[Albion] Daily Mail reporting Albion have rejected £4m from Burnley for Dale Stephens

[Thunder Bolt]

Twitter is fine if you follow the right accounts, very good way to get the correct info from the official BHA account.
It's excellent for local travel info.

Exactly. Don't read the hashtags as some of the replies are ludicrous.

 

[jamie the seagull]

Burnley football writer agrees it's far from done, too:

Chris Boden ‏@bodenknights 1m ago
Chris Boden Retweeted Andy Naylor
Told not close at this end either

Knowing Burnley,they have only offered add ons to their last offer.
So an extra £1m if they stay up has no monetary value as they stand no chance of doing this.

 

[beardy gull]

Sadly I think this time its happening...

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Any particular reason? Or just gut feeling? It's pretty clear that we haven't accepted a bid yet despite some nonsense twitter accounts stating we have.

 

[chaileyjem]

Any particular reason? Or just gut feeling? It's pretty clear that we haven't accepted a bid yet despite some nonsense twitter accounts stating we have.

Just gut feeling. I do think the whole Twitter thing is a bit rum mind and we're always at risk to bids from the Premier League. If A.Naylor says no bid then no bid but that doesn't mean a bid isn't coming or a deal won't be done.
Equally given Bloom's desire to keep players this summer and last years shenanigans with Dunk then i wouldn't be surprised to see club announce a new contract for Dale in the next day or so as well. All in the balance. Club clearly want to keep him.
Also i wouldn't read too much into "knocks" or his fitness as a clue.

 

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Just gut feeling. I do think the whole Twitter thing is a bit rum mind and we're always at risk to bids from the Premier League. If A.Naylor says no bid then no bid but that doesn't mean a bid isn't coming or a deal won't be done.
Equally given Bloom's desire to keep players this summer and last years shenanigans with Dunk then i wouldn't be surprised to see club announce a new contract for Dale in the next day or so as well. All in the balance. Club clearly want to keep him.
Also i wouldn't read too much into "knocks" or his fitness as a clue.

So you are speculating? No inside info then?

 

[chaileyjem]

So you are speculating? No inside info then?

nope. no inside info. not ITK

 

[Hugo Rune]

If A.Naylor says no bid then no bid but that doesn't mean a bid isn't coming or a deal won't be done.

My gut feeling is the same as yours. However, Naylor has only ruled out a '4th' bid and has said a deal is not close, he has not said the deal won't happen. There are obviously discussions ongoing and a deal could be a lot closer tomorrow. I suspect he will be facing Swansea on Saturday as his salary jumps 3 or 4 fold and the lure of the Premier League proves too much to turn down. We'll get fantastic compensation but we can't replace the Kayal-Stephens partnership that would have brought us the title this season. Play-off lottery here we come.

 

[Sheebo]

Sounds like 'job done' on his part there to be honest. The atmosphere at times has been lacking at The Amex on occasions. Fair play to him for putting it in print.

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It wasn't that simple & the atmo had been pretty good before writing that article anyway. Then there was the bringing the palace always ultras into it... Was a lame article & most on here would agree FWIW...

 

[glasfryn]

No, they aren't. Just choose who you follow on Twitter & only have real friends on Facebook.
Like anything else, it's how you use it.

Twitter is fine if you follow the right accounts, very good way to get the correct info from the official BHA account.
It's excellent for local travel info.

and you think at nearly 70 years of age I have the time, all the info you talk about I can find out on the good old NSC thanks

 

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and you think at nearly 70 years of age I have the time, all the info you talk about I can find out on the good old NSC thanks

Wow you could be older than Bens grandad

 

[Triggaaar]

As we all know, our record of signing replacements who are equivalently skillful is not great.

Then why do we have such a good squad?

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

As long as Burnley keep messing around with trying to pay some of the fee as an add on for staying up, this deal won't happen.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

He 'took a knock in training' and may not be fit tonight, yeah ok.

 

[fosters headband]

Why is no one asking the question as to why two of our most important players (and in my opinion our best player) have been allowed to get into the last year of their contract? Criminally bad critical resource management.

We are used to it, remember Ashley Barnes and Glenn Murray. The club never regretted getting into this position with those two,or did they?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

We are used to it, remember Ashley Barnes and Glen Murray. The club never regretted getting into this position with those two,or did they?

Is it possible that the players aren't signing the new contract? Or are demanding more than we want to pay? Or do you think we just forgot and the penny's just dropped?

 

[Aveacarlin']

We are used to it, remember Ashley Barnes and Glenn Murray. The club never regretted getting into this position with those two,or did they?

Barnes no. Murray yes.

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[fosters headband]

Is it possible that the players aren't signing the new contract? Or are demanding more than we want to pay? Or do you think we just forgot and the penny's just dropped?

With both Barnes and Murray it was money in my view and the club didn't value them obviously as high as their own expectations. Both players in my mind proved the club wrong and got what they wanted. Remember we got nothing for Murray and sold Barnes at a lower price to avoid getting nothing. When players are such obvious assets to the team I would have thought the club should not let this situation arise by dealing with it much earlier. But it all boils down to money either the player wants too much or the club gambles and think's they can hold on longer before having to pay out the higher wages that they will be able to earn.

 

[DFL JCL]

From what i can tell some people are speculating that there has been a £7m bid from Burnley and AN says a deal isn't close.... is this correct or am i missing something?

 

[Aveacarlin']

From what i can tell some people are speculating that there has been a £7m bid from Burnley and AN says a deal isn't close.... is this correct or am i missing something?

Pure speculation based on one on-line rumour. I'd be inclined to go with AN's latest tweet on the subject.

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[fosters headband]

Pure speculation based on one on-line rumour. I'd be inclined to go with AN's latest tweet on the subject.

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If the rumor is correct and the offer is £7 mill, then the club have to either get him to sign an improved contract or except the £7mill.
If not we will end up selling him for around 2/3 million in January or losing him for nothing at the end of the season, if promotion is missed again.