17 May 2026 09:23:01
With guys on this forum happy to accept £15M for Chermiti.
I was just wondering if guys on here who know more about European football - Wouldn't Chermiti be ranked pretty highly in the best u21 strikers in Europe atm?
If so why are we wanting rid of someone whose stock has gone up but we're only looking to make £2-3M profit?
Seems crazy to me.
Even if he wants to go (and I wouldn't blame him), I would be starting the bidding at £30M.
This might seem mad but remember we paid £11M for him and he hadn't scored a goal!
Surely his stock has went up massively since then???
17 May 2026 09:42:08
Agreed, mate. What a striker he can be. ?
17 May 2026 10:09:23
We didn't pay £11m, it was £8m with add ons, and I'd guess most of them haven't yet been achieved, so £15m would be almost doubling our money. I do think it would be too little though, however £30m is unrealistic. I'm guessing any bids upwards of £20m and good chance he'd be off.
17 May 2026 10:14:33
So you are effectively saying he is not for sale. Starting the bidding at £30m, deary me.
17 May 2026 10:51:26
Let's say a Porto did offer between 15-20m. Would a Portuguese player with aspirations of playing for Portugal want to stay? Would it affect him negatively if we asked for 30m and blocked his move? Slap a sell-on clause on his back and wish him all the best.
If we can double our outlay and benefit from a future sale, sometimes it's best for everyone concerned to sell a player when he is hot than when he is not.
17 May 2026 11:02:07
He'll only get hotter though, Robert. Some need to remember this is Chermiti's first proper season.
17 May 2026 11:33:04
My star and it's in the SPL against Falkirk etc. Young and improving, but let's be honest about the level. He is still a project player, and anything between 15-20 is a good deal. He.
17 May 2026 11:34:58
So we sell for £15M - by what Gers78 quoted, we get approx £7M profit.
Minus 20% to Everton (£1.4M). Minus fees to player and agents.
What we left with, about £3-4M profit?
On a player whose stock has sharply risen - it seems absolutely mad to me.
I get the sell on clause aspect - but, let's be honest, it hasn't worked for us so far with Patterson, Aribo and Bassey - how much did we get? Zero!
Like I said - for one of the highest profile U21 strikers I'd be asking for serious money.
Porto are looking to sell a Spanish U21 striker for £70M btw!
Final point - if he played for Celtic, how much would they sell him for?
17 May 2026 11:43:58
Totally hear you, My Star. We can condense his first season into the final 5 months. His confidence has grown, and with better players around him he could be a star next season. No guarantees in football, though an ACL tear can happen when you least expect it.
17 May 2026 11:54:21
If that mob rate guys like Engels 30 mill, no way are we selling Chermiti for 15.
17 May 2026 11:54:43
Windy, selling Chermiti for 15m would be utter madness, but that won't happen anyway.
17 May 2026 12:32:53
You have to take into account we overpaid players to get them here tho. Eg we paid 2-3 times market price for Naderi. Can we expect others to just do the same? Portuguese clubs linked aren't paying £20-30m on players.
Look at their record transfers. PSR is hammering all but the best in England, so who is going to pay that for him. I hope I'm not wrong, but can't see those types of fees for any of our players.
17 May 2026 12:36:52
Windy, I totally agree with My star. ? We won't sell Chermiti for anything less than £20million.
The boy is very talented, and will only get better. He has superb feet, very fast feet, and superb control of a football.
? Some of the goals he's scored just shows how talented he is, and like I said earlier, if he starts scoring the easier chances he'll be the complete striker capable of playing in any of Europe's top leagues. ? ??
17 May 2026 15:51:40
Everton have a 20% sell on clause on Chermiti. The bidding starts at £20 million.