3m...getting closer to a decent valuation.
Good negotiation work by the club here. Had we had gone in expecting 1.5m we would have got shafted for less.
In principle I agree (and it's harsh on them tbf) but the freedom of movement ruling when out of contract negates that of course.
The transfer system is broken. Seeing players go for £80-90m when clubs are going bust just highlights how the lower end of the pyramid gets shafted all the time...
Money needs to filter down to the bottom clubs somehow as well as reversing the trend of big clubs scooping up all the youngsters on a whim. Does nothing for the game.
Do I really think McCallum is worth £10m? Of course not. Was trying to make an argument for not settling for 500k as many...
It's what Barry Fry etc would do and eventually settle for something in the middle. Let's call it a fair £6m if Liverpool want to take a gamble on the lad.
So we let them take a player was massive potential from us for a 500k fee just because that seems fair?
No way! Top prem clubs are doing this too often. The only way to stop them doing this buy and try approach is make them pay through the nose.
No because it's obvious O'Hare is not going to be the level of player that Maddison is. Maddisons quality was obvious and we got a price based on the size of the club willing to take that plunge. If the big boys had come in for him then then we should have asked for more.
How did Southampton...
No smoke without fire and all that. Seems a random player connection for them.
Either way, a marauding, althletic full back goes for £50m these days. If they think he has a 1 in 5 chance of making it then £10m is your price.
Yeah nothing else said. Disappointing.
Really do need to piss off now don't they. Looking at the Saracens game thread on twitter too.
Feel for their genuine fans of course, about time they moved back down south to them.