It couldn't of been magennis because we didn't even know if a bid had been accepted so how could a deal been 2/3 done !!!!
Probably agreed wages with his agent, he wanted to come so just agreeing the fee was the 1/3rd to be done. Maybe the most important 1/3rd but I doubt that would get in the way of Katie telling Russ it was nearly done.
Agbonlahor in league 1 is just what we need. He wouldn't sign for us , but give me him over Jay Simpson, josh Magennis or any of the other AIDS we've been linked with any day of the week
Guy on Twitter claiming we've expressed an interest in gabby agbonlahor
Coventry seem to be in the lead in the race for him.
Those who think Roger Johnson is stealing a living should see Agbonlahor play
A guy with 322 premier league appearances & 3 England caps is stealing a living?? Righto
Last season - 15 games 1 goal 14/15 = 34 games 6 goals 13/14 = 30 games 4 goals
11 goals in 79 games in 3 years for an out and out striker.
Theft of a wage of the highest order
Agbonlahor last season was terrible, and his off field behaviour suggested that his attitude to the game wasn't right, especially for a long serving player (and captain?)
Agbonlahor in league 1 is just what we need. He wouldn't sign for us , but give me him over Jay Simpson, josh Magennis or any of the other AIDS we've been linked with any day of the week
The planet where homegrown players should command ridiculous fees.
It's the reason Manure are so hell bent on buying Pogba for £90m, as though he is French he is a homegrown player, so will help them meet the quota for both the PL and CL.
Lookman is a decent young player, who hasn't had much professional training. I'd imagine a big club would want him as soon as possible, to get as much top coaching as possible, something we can't really offer at the moment.
But you have to play hard ball and tell these clubs £10m, and then the compromise will end up being 6-7m, not just accepting the first bid of 2m
Trying to remain calm & take the long view, 'its a marathon and not a sprint' an stuff. But its not working, i'm frustrated an depressed.
Have seen the Bromley, Leyton Orient and Ipswich games. No game plan, no energy, (excepting Holmes) NO MIDFIELD, no quality. Crofts & Foley so far look squad players at best.
Even my dog can see we have no midfield. So surely RS can. Come on Russel, persuade nightmire to invest say £300/500k on an attacking central midfielder.
"If Lookman goes even at £3 million it will be bad business. By the end of this season he will be worth £4 million at least."
But only if we are back in the Championship. Can't see anyone paying £4m for a League 1 player.
Leeds paid £3m for a League 2 player in Kemar Roofe. The money's there being spent regardless of the league, we just don't have the negotiating personnel to actually get it. I read an article today about Burnley that said how Dyche was over the moon at only paying £2.5m for Gudmundsson. The job Meire has done negotiating these transfers would get her thrown off a building at another club.
Trying to remain calm & take the long view, 'its a marathon and not a sprint' an stuff. But its not working, i'm frustrated an depressed.
Have seen the Bromley, Leyton Orient and Ipswich games. No game plan, no energy, (excepting Holmes) NO MIDFIELD, no quality. Crofts & Foley so far look squad players at best.
Even my dog can see we have no midfield. So surely RS can. Come on Russel, persuade nightmire to invest say £300/500k on an attacking central midfielder.
Agreed. I think what questions or objection there were to bringing in Crofts and Foley were not so much that they were terrible signings, but that they were at best squad players who seem very limited. And yet, they have featured as a CM pairing in most of our pre-season matches and our first competitive match of the year. Every club has a budget, I'm going to go way out on a limb and suggest that ours is far too low for what our ambitions should be, but I fear that Foley and Crofts' wages are eating into a decent chunk of that budget.
think Russ needs to stop all this 'two in the next 72 hours' and 'one in by Tuesday' stuff as it is making him look a tit. Hasn't he realised he isn't working at a proper football club now.
think Russ needs to stop all this 'two in the next 72 hours' and 'one in by Tuesday' stuff as it is making him look a tit. Hasn't he realised he isn't working at a proper football club now.
Agree. I guess he's asked the question and wants to be as open with fans as possible. Trouble is, that's not how CAFC works any more.
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14/15 = 34 games 6 goals
13/14 = 30 games 4 goals
11 goals in 79 games in 3 years for an out and out striker.
Theft of a wage of the highest order
The top English clubs pay ridiculous fees for potential - selling Lookman for £2 million would be insane. £8-10 million should be the asking price.
It's the reason Manure are so hell bent on buying Pogba for £90m, as though he is French he is a homegrown player, so will help them meet the quota for both the PL and CL.
Lookman is a decent young player, who hasn't had much professional training. I'd imagine a big club would want him as soon as possible, to get as much top coaching as possible, something we can't really offer at the moment.
But you have to play hard ball and tell these clubs £10m, and then the compromise will end up being 6-7m, not just accepting the first bid of 2m
Have seen the Bromley, Leyton Orient and Ipswich games. No game plan, no energy, (excepting Holmes) NO MIDFIELD, no quality. Crofts & Foley so far look squad players at best.
Even my dog can see we have no midfield. So surely RS can. Come on Russel, persuade nightmire to invest say £300/500k on an attacking central midfielder.