Franco Vazquez

Fabbrini and Belkalem

 

It hasn't been reported anywhere.

 

Apparently we've offered 8million euros plus two players. Can you guess the players?

 

Fabbrini used to play for Palermo, I reckon he's one for sure. Wouldn't be surprised if it's Fernando though.

 

Fab is definitely one.

 

Layun? Pudil?

 

Do we really have to play this stupid game ? Just tell us what you know or not

 

Fabbrini and BigRossLittleRoss

 

if you could be bothered to read ross you would see that I've only been told who one of the players is.....fab is part of the offer. no idea who the second player is.

 

Quick, subtly announce Perotti without actually signing him, offer Fab and Perotti in return for Vazquez, before Palermo have a chance to respond, announce Vazquez and put him in the starting line up for the Wimbledon game.

It's foolproof.

 

And what made this apparent exactly?

 

You just outed yourself, Gino.

 

the chap who passed this onto me in the first place. Went to school with him and he used to work for a national paper. I'm obviously not going to give his name or anything on here, but I've no reason not to trust him. After all with the bassini fiasco he was spot on. To be fair to him all he has said is we had enquired and made an initial offer for cash and two player registrations. He knew fab was one but does not know who the other is.

 

The fact you say registrations is interesting? Could be Tozser maybe?

 

Apologies Opti, I did read but mis understood.

 

I can see this happening although it's a funny situation as we don't actually hold his registration. However as long as he's getting paid then why would he leave without a better offer on the table?

 

Would his registration have come to us now that Parma have gone under? Or would it have gone to his last permanent club, Genoa?

 

Just out of interest was there any reason given why he left? If the club didn't want him then why bring him back for pre-season for a week instead of getting rid before? Or did Parma administrators have some kind of recall?

 

i wondered about toszer but being brutally honest how much value does his registration actually hold?

 

He'll be a free agent with an undertaking to us if he wants to continue getting paid. I doubt we could stop him from just walking away but I really can't see why he should sour relationships by doing so. It wouldn't surprise me if he's tied to such a deal with Palermo but whatever happens I think we can be pretty sure he's played his last Watford game without signing for us permanently.

 

I don't think I'll be able to cope if Fessi is one of them. I imagine it'll be the same feeling a mother gets when her kids move out.

 

As much as someone's willing to pay ... but not much to WFC and if we don't need him he'll be [or has been] released one way or another.

 

This could be an inspired signing. I have some concerns that he's 26 and only managed one successful season at a decent level. But if he is a one season wonder then he's a very talented one. Sometimes players just need things to come together for them to blossom. Dybala for example was cack for Palermo until this year.

 

I have a feeling that the second player is Batto unfortunately. I don't think there is enough potential value in Toszer for it to be him. Batto + Fab + 8m euro has got to be worth at least 12m euro I would have thought.

 

Much as I like Batto, we have to trim the squad so sacrifices have to be made. If that secures the deal I can live with it.

 

Never seen him play so not really able to comment, but the video definitely makes him look incredible. Absolute king of the nutmeg, which I love. Another thing that stood out was how well he used his body to protect the ball and make space for himself. Looks like he's a pretty big lad, so I fancy he'd adapt well to football in this country. Watching him on the video, he looks like Abdi on steroids.

 

I would love us to get this guy (and not lose sight of Sarabia too).

 

I appreciate Opti stating what he's heard, and I have little reason not to believe it, but how do we know he'd come here?

 

We don't, and I have considerable doubts that he would even think about it, but that's the next step isn't it, and I suppose we'd only find out for sure if a bid was accepted by the club and we got to actually talking to the player himself.

 

I think some players would be very attracted to our set up but as always they have to see them first or at least know someone here. However I suspect wage expectations won't be met for many of them despite the PL attraction.