Was told before the end of last season that JoJo wants guaranteed first team football, so for footballing reasons alone he is likely to be sold and a new no2/competitor to AMB coming in. Was also told Hector extremely unlikely. Nothing to do with game time etc. He took an almighty drop in salary with us from his Champ/Prem contract wages and his agent is determined to get him back up the scale. I believe that will rule us out unless the new owners inject higher wage levels… Said to help, not to burst any bubbles etc.
Hector I fully get as being a bit of a long shot and not being resolved quickly, unless he signs with someone else soon. But why is it talking so long for Thomas? That should be the easiest deal of all to do.
Weighing up whether to respond on this as I do not know whether the person who told me the reason why reads this site, so what I will say is this. Despite our opinions on some relatively local sides, their division atm etc, some recent investors going into clubs have boosted their coffers CONSIDERABLY and as competitive as mid to high end L1, so one club in particular was in for TT and had put an offer on the table nearly double what ours was. Unless TT is going to be 1st team - he will be 1st team there - the combo of factors may mean he is a non-starter too. May need to ask for forgiveness, but this is the backdrop… Hope it makes sense as trying to be a bit cryptic while share the gist. CBs, LBs and RB defo targets but that is stating the bleedin obvious!
Didn’t someone say last week that Clarke-Harris is target.
Need to stalk the Peterborough Scouts.
They always do it, making their players available - But if they were happy to sell Clarke-Harris to a League One rival, I'd love to know who is on their list to replace him!!
Dack has had serious knee injuries. His missus is an Essex girl and so moving South and a higher pay as you play could lure him.
I doubt many Championship Clubs would take a chance on his injury record and he wasn't brilliant for Blackburn but I would hazard a guess he'd still be decent in League One!
I’m starting to feel very positive about this transfer window but right at the very very back of my mind I have an idea that as usual we’ll all be very disappointed.
Nothing to stop a player being offered those terms. That’s not to say they’d accept but shouting THERES NO SUCH THING is I’m afraid wrong.
How many professional footballers in this country and beyond are currently on a PAYP contract then? 20%? 10%?
It's constantly bandied about like it's a regular thing, but in reality it's incredibly rare that a player is signed on those terms. Indeed if you Google the term the last mainstream news about a player offered those terms is about Owen Hargreaves in 2011!
Nothing to stop a player being offered those terms. That’s not to say they’d accept but shouting THERES NO SUCH THING is I’m afraid wrong.
How many professional footballers in this country and beyond are currently on a PAYP contract then? 20%? 10%?
It's constantly bandied about like it's a regular thing, but in reality it's incredibly rare that a player is signed on those terms. Indeed if you Google the term the last mainstream news about a player offered those terms is about Owen Hargreaves in 2011!
So what’s your point ? You screamed there was no such thing. There is but it’s rare for obvious reasons.
Is there genuine info suggesting we’re in for players of the calibre and cost of Clarke-Harris, Dack etc? Feel like we’re getting a bit carried away.
Don’t know about JCH but we’ve definitely held talks with Dack and May.
I hope you’re right but where’s the Dack source come from?
From someone who works in the club. I post very little about stuff like this. Same bod also told me we’ve had interest in some of ours with CBT drawing interest from Wrexham.
Fwiw I’d be shocked if we got May let alone Dack or the biggest stretch of all JCH. Like others I’d heard Dack had no love for us but I guess so much has changed since he left that he may fancy coming back south but equally all these players will be playing teams off against each other for the best deal for themselves. I also have a niggling feeling that not all of Dobbo, Miles and CBT will be here come the start of the season as much as I hope they are.
Nothing to stop a player being offered those terms. That’s not to say they’d accept but shouting THERES NO SUCH THING is I’m afraid wrong.
He's exaggerating but it's pretty close to the truth. It's the type of deal that's mentioned frequently on here and yet we only seem to have signed one player on those terms in the past 2-3 decades.
For what it’s worth I know we’re putting the feelers out for a striker, we did enquire about the availability of Dion Charles a while ago
Dion Charles feels quite random, seeing that he plays for a club at a similar level to us if not larger than us at the moment. Especially as his entire career has been up north, indeed nearly all in the northwest.
The likes of May and Stockton play at small clubs, therefore them moving to a larger club feels quite natural.
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Now that would be tasty !!!
Charles would be one hell of a move but I would guess Bolton would be wanting £1.5m at least.
They always do it, making their players available - But if they were happy to sell Clarke-Harris to a League One rival, I'd love to know who is on their list to replace him!!
I doubt many Championship Clubs would take a chance on his injury record and he wasn't brilliant for Blackburn but I would hazard a guess he'd still be decent in League One!
So until the reality becomes clear, we'll be linked with anyone, and everyone.
Fair enough, always rated Charles and Colby Bishop.
It's constantly bandied about like it's a regular thing, but in reality it's incredibly rare that a player is signed on those terms. Indeed if you Google the term the last mainstream news about a player offered those terms is about Owen Hargreaves in 2011!
The likes of May and Stockton play at small clubs, therefore them moving to a larger club feels quite natural.