Stickied League 2 Transfer Rumours/Confirmed Transfers 2024/25

[Indian Dan]

Probably nearer £250,000

 

[Devon_Lad]

Who to believe...

He's an England u15 & u16, debuted at a younger age than Ampadu and also wanted by both Chelsea & Liverpool.

Ethan went for way over 1m at the tribunal - Over double in fact if you include appearences.

Ethan Ampadu: Exeter City 'disappointed' by Chelsea tribunal ruling

Exeter City say they are "disappointed for football" as a tribunal orders Chelsea to pay them up to £2.5m for Ethan Ampadu.

www.bbc.co.uk

The club have signalled they are happy with the transfer and publicly praised Villa, whereas they were massively disappointed with Ethan's tribunal and the money we got. If it was anything under £1m, the club would have happily taken it to tribunal again.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1296085881850343425

We also sold Jay Stansfield to Fulfham where the press conference was 'Reluctantly' accepted the bid. The complete opposite to our response to Aston Villa, where it appears they have been fair and not squabbled over what is small change to them.

Feel free to check our end of year accounts and see who's right, but the consensus on Social Media is it's around £1-1.5m with 15% sell on and £175k per 15 appearances, up to a maximum of 45.

Based on all the public info, the other Exeter's posters guesses (They're all guessed as is mine - It's undisclosed) is way off.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

He's an England u15 & u16, debuted at a younger age than Ampadu and also wanted by both Chelsea & Liverpool.

Ethan went for way over 1m at the tribunal - Over double in fact if you include appearences.

Ethan Ampadu: Exeter City 'disappointed' by Chelsea tribunal ruling

Exeter City say they are "disappointed for football" as a tribunal orders Chelsea to pay them up to £2.5m for Ethan Ampadu.

www.bbc.co.uk

The club have signalled they are happy with the transfer, whereas they were massively disappointed with Ethan's tribunal and the money we got. If it was anything under £1m, the club would have happily taken it to tribunal again.

We also sold Jay Stansfield to Fulfham where the press conference was 'Reluctantly' accepted the bid. The complete opposite to our response to Aston Villa, where it appears they have been fair and not squabbled over what is small change to them.

Feel free to check our end of year accounts and see who's right, but the consensus on Social Media is it's around £1-1.5m with 15% sell on and £175k per 15 appearances, up to a maximum of 45.

Ah, so you've based it on how the board seem to feel about it. Gotcha.

 

[Shrimpurh]

He's an England u15 & u16, debuted at a younger age than Ampadu and also wanted by both Chelsea & Liverpool.

Ethan went for way over 1m at the tribunal - Over double in fact if you include appearences.

Ethan Ampadu: Exeter City 'disappointed' by Chelsea tribunal ruling

Exeter City say they are "disappointed for football" as a tribunal orders Chelsea to pay them up to £2.5m for Ethan Ampadu.

www.bbc.co.uk

The club have signalled they are happy with the transfer and publicly praised Villa, whereas they were massively disappointed with Ethan's tribunal and the money we got. If it was anything under £1m, the club would have happily taken it to tribunal again.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1296085881850343425

We also sold Jay Stansfield to Fulfham where the press conference was 'Reluctantly' accepted the bid. The complete opposite to our response to Aston Villa, where it appears they have been fair and not squabbled over what is small change to them.

Feel free to check our end of year accounts and see who's right, but the consensus on Social Media is it's around £1-1.5m with 15% sell on and £175k per 15 appearances, up to a maximum of 45.

Based on all the public info, the other Exeter's posters guesses (They're all guessed as is mine - It's undisclosed) is way off.

 

[Indian Dan]

All this incoming transfer money and you’re still floundering in the basement.

Who’s trousering it all?

 

[masi51]

All this incoming transfer money and you’re still floundering in the basement.

Who’s trousering it all?

Got another 4 million coming in from the pending Ollie Watkins sale
Loosen them purse strings......Micky mouse club

 

[Devon_Lad]

All this incoming transfer money and you’re still floundering in the basement.

Who’s trousering it all?

Transfer cash gets split 3 ways. A third into our academy, a third into playing our budget, split over 3 years, and a third into infrastructure.

Ah, so you've based it on how the board seem to feel about it. Gotcha.

I'm basing it on the public info we had of what clubs were after him, his international appearances, other sales we've done similar to this in the past and his talent of watching him play.

Yes, it's a guess - It's undisclosed. I made that pretty clear in my original post. Why are you trying to make yourself look a tit? This is a thread about transfer rumours and confirmed. I simply posted transfer news, and my guess of what the undisclosed fee was based on numerous things. Do you have nothing better to do than try to argue with people... Seriously, grow up. No wonder this forum is dying.

If you disagree, based on your overwhelming knowledge of young player sales at this level and the player in questions talent (Which is nil) then fine - But try not to talk to me if you're just tryna start an argument. Christ.

 

[Indian Dan]

infrastructure? Fuck me!

 

[Si Robin]

We've signed Elliott Bonds on loan from Hull City.

He's a 20 year old midfielder and from London. I know literally nothing else about him.

 

[Indian Dan]

I’ll stick this here as well. Any ideas who?

 

[Conker]

Signed 21 year old Aaron O’Driscoll, been on trial for a bit, ex Southampton, plenty of potential.

obviously need to wait to judge them but I really like how GC has signed a pretty young squad this summer, think he’s got the balance good.

 

[Conker]

If the money is there to get both he might move on Trickett-Smith, Hurst or someone like that to free up the over 21 place? I assume if they are loaned out you can bring one in their place.

We have four wingers and if Maynard did sign we’d have four strikers so not sure where he’d fit in... although we would have a lot of condensed games this season so who knows?!

If Maynard has been at Vale a couple of times this week already I assume though he is the main target and Hope is being pursued as an alternative if it falls through... although Askey did mention a couple of weeks ago about a player under contract that has become available didn’t he?

Maynard would fit in by being your best striker by a considerable distance, as he would with pretty much any club at this level.

 

[shoddycollins]

Transfer cash gets split 3 ways. A third into our academy, a third into playing our budget, split over 3 years, and a third into infrastructure.



I'm basing it on the public info we had of what clubs were after him, his international appearances, other sales we've done similar to this in the past and his talent of watching him play.

Yes, it's a guess - It's undisclosed. I made that pretty clear in my original post. Why are you trying to make yourself look a tit? This is a thread about transfer rumours and confirmed. I simply posted transfer news, and my guess of what the undisclosed fee was based on numerous things. Do you have nothing better to do than try to argue with people... Seriously, grow up. No wonder this forum is dying.

If you disagree, based on your overwhelming knowledge of young player sales at this level and the player in questions talent (Which is nil) then fine - But try not to talk to me if you're just tryna start an argument. Christ.

Would it not be sensible at some point to put a chunk of that money into assembling a League One standard squad and getting promoted? You've been falling short of promotion so consistently these last few years, if you just bit the bullet and did what it took to get promoted would that not be better for the club financially in the long run?

Are the fan's trust allergic to spending any more than what amounts to a ninth of your transfer income (a third split over three seasons) because they think that any more than that would be boom and bust?

Seems as though they're expecting to improve as a club very gradually, but gradual improvements aren't going to bump you over the line into the automatic places in League Two.

 

[Indian Dan]

It’s boom and bust. Same for Crewe. Once every 10 years or so a crop of young players comes through, club does well, said youngsters get sold, club back in the doldrums, ad infinitum.

 

[shoddycollins]

Cheers HG. Reading up on him have to admit he sounds on the face of it more like a typical John Askey signing than Maynard who allegedly was at the club today.

Also after Richie Bennett left we do need to get our former Carlisle quota back up.

Hope's problem is he's neither a winger or a striker. He's some kind of 1930's style outside forward. Like most players he has strengths and weaknesses and overall he'd be one of the most talented players at this level, but nobody can find a position for him that doesn't leave some strengths underused, for example he's good at going past players but not overly fast. He has good positioning and reactions but not the best shot from inside the box.

If Swindon make him available I wouldn't be surprised if Northampton start sniffing around. Keith Curle fucking loves him.

 

[valefan16]

Vale have denied interest in Hope

 

[Indian Dan]

Vale have denied interest in Hope

Boo!

 

[masi51]

Vale have denied interest in Hope

So port vale will have no Hope this season

 

[shoddycollins]

Vale have denied interest in Hope

That just a conceptual statement?

 

[valefan16]

Have I missed something regarding Port Vale? New owners or something like that?

Yes, well had them a year now!

 

[TrinidadsNumberOne]

It’s boom and bust. Same for Crewe. Once every 10 years or so a crop of young players comes through, club does well, said youngsters get sold, club back in the doldrums, ad infinitum.

Completely different situation given weve just been freed this year from having an owner who trousered almost £4 million of our transfer income in the last 14 years which inhibited our potential massively.

Last time we were free of the shackles of Hassall, we were a Championship club for 8 out of 9 seasons. For the last 10 years we've been run on a skeletal budget thanks to Hassall skimming money. It'll be very tough to get anywhere near the 90s and early 2000s Crewe in the future I accept that. But, despite both having Academies, we're from two entirely different ownership backgrounds. They're fan owned and we're consortium owned with a fan minority stake.

I'm sure our new business plan will consolidate us at League One level for a fair while. But depends on how long we can keep Artell I feel...

 

[Chris FGR]

Vale have denied interest in Hope

So it looks like Vale be Hope-less this season then?

 

[Indian Dan]

Tbh, it’s the same for the vast majority of clubs. We had a great team 5/6 years ago. Got beat in the L1 PO Final, players get sold, replace with dross, get relegated and the cycle starts all over again. It’s a difficult cycle to break. We’re on the up again now, but unless we get to the Championship sharpish, Wellens and the decent players will be off.

 

[Bottega Don]

According to our local journalist we are bringing in a nice bit of a cash from Charlie Goode's move to Brentford, it's well over £120k and could rise to over £250k according to the journalist. Our chairman yesterday confirmed we had a nice sell on clause but didn't say how much exactly.

 

[Moomin]

Would it not be sensible at some point to put a chunk of that money into assembling a League One standard squad and getting promoted? You've been falling short of promotion so consistently these last few years, if you just bit the bullet and did what it took to get promoted would that not be better for the club financially in the long run?

Are the fan's trust allergic to spending any more than what amounts to a ninth of your transfer income (a third split over three seasons) because they think that any more than that would be boom and bust?

Seems as though they're expecting to improve as a club very gradually, but gradual improvements aren't going to bump you over the line into the automatic places in League Two.

To be fair, we are still scarred from nearly going out of business 15 years ago so the Trust and the club are adamant that we will not do a “Salford” and pump loads of money into one season.

It’s frustrating as we want to progress and who knows, we may have made it had the season not been curtailed. But that’s old news.

Any windfall is spread over a number of seasons so that we can have a competitive budget to work with. We should be able to make it up to L1 with this method, but we just need to not bottle it at the business end!!!

Oh, and re Chrisene’s fee, I highly doubt it’s more than £500k with add ons and a sell on.

 

[Moomin]

Got another 4 million coming in from the pending Ollie Watkins sale
Loosen them purse strings......Micky mouse club

Bless. I’ve got news for you, you’re down here on merit so you and your fans with delusions of grandeur need to get used to playing Mickey Mouse clubs every week. Enjoy.

 

[shoddycollins]

To be fair, we are still scarred from nearly going out of business 15 years ago so the Trust and the club are adamant that we will not do a “Salford” and pump loads of money into one season.

It’s frustrating as we want to progress and who knows, we may have made it had the season not been curtailed. But that’s old news.

Any windfall is spread over a number of seasons so that we can have a competitive budget to work with. We should be able to make it up to L1 with this method, but we just need to not bottle it at the business end!!!

Oh, and re Chrisene’s fee, I highly doubt it’s more than £500k with add ons and a sell on.

You may eventually win the playoffs, but seem some way short still of challenging for automatic promotion. You could possibly be getting more money for these academy players if you were a League One club as I think the tribunals will take that into account.

 

[masi51]

Bless. I’ve got news for you, you’re down here on merit so you and your fans with delusions of grandeur need to get used to playing Mickey Mouse clubs every week. Enjoy.

You have never been higher than lge 1 the old 3rd division in your history. Staggering under achievers

 

[Chris FGR]

Don't think Exeter have underachieved tbf, they seem to have spent most of their history at about the right level for the size of club they are.

These days Exeter are run exactly how all lower division sides should be imo.

 

[Moomin]

You may eventually win the playoffs, but seem some way short still of challenging for automatic promotion. You could possibly be getting more money for these academy players if you were a League One club as I think the tribunals will take that into account.

Disagree on the autos part. We spent the majority of the season in the top 3 and were only 3 points off the top when the season stopped, so I wouldn’t say we were some way short at all.