I cannot remember where I read it as I read so much but it seemed like we were paying them a fee equivalent to or slightly more than his wages and they used it to pay his wages so he was effectively off their wage bill and we werent paying his wages so the rest of the team wouldnt get the hump...
Lets gets this straight I said that I read that we are paying a fee probably equal to his wages or slightly more to Bournemouth and they are paying his wages so we are not breaking our wage structure for any player. It may not be correct I dont know just what I read. So time to move on...
I would repeat money is the language of negotiation and persuasion.
Just to keep everybody happy I will reiterate that is my opinion and had the amount of money offered been too good to refuse iI think it would have worked,.
I am not prepared to argue with you any more as you cannot see the wood from the trees. All I will say is have a look and see which games he scored those goals in and how many points they secured.
I agree but then its not my money being spent. I think this thread comes about because fans are getting frustrated with the lack of movement in the transfer market by us.
FFP is now virtually dead in the wood. Yes we did score more points as we were behind them but he scored in some vital games usually late on in the game to give them the required points.
If that is a gamble TB is prepared to take and it doesnt cause unrest within the camp by all means but the important point is squad harmony not being broken.
As I said on another similar thread he scored the goals from January to get them promoted. He could do the same for us and after gaining promotion sell him on for a couple of million less than we paid to do the same for another team. This is after pocketing the prize of Premier League and the...