Was well regarded when he played at National league level but had to return to Scotland for personal reasons. Interesting to see him back in the LOI.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
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Was well regarded when he played at National league level but had to return to Scotland for personal reasons. Interesting to see him back in the LOI.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
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Originally Posted by sbgawa
Would there be a fee involved with Lyons?
About a years salary. So with bohs shoe string budget probably about 20€
Don't forget the carbon footprint tax is applied to that and it works out at about €12.50. Although there was a free supply of honey included in that, subject to vagaries of the phibsboro pollination environment, of course.
A Bob Marley box set and a signed original copy of “How green was my valley”Quote:
Originally Posted by eitoof
Delighted with that,
People have forgotten Joey O Brien retired and Scales went to Celtic.
We also allowed Max Murphy leave so we were looking a bit light at the back.
Lyons is an under 21 International and the "multi year" deal whatever that means will hopefully see him either play well and stay with us or follow Scales over the water for a decent fee.
Honey isn’t vegan it was agave syrup for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by placid casual
Hes from Mullingar too. I cant think of too many footballers thats from Mullingar either playin the loi or cross channel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack B
Do people expect many more signings for their teams?
Rumors there will be two more for Dundalk, a full-back and an attacker.
Matthew Connor (I think) was in goal for us in the second half of the friendly against Bohs, so that looks like as well as Joseph Anang coming in on loan from West Ham who is also a keeper.
According to Tim Clancy there's also still an offer on the table for Matty Smith from over a month ago, but I'd be surprised if anything came of it at this stage. Had a trialist in Shayon Harrison playing against Bohs who covers the same kind of positions as Smith does so in the event those three get announced that's almost certainly it for us.
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Originally Posted by Jack B
He could be a good signing. He has the height to make a decent keeper.
Good few Italian news outlets reporting that James Abankwah of Pats is a target for Udinese
Not sure what kind of deal he is currently on. I’d be disappointed to lose him. He looks a great prospect.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
According to the gazzetta dello sport it’s a done deal with him staying at Pats for the season ahead.
I think the report is saying he'll stay at Pats until the end of the Italian season, rather than the LOI season. They're probably unaware there's a difference.
Signed a multi year pro contract last summer (along with Darragh Burns, Ben McCormack and Adam Murphy) so we'll get a transfer fee for him anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by D24Saint
Yeah looks that way alright. Even so it’ll be of good benefit to pats having him for the first half of the season given there’s usually a lot more midweek games in the first half of the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
We’re rumoured to have signed an American and Croatian striker,maybe their just on trial but nothing official from the club yet….Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
I THINK Abankwah's contract is til 2023 so should give us some good leeway at least. He looks like he'll be a fantastic player, would be sad to lose him but it's a great move and probably better it happens this season rather than down the line when he'd inevitably have cemented himself as first choice and became harder to replace.
He played schoolboy football in Longford at one stage. Don't know if he or his family are still based around here but if he makes it to the first team he's definitely going to be claimed as the first Longford man ever to play in Serie A.
I believe the family lived in Donegal before living in Longford where he played locally with Melview. They moved to Dublin after that where they’re based now which is how the move to Pats came about (via Cherry Orchard) and how Longford's underage side missed out on himQuote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian
Still close enough if there's reflected glory to be had.
One of the reasons I believe why transfer payments are so low for LOI players is that we are only selling to one market (Britain), as compared to other leagues who have the whole of Europe to sell to. Our players, who are just as good as some of these, go for multiples less, as there will be more competition for the player.
(For example, Dinamo Tibilsi, who came second in their league and last year lost to a Faroe Island team 6-1, just sold a player for nearly 1 million).
If Abankwah in anyway gets a good career, it might just be the most important transfer in the leagues development (opening greater competition for our players).
The league really needs to start getting better fees or add ons for our young prospects. It will be interesting to see how he gets on in Italy. I think he had the potential to make it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
I wonder how long that Tbilisi player was contracted for?
If we keep to one-year contracts, we won't be making any money.
And of course there's been a lot of flops who've made little impact in England. It's hard to say that Georgie Kelly (say) is worth €1m when you see Hoban, McMillan, Towell* and Burke struggle to make any impact in England before returning home.
If the LoI produces more players like McGrath, Scales, Bazunu, etc, though, the price will start to go up - and I think we're starting to see that. The same thing happened in the 00s when players like McClean, Hoolahan, Coleman, etc, were coming from the LoI - fees went up as the league's reputation went up.
(Not to say that solely selling to England/Scotland isn't a factor too - I'm sure it's a mix of a fair few things)
* - maybe a bit harsh putting Towell in with the others, but he certainly wasn't a million pound transfer.
What other countries is he eligible to play with, if it comes to it?
The Abankwah fee will reportedly be a record uprfront fee for a League of Ireland player
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/football...pats-transfer/
Also eligible to play for GhanaQuote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
Think it's Ghana his family are from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bucket
Nice. Hopefully Melview get a little slice of that.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2 Year Contract
Fair balls to him if he gets a move to Udinese and a nice tidy sum for Pats.
Do we have any idea how much the sum is- surely the Trevor Francis moment is not far away in the LOI.
According to Neil O'Riordan it's set to be the largest up front figure paid for a LOI player.
I never believe a word from that Rag the Sun.
Hopefully though there is a shred of truth in it for the Leagues sake.
We can wait for a reputable source paper
Alright alright calm down, this isn’t a Liverpool forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by sbgawa
Neil O’Riordan is one of the most reliable Irish football journos going and the LOI coverage in the sun is among the best in the country, he’s usually spot on with his info.
Have to say, imagine the difference it'd make to the league if, say, every club had one of these deals every other year?
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Originally Posted by pineapple stu
While people may bemoan Sligo losing 2 talented young lads for 300k, that is a serious wedge for a league of ireland to take in, in a one off season. Hopefully more clubs will be happy to keep developing their own with the potential of these kind of returns
Last think i am is a scouse git ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Olander
The 42 are reporting the Abankwah fee will exceed the up front €500k for Bazunu paid by Man City. He is slightly older but I don't think he is as well regarded as Bazunu was. Not directly comparable but it is interesting to see Abankwah move to Italy for more than Bazunu did to England.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiki Balboa
Really encouraging from a league perspective. The Bazunu and Scales transfers felt like the start of something (you're all welcome). I remember Bradley talking on a podcast about how they were able to show Man City all the work that had gone into Bazunu to help bolster the case for his up front valuation and clauses etc. Him having played a European game probably helped as well. As the average age in the league goes down, contracts get longer and the academy set ups improve we should see more and more transfers like this. Pats 19s going so well in Europe last year probably hasn't hurt at all either. Wasn't Abankwah in that team? Did they play any Italian clubs on their run?
He looked really impressive the few times I saw him. Good luck to him.
Bazunu will be close to €2m when all add-ons are included, €1m paid already. Scales to Celtic was €600k so assumption is that Abankwah fee will be higher than that. He's a smashing player from what I've seen and great to see LOI players going to Serie A, Kevin Zefi is doing very well at Inter according to all reports.
Whats the breakdown on that to his previous clubs ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Longfordian