Bournemouth willing to let Murray leave on a free

[rocker959]

Will be better and younger options available.

 

[um bongo molongo]

I'm not sure I agree with the thinking that says he definitely won't take a pay cut. £20k a week instead of £30k a week, £5k difference after tax, 3 hours less in a car and 3 hours more with his family every day, and a decent chance of regular football at a club on the up where he obviously wants to come. We're clearly interested and doubt we're showing interest without sounding him out over whether he'd come on wages that we'd be happy to pay and wouldn't upset the dressing room. The bigger issue is likely to be smug faced Eddie needing to save some face. Even owners who are happy to be in the prem don't like spending £4m and then selling for nought 6 months later...

 

[BensGrandad]

Debate the 'ifs' all night, we're still playing in The Championship at the start of next season.

But it bides away the time from now until mid June and the fixtures come out to give us more debatable points.

 

[Icy Gull]

Turning into too much hassle for a player at the arse end of his career. I was a big fan but am now inclined to hope he stays in the stiffs drawing his 30k a week and annoying smug Eddie.

Time to move on now IMO ( I know plenty have been saying that since he left )

 

[dazzer6666]

Turning into too much hassle for a player at the arse end of his career. I was a big fan but am now inclined to hope he stays in the stiffs drawing his 30k a week and annoying smug Eddie.

Time to move on now IMO ( I know plenty have been saying that since he left )

This. I don't get the constant infatuation with former players to be honest. Fully expect CH and team to unearth another Knocky-like gem or two instead.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

This. I don't get the constant infatuation with former players to be honest. Fully expect CH and team to unearth another Knocky-like gem or two instead.

Agreed. Although it's not a 'Knocky-like gem' that we need, after all we have the original Knocky already.

What we badly need though is a 20/25 goal a season striker. Once upon a time that would have been Glenn, but I fear it's a season too late for him, especially if it is going to cost us a seven figure fee, without any real chance of selling him on.

 

[dazzer6666]

Agreed. Although it's not a 'Knocky-like gem' that we need, after all we have the original Knocky already.

What we badly need though is a 20/25 goal a season striker. Once upon a time that would have been Glenn, but I fear it's a season too late for him, especially if it is going to cost us a seven figure fee, without any real chance of selling him on.

By Knocky-like, I meant someone (agree it's a decent striker or two as priority) of decent value that other clubs don't seem to be chasing but turns out to be class........imagine the management have their targets lined up already (expecting business early in the window), and also imagine most of them won't be predicted on here [emoji3]

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Didn't we spend more than that on Manu. Makes Murray look like the bargain of the year.

 

[atomised]

Didn't we spend more than that on Manu. Makes Murray look like the bargain of the year.

Depends what the 7 figure fee in question for Murray is

 

[London Irish]

He's contracted to Bournemouth for two more years, or in other words, till he is 35. He is currently on his last big contract.

At the moment, he is due to earn £3m over the next two years at Bournemouth and they want to get him off the payroll. Pay them £1.5m which they use to pay off half of his contract. He signs for us for £15k a week which is roughly £750k a year; or to put it another way, £1.5m over two years. Bournemouth get him off their books at no cost to them (but no gain), we get a proven goal scorer at a relatively modest fee and GM still earns £3m over the next two years without upsetting our pay scales! Win Win Win all round. What's not to like. The point is that he is unlikely to sign for any club for more than he is earning now so he is always going to look to Bournemouth to make up the difference which they are not prepared to fund.

Sounds a big winner to me

 

[London Irish]

Oh and I would still love Vydra by the way, suits us perfectly in my opinion, Reading were a shambles this season.
Hes always scored a lot of goals in the championship generally.

Worried about whether those injuries have taken away that amazing Watford era speed

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

By Knocky-like, I meant someone (agree it's a decent striker or two as priority) of decent value that other clubs don't seem to be chasing but turns out to be class........imagine the management have their targets lined up already (expecting business early in the window), and also imagine most of them won't be predicted on here [emoji3]

Agreed

 

[glasfryn]

apparently we have be told to pay 2.5m for him
well they whoever THEY are can **** right off
he will cost muff another 6m in wages for the next two years ..................shows(as we know) you should be careful who you sign and for how long for

PS someone is being very greedy I don't know who it is and frankly don't care

 

[drew]

apparently we have be told to pay 2.5m for him
well they whoever THEY are can **** right off
he will cost muff another 6m in wages for the next two years ..................shows(as we know) you should be careful who you sign and for how long for

PS someone is being very greedy I don't know who it is and frankly don't care

Where did this £3m a year wage come from?

 

[Marshy]

For £2.5m plus wages for 2 years this is no longer viable in my opinion, as much as I am a Murray fan.

Time to move on even for me if thats the cost involved.

I bet we could pick up Vydra for not much more than that on the back of his season at Reading and is only 24.

 

[glasfryn]

Where did this £3m a year wage come from?

I must have read it somewhere on here ............but even if its £3 its still a NO from me

 

[8ace]

Can't see bmuff getting any takers at that price, he probably be available on loan.

 

[Betfair Bozo]

They won't get £2.5m and they'll not want him in their 25 man squad. I'll guess at an "undisclosed" £1m (or thereabouts) with maybe the balance to be paid if the buying club gets promoted in the first season of GM's contract.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

They won't get £2.5m and they'll not want him in their 25 man squad. I'll guess at an "undisclosed" £1m (or thereabouts) with maybe the balance to be paid if the buying club gets promoted in the first season of GM's contract.

Offer to take him FREE, and with Bournemouth paying ALL but £3k of his wages, but we pay them a £5million bonus loan fee, in the event that we get promoted.

 

[Dirk Lehmann's Python]

Sack this one off. I love Murray but can't justify that sort of fee.

Exactly as I said in January (and was shot down by Bozza), it's all about Howe. He doesn't need to get his money back, but he won't admit he cocked up by making a substantial loss on this transfer.

Clown.

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