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Akpom


They're well and truly stuck in the same cycle as Burnley. Doesn't help them that their manager seems very reluctant to players that don't have English league experience. He is massively overrated.
 
Mind he's had a more successful spell than Jean-Kevin Augustin at Leeds. Played 3 games, they got promoted, triggering a clause that cost them £40m in the transfer fee and wages they tried to get out of.

Similar to Ricky Alvarez, sadly.
Wow - I wasn't aware of how much Leeds had to pay for him like. Just read up on it - the transfer fee was bad enough but the salary situation was truly bonkers:
They had to honour his 5 year contract at £93k per week - holy moly.
Augustin cost Leeds £319,000 for every minute he played for them. For every second spent on the pitch, the attacker earned roughly £14,000.

And I thought our Alvarez situation was crazy....
 
As Burnley found out these promotion clauses are a big risk if they turn out to be not good enough, unless you give it to a player that's above the Championship level like we did with Le Fee then they're too risky to do.

£10m+ in fees and God knows what on wages gone on Akpom and Kipre, two players who will be miles off the PL.
 
Mind he's had a more successful spell than Jean-Kevin Augustin at Leeds. Played 3 games, they got promoted, triggering a clause that cost them £40m in the transfer fee and wages they tried to get out of.

Similar to Ricky Alvarez, sadly.
£40million?! That is shocking
 
I don’t know how I stumbled across this but in the 2018/19 season, Wigan Athletics defence was Anthonee Robinson, Dan Burn, Jonas Olson and Reece James.

Kipre was on the bench.
 
Doubt it's true but seen a few boro lads say theyre glad they didn't sign him back as he wanted 45k a week, throw in promotion increases and god knows what he's won himself in wages
 
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