***Other Clubs Summer Transfer Thread 2023***

[Kendoll]

The chat from Dons fans is that they've spent 7 figured on Clarkson, ranging from 1m to 1.6m, club record fee paid. Whether true or not, not too sure, inclined to believe it tbh. 

[Sooks]

6 hours ago, indianajones said:

500k for a dinosaur isn't bad at all really. 

You have got your self a deal young man 

 

[jamboinglasgow]

6 minutes ago, Kendoll said:

The chat from Dons fans is that they've spent 7 figured on Clarkson, ranging from 1m to 1.6m, club record fee paid. Whether true or not, not too sure, inclined to believe it tbh. 

 

If I am being honest, if they payed that much for him, being the first player since the mid 90s to cost a non-Old Firm Scottish club at least £1m, I dont think they have used their money well. Dont get me wrong, Clarkson is a good player and they could get a good return. But I always felt he was overrated by the fact he could smash in a few long range goals. I think Aberdeen could have spent £1m on a bigger player outside of the UK and got much better value for money.

[Sooks]

2 minutes ago, jamboinglasgow said:

 

If I am being honest, if they payed that much for him, being the first player since the mid 90s to cost a non-Old Firm Scottish club at least £1m, I dont think they have used their money well. Dont get me wrong, Clarkson is a good player and they could get a good return. But I always felt he was overrated by the fact he could smash in a few long range goals. I think Aberdeen could have spent £1m on a bigger player outside of the UK and got much better value for money.

Desperately hope they spent that on Clarkson . Add in his wages , and the Pittodrie renovation cash , and they are not looking at better financial results any time soon 

[vegas-voss]

47 minutes ago, Lord Beni of Gorgie said:

Be amazed if he ever makes it at Liverpool. 

 

Ferguson could get them a sell on. Vice versa McCrorie money not all theirs 

Same I just don't see how he gets in front of Trent and then he is nothing like a weaker version of Trent either.

[Tommy Brown]

Bit of a stretch calling him ex-Hearts.

He was on loan and pretty hopeless

[Watt-Zeefuik]

On 14/06/2023 at 07:17, TheBigO said:

Yep, sure did.  Their recruitment the previous window or two was mad - proper batshit stuff - and have to say, Johnson seemed to do OK in January - wonder if he was given more control?  Did Ian Gordon perhaps let go of the reigns a little in terms of him being head recruity man.

 

I honestly think it was no coincedene that their fortunes upturned when Porteous left!

 

IIRC he got a proper DoF or scouting director or equivalent at some point this season in what looked to me like a power move in pushing Ian out of the recruitment frame. He's an angry little troll with a severe Napoleanic complex but he's done a decent job cleaning house over there.

[Mikey1874]

Wigan have had their transfer embargo lifted. Aberdeen can sign Shinnie.

[Sooks]

2 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Wigan have had their transfer embargo lifted. Aberdeen can sign Shinnie.

Hope the administrator plays hard ball 

[Absolute Scenes]

All I remember clarkson doing for Aberdeen is scoring a few free kicks. Poor man’s Kingsley 

[Gav M]

9 minutes ago, Sooks said:

Hope the administrator plays hard ball 

won't be the administrator, they've been bought by the guy that owns Wigan Warriors Rugby team. Maloney's job has been made secure, hopefully they want to keep Shinnie and the only reason he was at Aberdeen was due to the wages

[Naisys Tackle]

Sam Lammers completes Rangers transfer as Michael Beale lands new striker

The attacker signed his £3.5million deal from Atalanta

[Sooks]

1 minute ago, Gav M said:

won't be the administrator, they've been bought by the guy that owns Wigan Warriors Rugby team. Maloney's job has been made secure, hopefully they want to keep Shinnie and the only reason he was at Aberdeen was due to the wages

Aye that would do too . Price is two million you ruminant prodding oddballs

[Sooks]

4 minutes ago, Naisys Tackle said:

Sam Lammers completes Rangers transfer as Michael Beale lands new striker

The attacker signed his £3.5million deal from Atalanta

Loves a tequila that boy 

[Malinga the Swinga]

5 hours ago, Kendoll said:

 

Very good signing. Definitely think we need to pull a couple of worldies out of the bag as Aberdeen seem to be doing good business. 

Worldies because Aberdeen sign run of mill players!

There's a suspicious wiff about this thread in last day or so as the shit stirrers and interlopers come out to play.

[Mikey1874]

Clarkson was still part of the team that got Goodwin sacked. They weren't that good last season.

[OTT]

53 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Wigan have had their transfer embargo lifted. Aberdeen can sign Shinnie.

 

One positive, if you can call it that, is that they're spending a lot of money to essentially maintain their team. Clarkson and Shinnie, we know what they bring and how they play. There isn't anything unexpected here, so on some level, we know what we have to beat. 

 

Obviously would rather they hadn't signed either, but at least we know what we're dealing with going into next season. 

[GC81]

1 hour ago, jamboinglasgow said:

 

But I always felt he was overrated by the fact he could smash in a few long range goals. I think they could have spent £1m on a bigger player outside of the UK and got much better value for money.

He had six goals and nine assists last season.

 

That's three more assists than the top Hearts player (McKay) and only Shankland and Ginnelly out scored him.

 

At only 21 he has his best years ahead of him and he's just signed a four-year deal.

 

It's a very good deal imo, and the type of signing Hearts should be aiming to make.

 

[Mikey1874]

4 minutes ago, GC81 said:

He had six goals and nine assists last season.

 

That's three more assists than the top Hearts player (McKay) and only Shankland and Ginnelly out scored him.

 

At only 21 he has his best years ahead of him and he's just signed a four-year deal.

 

It's a very good deal imo, and the type of signing Hearts should be aiming to make.

 

 

He is the sort of player involved a lot and does everything well. But I still think you can put more pressure on players like that. It is interesting neither Dylan Levitt or Jamie McGrath, similar players made much impact after good first seasons.

[DS98]

That’s Aberdeen spent half their budget on a 1 good game in 4 player. 
 

Excellent.

[jamboinglasgow]

6 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

He is the sort of player involved a lot and does everything well. But I still think you can put more pressure on players like that. It is interesting neither Dylan Levitt or Jamie McGrath, similar players made much impact after good first seasons.

 

Thats my view too, look at Barrie McKay and how much his stats came down this season compared to last season. And as you say Levitt. Aberdeen are paying a record amount  (for the post 2000 era) I just have questions.

[Martin_T]

If Hearts had spent 7 figures on Clarkson, I'd be disappointed. Very little value for money to be had in buying players from the English market most of the time. 

[Famous 1874]

He is clearly a good player. Solid stats and they’ve got him on a long term deal. 
 

Was shocking at Tyne in both of the games we beat them. 
 

Not a signing that should have us worried imo 

[Newton51]

Arfield away to mls. Sure someone on here said he was signing for us

[Lord Beni of Gorgie]

If Aberdeen keep signing last season players I'm happy with that 

[Locky]

Daily Record reporting Hibs on the verge of signing Theo Walcott.  

[Naisys Tackle]

3 minutes ago, Locky said:

Daily Record reporting Hibs on the verge of signing Theo Walcott.  

 

Must be a hoax.  Not a ****in chance he would go to the hobos unless he's seriously on the bevvy. 

Edited June 15, 2023 by Naisys Tackle

[Sooks]

 

Just now, Locky said:

Daily Record reporting Hibs on the verge of signing Theo Walcott.  

 Good young player , and one for the future . Hope they are not in for Eoin Jess too , in five years time they will both be world class 

[Locky]

6 minutes ago, Sooks said:

 

 Good young player , and one for the future . Hope they are not in for Eoin Jess too , in five years time they will both be world class 

 

[HMFC01]

I can see it on twitter.   No idea where the source is.   Everton close to resigning TW as well, from Twitter. 

[KyleLafferty]

It’s a fake daily record page regarding Walcott and Hibs 

[Naisys Tackle]

4 minutes ago, HMFC01 said:

I can see it on twitter.   No idea where the source is.   Everton close to resigning TW as well, from Twitter. 

Everton want Morelos too.  What are they playing at? 

[Kendoll]

2 hours ago, Malinga the Swinga said:

Worldies because Aberdeen sign run of mill players!

There's a suspicious wiff about this thread in last day or so as the shit stirrers and interlopers come out to play.

 

Can assure you I'm no interloper, but given our form in 2023, coupled with losing Ginelly, Aberdeen players having a big upturn in form (albeit I think Robson was a poor choice of manager for them), is it not fair to think we need some very good players in the door? 

 

You're also kidding yourself if you think Clarkson is run of the mill. A very good player that would be a starter in our team. 

[DC_92]

1 hour ago, GC81 said:

He had six goals and nine assists last season.

 

That's three more assists than the top Hearts player (McKay) and only Shankland and Ginnelly out scored him.

 

At only 21 he has his best years ahead of him and he's just signed a four-year deal.

 

It's a very good deal imo, and the type of signing Hearts should be aiming to make.

 

 

A couple of those goals and assists were against Annan Athletic. In the league McKay has 4 goals and 7 assists to Clarkson's 5 goals and 8 assists. Both had decent numbers, but most people agree McKay was a bit disappointing last season.

 

I think it's probably a good signing for them unfortunately, depending on the fee. I'm not sure the goals and assists reflect a huge amount of influence in open play, though.

 

I see Dylan Levitt had 5 goals and 3 assists for a crap team despite missing a quarter of the season through injury. A similar type of player to Clarkson and only a year older. With only a year left on his contract, Dundee United almost certainly having to sell him, and his stock a bit lower than last year, now might be a good time to try and get him.

[rory78]

38 minutes ago, Naisys Tackle said:

 

Must be a hoax.  Not a ****in chance he would go to the hobos unless he's seriously on the bevvy. 

Twitter handle is Daily Recrod 🤣

[Newton51]

Silly season on Twitter. Hopefully we have some good news soon

[Naisys Tackle]

10 minutes ago, rory78 said:

Twitter handle is Daily Recrod 🤣

there we go.

[RustyRightPeg]

2 hours ago, Martin_T said:

If Hearts had spent 7 figures on Clarkson, I'd be disappointed. Very little value for money to be had in buying players from the English market most of the time. 

Reality is we should be looking to replicate a lot of Aberdeen’s methods in the transfer market. They’ve made north of £20M in transfer fees in 5 years. 

[Martin_T]

9 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

Reality is we should be looking to replicate a lot of Aberdeen’s methods in the transfer market. They’ve made north of £20M in transfer fees in 5 years. 

 

To be honest I don't think that there's been any particular method. They've had a good youth set up for a while and a sizeable chunk of the money received is for Ramsay and McKenna, if the method is produce good young players then I agree, Hearts should follow that.

 

The likes of Cosgrove was sheer luck of Birmingham City being stupid enough to bid a silly amount after a freakish run of goals that he's never replicated at any level since.

[kingantti1874]

12 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

Reality is we should be looking to replicate a lot of Aberdeen’s methods in the transfer market. They’ve made north of £20M in transfer fees in 5 years. 

agreed. At some point you have to take an educated  gambles and pay bigger wages to secure bigger fees.

 

 

[Martin_T]

8 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

agreed. At some point you have to take an educated  gambles and pay bigger wages to secure bigger fees.

 

 

 

That can very quickly go south and there's far more examples of that causing insolvency at clubs than there is success.

 

If we're all fans of successful player trading strategies, Hearts should be actively marketing Shankland this summer, given his age and contract status.

[Naisys Tackle]

12 minutes ago, Martin_T said:

 

To be honest I don't think that there's been any particular method. They've had a good youth set up for a while and a sizeable chunk of the money received is for Ramsay and McKenna, if the method is produce good young players then I agree, Hearts should follow that.

 

The likes of Cosgrove was sheer luck of Birmingham City being stupid enough to bid a silly amount after a freakish run of goals that he's never replicated at any level since.

They also sold Ferguson and Mcrorie picking them up from other team in our league on the cheap and have they other two they brought in last summer.  They are doing incredibly well on that aspect and one we should be looking to replicate. 

[RustyRightPeg]

12 minutes ago, Martin_T said:

 

To be honest I don't think that there's been any particular method. They've had a good youth set up for a while and a sizeable chunk of the money received is for Ramsay and McKenna, if the method is produce good young players then I agree, Hearts should follow that.

 

The likes of Cosgrove was sheer luck of Birmingham City being stupid enough to bid a silly amount after a freakish run of goals that he's never replicated at any level since.

They’re better at tying players down into contracts that benefit the club. 
 

Look at us this summer chasing our tail after our second best player leaves us in limbo. IF Beni or Devlin have a good season, we’ll be in the same situation next summer. 
 

They have sold 5/6 players and in the same time we sold Hickey. 
 

[RustyRightPeg]

1 minute ago, Naisys Tackle said:

They also sold Ferguson and Mcrorie picking them up from other team in our league on the cheap and have they other two they brought in last summer.  They are doing incredibly well on that aspect and one we should be looking to replicate. 

And this. 

[Tom Hardy’s Dug]

Nothing much more cringy than our fans blabbing their mouths off about how shit what, on the face of it, decent signings our rivals make are.

[Martin_T]

7 minutes ago, Naisys Tackle said:

They also sold Ferguson and Mcrorie picking them up from other team in our league on the cheap and have they other two they brought in last summer.  They are doing incredibly well on that aspect and one we should be looking to replicate. 

 

Lewis Ferguson is exactly what we did a few years prior with John Souttar, we knocked back substantial bids for Souttar, before he got injured again and of course he eventually ran down his contract.

 

There's no evidence of any great strategy, it's entirely down to selling at the right time and the players avoiding injury.

 

If it weren't for a combination of a calamitous 2019/20 and COVID 19, there is every chance that the club would have been in a better position to secure a better deal for Aaron Hickey for example.

 

If the team performs consistently well, which to their credit Aberdeen have done for a while now, that will likely generate interest in players.

Edited June 15, 2023 by Martin_T

[vegas-voss]

We love a love in about other clubs signings on kickback 😂

[kingantti1874]

1 hour ago, Kendoll said:

 

Can assure you I'm no interloper, but given our form in 2023, coupled with losing Ginelly, Aberdeen players having a big upturn in form (albeit I think Robson was a poor choice of manager for them), is it not fair to think we need some very good players in the door? 

 

You're also kidding yourself if you think Clarkson is run of the mill. A very good player that would be a starter in our team. 

na. We only finished behind Aberdeen becuase players downed tools.  Man for man we are far better.

 

add Gordon, Halkett and Beni B (our best player) imo and they’ve lost quite a few.  
 

I like Clarkson, I’d take him but spectacular goals aside not sure what he is.  Wouldn’t be dropping shanks from the 10 for Clarkson that’s for sure 

[Martin_T]

2 minutes ago, vegas-voss said:

We love a love in about other clubs signings on kickback 😂

 

Yup, Hearts horrific injury record has probably cost us decent fees on several occasions in recent years. There was speculation for example that West Ham had bid £2million + for Callum Paterson for example, only for him to get injured for several months.

[Bongo 1874]

I would take Clarkson good player,but the Lad has his weaknesses.

 

And i don't see him being any better than Devlin or Beni.