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  1. Thunder Bolt

    [Albion] Virgil van Dijk for £3 Million! (and why we didn't sign him)

    It was wages (as I remember it) but I thought it was to replace Greer rather than Dunk.
  2. Thunder Bolt

    [Albion] Virgil van Dijk for £3 Million! (and why we didn't sign him)

    I doubt our 'recruitment team' found Calde, Casper Angregen, Bruno or others that Poyet brought in. We didn't have a recruitment team at that point. John Stephenson came from Watford (2011) and introduced such delights as Bergkamp, which infuriated Poyet. He soon left, muttering he couldn't...
  3. Thunder Bolt

    [Albion] Virgil van Dijk for £3 Million! (and why we didn't sign him)

    We kept within FFP and paid every bill related to the stadium. Tony Bloom spent what he had to, to keep us going on an upward trend, but still had enough to pay everything in full, and converting his contribution into shares. Fighting for our financial lives was what we did from 97-08, with...
  4. Thunder Bolt

    [Albion] Virgil van Dijk for £3 Million! (and why we didn't sign him)

    No, Bloom took over in 2009, although those named players were at Withdean, not the Amex.
  5. Thunder Bolt

    [Albion] Virgil van Dijk for £3 Million! (and why we didn't sign him)

    Probably on wages. Celtic would've offered higher wages.
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