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Middlesbrough have also bid 8 million for McCormack today as well according to Sky Sports 'sources'.

Whether or not we end up spending 7/8/9 million on any player, just being rumoured to be in contention to sign players of that calibre shows how far we've come in the last 10 years and that exciting times are ahead.

I think what it comes down to is would we sacrifice our long-term stability and existence of our club for an 'all or nothing' assault on promotion? There are players out there as we proved with finding Ulloa that fit the bill and fit in to our wage structure; unfortunately as we all know they...

Spot on.

Of course we should have ambition... I admit to being really torn over this subject (not just of Rhodes but making the leap to that kind of money for anybody); so many clubs have failed to keep a control of their finances in recent years and are in complete turmoil. I know we're better run than...

The club would have to consider the harmony of the team though... I can imagine bringing someone in on anything like 40K a week or even 30K a week for that matter (despite how 'good' they might be) upsetting some of our current players who would then request a wage review etc. What would...

If he really is on a reported 40K a week then yes that would be an issue. I would (admittedly naively) love to think that a players ambitions would play a part in that we currently have a much better chance than Blackburn of getting promoted but if he can get the wage AND future prospects with...

I'm sure that he's the type of player we're interested in (i.e. a proven goalscorer) but can't see us offering that kind of money. If it was possble at 6/7 million now you're talking.