Matt Richards
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- Jan 22, 2009
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The deal with Richards was reportedly turned down as we could not agree to his personal terms (i.e. his wages).
Given that he has 6 months left on his contract at Ipswich he is likely to be available for a pretty reasonable fee (c.£50k). Whilst we know he is not knocking on Fabio Capello's door to displace Ashley Cole I think from what we have seen from him over the last 18 months we can agree he is a reasonable player for League 1. Add to this he clearly has no issue in coming to play for us (unlike the League 1 player who has just turned us down) and I am getting confused.
We were apparently prepared to pay c£100k more than we would need to for Richards for a League 1 left back (whom I am assuming would be of a similar standard to Richards). Therefore this would suggest that;
(a) Richards' wage demands are completely ridiculous (i.e. that it is going to be substantially more than the £100k differential in the fee);
(b) Adams thinks Richards is rubbish;
(c) Adams thinks McNulty was tremendous value at £150k; or
(d) Richards has been luring players wives back to the Holiday Inn and disrupting the rest of the team with his goading over the fact he is now only 3 wives/girlfriends short of a full set.
Given that he has 6 months left on his contract at Ipswich he is likely to be available for a pretty reasonable fee (c.£50k). Whilst we know he is not knocking on Fabio Capello's door to displace Ashley Cole I think from what we have seen from him over the last 18 months we can agree he is a reasonable player for League 1. Add to this he clearly has no issue in coming to play for us (unlike the League 1 player who has just turned us down) and I am getting confused.
We were apparently prepared to pay c£100k more than we would need to for Richards for a League 1 left back (whom I am assuming would be of a similar standard to Richards). Therefore this would suggest that;
(a) Richards' wage demands are completely ridiculous (i.e. that it is going to be substantially more than the £100k differential in the fee);
(b) Adams thinks Richards is rubbish;
(c) Adams thinks McNulty was tremendous value at £150k; or
(d) Richards has been luring players wives back to the Holiday Inn and disrupting the rest of the team with his goading over the fact he is now only 3 wives/girlfriends short of a full set.
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