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Reported fee of £2.5m rising to £5m....
Reported fee of £2.5m rising to £5m....
Reported fee of £2.5m rising to £5m....
I see what you are saying, but because Gus's agent is also Bridcutt's, he would have been put between a rock and a hard place.
As far as I know he seems happy here, but he may have said to his agent when he was asked about joining Sunderland, that he doesn't mind moving. I would imagine that Bridcutt is under a lot of pressure from the people that want to control his career.
Do you think that staying here would make him miserable or do you think there is a chance he may go phew tfft?
As best I can tell, Burke joined us in January 2012. These are the outgoings since then. Steve Cook was January 4th 2012, I don't know if Burke was in place for that or not.
Jan 2012
Cook (undisclosed)
Jun 2012
Navarro (free)
Poke (free)
Taricco (retired)
Aug 2012
Hall (undisclosed)
Elphick (undisclosed)
Noone (£1m)
Bergkamp (undisclosed)
October 2012
Sparrow (released)
Jan 2013
Vincelot (released)
Jul 2013
Dobbie (undisclosed, supposedly covered what we paid out for him, upwards of £850,000)
Rodgers (free)
Harley (free)
Agdestein (free)
Kasim (released)
Vicente (released)
East (released)
Oatway (released)
Aug 2013
Painter (free)
Sep 2013
Dicker (free)
Jan 2014
Barker (undisclosed)
Source
I imagine the transfer request comes in if BHA don't agree to the move. I think you are kidding yourself if you think Liam isn't looking for a way out, sadly.
Looking for a way out is quite a stong statement and implies that Liam is desperate to leave?
If Sunderland have/do make a bid it will almost certainly be because his agent has informed them that Liam would move to them.
Reported where? NSC? Twitter?
Is that a normally reliable site, as it states Ince signed for us in July 2013 which if true could have been an extension of the 18 month contract signed in February 2013 according to the official web site. Which would be very good news
http://www.seagulls.co.uk/news/article/albion-sign-rohan-ince-639491.aspx
Wouldn't be too difficult as his agent is also Gus Poyet's agent...
I reckon he is, his comments about finding it hard to refuse an offer to play in the Premier League, made in the Argus a week or so ago being the reason
The view from the north east is that the Mackems are seriously underwhelmed by Bridcutt. They think he's decent player but not the sort of player that'll make the difference to them staying up or not. They are desperate for players that'll add creativity and goal scoring. Gus only has a limited budget so I think the longer this drags on the better for us as. The pressure will mount from the fan base for Gus to be seen to be active and he'll end up needing to go elsewhere. I agree with the sentiments from many on this post - why on earth would TB want to make the move easy for a bloke who a few months ago was sacked and created merry hell for our football club at the beginning of this season.
The link is 3 pages back.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...derland-Poyet-wraps-2-5m-deal-midfielder.html
Thank you TB. Still, I can't see us accepting £2.5M rising to £5M. £3.5M to £5M maybe.
Well there you go. Even easier then
Basically meaning, Sunderland won't/wouldn't have bid unless Liam had said he wanted to join them.
Well there you go. Even easier then
Basically meaning, Sunderland won't/wouldn't have bid unless Liam had said he wanted to join them.
I suppose that depends on the clubs belief that the clauses will be met.
I wonder what the clauses would be. Obviously avoiding relegation and maybe 50 league appearances (obviously just guessing here).
You would have thought the avoiding relegation clause would be the biggest of all. Perhaps £1m->£1.5m for that?
If they are sensible clauses then I think £2.5m is not bad. If we somehow managed to eventually take in £4m for him then that's pretty impressive.
Alternatively, give us Connor Wickham. Thanks
I am sure, given that he shares an agent with Poyet that he has indicated he'd go to them for the right offer but that's not a done deal.