B.W.
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She's going to Barca for £120M... sorry...
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[Albion] Liam Moore
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She's going to Barca for £120M... sorry...
- Jun 27, 2012
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Not so fast. [Albion] "still interested in Moore"
https://twitter.com/AndyNaylorArgus/status/1018017072578809856
Gabbiano
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Are we essentially doing to Reading for Moore, what Burnley did to us for Stephens?
Low balling with tiny incremental increases only to be shocked when Reading eventually tell us to F off?
Low balling with tiny incremental increases only to be shocked when Reading eventually tell us to F off?
redoubtable seagull
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I was speaking to a Reading season ticket holder this week and he reckons we’ll get him. He has no insider knowledge, just his gut feeling as a fan. He rates Moore and thinks he’ll do well in the PL describing him as very good on and with the ball.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Get sense that Reading are prepared to sell Moore. Depending on deal, ££ etc.
We were a lot more hardcore about keeping Stephens. Even refusing a transfer request etc.
blockhseagull
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Possibly although I think the big difference is their apparent valuation of him is way off
Icy Gull
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It’s been a long drawn out poker game but it has yet to finish.
Not sure we even put a value on Stephens did we, just said that he wasn’t for sale?
As with McNair, it pays to lowball and get your man for a bargain.
Gabbiano
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The value is inflated because he is HGP. However we need to sign HGPs and every Championship club can see our squad numbers and will raise their prices accordingly. It is an incredible opportunity for them to make big profit.
The reality is that we will have to pay over the odds on this one (or O'Connell or McNair) because of the nature of the system. As such, his value is whatever we pay for him, not whatever we think he is actually worth compared to a foreign CB import.
This added cost also reinforces the importance of developing a top notch academy so that we can produce our own HGPs in house without throwing away money on transfer fees
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Get Button - and no other club will know whether Baldock is leaving or not - and we reach our target of 8 HGP. ( It wouldn't take much for clubs to assume Norwood is going though ).
B.W.
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I'm still interested in Lucy Liu but it's still not going to happen! ;-)
Seriously, I hope we do get Moore, but I doubt we will... Reading are taking the Mick TBH..
Postman Pat
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Stoke have bid 5m for James Chester, could be a cheaper option?
B.W.
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Cheaper - probably... worse - definitely...
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
So Isaac Hayden is the new alternate to Moore it seems ? 
blockhseagull
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So Isaac Hayden is the new alternate to Moore it seems ?
Midfielder isn’t he ?
15 career games at centre back. 100+ in midfield.
blockhseagull
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Yes then ! Thought so
Cowfold Seagull
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Stoke are bidding for players and trying to spend money as if their very existence depends on it. Still they have the Shaqiri money l suppose. Could they turn out to be next season's version of Aston Villa?
Cowfold Seagull
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He is indeed.
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