Way I see it and its pure conjecture but he wanted a move for his profile and of course wages . He's been probably paid vast sums by spurs and had all the trappings of being a Prem player so wanted one of the prem clubs mentioned or a Newcastle / Norwich type to not feel like has fallen so far...
To be fair , he is technically a "proven" championship player.
We can probably beat half the sides to a signature based on our pull but we are 90% of the time going to lose out to the bigger clubs. We still need to be in for them. Sounds like we got close although the cynic in me says...
Not sure , Norwich have as many season ticket holders I think and are in the Prem league regularly and should be top 2
Decent atmosphere down there and more "profile" if played for them than us I imagine.
If a shoot out between us , Norwich and Newcastle , I wouldn't fancy our chances.
Both bigger clubs with probably a better percentage chance of playing prem football before us.
The not reaching agreement does to me sound suspicious.
I'm now expecting it not to happen then anything a bonus
And what a bench - Baldock, Murray, KLL, Solly, Murphy, Bong - all legit first team players
love that bench but be happier to see a central defender in there
has he ever played that role for Brentford though ? Be a bit daft paying 8m for someone that isn't proven in a certain exact position.
Personally , I think Stephens will be off and Pritchard would be his direct replacement as a central AM. Unless he was a winger at Brentford which cant...