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[Albion] Daily Mail reporting Albion have rejected £4m from Burnley for Dale Stephens
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Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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Nobody has gone yet but I agree with you. why nobody has come in with massive offers to tempt away Forestieri and Will Hughes amazes me. Both better and as valuable to their respective teams, in their own way, than Stephens IMO.
Seasider78
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No source just speculation but there are enough signs around to point to this being on the cards
For me if you ignore the growing noise online, norwoods signing or dale cheekily changing his Twitter description you are still left with a situation where we have a player who has not signed several offers made to him by the club and only has 1 season left on his contract. There is no way the club will pass up that money and watch him walk for nothing next summer.
If the player wanted to stay he would sign a deal with a value release trigger in his contract to cover him and us in the event we were not promoted. The fact he has not signed and Burnley appear to still be interested says to me this is just a matter of agreeing an amicable value between clubs
Next red flag for me is if he is not given a run out tomorrow night given he has not featured in all of the pre season games
Blue Valkyrie
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Wait and see on Forestieri and Hughes.
They could well both be OFF before the window shuts.
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Agreed. Although he did play v Crawley and Lazio.
Sussex Nomad
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You pay too much importance to the lad. We will be stronger whatever Dale does.
Crawley
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Where are you getting this info? I really doubt it on Forestieri he sounded well up for the season with Weds in the after match interview yesterday. He also has his two Watford mates with him now too.
It would certainly explain the very strange decision to leave Hughes out of the starting line up, especially given his influence against us every time he plays against us.
Seasider78
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I mentioned not all of the games which implies he featured in some. I am not suggesting his non appearance in some pre season games was anything to do with speculation as we know he took a hell of a knock. My point was given he has missed that many pre season games if he was staying tomorrow's game would be the perfect opportunity for him to get some game time under his belt. If he is missing from the squad tomorrow I think that is another sign he is going
Sussex Nomad
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I believe he will go. Good luck to him if he does. Will go with this Brighton fans best wishes.
Blue Valkyrie
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It's not "info", I said they "could well" be off, not that it's definate.
Based on speculation from many sources over the last few weeks. Nothing set in stone.
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Icy Gull
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I can see exactly why he gets injured, he put in some crunching tackles against our midfield and came away with the ball on most occasions. Potentially the best midfield player in the division IMO. He has flair, bite and knows where the goal is and is still just a kid.
Nixonator
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It's the 'we already have a replacement waiting in Norwood so no major loss' posts and the like. If anybody thinks ON is going to be as combative and as much of a goal threat as DS then be prepared for disappointment. ON plays deep and was a great signing to give us options away from home, to come on late to see a game out and at worst fill in for injuries.
I would be absolutely devastated if DS leaves and i'd rather save having to find the positives (if any) out of it until such a time as it looks certain to happen. As others have said, if he doesn't get a run out tomorrow it's probably going to hit home, but not because of some trash tweet.
Sussex Nomad
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Perhaps because we are possibly now seen as one of the more 'recognised' clubs in the division, other clubs take a look at our players before the massive Wednesday, et al.
Sussex Nomad
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You can't really call Oliver Norwood until we see how Hughton plans to play him. Who was Dale Stephens when we bought him? He is now seen as a very good player because CH found the way to play him and he gelled with Kayal. He may make the worst move in his career, we don't know. But give Norwood a chance before you start comparing him.
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I just can't see that Norwood, just back from the Euros and a Championship Team of The Season player, would sign here as cover and to come on late in a game
Maybe he won't score as much as Stephens, but maybe our new number 10 will score more than given the freedom of the pitch? I don't think Hughton's formation will be as rigid this season.
Doc Lynam
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May need to adjust his game if his body keeps breaking down, but he is quality.
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On a plus note, surely I'm not the only one that is enjoying reading the thoughts of Burnley fans on Twitter. If Stephens is your big summer signing and your pinning your hopes on him then I don't envy the season ahead for you.