I get the sentiment but what would it change? They aren't bothered. The club isn't important to them. We're just something that exists on their balance sheet that they have to discuss with their financial advisors once every quarter, maybe longer. Nothing more.

Cracking little player and an absolute no brainer.

He's a free? I thought he was brilliant every time I watched him.

They're asking over a million... Forget it.

To be fair, Derby need to have ambition because they almost got relegated. Most Rovers fans would ideally want us to be more ambitious than re-signing the likes of Weimann, Batth and Dolan. It's unlikely we will improve on those given our lack of financial support of course.

To be fair, there's probably a few more reasons that that. He was never fully appreciated here and probably wanted a fresh start with a new set of fans. Busier stadium aswell. Probably chucked a few extra quid at him. More stability around the club. I see the why he'd want to move.

Got to be honest... If we were looking to spunk 8 million on a striker from the MLS I'd be pretty concerned. It just simply doesn't look like sensible business. Whilst I'd like Rovers to be showing more ambition I certainly wouldn't want them to be gambling big money on unproven players from shite leagues. Picking up players for 2-3 million I would argue is the way most championship clubs should be operating, with the exception of yoyo clubs. How many players are you going to sign in the championship that you can sell for massive money? Not many. If they sign this guy for 8 million what are the chances they could sell him for double? Not great IMO.

Poku going to QPR for 900k... Whilst we're scouring Europe for weird unproven players... Christ.

These transfer targets are weird and there's something I'm just not grasping. We're looking at a 27 year old unproven CB from a shit league for 2-3 million? What I'm guessing is its another Tavares type approach where we've likely offered about 800k upfront with the rest heavily dependent on add-ons. I'm not buying that we're spending this much up front for any of our targets. As much as Gestede will probably try to dress it up that way.

Been irrelevant since we got relegated from the prem and a zombie club ever since.

There no way most of us are buying that they're ever going to pay anything close to 2 million. This also seems like poor journalism because I think is supposed to mean euros. We will never find out the initial fee but I refuse to believe they bought a player for over a million quid.

With all due respect... I'm not sure how you can say that unless you've watched him play numerous times.

I would imagine AI is a tool being used to identify targets.

Has to be. Wouldn't be surprised if Gestede has been using just missing out on the playoffs as a bargaining chip. Then dressing up to the press that it cost us 1.7m as if we're spending big money.

Agreed. To me it seems like a cheap signing in the thousands not the millions. On top of that they're trying to dress it up as some sort of coup for us. He was a squad player in a team that would probably struggle in the championship.

I can't wrap my head around signing this lad for this quoted fee. He played half the games for a small club in Portugal last season... I know inflation has driven the price of players up but 1.7 million for a lad who only started 15(?) games last season. Something feels off.

So he says "around 2 million euro" in English thats £1.7 million. I think we could probably round that down to more likely 1.5 mill including add-ons. He'll probably initially cost about 800-900k. Which sounds more like us tbh.

Can't imagine Tavares is costing us 2 million. A smaller Portuguese club where he played half the games... Sounds more like a cheap pick up.

He'd need to have an unbelievable pre season fitness wise because last season the lad just couldn't move, his legs had gone. I don't know if it's injuries catching up to him or whatever but I watched him walk through games almost. Shame because he has some leadership qualities and is a really strong lad, he bullies people in most duels. At his peak, a really useful player for us. Thing is, the game requires so much more from players now and last season it looked like he was running in treacle. I hope he comes back as the old JRC but I doubt it.

Travis replacement? https://sportwitness.co.uk/blackburn-rovers-and-oxford-united-tussle-for-brian-de-keersmaecker/

Players are like avatars these days... Remember Szmodics being told exactly what he wants from JDT? Run there and only there over and over. They're told exactly what to do and it's down to them to cope with the physicality and win their individual battles. Reaction time, body shape, fitness levels etc... They obviously think that given his pace they can coach him into something potentially useful. Those talking about his frail looking appearance, remember Beck, he looked like a school boy when I first saw him. As usual, best to set your expectations low of course. It's likely he probably won't be good enough to improve us.

If he's as quick as they make out, he should at least do ok for us. I'm guessing we've spent something like 200k... Tops.

I'm as critical as anyone over the bastards running our club but I've always maintained that money doesn't always guarantee you much in the championship unless you're spending mega like the yo-yo clubs. The rest of us have to try to do smart business. I'm not saying De Neve will be one of those but the price paid for a player doesn't always equate to success. Take Gallagher for example he cost 5 million and Ohashi for 100k did better numbers. Don't get me wrong, by the sounds of it, he'll probably be shit.

Jade Jones wouldn't be terrible. I can imagine he would frustrate a lot of our fans, he can be a big threat because he's absolutely lightening quick but can be wasteful in front of goal. For those who want more pace in the team, he's arguably the quickest player in this country. The sort of player this lot could make a fortune on if they can get consistent end product out of him. It's the sort of signing we should be making in my opinion... A good age and a lot of potential. The issue is getting him at a reasonable price from Posh and they're always (rightly so) tough to deal with.

Football seems to be stuck in a bit of identity crisis which in my opinion is a good thing. As we're starting to see a bit more variety in different methods rather than just attempts at total Guardiola football. A lot of the big boys have built reputations on being the best at this type of football but look at the trend now, they're all looking for a big physical centre forward and are slowly conceeding to the reality of how effective having a player like that up front really is. It was unfashionable a few years ago, now it's becoming a bit of a blueprint. My point being... We have that sort of player in Gueye, like those teams, you need to be making the most out of him by playing to his abilities. Get early balls in the box, have pace out wide and have a pacier option on the bench in case it doesn't work. I really think Makhtar is that sort of player that could bang in 15 goals+ if he can get off to a good start.