Exeter City sell another youngster

[monkeywrench]

I see Ollie Watkins on the verge of a £33m move to Villa! Wonder what slice Exeter will get out of that.

 

[IJN]

£6.6 million.

 

[Lundan Cabbie]

Jim White on Sky Sports News just said that he is being offered a record deal.......... I didn't even know that Ollie Watkins could sing.

 

[Forest of Dean Green]

£6.6 million.

Just been reading that. Sickening on the one hand but well done on the other. From a loan season at Weston to a 33m move. Bloody hell. If we had the academy system we should, that could/should have been us filling the coffers. Sticks in the craw and glad to see the club addressing it.

 

[monkeywrench]

Exeter have a habit of doing this. Fantastic for them, nothing but admiration.

 

[IJN]

Agree. Without doubt at the moment they have a better academy set up than us.

However, we have Neil Dewsnip and I'm sure we're not paying him big bucks to sit around and enjoy the Devon air.

I'm sure the wrong created by our administration will be righted soon.

 

[HC Green]

Agree. Without doubt at the moment they have a better academy set up than us.

However, we have Neil Dewsnip and I'm sure we're not paying him big bucks to sit around and enjoy the Devon air.

I'm sure the wrong created by our administration will be righted soon.

The main issue with improving the Academy is the lack of a base and infrastructure.
If anyone knows a landowner with plenty of level land that isn’t in an AONB in or near Plymouth who would like to donate it to Argyle, I’m sure they would appreciate it.

I’m sure Argyle would like a training base set up similar to Exeter’s.

 

[HC Green]

Perhaps slightly ironic that of the Argyle youngsters recently to have made or will make a breakthrough into the first team, Purrington and Cooper both are from Exeter.

 

[Garland Greene]

Aston Villa have signed Ollie Watkins from Brentford for a fee of £28m, potentially rising to £33m in add-ons.

TalkSPORT just said Exeter are to get £4M

 

[Quintrell Green]

Aston Villa have signed Ollie Watkins from Brentford for a fee of £28m, potentially rising to £33m in add-ons.

TalkSPORT just said Exeter are to get £4M

IJN quotes a figure of £6.6M . They could possibly buy HP for that!

 

[IJN]

TalkSPORT are wrong.

They have a 20% sell on clause.

So I would imagine that’s £5.6 million initially then another cool million when the sell ins have been reached.

 

[Tugboat]

TalkSPORT are wrong.

They have a 20% sell on clause.

So I would imagine that’s £5.6 million initially then another cool million when the sell ins have been reached.

 

[demportdave]

Devon Live reporting a 15% sell-on clause on the profit after the initial £1.8M transfer fee.

Don’t think ECFC want to make too much of it publicly, probably because it will inflate any transfer fees or salaries they may pay to anyone they are looking to sign. However, I still doubt they will be able to strengthen their team sufficiently to make a serious attempt at automatic promotion.

In the long-term, this windfall will make them immune from the effects of the loss of income due to COVID-19 that will undoubtedly affect many League 1 and 2 clubs.

 

[davie nine]

Good luck to ECFC. As far as I’m concerned, I am happy that we are now in League 1.
Why should we begrudge them any benefit that they receive from their Academy?
Hopefully, at some time in the future, we will receive similar benefits as long as it does not affect our aims to reach the Championship.

 

[Garland Greene]

TalkSPORT are wrong.

They have a 20% sell on clause.

So I would imagine that’s £5.6 million initially then another cool million when the sell ins have been reached.

You've got to admire them up the road for this. Maybe they can finish off their ground now.