2017/18 Transfer rumour and twitter thread.

[Tarbie]

We wouldn't let both go I'm sure

I would let Smithies go. Buy low sell high instead of buy high sell very low. Makes much more sense!

As clear cut as that philosophy is, I would suggest a relegation battle would be much more likely without Smithies.

This is true, but that on it's own is not a reason to ignore what makes good business sense. In the past we've missed numerous golden opportunities to sell players at their highest value, and have ended up losing them a season later for a fraction of what we could have had. Given the tight purse strings we are operating with at the moment, we can't afford to do it with Smithies.

[dogsrrs]

DM reckons teams are showing an interest in Ingram

DM ??

[Tarbie]

DM ??

Dave McIntyre

[Cjskinz]

This is true, but that on it's own is not a reason to ignore what makes good business sense. In the past we've missed numerous golden opportunities to sell players at their highest value, and have ended up losing them a season later for a fraction of what we could have had. Given the tight purse strings we are operating with at the moment, we can't afford to do it with Smithies.

Very true. Still annoyed about the Austin situation and gambling on promotion with him in the team. We could have got £10m ish more if we sold him in the summer I think?

Plus if we did get relegated (like most are saying we already are) with Smithies in the team, his value would decrease.

[Tarbie]

Very true. Still annoyed about the Austin situation and gambling on promotion with him in the team. We could have got £10m ish more if we sold him in the summer I think?

Plus if we did get relegated (like most are saying we already are) with Smithies in the team, his value would decrease.

Leicester offered 12m in 1 lump for Austin mate. 6 months later, we let him go to Southampton for a 3rd of that amount.

[qpr4life]

Very true. Still annoyed about the Austin situation and gambling on promotion with him in the team. We could have got £10m ish more if we sold him in the summer I think?

Plus if we did get relegated (like most are saying we already are) with Smithies in the team, his value would decrease.

NOBODY wanted Chaz to leave....

[Shania]

Dave McIntyre

The same journalist who said that one of Borosiuk was homesick? That was not true.

[Tarbie]

NOBODY wanted Chaz to leave....

Not sure that's true. I think most thought he was worth more than the highest bid we'd received for him. Nobody wanted to see him go for as little as he did a few months later though.

Ain't just Austin though, we could have sold Taarabt to PSG for upwards 15m quid the summer after our promotion. Yeah, the fans wouldn't have been happy, but having read Warnock's autobiography and understanding the level of unprofessionalism that Taarabt was operating with, we should have took the money and run.

Going back before that, we absolutely had our pants pulled down on Trevor Sinclair. Sold him a season earlier and it would have been a very different story.

[Tarbie]

The same journalist who said that one of Borosiuk was homesick? That was not true.

I'm certianly not saying he's the Oracle Shania. The bloke is wrong as often as he's right. I was just confirming that was who the previous poster was referring to when he said DM.

[Rebel R's]

Leicester offered 12m in 1 lump for Austin mate. 6 months later, we let him go to Southampton for a 3rd of that amount.

That is correct,well it was reported that we turned down £12 million from Leicester, but that backfired so badly on us

[klonk]

Not sure that's true. I think most thought he was worth more than the highest bid we'd received for him. Nobody wanted to see him go for as little as he did a few months later though.

Ain't just Austin though, we could have sold Taarabt to PSG for upwards 15m quid the summer after our promotion. Yeah, the fans wouldn't have been happy, but having read Warnock's autobiography and understanding the level of unprofessionalism that Taarabt was operating with, we should have took the money and run.

Going back before that, we absolutely had our pants pulled down on Trevor Sinclair. Sold him a season earlier and it would have been a very different story.

not so sure about some of that... i think taarabt to psg fell apart as soon as psg met up with him and saw how he was - i'm sure tango and cash would have happily pocketed whatever they could hae for him. also, i'm not sure austin would have gone to leicester in any case - think he wanted somewhere london and south from that, established prem club (yes, leicester ended up winning the league... but more-or-less everyone thought they'd be in a relegation scrap).

[Tarbie]

not so sure about some of that... i think taarabt to psg fell apart as soon as psg met up with him and saw how he was - i'm sure tango and cash would have happily pocketed whatever they could hae for him. also, i'm not sure austin would have gone to leicester in any case - think he wanted somewhere london and south from that, established prem club (yes, leicester ended up winning the league... but more-or-less everyone thought they'd be in a relegation scrap).

Fair enough.

You might have a point on Adel. I'm sure that Austin deal would have happened though, if we'd told him we wanted him to go. Chaz could have been a Premier League winner if it had.......imagine that!

[Tarbie]

not so sure about some of that... i think taarabt to psg fell apart as soon as psg met up with him and saw how he was - i'm sure tango and cash would have happily pocketed whatever they could hae for him. also, i'm not sure austin would have gone to leicester in any case - think he wanted somewhere london and south from that, established prem club (yes, leicester ended up winning the league... but more-or-less everyone thought they'd be in a relegation scrap).

Taarabt claims that PSG weren't prepared to meet his 17m release clause in this article.

http://www.espnfc.com/italian-serie-a/story/1722957/ac-milan-midfielder-adel-taarabt-failed-psg-move-hit-me-hard

[qpr4life]

Not sure that's true. I think most thought he was worth more than the highest bid we'd received for him. Nobody wanted to see him go for as little as he did a few months later though.

Ain't just Austin though, we could have sold Taarabt to PSG for upwards 15m quid the summer after our promotion. Yeah, the fans wouldn't have been happy, but having read Warnock's autobiography and understanding the level of unprofessionalism that Taarabt was operating with, we should have took the money and run.

Going back before that, we absolutely had our pants pulled down on Trevor Sinclair. Sold him a season earlier and it would have been a very different story.

I think everyone wanted promotion and everyone (maybe 80% then) felt with Austin we would achieve it again.

As for Adel to PSG, Christ, his agent did spout a lot of sh1t, but that move was never on.

[Kevin Mcleod]

Didtnt Chazs boss (missus) point blank refuse the move to Leicester?