what I have been told this afternoon

[Acker79]

Currently on the club site

Murray Not for Sale
Posted on: Sat 31 Jan 2009

By Paul Camillin

Micky Adams has told fans Glenn Murray is not for sale following the arrival of strikers Craig Davies from Oldham Athletic and Crystal Palace's Calvin Andrew on loan.

The Albion boss said, "We have not scored enough goals and I cannot keep relying on the same people to come up with the goods. So if we are not scoring then we have to look at other players and other avenues in order to do so.

"Glenn Murray is not leaving. We have got no intention of selling Glenn Murray and we have received no enquiries for him. He is injured at the moment and is not back in training yet so it will be two or three weeks at least."

I'm not saying it is necessarily the case now, and at the risk of sounding patronising, but this sort of thing is a typical negotiation tactic. If you make such a statement, it drives the price up, they have to pay more to convince you to go back on your word. Clubs only tend to make it know they're willing to deal when they are in financial dire straits, have a wantaway player, might lose them fr free in the summer, or when they have a trouble player they want rid of. Every one else is someone a club doesn't want to sell.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Saying he is not leaving only drives the asking price up if a deal is made on deadline day.
A price could still be agreed if he went out on loan with the option to buy taken up later as in the case of Lynch.

 

[Superphil]

As I mentioned previously, the conversation I had was pretty clear, he is going, his missus desparately wants to go back north, however, it is Cardiff that want him. I think it will be a shame, but there is no point keeping him here if his personal life is going to suffer

 

[Nottseagull]

That's seriously FLAIR. I can't remember many times when we've had two quality strikers. FOUR class acts is just being greedy:yahoo:

Congratulations on your 15,000th post TCB :dance:

 

[murraymints4brighton]

if murray goes i think as long as we can provide for the other strikers there wont be a problem. andrew's won more balls in the air today than murray has all season and forster is the kind of player who will get onto those balls.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Somebody also heared a rumour that Attilla had been banned by DK!

 

[severnside gull]

Somebody also heared a rumour that Attilla had been banned by DK!

and has he?

 

[clippedgull]

and has he?

no. john volunteered to have a breather, it's elsewhere on NSC.

 

[clippedgull]

What do you reckon we'll get in terms of a FEE?

I would be surprised if we get much above what we paid for him.

It may be a fee, plus extras if he shoots them into the Premiership.

 

[severnside gull]

no. john volunteered to have a breather, it's elsewhere on NSC.

good luck to him.

would have been sad to get shafted for showing a bit of passion