Quite. Didn't Toon offer around £15m in January as a Championship club looking for a Championship player ?
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Knockaert, so it starts
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Quite. Didn't Toon offer around £15m in January as a Championship club looking for a Championship player ?
Westdene Wonder
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Money talks in the Premiership and the top teams usually get who they want
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Are you his agent?
Biscuit Barrel
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No. A friend of mine worked on the insurance policy when he signed the new contract.
He took a pay cut with his new contract? I know he likes it here but that seems a bit extreme
Has you friend ever heard of client confidentiality and the data protection act?
Weststander
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Or is a Walter Mitty character.
Ex-friend by now perhaps.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
The 'top teams' won't want him.
C'mon: we love Knocky here but has he proven he can do it at the Prem level? No.
Someone (and this won't be popular) much more attractive to a 'top team' will be Wilf. Sorry, but...
Weststander
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BrianWade4
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He won't leave
He loves it here especially the way the Club supported him after his father's passing
He loves it here especially the way the Club supported him after his father's passing
Weststander
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Is the reality.
Papa Lazarou
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You'd (I would) hope that this is true. If not, then a little bit more of my love for football dies.
Always amazes me how naive football fans can be when it comes to their club. He does seem to love it here, and the club's conduct when his Dad died was fantastic, which would make it all the more difficult for him to leave. But does anyone seriously think he will be here until he retires? Come on.
If he gets an offer from a really big club, he will be off, if the fee is right for Bloom. He'll probably think about what his Dad would want, which would surely be for him to play at the highest level possible, at the biggest possible club.
That's the reality.
ewe2
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Absolutely this !.....There will be a release fee,in his contract.All the right words will be said,and everyone is happy !I guess that's football business. I will just add,that IMO AK is just a little too precious and moody for a regular start in what will be a tough season.
What happens when we're second to bottom in January, we've just been hammered 5-0 at the Amex by Watford, half the ground leave on 80 minutes and the remaining 15,000 boo the players off, and Knockaert gets a call saying Everton have made an offer for him and want him to join? "No, I can't leave, the club were really supportive when my Dad passed away last year". Yeah, right.
Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est retiré.
I'd miss him having his little personal 'mini-strops' with himself when things go wrong if he went. I love to see players that care.
There have been times when his jinky little runs have been thwarted by Championship defences, especially later in the season, so I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing how he does against some high-grade defences. I do hope he's with us next season, and I'm sure he will be.
There have been times when his jinky little runs have been thwarted by Championship defences, especially later in the season, so I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing how he does against some high-grade defences. I do hope he's with us next season, and I'm sure he will be.
Two Professors
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Apparently his and Dale's earnings are now £45K p/w (in national newspaper today).
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The question, dare I say it, is one of mutual benefit. An offer in excess of twenty million would possibly be good for both club and player. It's all about what suits. He could earn more elsewhere and a strong offer would give the club resources (although a hole to fill).