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IamSpurtacus

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From the Standard: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/fo...gnon-transfer-deadline-day-deal-a4211156.html

"In an interview on Fulham’s official website, Khan said: “We heard from them [Tottenham] for the first time two weeks before the close of the window....And when I finally got an offer it was so ridiculously low that I had to make it super clear that we were not going to take a penny less our asking price, which is exactly what we got....We were so far apart that 24 hours before the deadline I was prepared for Ryan to stay at Fulham this year."

Not sure if Kahn's bluffing a little, and trying to cover his own dealings by inflating what he wanted and pretending otherwise, but perhaps this is why Poch was frustrated?

So much for doing things differently.
 

carpediem991

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By the sound of that (who knows what is the truth), we could have saved a few millions if we came in early with a decent offer that would have allowed Fulham to plan better on the transfer market.
 

IamSpurtacus

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“We heard from them [Tottenham] for the first time two weeks before the close of the window....And when I finally got an offer it was so ridiculously low that I had to make it super clear that we were not going to take a penny less our asking price, which is exactly what we got....We were so far apart that 24 hours before the deadline I was prepared for Ryan to stay at Fulham this year."

Not sure if Kahn's bluffing a little, and trying to cover his own dealings by inflating what he wanted and pretending otherwise, but perhaps this is why Poch was frustrated?

So much for doing things differently.
 

Hercules

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Khan isn’t happy. ?

In an interview on Fulham’s official website, Khan said: “We heard from them [Tottenham] for the first time two weeks before the close of the window. We had been making all our deals under the assumption that Ryan could wind the contract down and they were not going to offer us anything. I was totally prepared for that.


“It seemed like it might be a likely scenario when he still had not heard from them a couple of weeks out, which is why I was doing loan deals where we knew the club would compliant with Financial Fair Play [FFP] rules. We had got three of our top four targets on loan but there was still a lot of uncertainty about what we could do in the rest of the window after we got Ivan Cavaleiro, Anthony Knockaert and Harry Arter.

“It turned out we were not able to buy any players because this transaction had been held up. And when I finally got an offer it was so ridiculously low that I had to make it super clear that we were not going to take a penny less our asking price, which is exactly what we got.
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Sessegnon was presented on the pitch alongside fellow deadline day signing Giovani Lo Celso Photo: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images
“If it was a penny less than our asking price I was perfectly fine for the player to wind his contract down.”

“We were so far apart that 24 hours before the deadline I was prepared for Ryan to stay at Fulham this year. We were going to get every penny that we asked for, and we got every penny we asked for. I wish it had not taken so long. People have said ‘you knew you were going to get the money, why did you not go out and spend it?’ No, until we had every penny in hand I was not going to go out and spend it.

Kane backs new Tottenham signings to be the difference in title race
“It was not until the middle of the afternoon on deadline day that we actually had a signed agreement. There were multiple breakdown in the closing days.

“I was glad we had done some deals early [in the window]. But the stuff we did on deadline day was greatly impacted by the sale that went through late on deadline day.
“We got Harrison Reed down to a loan with Southampton that we could do no matter what happened with our sale. Then we had Bobby Reid and another transfer we were trying to do. Bobby Reid I negotiated in loan in the final hours, and the Josh Onomah swap. The transfer I was hoping to get across but was not able to do because I did not have the money.
“The Ryan Sessegnon situation was definitely the catalyst as to why we were not able to get that transfer across. In terms of FFP compliance, it would not have been a move that was suitable for the club if we had not got that transfer over the line.
His nose must be growing!...
 

DJS

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Sure Khan must be telling massive porkies as would have thought we’d have been in for him from start of summer?

Some of these owners / chairmen do like chatting bullshit mind.
 

Primativ

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Sure Khan must be telling massive porkies as would have thought we’d have been in for him from start of summer?

Some of these owners / chairmen do like chatting bullshit mind.


Sounds like he didn’t want to spend the Sessegnon money this summer and is spinning it for the sake of the Fulham fans.
 

Tucker

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It’s more likely Khan is bull shitting. He’s a brash business man with a gargantuan ego and a big mouth. I wouldn’t take anything he said at face value.

Also this is in the wrong section.
 

BringBack_leGin

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Khan isn’t happy. ?

In an interview on Fulham’s official website, Khan said: “We heard from them [Tottenham] for the first time two weeks before the close of the window. We had been making all our deals under the assumption that Ryan could wind the contract down and they were not going to offer us anything. I was totally prepared for that.


“It seemed like it might be a likely scenario when he still had not heard from them a couple of weeks out, which is why I was doing loan deals where we knew the club would compliant with Financial Fair Play [FFP] rules. We had got three of our top four targets on loan but there was still a lot of uncertainty about what we could do in the rest of the window after we got Ivan Cavaleiro, Anthony Knockaert and Harry Arter.

“It turned out we were not able to buy any players because this transaction had been held up. And when I finally got an offer it was so ridiculously low that I had to make it super clear that we were not going to take a penny less our asking price, which is exactly what we got.
1totavl1008.jpg

Sessegnon was presented on the pitch alongside fellow deadline day signing Giovani Lo Celso Photo: Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images
“If it was a penny less than our asking price I was perfectly fine for the player to wind his contract down.”

“We were so far apart that 24 hours before the deadline I was prepared for Ryan to stay at Fulham this year. We were going to get every penny that we asked for, and we got every penny we asked for. I wish it had not taken so long. People have said ‘you knew you were going to get the money, why did you not go out and spend it?’ No, until we had every penny in hand I was not going to go out and spend it.

Kane backs new Tottenham signings to be the difference in title race
“It was not until the middle of the afternoon on deadline day that we actually had a signed agreement. There were multiple breakdown in the closing days.

“I was glad we had done some deals early [in the window]. But the stuff we did on deadline day was greatly impacted by the sale that went through late on deadline day.
“We got Harrison Reed down to a loan with Southampton that we could do no matter what happened with our sale. Then we had Bobby Reid and another transfer we were trying to do. Bobby Reid I negotiated in loan in the final hours, and the Josh Onomah swap. The transfer I was hoping to get across but was not able to do because I did not have the money.
“The Ryan Sessegnon situation was definitely the catalyst as to why we were not able to get that transfer across. In terms of FFP compliance, it would not have been a move that was suitable for the club if we had not got that transfer over the line.
I have to say I find this a little disappoimting to hear how close we came to not getting this one done( which everyone had been told was pretty much a certainty). To be offering really silly amounts so close to the deadline doesn't seem a clever strategy and didn't work anyway.

Sounds like Khan is spinning a yarn here to save face with his punters.
 

'O Zio

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It’s more likely Khan is bull shitting. He’s a brash business man with a gargantuan ego and a big mouth. I wouldn’t take anything he said at face value.

Also this is in the wrong section.

I'm not sure it is bullshit to be honest. Obviously I've got no idea really, but purely on the basis of "no smoke without fire" I think we've heard similar stories from people about Levy in the past so it wouldn't surprise me if this was true.
 

chrissivad

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Didn't they wany £30-40m for him?
Not sure how that makes the £25m fee for him is exactly what they wanted...

We also didn't need to rush this one, as he is still recovering from his injury.
 

kmk

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It’s more likely Khan is bull shitting. He’s a brash business man with a gargantuan ego and a big mouth. I wouldn’t take anything he said at face value.

Also this is in the wrong section.

You’re thinking of his Dad, Shahid. This is Tony Khan, who runs the club.

I hope Levy told him “No Khan do”.
 

IamSpurtacus

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What do you mean by this?
Hes injured, there was no hurry to get this one done...or do u mean just pay more than is needed to get the player?

why not bring him in asap to get treatment at the club, assimilate with the squad and culture and be ready to hit the ground running in september?

If Sess was the only transfer done late, i'd agree - but GLC was also brought in last day, and while it sounds like that was beyond our control, we've left
 
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