Evan Ferguson and his transfer to West Ham United went exactly as the club wanted, according to Claret & Hugh sources.
This follows reports suggesting Fergusonâs club, Brighton & Hove Albion, were unwilling to sanction a permanent transfer for the striker, who is on loan to the Hammers for the rest of the season.
In fact, our information completely contradicts the speculation that West Ham were pushing for a straight deal. Instead, the club was negotiating for the removal of an obligation-to-buy clause.
C&H were told: “The reason the deal took so long was because the club [West Ham] wanted a straight loan. They were worried about the boyâs [Fergusonâs] injury record.”
Reports yesterday suggested The Seagulls viewed the 20-year-old striker as a long-term investment and had no intention of selling. However, we were informed in no uncertain terms that the south coast club were pushing for an obligation-to-buy clause.
In the end, it was the player and his desire to reunite with former boss Graham Potter that eventually pushed the loan deal through. The Irishmanâs game time has been severely limited this season, and Brighton eventually conceded that regular minutes would be beneficial for his development.
The player made a legal move why the article says such theme on it I meant to say heavy words blinder what for….
Good to remove the Obligation to buy clause but surely they should have replaced it with an Option to buy clause.
i’m sure we asked for that but Brighton didn’t. why would they?
Talk about spin, there is no way we wouldnât have been pushing for an option to buy, straight loan is the best we could get, obligation would have been a huge risk because of his injury record and option to buy didnât suit because Bloom wanted ÂŁ90m. In honesty unless he fires us into a European spot the loan is questionable because (if rumours are true that it cost ÂŁ5m) we will need to make quite a few spaces to justify the outlay when we could have waited until next season.
Am genuinely curious to see what the boy can do, itâs nice to have a proper CF for a few months but lets not pay ourselves on the back for the sake of club pr
I don’t see how this really would have gone any differently.
The player wanted Potter was a huge advantage in him coming here as opposed to going anywhere else.
We would have been deranged to take a player with his injury record on a permanent or loan with obligation.
What would have been in it for Brighton to offer an option that we only take up if he stays fit and plays regularly ? At that point they’re better off either to take him back and keep him or to put him up for sale to the highest bidder.
The most likely outcome was always going to be a straight loan here, or else he stayed where he was.
Want to put anymore pop ups on these articals? Joke of a page. We spent nothing!
Give it a rest Jamie.
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