Dembele to Peterborough

3-year deal.

Meh, wasn’t all that anyway. All flash very little end product. Six figures great business.

See ya!

Byeeee

Fatty Evans ‘despite different, significant offers for him, I went home yesterday believing that this deal couldn’t be done. So I give my gratitude to Barry Fry, the Chairman and the board for ensuring we have this young gentleman with us today’

Six figure fee so for me that's great business for an eye catcher with little end product or real feel for the game. Hope Posh can developer him in to a footballer but they have a lot of work ahead that's for sure.

Think most Town fans will be happy with this?

Thrilled to announce signing for 6 figure fee from @officialgtfc the signing of 21 year old Sirike Dembele on a 3 year deal. Exciting EFL young player of month winner who can play wide/up front & type of player posh fans will enjoy watching.

Tweet from the peteboro owner.

6 figures for a player with so much to prove, great business.

Don’t know how much that is ranges from £100,000-£999,999 id be happy with £200,000 and sell on clause.

Just watched his first interview with the Posh and states his main strength is creating and scoring goals, well think he should have added the word occasionally and/or have potential to....

Think we may have done ok with this deal but only time will tell.....

Good luck to the kid, potentially promising, but we never saw him deliver on it.

six figures ? Great deal for us and the lad has alot to learn to be a starter in that league.

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Don’t know how much that is ranges from £100,000-£999,999 id be happy with £200,000 and sell on clause.

So will the 'benign' loan account!  

Good luck to the lad but 6 figures thats a great bit of business by Town. Yes he is pacey and skilful but like others have said lacking in end product and a bit too lightweight for me.

Feck what a busy day

Well done town. Six figures is superb buisness

Was told it was a figure of 120.000 that could rise to 150.000. Includes a sell on clause ( not sure what it is ).

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Quoted from Grimsby2012

Was told it was a figure of 120.000 that could rise to 150.000. Includes a sell on clause ( not sure what it is ).

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By who?

Quoted from Hagrid

Well done town. Six figures is superb buisness

He was rumoured to be on peanuts here too so even if it is £100k, we have still made a tidy profit after wages.

Whatever the deal is, I hope we have some additional clauses inserted.

Great potential, but for one reason and another, GTFC wasn't the right place to develop that last season.  Wish him all the best and well done to the board and management for a good piece of business.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

By who?

The person in his profile picture. He looks like an excellent source of information!

Getting a six figure fee for somebody we picked up for nothing is decent business. He obviously saw interest and didn't want to be here so the time to cash in on that extra year option was now. Bags of potential and might do well down the road, probably would do better with good players around him and a far more settled team. I don't think a relegation battle was good for him and his development.

When he did produce he did very well but struggled to cope with the pressure of trying to be the playmaker.

Quoted from Grimsby2012

Includes a sell on clause ( not sure what it is ).

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Its if Peterborough sell him on for a profit then a percentage of that will be payable to Town.

I’m really happy with that. The activation of a his second year has earned us a good little earner. He’ll flourish one day but he was very raw, it would have been good to see what MJ and AL could do with his progression but I think it suits us all to move on. Best of luck to him and I hope these funds are added to MJ’s war chest.

A good bit of business well done town.

I am mot sure Evans has ever developed a player in his life and honestly think he is the wrong manager for Siriki.

Evans is a loose cannon, he manages by fear and being unpredictable. Keeps experienced guys on their toes but right for a young kid?? Time will tell

Good news all round.

Good fee for town and great move the player. Thought he would go higher up but will get games and well developed there. Looked waaaaayy to good for us in patches - hopefully he can become more consistent with better coaching and playing at a higher level.

Quoted from psgmariner

Good news all round.

Good fee for town and great move the player. Thought he would go higher up but will get games and well developed there. Looked waaaaayy to good for us in patches - hopefully he can become more consistent with better coaching and playing at a higher level.

Patches of about 10 minutes on dry pitches.

I think he could come good albeit lacked consistency, however shows good business, get players in for chips and off-load them to clubs willing to pay, the model Exeter and Peterborough use effectively. We're actually doing things to be a self-sustaining football club for once  

Quoted from psgmariner

Good news all round.

Good fee for town and great move the player. Thought he would go higher up but will get games and well developed there. Looked waaaaayy to good for us in patches - hopefully he can become more consistent with better coaching and playing at a higher level.

Could have stayed with us for that but still too lightweight and little end product..........good deal for us.....we move on.

I think as a young lad when town were struggling he probably didnt have the motivation in him.  I just hope we got a sell on.....and im surprised JF has done business with Peterborough after the Bennett mess up although i read it was JF not understanding the clauses lol.

Well done Russell Slade[£$£"%**&^*&] The only thing you did right

Very good business. That should give us a kitty for signing a decent striker.

Quoted from Cloudy

I am mot sure Evans has ever developed a player in his life and honestly think he is the wrong manager for Siriki.

Evans is a loose cannon, he manages by fear and being unpredictable. Keeps experienced guys on their toes but right for a young kid?? Time will tell

I was a season ticket holder at Boston during Evan's rule and I can honestly say Cloudy is spot on with the above, when I read earlier that Dembele had gone to Posh I thought that's not the best place to progress whilst Evans is in charge. Dembele is a very frustrating player and I can imagine loads of foul language from the techinical area.heading Siriki's way,not good for the lads confidence..

I think he could do well at Peterborough next season..

Would liked to have seen what Jolley could have got out of him..

Great business for a player that is all smoke and mirrors.

Good luck to the lad.

If we have got 100k for him then Football is in a mess

Quoted from pizzzza

Its if Peterborough sell him on for a profit then a percentage of that will be payable to Town.

No chance if that fat illegitimate Fry has anything to do with it.
Remember the Bennett deal and Fry's intervention just before they sold him to Norwich,
Fry will offer to buy out the sell on clause for a fiver and Fenty will go for it.

Quoted from golfer

Well done Russell Slade[£$£"%**&^*&] The only thing you did right

Probably just about paid his 'pay-off' then

Quoted from fleabag1970

If we have got 100k for him then Football is in a mess

Didn't we get the same for Jack Barlow  

Quoted from promotion plaice

Could have stayed with us for that but still too lightweight and little end product..........good deal for us.....we move on.

There wasn't much in the way of end product from a fair few of our players.

Hard to say if it’s a good piece of business without knowing what the fee is. Could be £100,000 could be nearly a million. Dembele’s got loads of potential and IMO £100k doesn’t represent good value for us. Certainly not enough to buy a good striker.

Wouldn’t be surprised to see another chunk off the debt in the accounts next May.

Good business and I’m guessing there will be a sell on fee

I’m with Fleabag on this one, football is a mess if we can pluck a player from nowhere, he plays a few good games, disappears for 6 months and then we sell him on for £100k+

Good luck to Siriki for the future but I think he and JF have done Peterborough’s chairman on this one!

Anyone that was there at the port vale home game will know that a 6 figure sum for him is fantastic

Quoted from jaygy

I’m with Fleabag on this one, football is a mess if we can pluck a player from nowhere, he plays a few good games, disappears for 6 months and then we sell him on for £100k+

Good luck to Siriki for the future but I think he and JF have done Peterborough’s chairman on this one!

About time someone sold him a kipper  

Quoted from jaygy

I’m with Fleabag on this one, football is a mess if we can pluck a player from nowhere, he plays a few good games, disappears for 6 months and then we sell him on for £100k+

Good luck to Siriki for the future but I think he and JF have done Peterborough’s chairman on this one!

Disagree very good talented young player that had to suffer from the poor players he had to play with and staff pre Jolley

Hang on a minute. Just had a horrible thought. 1,000.00 pounds is a six-figure sum!!!!!

Quoted from Tradjazz

Hang on a minute. Just had a horrible thought. 1,000.00 pounds is a six-figure sum!!!!!

And Mr Fenty thought it was a good deal  

He didn’t do anything for the last 20+ games

Great bit of business for a player who wasn't part of the team that improved so much in the last half dozen games

For the sake of our own reputation, I hope the kid goes on to do well. We’re trying to build a club that develops young players and reaps the rewards on the pitch and then in transfer fees - he could be a great example of this with the right coaching & application.

We all know what he was like and what he was capable of, both good and bad, and the fact of the matter is he didn’t want to play at Grimsby anymore. So in that sense, pocketing over £100k for him and freeing up another wage every week is a great result from a poor season.

I still maintain though, if his name was Simon Dimbleby, he’d be on his way down the pyramid rather than up it!

Quoted from Ipswin

No chance if that fat illegitimate Fry has anything to do with it.
Remember the Bennett deal and Fry's intervention just before they sold him to Norwich,
Fry will offer to buy out the sell on clause for a fiver and Fenty will go for it.

But that didn't happen, did it?

Six figure deal covers a big range, but even at 100k worst case, it's good business for the club. Can't see it as a great move for the player but good luck to him and his agent - it's their choice. Can't see him being 'mentored' by Evans - more than likely bawled at, but all the best to them. Ker Ching.

On we go.....

Cheers Siriki, by and large he offered the only chinks of excitement in a pretty poor season , some lovely skill, some outstanding moments so thank you for those .....
not often or consistently enough and usually followed by a heap of disapointment come the end product but thanks anyway.

Now go earn us a few million with a hefty sell on clause  

Not big or physical enough for L1 IMHO, don't wish the lad bad luck far from it I hope he flourishes. However his agent needs a slap as Evans will not be with the Posh in 2 seasons time and Dembele might just end up disappearing, he could have gone to more stable clubs in L1 or 2.

Good business by GTFC all the same, 100% of the money needs to go to MJ.  

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Not big or physical enough for L1 IMHO, don't wish the lad bad luck far from it I hope he flourishes. However his agent needs a slap as Evans will not be with the Posh in 2 seasons time and Dembele might just end up disappearing, he could have gone to more stable clubs in L1 or 2.

Good business by GTFC all the same, 100% of the money needs to go to MJ.  

After last seasons great escape it would be criminal if it didn't.

He will do well in the reserves at Posh

hope the bench is comfortable over at the ABAX!

I remember at Barnet him 'skinning' the full back. He jinxed this way and that way and left him for dead leading to Sam Jones' goal. I've looked at the video several times and still don't know how he did it. One moment he was heading directly to the by line and the next headed to the center of the pitch. The poor full back's face was a picture. He reminded me of Trigger in Fools and Horses after Del Boy fell through the bar and Trigger looking bewildered as to where Del Boy had gone.

Port Vale away when he got his first goal was really great for him as he had been trying so hard. He was estatic.

As someone else said he lit up the pitch in the first half of the season and looked great but little came of it but it was good to watch. Good luck to him. I'm sure he will need it under Evans.

Six figure sum ????
Do think Evans has got confused over the wrong Dembele?

If he meant his second goal at Cheltenham (and I think he did) then he remains one of the most naturally talented players I've seen at Town for a long long time.

I also recall some suggestion Peterborough were keen last summer, and he might have been picked up before August had ended - Slade certainly said, what Dembele?  When asked if any contact had been made in any of our squad.  He moved the conversation on quickly.

Yes, there were questions of application, and not handling people doubling-up on him, and then all the problems that come from being in a poor team.  He was garbage at Coventry away for example - but I also suspect he wasn't fully fit.

If a team can make that early season form consistent, and with gradual coaching improve decision making they've got a gem.  Let's hope for that - maybe a sell-on % may prove to be worth more than the undisclosed fee we've had.  My personal view is that he'll rise further up the leagues rather than drop down them.

He's a young lad - I wish him well.

Most exciting player we’ve had in many years. It’s a real shame steps couldn’t be taken early on to have kept him happy. I think he will really kick on and get another big move beyond this one.

If we got this for him we must be sitting on some value with Harry Clifton

Well that’s not the premier league 🤔 oh well cya

Possibly a kid caught up in a “FIFA street” apprenticeship rather then a professional footballer apprenticeship? Where a trick is considered more important than a tracking defensive run.

He has talent but we need players who are not like Vauxhall vivas - rubbish in the cold!

Spoke to him a couple of times, shy but polite all being well he’ll prosper and we’ll get the sell on.

Apparently Evans wasn't expecting to get Siriki due to money and the owner coughed up to get him in to Evans' suprise..

Not sure how well he'll do at a higher level. Perhaps a bit more time on the ball to show his abilities? Doubt it.

Personally, I'm delighted we've got that amount of money for him. Hope it is spent well. Don't expect him to achieve much at Posh, but you never know.

Good money for Jolley to use on wages, I hope.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

About time someone sold him a kipper  

They can keep their hands of James.....oh kipper

He's the only Town player who made me stand up, even when I was already stood at Accy last season.

Good luck to the lad. Can't stand all this Jilted John 'good riddance' stuff. Don't let your jealousy make you nasty boys.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

. Dembele’s got loads of potential and IMO £100k doesn’t represent good value for us..

And definitely from what I saw our most creative and dangerous player by quite some margin when he wanted to play.

Just checked his stats for last season, apart from the 4 goals just 3 assists in 33 games league games, nothing that can't be improved on with our new signings.

For all his times of excitement and flare their was times where he kept the ball far too long and lost possession.  I reckon he will do better with League One standard players around him, good luck to him.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

He's the only Town player who made me stand up, even when I was already stood at Accy last season.

Good luck to the lad. Can't stand all this Jilted John 'good riddance' stuff. Don't let your jealousy make you nasty boys.

Agree with this. In natural ability he was probably the best at the club by a street but he didn’t understand the demands of the game. So, early on he was playing for fun then it got serious during the bad run, his fitness was dodgy for a while too and he struggled. He obviously did not want another dose of that and wanted to play with better players. Another season here though and perhaps we could have had a real gem and been talking of a 7 figure sale in June 2019.

Yes it is good money and I’m pleased we did well from the deal and there is now some cash in the kitty, but as the advert says- there’s nagging doubt. What might have been for the sake of a few bob?

Quoted from Bigdog

I think he could do well at Peterborough next season..

Would liked to have seen what Jolley could have got out of him..

I assume it was MJ that triggered the year extension to his contract. If that is the case then he must have thought he could achieve something with Dembele. All water under the bridge now so good luck to the lad and we got a nice tidy sum plus a sell on clause.

Let's just take the money and move on.
MJ is building a group who want to play for us. We don't want anybody who is not committed to the team.
There is no I in team.

Quoted from rancido

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I assume it was MJ that triggered the year extension to his contract. If that is the case then he must have thought he could achieve something with Dembele. All water under the bridge now so good luck to the lad and we got a nice tidy sum plus a sell on clause.

From his interview in February, he clearly had his sights set on bigger things. The only reason the extension was triggered was to ensure we got a fee.

I'm sorry to see him go. He was by no means the finished article and had a lot to learn, but he was exciting to watch. I can't see him being at Peterboro for more than a year or so, and let's hope that we have a sell-on clause. Good luck to him, I wish him well.

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Let's just take the money and move on.
MJ is building a group who want to play for us. We don't want anybody who is not committed to the team.
There is no I in team.

But there is an M and an E. ME  

Quoted from rancido

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I assume it was MJ that triggered the year extension to his contract. If that is the case then he must have thought he could achieve something with Dembele. All water under the bridge now so good luck to the lad and we got a nice tidy sum plus a sell on clause.

Or he knew he wanted out and it was triggered so we could get a fee and not let him go for nothing.

I think this is a piece if business which can only be judged in time, and it will have been hard for the club to have put a value on him. Clearly has bags of raw potential, but equally there was a lot missing from his game last season.

The next three or four years will be interesting - for me he could go to the very top or into complete obscurity (and anywhere in between). A lot of it will come down to how much he wants it; Posh is probably the ideal club for him at this time.

I’m no great fan of Darragh MacAnthony or Barry Fry but their policy of taking a punt on talent from lower divisions is admirable and one I’d like to see us adopt more often. It’s served us well in the past with the likes of Pearson, McKeown, Hearn and Bogle.

Macauley Bonne of Leyton Orient looks interesting in that respect - may be a little on the pricey side for us however.

May be a good player with decent strikers and a promotion chasing team. In a relegation team he was not suited and did not understand his position too well for me but that can be coached.Clifton was way better in this regard and this , I guess, was why he was dropped. With the onus not so much on him he could be good. For me 50:50 could end up non league or championship, has the potential to go either way. Usually I am disappointed to see a good player go but I am truly indifferent about this one utm

Quoted from Zmariner

May be a good player with decent strikers and a promotion chasing team. In a relegation team he was not suited and did not understand his position too well for me but that can be coached.Clifton was way better in this regard and this , I guess, was why he was dropped. With the onus not so much on him he could be good. For me 50:50 could end up non league or championship, has the potential to go either way. Usually I am disappointed to see a good player go but I am truly indifferent about this one utm

There is one major difference between Clifton and Dembele, Harry would give everything to play for this club and wants to be here,don't need to say anymore,only best of luck for the future Dembele.