As I've already said, they were just out for a few more months, so a loan would have been the way to cover for them. We went for a permanent signing on top of what we had.
I didn't even mention Barnes.
No they weren't. Last season we had Ulloa, CMS, Barnes and Hoskins on permanent deals. And...
It was very close to done when we heard about Grabban, I don't know what happened with Baldock (apart from the fact we didn't sign him).
No, we had CMS, Ulloa and Hoskins (and Fenelon was ours then too). Only one of those was playing, which meant we needed someone in on loan, but given we had...
But our club (thankfully) likes to keep quiet about potential signings. We often don't hear until the last minute, and with the possibility of bringing another striker in from abroad I'd think we're even less likely to hear until it's happening.
We tried to buy Grabbon in January, despite the...
£6.5 is right. We could have kept Ulloa, and met FFP this season. In terms of FFP comparisons for this season, what we paid for him is irrelevant. If we sold him for £7m, then we have £7m (+ his wages) more to spend than we otherwise would have.
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I think it just felt like it, because with Buckley, Crofts, CMS etc injured, we weren't scoring enough goals, and Ulloa often struggled without support. And when Ulloa was looking good he then broke his foot, and that took a bit of time to get over. But he's an excellent striker IMO, and the...
I don't agree that he's not good enough. He didn't fit into Gus's style well, but still scored when. He'll suit Sami's style better. We've been writing off over £10k per week for his transfer fee, so if we extend his contract for a year it'll be costing us more than £10k / week less than it has...