Closer to £20m I reckon.Even if he does really well for them I can’t see us getting anywhere near £40m for him in the summer with only a year left.
I wonder how close the club were to refusing the loan until he signed an extension.
Tricky one really, it is a game of nerves I guess, and one Tony is usually good at, holding him to ransom can backfire and make him engineer a move or down tools. No one needs that, and I believe the club do care about the development of the players for their benefit as well as ours. You won't be a desirable destination to other young players if we are seen as holding back players progression. At the end of the day if he was good enough at this point in time to be playing more he would. He could well go to Ipswich and sink or realise the grass is not greener, the training facilities and player development, back room staff etc etc is better here.Even if he does really well for them I can’t see us getting anywhere near £40m for him in the summer with only a year left.
I wonder how close the club were to refusing the loan until he signed an extension.
I'm sure that is what he has been told and what he thinks too. The pressure will be on, they are fighting for their lives and let's hope he rises to the occasion. Maybe a defining move in his career.I think he’s more than good enough to start for Ipswich. Playing off Delap I think will suit him too
I don't want to derail the thread, but I'm just curious when all this "to send players on loan" started in English football? Now I've got used to it but earlier I thought it was a bit strange. '70s? '80s? Earlier?
Haha, oh my, I wasn't even near! Didn't know that, thought it came with the money. Thanks for the link!A bizarre history of loans: Where did it really all begin?
Permanent deals might not be so hot in January, but short-term ones could be – especially after the Football League scrapped the ‘emergency loan’ window last summer. But how did it all start, and what brought the most controversy?www.fourfourtwo.com
So only the last 150 years or so
Hope he bangs in a dozen goals for them.I'm sure that is what he has been told and what he thinks too. The pressure will be on, they are fighting for their lives and let's hope he rises to the occasion. Maybe a defining move in his career.
With 5 of them on 8th March at Selhurst.Hope he bangs in a dozen goals for them.
Top top player and a likeable club
Kind of player that always energises the support. These are why we go to footballI for one am sorry to see him leave always an exciting talent puts his all into it and has the ability to do something remarkable
Profit YAY! Rejoice! Rejoice!If he won't extend and we have to sell, then the price seems less important than the add ons. A nice 25% sell on clause could be worth it's weight in gold if he does go on to fulfill his potential.
Hope he bangs in a dozen goals for them.
Top top player and a likeable club
Would rather he stayed, but if he won't: make the best of a bad situation.Profit YAY! Rejoice! Rejoice!
Absolutely.I think he’s more than good enough to start for Ipswich. Playing off Delap I think will suit him too
They've been likeable enough under McKenna that I've almost forgiven them for THAT bizarre banner
Yes like Gyokeres then. Oh waitIf he won't extend and we have to sell, then the price seems less important than the add ons. A nice 25% sell on clause could be worth it's weight in gold if he does go on to fulfill his potential.