Oh and I might add..........Articles from our very own local paper which is supposed to be supportive of the Club. Reporting such bids are not helpful. I know that's their job to do these things but it truly isn't helpful
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Dale Stephens Summer 2016 shenanigans (Merged Thread)
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Oh and I might add..........Articles from our very own local paper which is supposed to be supportive of the Club. Reporting such bids are not helpful. I know that's their job to do these things but it truly isn't helpful
Marshy
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Around 7 million and he's off
Cheeky Monkey
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Shades of Norwich and their wanker manager Paul Lambert with Bennett and Crofts. Some clubs seem to see us as a one stop shop where they can buy everything they need. That said, I guess Reading and others probably feel the same about us.
BensGrandad
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That is true but we do not know whether or not they have lined a replacement up, which is where the stories aboht Bradley Dack or the Ivory Coast midfielder from Toulouse have come about.
Blimey, the Argus can't win. If it was all hush-hush and Stephens suddenly went, NSC would be full of people moaning about Naylor not having a clue what's going on.
I stunningly stupid statement.
Blue Valkyrie
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I agree with you 100% - Most people do want to know so they are doing the right thing as far as what they are paid to do. That doesn't stop me having a view that it isn't helpful if we want to hang on to these players until the transfer window closes
Se20
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Clubs "leak" snippets to the media to get the price up, either by the bidding club increasing the bid, or other clubs getting involved.
There's no doubt Stephens is going, they just want the right fee on the table.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
And well done to the albion for EXTERMINATING the ginger dalek's derisory bids.
But you don't know if the club has leaked anything. It could be the agent leaking it, or information from Burnley.
There's plenty of doubt, we don't know what will happen yet.
Perhaps but you know nothing of the reasoning in why I made it but you are entitled to your view
Easy 10
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Whatever appears in the Argus will not make a BLIND bit of difference as to whether a player stays or goes. Complete irrelevance.
Se20
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Possibly the agent, but why would Burnley want to alert other clubs to their offers ?
B.W.
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Or, perhaps, we just won't sell him?
B.W.
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Both of your statements are oh so true...
People do weird things though. Like hanging around their rivals forum on a bank holiday Monday when they have a DRUM to polish.
B.W.
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Burnley desperately need to demonstrate to their fans they are going to at least try and stay in the Prem by making signings...
Albion turn down fourth bid from Burnley for Dale Stephens.....
The information in the Argus is very precise, I don't think they'd print it unless they had a very good source. There are three likely places this information came from:
BURNLEY. They'd want this deal to be secret through a fear of being guzumped (like they did to us with Ward), I'd be very surprised if they'd leaked this.
STEPHENS' AGENT. A likely source, he wants the highest fee possible and making these details public could lead to a bidding war and subsequent massive increase of the greedy chump's cut.
BHA. A quiet word from a source at the club to AN would again alert other teams to the fact Dale is not for sale at £5.5m but maybe a bit more? The fact that he has not signed a contract and has had little playtime this season would suggest his head is not in the right place and the club are now looking for a maximum return; making this deal public should get some other clubs involved to get that fee closer to £10m.
I fear the last source is the one AN got the story from. It's all about the size of the fee now & hopefully, it won't be Burnley or another Championship club that take him.
The information in the Argus is very precise, I don't think they'd print it unless they had a very good source. There are three likely places this information came from:
BURNLEY. They'd want this deal to be secret through a fear of being guzumped (like they did to us with Ward), I'd be very surprised if they'd leaked this.
STEPHENS' AGENT. A likely source, he wants the highest fee possible and making these details public could lead to a bidding war and subsequent massive increase of the greedy chump's cut.
BHA. A quiet word from a source at the club to AN would again alert other teams to the fact Dale is not for sale at £5.5m but maybe a bit more? The fact that he has not signed a contract and has had little playtime this season would suggest his head is not in the right place and the club are now looking for a maximum return; making this deal public should get some other clubs involved to get that fee closer to £10m.
I fear the last source is the one AN got the story from. It's all about the size of the fee now & hopefully, it won't be Burnley or another Championship club that take him.