RUMOUR - Björn Bergmann Sigurdarson

[IcelandicStokie]

Henning Berg: Sigurdarson is a class player.
http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeli ... 47170.html

[Madstad to Nadderud]

3m - 3.5m is a lot for a player playing in a poor league at the moment. 1m sounds about right.

[Madstad to Nadderud]

Yeah, I agree, even the best player in the league, Kara Mbodj, is probably available for £2M.

Interesting though that there is an English player playing for Lillestrøm this season! I can't remember his name right now, but read that he was playing up front with Henry in the USA for New York RB before he signed for the Lillies.

[Madstad to Nadderud]

Yes, sounds about right. I have only see him with a couple of sub appearances and he scored a goal during one of these.

[IcelandicStokie]

Yeah, I agree, even the best player in the league, Kara Mbodj, is probably available for £2M.

I think Markus Henriksen will fetch quite a large sum. I was surpised how expensive Bakenga was though - almost as expensive as Ujah last year. Fellas like Berisha, Kara, Ojo will also be sold for alot of money. Hussein at FFK is also a player who will fetch a large sum in 2-3 years time. That kid at Sandnes Ulf who is supposed to be one of the best players in his agegroup in Europe will also have his pick of clubs.

Edit: Forgot Eikrem at Molde - class player who will not be sold under 1.5 - 2 million..

[Pablo]

Björn Bergmann is a striker and playing in Norway. His scoring record however is very poor.

17 goals in nearly 100 games for Lillestrøm!

[Friday's Legacy]

Björn Bergmann is a striker and playing in Norway. His scoring record however is very poor.

17 goals in nearly 100 games for Lillestrøm!

Having watched some clips of him he is very creative and weighs in with some useful goals, but he prefers to play just behind the striker(s). If he finds his scoring boots as he develops then he will be one hell of a player, but for his creative play alone he is well worth bringing in if we agree a fee.

[IcelandicStokie]

Björn Bergmann is a striker and playing in Norway. His scoring record however is very poor.

17 goals in nearly 100 games for Lillestrøm!

Having watched some clips of him he is very creative and weighs in with some useful goals, but he prefers to play just behind the striker(s). If he finds his scoring boots as he develops then he will be one hell of a player, but for his creative play alone he is well worth bringing in if we agree a fee.

Well he's got 5 goals in his last 2 games now, even though most of them were in the cup against a lower league side. He's in action again tonight in the cup, could add to the tally.

[melonhead]

Imo its a win win situation because if Reading sign him and he develops like he should, the profit made on him will be greater than that of one Gylfi Sigurdsson.

actually its win/lose, cos he might not develope as he should/or be as good as you think.
also how would the profit be more than sig?


not that im having a go or anything

At a guess Brenders, I'd say it's a safe bet to say if we sold him for £14m, the profit would be higher than on Gylfi. So, the suggestion is obvioulsy that his value will be enourmous if he meets his potential as the next Ibrahimovic...

that seems a bit of a high valuation, based on some goals in some scandinavian league

im not doubting he is good. but if hes that good he wont go to reading.
im also not doubting stokies knowledge though

i hope we do buy him, and i hope he becomes the worlds greatest player

[Ian Royal]

It's an example, not an evaluation. And when a player like Andy Carroll goes for £35m, it's not unreasonable. Especially seeing as he wouldn't be a player from a crap Scandanavian League at that point, he'd be a proven Premier League player.

[pea]

It's an example, not an evaluation. And when a player like Andy Carroll goes for £35m, it's not unreasonable. Especially seeing as he wouldn't be a player from a crap Scandanavian League at that point, he'd be a proven Premier League player.

Your logic would require Andy Carroll going to Liverpool for £35m to have been reasonable, which it wasn't.

[melonhead]

actually thats not true- if people are willing to pay unreasonable ammounts for carroll, they may also be for Sig#2

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

It's an example, not an evaluation. And when a player like Andy Carroll goes for £35m, it's not unreasonable. Especially seeing as he wouldn't be a player from a crap Scandanavian League at that point, he'd be a proven Premier League player.

Your logic would require Andy Carroll going to Liverpool for £35m to have been reasonable, which it wasn't.

...as was neither the £50m paid by Chelsea to Liverpool for Torres ...just a mad transfer deadline day ...and its fair to say that both Chelsea and Liverpool have an amount of egg-on-face following those deals....although I do think that Carroll will come good ....

[TBM]

So if we have made a bid, I'm guessing it was rejected

[ZacNaloen]

So if we have made a bid, I'm guessing it was rejected

That's how I understood the news. It's just stage 1 of negotiations in it. You ask low they ask high.

[pea]

Well it wasn't accepted

[Cobi]

It was rejected. They want £3.5m and up front, though I imagine that's the hard bargain they're selling. I depends on how highly we rate him now. If we believe he will be the player we hope he can be then £3m isn't a great deal for Premier League club, and add in a clause if we stay up, and a sell on percentage and they'll be happy I'm sure.

[Ian Royal]

By the time Hammond finishes with them I wouldn't be surprised it they're paying us £3.5m to sign him.

[Snowball]

Just a thought and I know times change but I remember Newport County beating Haugar (Norway) 6-0

[Madstad to Nadderud]

As I said before 3.5m is a lot for this player considering the standard of football. I played in the 5th division out of 8 leagues & I was on my last legs! So it says it all about how crap the standard can be. I'm not doubting this player's ability but when some UK premiership players could be bought for such a sum then we should be offering 1.5m. The cup rounds are a joke in the first few stages as premiership clubs play against Sunday league quality opposition. Even a lot of Norwegians prefer UK premiership football over their own!