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All the outlets seemed to quite clearly state that there wasn't any add ons when the deal was signed in August. Brighton covering 80% of Ansu's wages, no fees. I agree it's odd. The only logical thing I can think of is that there is an agreement between all parties to treat the rest of his...

Yeah, and I'm not sure it's entirely his fault. It's quite weird that he's been half-frozen out - neither dismissed from the squad (like Dahoud) or used in games. There seems to be no issue with his attitude in training or as part of the squad from what has been said either. You'd have to...

Some argument that he's already paid a large chunk of that off with his markedly better Europa League contributions. The wins vs Ajax = €1.26m This in part meant that we won the group = €1.1m + €1.2m (Ro16) So his direct match winning contributions vs Ajax home and away contributed to some...

I mean, you're adding words to a quote there. That's not what was said and I very much doubt that's what RDZ was implying. And as you say, we have EIGHT matches to go. Writing him off as a complete failure right now implies that you think the season is well and truly over. Still plenty of...

Which implies the experiment is not in fact over as the other poster said? I just don’t read anything that says this is more than a physical condition issue that the club want to help him move past and succeed. He’s recently returned from a 3 month injury and clearly hasn’t been up to speed...

Presume you feel the same about Barco then? Time up? De Zerbi said: "Fati and Valentin Barco I didn't decide to play with them in the squad for this game. I wanted them to work alone to improve their physical condition.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. RDZ openly had little faith that Sarmiento could stay fit for a full season (with pretty solid evidence). If we’d have kept him as a first team player, he may well have got injured again and half of NSC would be screaming that we should’ve got a decent player in...

Let me get this straight… your argument is that because Sarmiento has played less games overall, at a lower level than Fati, despite being older, he could’ve performed at a higher level than Fati this season? Genuinely, where is the logic in that?

I guess it's all about the new manager who comes in at Barca and their finances. Their wage limit has been decreased by 25% from €270million to €204million by the league for the forthcoming season and they'll have to let quite a few players go to be able to fit in to this structure. Whoever the...

There was no fee for the loan. It equated to about £7m in wages over the season, a chunk will have been partly covered by insurance (as has become standard in the Premier League) for the three month injury so the actual outlay is likely to be lower. Ultimately, it was a big outlay on wages for...

What a load of tosh. Sarmiento with his 2 assists in 19 appearances for the Albion, vs Fati's 4 goals and 1 assist in 23 appearances for the Albion. Fati may not have lived up to the very high expectations he came with (so far), but some of the crap people have come out with to criticise him...

I thought he was superb when he came on this evening. Here’s hoping he can prove his worth in the remaining fixtures this season. There’s clearly a player in there.

Where have you got an 11 million fee from? That's what Chelsea paid for Joao Felix for six months on loan... We're paying 80% of Fati's wage, and that's it. As I very clearly stated in my post, it's a bum deal for Barca if they wanted to offload him and him coming to Brighton is an attempt to...

I mean none of that is remotely true. Dos Santos didn't score a hat-trick on debut in any competition. It was in his final game before they sold him to Spurs for €6m. Dos Santos was not the youngest player to feature for Barcelona in the Champions League, or the youngest goalscorer in the...

Ludicrous comparison. Anyone who follows European football knows how bright Ansu's star shone at Barcelona. That star was dimmed slightly by two incredibly unlucky injuries across two years. He's building his way back from that - that's why he's at Brighton and not starting for Barcelona...

If we can't afford his wages then there is no way a smaller Spanish team would be able to. I think it all depends on Barcelona and their finances. Can they afford to keep Ansu as part of their wage structure? Not really. Can they sell him for the type of money they expected when he signed his...

See my posts in that thread about how kit deals work for the logical answer. And if you're asking why we're not raking it in through the sale of shirts, then the same is surely applicable for Mitoma? FWIW, I was speaking to a friend at the game on Saturday who told me that they went on holiday...

If you think that Mitoma has a bigger brand and global appeal than Ansu Fati you're living in a dream world. Ansu Fati has 5 times the amount of Instagram followers than the club. 10 times what Mitoma has. That is not to minimise Mitoma's influence in increasing our popularity in Japan and...

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I've got a feeling that if Ansu Fati played in the Championship, he'd look like the lovechild of Maradona and Messi. He'll contribute 10-20 goal involvements this season and probably be the difference between us aiming for top 8 and top 5. Much finer margins at this level.