Bournemouth to bid £14 million for Austin

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

I agree I'd take that, but I'd prefer Jerome. Can stretch defences and not a bad finisher.

Agree, but seems to me Jerome is first choice striker, whereas Hooper has been playing a bit part, therefore making him more 'gettable'

[Shepherds Mush]

This. I like Hooper. Needs game time. A good finisher. I'd be happy if we got someone of his calibre.

Hooper would be a good replacement. Given game time he's a 15-20 goal a season forward at this level. Got 12 last season but came off the bench for half the games he played in

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Hooper would be a good replacement. Given game time he's a 15-20 goal a season forward at this level. Got 12 last season but came off the bench for half the games he played in

Exactly mate. Got a good career ratio / record.

[West Acton]

Im not massive fan of hooper but would not turn my nose up. He is however not 5mil of the deal 3mil at a push

[Ryan8947]

Agree, but seems to me Jerome is first choice striker, whereas Hooper has been playing a bit part, therefore making him more 'gettable'

Yeah, fair enough. If i'm honest I'd take either.

[bakes8]

Im not massive fan of hooper but would not turn my nose up. He is however not 5mil of the deal 3mil at a push

Absolutely this.

[Shepherds Mush]

Im not massive fan of hooper but would not turn my nose up. He is however not 5mil of the deal 3mil at a push

Yeah..12+ Hooper would do for me.

[stanistheman]

[QUOTE=MattyRangers;1433491]The failed medical at Hull was due to him having had a knee op when he was 14 or so. His injury in our promotion season was his shoulder & totally unrelated.
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This was my reaction when I read this earlier today, which again highlights lazy journalism.

As for their bid, that should flatly be rejected.
£15M imo is too cheap anyway, so accepting less is an absolute no.

[Greg1882]

I'd take the offer . Big money off the wage bill and even if the board pocket the 4 million outlay we would in theory have an additional 10 million quid in the pot to spend . That could bring in a couple of very good players at this level and gives us a month to bring them in . Throw in a buy back clause if the clubs swap places next year . Job done IMHO

[hal9thou]

hooper

not for me

[PizzaBoy]

£15mil plus add ons for goals and international appearances to take it up closer to the £20mil mark would be a very very good deal for us.

[Tarbie]

Yeah..12+ Hooper would do for me.

Hooper is a funny one. Looked like he had the potential to kick on and be a top class striker but his career has really stalled at Norwich, hasn't really done well consistently for them either in the Prem or the Championship. Probably also comes with fairly hefty wage demands.

Maybe he just needs a move to get his career back on track or maybe his best days are already behind him. Would certainly be a punt either way!

[Ryan8947]

Problem is to get any of these players as a swap we need 1) Charlie to want to join the team 2) The player to want to join us. I think this would be difficult.

I'd love one of the Palace forwards though: Gayle, Campbell or even Murray for an increased fee

[winalotto]

Could we ask for say 10m and Callum Wilson?
By the way that was muted along time ago QPR would except £+ Murray from Palace but apparently it was money plus Gayle that was on offer , then again you know this rumours ?

[Hove Ranger]

Could we ask for say 10m and Callum Wilson?
By the way that was muted along time ago QPR would except £+ Murray from Palace but apparently it was money plus Gayle that was on offer , then again you know this rumours ?

Doubt either Bournemouth or Wilson want him going anywhere