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Erhun Oztumer moves to Peterborough United

Posh 'n Proud said:
No worries - we won't get relegated so we'll instead hope for you to (finally) get promoted then we can have some exciting derbies again.

Looking at our confirmed pre-season, I'm thinking that the friendly might be scheduled for midweek on 15 or 16 July. I'm currently looking forward to a pleasant summer's evening of passing football and beer at Champion Hill more than I am the World Cup and I'll confirm the friendly date if we find out at our end first.

Just to update you regarding Erhun in case you haven't seen or read every interview - his love for you guys is enduring, you can rest assured of that. Posh are putting him on a pre, pre-season programme to hone his fitness and this isn't a damning indictment of his natural fitness, more an indication that we have big plans for him and want to get him involved as soon as possible. His technical ability isn't questioned at all and they're certainly not bothered by his size. As you can imagine, Erhun is genuinely excited and bang-up for the challenge ahead. This signing has been very well received by practically all of the Posh fans but we're now not expecting a very cordial welcome at Kenilworth Road for our final pre-season game. I wouldn't be all that surprised if the fixture got flounced from the list!
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Any word up your end as to whether we got any cash for him in the end or whether it was just the friendly?
 
Champion_hill said:
Any word up your end as to whether we got any cash for him in the end or whether it was just the friendly?
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Nothing official, just the normal 'undisclosed'. I think all the offers that were provisionally accepted would have been slightly more than each club suspected to be the outcome of a formal tribunal hearing, plus a friendly and the possibility of future loans either way. With the latter, you've got some other younger talent brewing and we have a clutch of kids getting on the brink but no reserve league side in which to blood them. I'm a big admirer of Gavin Rose's game-plan and the community aspect of getting local prospects under the wing of his team. It's a remarkable achievment just to keep a club like Hamlet afloat but to also be successful at passing football whilst capturing the hearts and souls of an increasing number of locals - it's the sort of club that can influence kids in a very positive way and I'd be pretty thrilled if one of our youngsters spent some time at Champion Hill learning his trade.

Posh traditionally favour performance-related deals for both incoming and outgoing deals. Acquisition offers are formulated by the Chairman and Barry Fry and can have myriad elements - that said, our Chairman is notoriously eager once things get moving and he's not afraid to dig deep to sweeten things and expedite matters more urgently. In short, I don't know the sum that changed hands but I'd not be surprised if we offered something a bit better for you financially than the Gills, Wimbledon and Luton (and probably another three or four clubs who kept it as schtum as we did).
 
Update - Gavin Rose has disclosed to KentishFootball that Posh have paid a 'small transfer fee'. Still none the wiser however without knowledge of precedents with tribunal rulings in similar circumstances.

There are comments from Darren Ferguson on Erhun's signing about halfway through this other video.
 
Posh 'n Proud said:
No worries - we won't get relegated so we'll instead hope for you to (finally) get promoted then we can have some exciting derbies again.
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Ah, what it must be like to support a well-run club. It is highly unlikely that we'll get promoted, but derbies are much needed one way or the other.
 
vornstyle76 said:
I'm going to choose to interpret this as Erhun was so amazing for us that he's played the last two seasons with an ankle broken in 15 places.
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He's arguably the finest cripple to play football at any level. Ever.

60-odd goals in over 100 appearances in just two years is all we needed to know but I'm sure Peterborough's medical was pretty thorough anyways. I think this is simply to provide Luton with diminished loss-of-face for not biting the bullet sooner - if they'd had scrutinised him as keenly as Posh, they would have sent John Still to badger the lad all through his Mexican holiday.

Three days later and I'm still over the moon that he's now our player. In addition to the 'small-fee' and the friendly, Posh have involved 'other incentives' to clinch the deal. Knowing that Erhun loves DHFC very much, I don't doubt that a decent incentive package for Dulwich would have helped clinch the deal. I hope he earns you a packet in due course.
 
Posh 'n Proud Thanks for all your kind words nice to hear an outsiders perspective on the Hamlet... Erhun was such a special player and we were lucky to have him for the 2 years we did....its going to be quite emotional when he comes down for the friendly and the game is over......... it was pretty emotional when Danny came down with Huddersfield but this is going to be 10x more, may have to wear sunglasses to hide the tears!(not that i ever wear sunglasses)

as Joe K said i for one am happy to see him at a team that has a proven track record of treating young players well and help fulfil there abilities..and even move on to higher levels.. that may be the truth bomb sankara has to swallow

and make sure you come an say hello at the friendly, be great to have a beer!!

(if only to annoy sankara )
 
Scutta said:

and make sure you come an say hello at the friendly, be great to have a beer!!
(if only to annoy [USER=61699]sankara )[/USER]
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Certainly will, thanks.

I actually live in Camden (used to live in SE22) and I went to the Leiston and Kingstonian games and took friends. First game I touted with[I] "you've just got to come and see this young Turkish lad, he's different gravy[/I]", the Kingstonian game was sold with [I]"you've got to come to Dulwich Hamlet with me, it's a brilliant football afternoon that you'll remember". [/I]Both my companions came away smiling big-time and expressed an interest in further visits.

Accordingly, I'll be making a modest boost to your future attendance figures from time to time. I'm long-term married to Posh and I love it but I'm not above admiring a neighbour over the garden fence.
 
el-ahrairah said:
Brixton Hatter looks like Erhan failed his Luton medical http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/sport...s-hatters-pull-plug-on-oztumer-deal-1-6111564
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Gutted he's not coming to Luton :( Our loss.

We have a bad recent history with highly paid players sitting injured on the bench all season doing nothing. John Still & the staff expect all the players to be really fit and work hard all the time. This shows in how we play, but it would be a total shame if that policy meant we didn't sign a player as talented as Erhun. I actually think he just decided to go Posh cos they're a league higher than us and can probably pay more money, but who knows.

Hope he does well at Posh and shows everyone what he's capable of.
 
'Technically', in football parlance, Erhun has not been transferred. He was 'out of contract', so he is simply 'signed' by another club. However, we are able to claim 'compensation' as he is under 24...and this is where the 'undisclosed' small fee comes in. It will only be a small amount, certainly nothing like what we received for Danny Carr, for example. There will be one or two 'clauses' added on, linked to appearances, that sort of thing, and maybe a small sell on clause. But whatever they have offered is really the best you can expect, in the way football works.

I know a pre-season match has been included in the deal, but I understand this will be fitted in prior to NEXT (as in the 2015/16) season, due their pre-season already having been sorted.

Personally I am pleased he has gone to Peterborough United, rather than Luton Town, because the Posh are in a higher division, & I think their style of game will suit him better.

From a purely selfish point of view it's also a ground I've not been to yet, and it's not too far from the station...
 
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Dulwich Mishi said:
I know a pre-season match has been included in the deal, but I understand this will be fitted in prior to NEXT (as in the 2015/16) season, due their pre-season already having been sorted.
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Really that's a shame was looking forward to saying goodbye :(
Posh 'n Proud said:


Certainly will, thanks.

I actually live in Camden (used to live in SE22) and I went to the Leiston and Kingstonian games and took friends. First game I touted with[I] "you've just got to come and see this young Turkish lad, he's different gravy[/I]", the Kingstonian game was sold with [I]"you've got to come to Dulwich Hamlet with me, it's a brilliant football afternoon that you'll remember". [/I]Both my companions came away smiling big-time and expressed an interest in further visits.

Accordingly, I'll be making a modest boost to your future attendance figures from time to time. I'm long-term married to Posh and I love it but I'm not above admiring a neighbour over the garden fence.
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well if there is no friendly this season say hello on one of your other visits!
 
Very disappointing if the friendly's postponed for a year. I had that game all nicely set-up in my mind's eye. I will deffo see you guys at Champion Hill sooner rather than later however.

If any of you do fancy a trip down to London Road next term, please feel free to first introduce yourselves on londonroad.net (The Home of Banter and Shallow Thinking) and we'll do what we can to offer pre-match guidance on pubs, parking, the stadium. You may well even be able to blag a free lift with me from time to time if you can make it as far as Camden.

We've still got one terrace remaining and can occasionally generate a bit of atmosphere - not up to your remarkable standards sadly.

It's an hour from Mill Hill roundabout down the A1M then onto the A15 at Norman Cross. Stay on the A15 and you can't miss it. 40 minutes from Kings X on GNR (considerably longer on Capital First Connect) and the station is indeed 10 minutes away from the ground and you can get an excellent selection of beers 2-3 minutes from the ground.

If you can't be arsed (and I'm fully aware that it's an expensive jaunt), I will post on here from time to time to keep you updated on Erhun's progress (although I suspect the national press will do that for you in due course).
 
Posh 'n Proud said:
If any of you do fancy a trip down to London Road next term, please feel free to first introduce yourselves on londonroad.net (The Home of Banter and Shallow Thinking) and we'll do what we can to offer pre-match guidance on pubs, parking, the stadium. You may well even be able to blag a free lift with me from time to time if you can make it as far as Camden.
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I'd definitely be up for this (providing Dulwich days off, pay, rent and the full moon all coalign, obviously!) Edit: Is there a way of hiding forum posts from sankara?
 
Just to let you good folk know that, following the first three days of pre-season, Erhun has been awarded the Posh No.10 shirt.

The two previous players to wear this number, George Boyd and Lee Tomlin, are now playing in the Premiership and the Championship respectively. Erhun is now officially the Posh playmaker and our Chairman has recently tweeted in conversation that the boy is the player he's the most excited about in the coming season. He's not alone either.

We're playing Barnet on July 12th before the side fly to Portugal for the normal 2nd stage workouts and bonding etc. I'll keep you guys posted and perhaps see you at the Palace game later in the month.
 
vornstyle76 said:
That's well impressive. Would have assumed number 43 or something. They obviously think well of him.

Bloody hell, we were basically playing FIFA with a cheat code for the last two seasons.
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What's this FIFA thing? Some sort of modern computer game, where you endorse Blatter, while pretending to hate him? You'll be wearing a green and yellow scarf while munching on prawn sandwiches at Old Trafford yet... ;-)
 
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