The Daily Record has taken the first steps to dampen down expectations of a bumper transfer deal for Calvin Ramsey.
Over the last month there has been virtually constant hype about the defender with clubs from Italy and Spain apparently ready to join a bidding war led by Aston Villa.
Steven Gerrard did sign Bassey from Leicester City in the summer of 2020 but used him as back-up only for Borna Barisic.
At £8-10m there might be one club prepared to take a speculative punt on Bassey but with a £25m price tag and comparisons with Virgil van Dijk and Kieran Tierney disappointment is inevitable.
Trying to cover every eventuality, the Record reports:
Bassey will now weigh up his future before returning for pre-season with Gerrard keen to tempt the full-back to the English Premier League.
However, The Birmingham Mail note that a £25m fee could price out Aston Villa with the club weighing up other options.
Scotland cap Aaron Hickey is believed to be a cheaper alternative, with Bologna reportedly hoping for £18million to take the former Hearts defender away from Serie A this summer.
Stuttgart defender Borna Sosa is also on the wish list as the club look to find someone to compete for the left-back role with Lucas Digne next season. However, Bassey appears to be the number one target for Villa this summer.
With 31 SPFL starts over the course of two seasons there are better ways for Villa and others to spend £25m.
£5-8M with some add ons would probably sign him, if, yes if Sevco priced players in the real world valuation arena. Until they get real they’ll never sell anyone for more than “undisclosed” fees like Patterson.
The shape of things to come sevco wise.On FF they are looking for the new Blackburn manager to Fail and for Blackburn to get relegated all because the guy managed Malmo and put sevco out the Champions League riches and for saying it out loud sevco had no cash and in badly need of Champions League money.
By my calculations-if Bassey’s worth 8 mill ish…Juranivic is now our first 100 mill defensive player!
I’m using the sevco/Wangers calculator system and that’s what popped up so, I’m a believer!!
Tempt? tempt? ??????
Shirley would be doon the road in a heartbeat with the merest whiff of interest….tempt??????
Bassett looks more like a basket ball player he cant keep his hands down,mistake against celtic,mistake against Leipzig,mistake against eintracht,ANYONE!!!!!!,GOOD LUCK VILLA
They paid £250000 for him and thanks to the brilliant coaching he is worth £25 million, aye right, the only peepul who would pay that money are the dillusional 2nd generation fans. He has promise and he is not finished yet but he is not guaranteed to progress to that next level.
It makes me laugh the nonsense we have to listen too every transfer window, they are still skint after a run to the Europa League final, their fans seem oblivious to this fact.
Ange will keep improving our team and the gulf will increase, as I have said before, if we hadn’t given the ginger whinger the 2nd chance, we would be on 11 and they would be on the 3rd generation
Why do the daily rags talk utter nonsense pricing the lad out a move he’s decent but no Teirney in my eyes but they will persist till he goes for 10 mill very tops??
Poundland are like pootin.spout lot properganda shit think Gerrard pay 25 million for guy.he knos won’t cut it cudnt cut it under slippy before money hemorrhaging out poundland quicker they can make it we all kno.done same for years trying inflate price for donkeys el buffalo will kno.if.signs on again he never be able move he.will run down contract bassey will sign new one he knows.b.no.25 million bids for him.all kno.one good game.6.vad ones celtic.went 3 up half time he was worst player on park Davis mcgregpr mean he one worst keepers in Scotland last season was never top keeper height his career took him to Hull and back they need stop reality live in presend sold out season tickets still paying up Kent fee guy got 2 goals think 3 assists no consistency at all worst so called winger Ave seen same him priced overated not one premier club looked at him because kno never make it n Premier league gvb and inner circle deluded Charles Green club.whyte bought for pound he lost money at it think 99p stadium.shambolic wreck