Taarabt Update

[Bwarren20]

"Struggling on personal terms"......

is what I'm hearing this morning. Fee and deal between THFC and QPR agreed...

[Nodge70]

Important to keep him within the wage structure or team spirit will suffer.

Seen many deals come apart because clubs will not be held to ransom. Good thing IMO.

[Robsondinho]

I dont blame him, If I knew players like vine were on 20 odd bags a week, I would demand 40!!!

[Yousef]

See that is why I keep saying do not believe it until it is official.

[Devon Park Ranger]

I can see him going off with the hump if he doesn't get what he wants so i wont be surprised if this falls through...
But if you just give him what he wants as i keep hearing and he's then on way more than the rest of the lads it may only cause resentment within the squad and that would be counter productive... Warnock/the board should pay him what's he's worth and not what he thinks he's worth even if that means we lose him...

[Vish]

who says is anything to do with wages? maybe is clauses if we don't go up this year that they're working on - or a release trigger should a club from abroad come in for him offering x amount.

[Ric-Roc]

He can't be on more that £12-15k at Spurs surely..?

We could put that up 5k & that's a good wage and I imagine on par with Fitz Hall, what Routledge was on also.

[Frode]

Important to keep him within the wage structure or team spirit will suffer. (Bad enough him being a show pony, but to be an overpaid one too would be an insult to the rest of the team.) If we have to abandon the signing as a result, then so be it.

Very good point! People on here are getting so desperate for a signing that they don't see the bigger picture

[Bwarren20]

What happens now it alerts other clubs

Too true, Bristol city, Leeds, ipswich or god forbid even palace could all be thinking well we've got 600k hes well worth a punt and be on the phone to spurs now, can imagine adel and his agent sitting there with his phone ringing whispering in his ear that other offers have cone in to turn his head

[paulmason]

who says is anything to do with wages? maybe is clauses if we don't go up this year that they're working on - or a release trigger should a club from abroad come in for him offering x amount.

There seems to be a fundamental problem here.

QPR FC are offering him a way out of Spurs because for what ever reason, no other team on the planet want him, but he thinks he is doing us a favor coming to W12 and is asking for things he knows he wont get ?

Nodge ?

[QPR1234]

basically put, he aint gonna sign today.

[reidy5557]

We are looking very poor without him but it is not right that 1 player can hold us to ransom. I think if Neil addressed our main issue like a decent striker then signing Tarrabt would not be so urgent as it is.

I'm sorry if i've missed something but are we sure he's "holding us to ransom"? Just becasue the talks have stalled doesnt mean he's being unreasonable. Seems to me that too many on here are too quick to shoot the lad down before he's even signed on a perm deal.
It might be QPR who have moved the goal posts or who are being tight (as per usual!). Maybe we offering him shyte wages. Regardless of him moving to a Championship team. I'd hate to think we could miss out, especially given our previous record for giving long, lucrative contracts to complete donkeys.
These things take time sometimes. I think we should all calm down a bit, take a deep breadth and then keep our fingers crossed!
Tarrabt and 2 strikers please HQ!!!!

[swanleyhoop]

Not fair for some to criticise when we are not privvy to private and personal goings-on.
It might be something as basic as transport, accommodation etc., rather than wages.
And if it is the problem of having to drop from prem wages to championship wages -- well, Peter Crouch fans out there, he has said he would like to play for us again, but only if we are in the Prem, because of the wage issue.
If you're in one job and financially committed to various things on the basis of those wages, making a significant wage drop might just not be possible.
I can never switch schools for that very reason -- my mortgage won't let me. And whilst footballers are on a much higher wage than me, their commitments, mortgages etc. are also a lot higher than mine.

[moon_safari]

IMO it's a clever move by Adels agent.
1 leak to the press adel going for as cheap as 600k
2 leak that terms have stalled
3 so adel gets more money of us or gets a better deal elsewhere!

[W10 RANGER]

See that is why I keep saying do not believe it until it is official.