores goals. After, the game in France is different, there are plenty of things difficult to manage like that. It is a physically difficult championship, you have to be very strong in front and have the quality of a goalscorer.

"It’s a young player, knowing that a young player does not have that quality right now, it gets ready, it improves, it is fine...But it’s a young talent."

Not exactly endearing....
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Apparently this season he scores goals. f***ing hell :oops:
 
The Rat said:
Christ, I really hope this isn't true like. Thats very worrying if so
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Not really worrying. Still get the same amount of money and still pay the debt to Bordeaux that we were going to pay anyway. Just a different way around it.
We had money for investment before Maja was going to leave so nothing has changed there either.
 
joop said:
Not really worrying. Still get the same amount of money and still pay the debt to Bordeaux that we were going to pay anyway. Just a different way around it.
We had money for investment before Maja was going to leave so nothing has changed there either.
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I really don't think I am being unreasonable here, I'll say it even though I'll get dog's abuse, but they got such a good deal to buy Sunderland, surely relatively small debts like that could have been cleared by themselves, meaning any sales of players, especially our best talents, can go back into the first XI

Surely that is part of the deal when you get such a big club for cheap, to sort some of the debts yourselves, its why you are getting it so cheap. If you buy a football club, I'd have thought things like this you are expected to sort out initially to get things rolling.
 
The Rat said:
I really don't think I am being unreasonable here, I'll say it even though I'll get dog's abuse, but they got such a good deal to buy Sunderland, surely relatively small debts like that could have been cleared by themselves, meaning any sales of players, especially our best talents, can go back into the first XI

Surely that is part of the deal when you get such a big club for cheap, to sort some of the debts yourselves, its why you are getting it so cheap. If you buy a football club, I'd have thought things like this you are expected to sort out initially to get things rolling.
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the owners aren't big hitters and likely cant afford to take a personal loss to make up for cash flow issues etc..

we're aiming for sense sustainable. think they've been pretty transparent about that from the off tbf
 
The Rat said:
I really don't think I am being unreasonable here, I'll say it even though I'll get dog's abuse, but they got such a good deal to buy Sunderland, surely relatively small debts like that could have been cleared by themselves, meaning any sales of players, especially our best talents, can go back into the first XI

Surely that is part of the deal when you get such a big club for cheap, to sort some of the debts yourselves, its why you are getting it so cheap. If you buy a football club, I'd have thought things like this you are expected to sort out initially to get things rolling.
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Mate...don’t even try. You’ll just get dogs abuse for not towing the party line.
 
luvulongtime said:
sounds like they've took him just settle what we owe them,bit like owing someone 5k which you haven't got so he takes your car
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That's the way I see it. Also quite a few different outlets have Bordeux having an average wage of $800'000 (dollars)
Obviously some on more and some less but not massive wages. I'd bet Maja will be on £10k at best over there.
 
Pacific said:
the owners aren't big hitters and likely cant afford to take a personal loss to make up for cash flow issues etc..

we're aiming for sense sustainable. think they've been pretty transparent about that from the off tbf
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Just think doing it right from the very very off is not what I was expecting, I guess my point in all of this was I was expecting a bit more initial investment from the owners, not necessarily in players, but so we wouldn't have to sell players to settle old debts. They've been fortunate then that they'd got back in so much from transfers, it can't have cost them much money then apart from the actual fee too Short.

JERUDONG No.10 said:
Mate...don’t even try. You’ll just get dogs abuse for not towing the party line.
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Probably, don't mind, do anyway. As I say not about throwing money at players, if its the case that Maja money just going on settling an old debt, I don't get why they didn't settle some of these themselves, especially when they got such a fantastic deal. It would have meant the club was starting from an even position. We got 15 million in fees in the summer too. I don't think that is too much to ask from new owners like, not just them, Joe Bloggs or whoever it was.
 
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The Rat said:
I really don't think I am being unreasonable here, I'll say it even though I'll get dog's abuse, but they got such a good deal to buy Sunderland, surely relatively small debts like that could have been cleared by themselves, meaning any sales of players, especially our best talents, can go back into the first XI

Surely that is part of the deal when you get such a big club for cheap, to sort some of the debts yourselves, its why you are getting it so cheap. If you buy a football club, I'd have thought things like this you are expected to sort out initially to get things rolling.
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Why would they clear it themselves? It's the clubs debt not theirs.

Also, if we've already got an agreement to pay in instalments, it makes sense to keep it going to allow for restructuring, building up cashflow etc.
 
The Rat said:
I really don't think I am being unreasonable here, I'll say it even though I'll get dog's abuse, but they got such a good deal to buy Sunderland, surely relatively small debts like that could have been cleared by themselves, meaning any sales of players, especially our best talents, can go back into the first XI

Surely that is part of the deal when you get such a big club for cheap, to sort some of the debts yourselves, its why you are getting it so cheap. If you buy a football club, I'd have thought things like this you are expected to sort out initially to get things rolling.
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Don’t think you’re being unreasonable at all. Valid points I think but I see it a different way. We don’t actually know if any money was outstanding for Khazri but it’s suggested that there is. Even if there is, it is only a fraction of the overall debt that was left owing to player purchases. Most was payed in the summer and the remaining totals are due next summer. It’s just standard practise to have deals such as that. Why would anyone pay a large balance before it was due if there was no financial reason to do so?
However, we do need the owners to be investing in the next few days and buy very good players for this league. I have a feeling they are trying to but I also feel they are struggling to spend money at the minute for whatever reason. Maybe selling clubs thinking we have money? Maybe the post saying we won’t get money is safc playing a game?
 
Grumpy Old Man said:
Sounds like a long-winded way of saying he's one for the future. Prepare for Bordeaux II in French National 2 with the semi-pros and amateurs, Josh.
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They’ve got a lovely little 3k capacity stadium shared with a rugby team. What’s not to be excited about?
 
chunkylover53 said:
Does anyone think the managers quotes could have been lost in translation?
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Don’t see what could be missed in translation...it’s clear the manager sees Maja as one for the future and not a player who will help the first team...
How would Jack Ross’s quotes be any different if we just signed someone for the reserves?
 
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