Yes. But Barnes is 6 years younger than CMS so obviously his current value/potential would be greater.
Also he would have gone for nothing but we were prepared to let him go in the January window.
As for a new CMS contract. Well lets wait and see. All credit to the club for supporting him...
CMS 21 goals in 80 appearances.
Barnes 42 goals in 141 appearances...so about the same.
And CMS can be forgiven most things for the 91st minute against Forest on May 3 2014...
Agreed. Lets wait and see how they do. As for the pedigree of our signings then for the last 18 months they've been to a man either internationals, prem league experience, or extremely promising youngsters. A world away from our signings even a few years ago.
TK by the way never played for...
I'd say its almost inevitable that we will have to 2m+ for a new frontmen possibly 3m+ ...
Reports suggested we were happy to pay 1.5m+ for Grabban and Clayton . Clearly strikers are still targets and they don't come cheap.
What suggests we wouldn't be prepared to pay a big fee ?
Midfielders as far as i can tell are now complete for 14/15 so Buckley is replaced. We now have pretty much the same strength in terms of volume at least as last year...
Jury's out of course as to whether they are more "competitive"
Since last year we've sold or released...