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Gutted. What about Lita or Paynter?

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:dunce: That is EXACTLY what he is. No more DEPENDABLE centre midfielder in the division. Well, time will tell on that. Our record without him last season was bobbins.

I'd imagine that the 'lost' payment will be covered by the buying club, via an inflated signing-on fee.

Definitely could be. The scenario that Stephens wants Prem football (and the hefty pay hike) but was sat hoping that the Albion would do the business, to avoid losing him for nothing next summer, without him officially 'asking' to move, and thus pocketing his cut of the transfer sum, plus...

From a purely financial viewpoint, I guess this 'increases' the value of Burnley's bid (i.e. what monies the club would receive) by close to a million pounds.