Spurs & Wolves lead £35m transfer race as Alex Scott ‘definitely’ leaving Bristol City

[mawspurs]

Bristol City have reportedly received transfer enquiries from eight clubs over the last year for star player Alex Scott, and that he will 'definitely' leave this summer, according to a reporter.

The 19-year-old is considered the best young player in the English Football League, after being crowned the Championship Young Player of the Year in April.

Source: Bristol World

 

[Trix]

Most of that is true. We are not in for him as things stand or at least we aren't one of the clubs talking to them. Not just clubs in the EPL interested either.

Real shame imo, but our interest looks to have died with Paratici's leaving.

 

[coy-spurs1882]

wtf is going on with our club

 

[BENNO]

wtf is going on with our club

Funnily enough, i'd be thinking that if we WERE trying to sign a 19 yrd old from Bristol City for £30-£35m

 

[Trix]

Funnily enough, i'd be thinking that if we WERE trying to sign a 19 yrd old from Bristol City for £30-£35m

I understand your point, but does the fact he's playing for Bristol City alone mean he isn't a £30million player? I ask thhis because I've seen him play a number of times and he is outstanding in that league. He was the championship young player of the year playing in a very ordinary Bristol City team. He is 19 and has already played 80 Championship games. Of course this is my opinion but he'll be worth at least double that in 2-3 years time, he's that good.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Funnily enough, i'd be thinking that if we WERE trying to sign a 19 yrd old from Bristol City for £30-£35m

Bellingham went for ~£25M as a 17-yo from Birmingham City, that seems to have been a shrewd bit of business from Dortmund.

 

[hero]

We are after the good players, but we there is no a long-term planning. We don't need scouts to be in for Mad, Ibanez and Raya. On one hand Levy is not going to buy expensive players, on the other hand we stopped buying young and hungry plyers with a high ceiling. On top of that, our best academy players are not good enough to step into the first team this year. If we cannot compete financially with the richest clubs in the EPL and we are not willing to do a shrewd business, what our strategy is?

 

[BENNO]

I understand your point, but does the fact he's playing for Bristol City alone mean he isn't a £30million player? I ask thhis because I've seen him play a number of times and he is outstanding in that league. He was the championship young player of the year playing in a very ordinary Bristol City team. He is 19 and has already played 80 Championship games. Of course this is my opinion but he'll be worth at least double that in 2-3 years time, he's that good.

No, wasn't a slight on B.City, and i haven't even seen him play one game so no slight on the player either, i just find it staggering the prices quoted for a young player who hasn't played in the top league.

I would find it very surprising if a 'big' club bought him, imo a big club would be inclined to wait a few years and buy him for £70-£80m from the likes of Forest, Wolves, Palace once he'd been fully tested.

Whether we are quite 'big' enough to act like that i don't know (i suspect we could in the very near future) but equally i don't think we are in the bracket of clubs who need to take , what would be an educated risk on such a player. I felt the same about Gibbs White when he went to Forest for a total fee that could reach £42.5m, very talented lad, liked him a few years back against us for Wolves, but the price was, imo, way too high at that stage of his career (although yes, he's proved worth that price, but what would he go for now - £60m tops ?)

Of course i could be completely wrong , it wouldn't be the first time !.

 

[Johnny J]

Most of that is true. We are not in for him as things stand or at least we aren't one of the clubs talking to them. Not just clubs in the EPL interested either.

Real shame imo, but our interest looks to have died with Paratici's leaving.

Utterly baffling and depressing why we wouldn't be interested.

 

[Trix]

No, wasn't a slight on B.City, and i haven't even seen him play one game so no slight on the player either, i just find it staggering the prices quoted for a young player who hasn't played in the top league.

I would find it very surprising if a 'big' club bought him, imo a big club would be inclined to wait a few years and buy him for £70-£80m from the likes of Forest, Wolves, Palace once he'd been fully tested.

Whether we are quite 'big' enough to act like that i don't know (i suspect we could in the very near future) but equally i don't think we are in the bracket of clubs who need to take , what would be an educated risk on such a player. I felt the same about Gibbs White when he went to Forest for a total fee that could reach £42.5m, very talented lad, liked him a few years back against us for Wolves, but the price was, imo, way too high at that stage of his career (although yes, he's proved worth that price, but what would he go for now - £60m tops ?)

Of course i could be completely wrong , it wouldn't be the first time !.

If the idea now is to take young the best young players and prospects and mould them like we did in Poch's early years this is what they cost now. It's a bit like when people kept bringing up the highest ever transfer fee from a Dutch club to somehow show how much we should have to pay for De Jong. I said at the time the big Dutch teams had wised up to the fact these players were going on to be worth 2/3/4 times as much in a year and they weren't going to sell cheaply any more, and then he went for a huge number. It's the same with the Championship They know what they have so why should they let them go for peanuts just because the big boys want them. The days of scratching out the best young players for a few million are long gone.

 

[Trix]

Utterly baffling and depressing why we wouldn't be interested.

I don't know, perhaps he's not seen as the right fit for Ange or perhaps the fee is putting us off. I mean if the report we are offering just north of £50mil for Maddison and Barnes is anywhere close to true, then we probably do see a kid from Guernsey with no Prem experience for 30 mil as way too much.

I just wish Levy had of watched Bristol City V Man City like he watched Forrest V Arsenal in the Fa cup and we might have him by now........

 

[Johnny J]

I don't know, perhaps he's not seen as the right fit for Ange or perhaps the fee is putting us off. I mean if the report we are offering just north of £50mil for Maddison and Barnes is anywhere close to true, then we probably do see a kid from Guernsey with no Prem experience for 30 mil as way too much.

I just wish Levy had of watched Bristol City V Man City like he watched Forrest V Arsenal in the Fa cup and we might have him by now........

I'm sure you're right. Just to me feels like exactly the profile of player we should be targeting.

 

[BENNO]

If the idea now is to take young the best young players and prospects and mould them like we did in Poch's early years this is what they cost now. It's a bit like when people kept bringing up the highest ever transfer fee from a Dutch club to somehow show how much we should have to pay for De Jong. I said at the time the big Dutch teams had wised up to the fact these players were going on to be worth 2/3/4 times as much in a year and they weren't going to sell cheaply any more, and then he went for a huge number. It's the same with the Championship They know what they have so why should they let them go for peanuts just because the big boys want them. The days of scratching out the best young players for a few million are long gone.

Yeah i'm probably showing my age, i'd actually love us to go and buy a lot of young, talented English players, thought it was a shame when we didn't go for Eze for example, although absolutely think he wen to the right type of club and he wouldn't have become the player he is now at Spurs - not under our then manager/s.

 

[jpascavitz]

I don't know, perhaps he's not seen as the right fit for Ange or perhaps the fee is putting us off. I mean if the report we are offering just north of £50mil for Maddison and Barnes is anywhere close to true, then we probably do see a kid from Guernsey with no Prem experience for 30 mil as way too much.

I just wish Levy had of watched Bristol City V Man City like he watched Forrest V Arsenal in the Fa cup and we might have him by now........

Yeah I could see this though. Even though it's probably not the right reasons - you could probably argue that Ange knows he has a limited time to implement and get the board, supporters, and everyone else on his side. Shame if so

If so, would make sense why we're looking for young(ish) players that fit the club's originally philosophy, but also established enough that they have PL experience under their belts and can hit the ground running. Gallagher, Raya, Barnes, Guehi, Maddison all been linked and all fall in that criteria.

 

[ComfortablyNumb]

I remember watching Adel Taarabt tear up the Championship...

 

[Henry Percy]

How much did we pay for Gil, 20 mil plus Lamela? Reckon Alex Scott has to be in the 30 mil ball park.

 

[BENNO]

How much did we pay for Gil, 20 mil plus Lamela? Reckon Alex Scott has to be in the 30 mil ball park.

I did think about that comparison, but Gil had played top flight football and had been called up for the senior national squad so could have been considered more 'proven'.

However having read more and understood what Trix was saying on the subject, i do think my initial shock at the prices quoted was wrong, the younger players who'd gone for far far less in years gone by had clearly been grossly under sold and the sort of prices we see now are nearer the mark (eyewatering, but nearer the mark)

I'd still be inclined to think that a wealthy club would be better off letting a C.Palace, Wolves, Forest etc etc be the stepping stone for these youngsters and just buy them from those clubs for £70, £80m in a couple of years time once they've proved they were PL/CL ready. I could see us paying £60 or £70m for a younger English player who'd gone down that route in the near future.

 

[hero]

I did think about that comparison, but Gil had played top flight football and had been called up for the senior national squad so could have been considered more 'proven'.

However having read more and understood what Trix was saying on the subject, i do think my initial shock at the prices quoted was wrong, the younger players who'd gone for far far less in years gone by had clearly been grossly under sold and the sort of prices we see now are nearer the mark (eyewatering, but nearer the mark)

I'd still be inclined to think that a wealthy club would be better off letting a C.Palace, Wolves, Forest etc etc be the stepping stone for these youngsters and just buy them from those clubs for £70, £80m in a couple of years time once they've proved they were PL/CL ready. I could see us paying £60 or £70m for a younger English player who'd gone down that route in the near future.

With Levy I cannot see it at all. If the top 4 are after him, we won't have a chance. This is what looks frustrating to me.

 

[ExpatFan]

We are after the good players, but we there is no a long-term planning. We don't need scouts to be in for Mad, Ibanez and Raya. On one hand Levy is not going to buy expensive players, on the other hand we stopped buying young and hungry plyers with a high ceiling. On top of that, our best academy players are not good enough to step into the first team this year. If we cannot compete financially with the richest clubs in the EPL and we are not willing to do a shrewd business, what our strategy is?

Our strategy is to make as much money as possible for Lewis and Levy, it would appear

 

[TonyK]

How much did we pay for Gil, 20 mil plus Lamela? Reckon Alex Scott has to be in the 30 mil ball park.

And then having given Seville 20m plus Lamela, we then let Gil go straight back to them on loan.

But don’t anyone dare say that Levy isn’t a shrewd businessman!!