Subscriber CaaC (John)+ 5,358 Posted August 1, 2019 Subscriber Share Posted August 1, 2019 Couldn't find a Watford thread? Dodi Lukebakio: Watford sell striker to Hertha Berlin for reported £20m Watford have sold Dodi Lukebakio to Hertha Berlin for a reported £20m, despite the striker only playing a total of 15 minutes for the Hornets. The 21-year-old Belgian joined Watford from Anderlecht in January 2018 and was a substitute in a 2-0 Premier League defeat at West Ham the following month. He spent last season on loan with Bundesliga side Fortuna Dusseldorf, scoring 14 goals in 34 games. That included a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw with Bayern Munich in November. The Belgium Under-21 international is the only player to ever score three goals in a Bundesliga game against Manuel Neuer. "Hertha is a big club in Germany and showed a lot of interest in me," said Lukebakio after signing what his new club call a long-term deal. "I knew very quickly that I wanted to join the club. I want to play a lot of football here and score loads of goals." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49196777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,349 Posted August 1, 2019 Administrator Share Posted August 1, 2019 Why has he gone for a relatively big fee despite playing very little?! I remember the hat-trick but that's about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,344 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, Stan said: Why has he gone for a relatively big fee despite playing very little?! I remember the hat-trick but that's about it Ahem, he made 34 matches out of 34 matches for Düsseldorf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,349 Posted August 1, 2019 Administrator Share Posted August 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said: Ahem, he made 34 matches out of 34 matches for Düsseldorf. I meant for Watford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,344 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, Stan said: I meant for Watford You might be surprised, but Buli clubs do rate players according to their Buli performances rather than whether they played in the PL as teenagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 This is where football has gone mad and not really at the other end of the elite transfers (although it's the elite transfers that have taken it all to this stupid scenario). Who is Lukebakio to command such a transfer fee? The blame lies at the feet of the buying clubs really. It's ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,344 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 19 minutes ago, SirBalon said: This is where football has gone mad and not really at the other end of the elite transfers (although it's the elite transfers that have taken it all to this stupid scenario). Who is Lukebakio to command such a transfer fee? The blame lies at the feet of the buying clubs really. It's ridiculous. More than half as good as Andy Carroll was in 2011, so you English can't put the blame here on anyone than yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithcore 1,276 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Seriously. That price is absurd for Lukebakio. It's getting crazier every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rucksackfranzose 4,344 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Being honest, it's a lot of money still nothing extraordinary in today's market. Can't understand this surprise, specially not coming from English football supporters of club's that are used to throwing money around like feathers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Just now, Rucksackfranzose said: Being honest, it's a lot of money still nothing extraordinary in today's market. Can't understand this surprise, specially not coming from English football supporters of club's that are used to throwing money around like feathers. Just because we're "English" supporters, it doesn't mean we agree with the situation, hence my criticism of this transfer fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Tommy 12,602 Posted August 1, 2019 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2019 He played a big part in keeping us in the league, and I thought he'd join a team like Gladbach or Schalke... but for less money? 20 Mio? Wow. Well, will be interesting to see how he does at Hertha, but... weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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