You missed the bit where I said about selling him if we didn't get promoted and making money to counter FFP, and we wouldn't be in the same category as other clubs when it comes to crippling transfer embargos.
We were three games and two players short of a shout at the Prem.
Doesn't really...
It's not just about what we offered or what he wanted, his value increased three fold.
At the time our targets were Grabban and Conway. Grabban was banging in goals for fun before and after January, Conway scored a good amount with many assists for Blackburn whilst being voted player of the...
Yep, totally agree and we are dealing with the knock on effect now. As Einstein said, "for every action there is an equal and oppostite reaction".
Every decision we make in life starts a chain of events, even where TB is concerned. In this case losing Oscars faith in our ambition.
That's funny because TB was in the wrong time zone and couldn't be contacted in the final part of negotiation, and where did you read that Oscar didn't meet with him because he couldn't be bothered, we found out that he already had. Where would Grabban have gone to have his medical? Possibly in...
Yep, we failed to bag a great player and bottled it out of principle, not for business or even football reasons, and we are feeling the fall out from January now. We would have always at least of got our money back on him and as it turns out a £2m profit if we didn't get promotion and decided to...