[Albion] New Ben White Rumour

[GT49er]

He’s literally put the most likely reason in the post that you quoted.

Still no reason for giving him away - get a few bob for him; better than nowt.

 

[The Optimist]

Still no reason for giving him away - get a few bob for him; better than nowt.

It does appear that they did give him away. Perhaps there weren’t any clubs prepared to pay for him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45377566

 

[Badger Boy]

Ben White has been fantastic and consistently so all season. Any suggestion otherwise is revisionism or just plain wrong in my opinion.

 

[zefarelly]

on the subject of selling club - we probably ARE a selling club - just nobody wants what we are willing to sell

nous sommes un peu 'Ratners'

 

[LamieRobertson]

Nothing to do with transfer or other such rubbish..posted yesterday

https://youtu.be/haczTwIT2Qo

 

[Wardy's twin]

He’s literally put the most likely reason in the post that you quoted.

Not sure it says why Stoke thought it was a good idea to let him go for nothing only that the contract was cancelled by mutual consent or have i missed something?

 

[Icy Gull]

Nothing to do with transfer or other such rubbish..posted yesterday

https://youtu.be/haczTwIT2Qo

Comes across as calm and level headed, nice shout out for Dunk from him too.

 

[Change at Barnham]

A nice piece on Ben, thanks for sharing.
Who was the interviewer, he mentioned his own knee injury about 3 times?

 

[nwgull]

Still no reason for giving him away - get a few bob for him; better than nowt.

He was on 64K a week. The burden of employment costs of over 3.5m per year for a player that didn’t want to be at Championship Stoke are good enough reason.

 

[AmexRuislip]

A nice piece on Ben, thanks for sharing.
Who was the interviewer, he mentioned his own knee injury about 3 times?

Really, I hadn't noticed

 

[Dave the OAP]

can we stop being stupid with the French please - I'm sure there is a rule about messages needing to be in English

 

[The Wookiee]

A nice piece on Ben, thanks for sharing.
Who was the interviewer, he mentioned his own knee injury about 3 times?

Nobody famous except for being the new boyfriend of a previous love island winner, I think he also played non league football. Google Jon Hosking

 

[GT49er]

In terms of keeping a player, they mean nothing, aside from the fact that if a club decides to sell, the selling club gets a better deal than if the player's contract was coming to an end.

We both know that. I'm not sure what your point is?

My original point was how are we a 'selling club', when our current three biggest assets haven't gone anywhere yet, and are all on long contracts.

That's not to say we won't sell any of them btw. I don't have a crystal ball. But the current situation, and indeed our selling history since being back in the top flight, suggests we are anything but a selling club.

I think the clue is in the thread title.
Rumour alone doesn't make us a 'selling club' right now.

The only reason we're 'not a selling club', as you put it, is that nobody's offered us £40 or £50M plus for any of our players.The biggest offer we've ever had was a paltry £25M or so for Ben White, which wasn't enough. If they'd offered us double that (£50M with add-ons) I personally have no doubt that we'd have done the deal.

 

[Eeyore]

The only reason we're 'not a selling club', as you put it, is that nobody's offered us £40 or £50M plus for any of our players.The biggest offer we've ever had was a paltry £25M or so for Ben White, which wasn't enough. If they'd offered us double that (£50M with add-ons) I personally have no doubt that we'd have done the deal.

The papers were wrong, as usual. It was £30m. Bielsa confirmed that himself later on.

 

[Skaville]

The papers were wrong, as usual. It was £30m. Bielsa confirmed that himself later on.

Nope, that’s the total with add ons.

 

[Eeyore]

Nope, that’s the total with add ons.

You're not telling me the papers were right this time ?

 

[GT49er]

The papers were wrong, as usual. It was £30m. Bielsa confirmed that himself later on.

£25M or so - never heard of add-ons, sell on clauses etc?




..........and what's that got to do with nobody ever offering us £40 - £50M plus for any of our players? They haven't .........................

 

[1066familyman]

The only reason we're 'not a selling club', as you put it, I'd that nobody's offered us £40 or £50M plus for any of our players.The biggest offer we've ever had was a paltry £25M or so for Ben White, which wasn't enough. If they'd offered us double that (£50M with add-ons) I personally have no doubt that we'd have done the deal.

And as one of our ex managers famously said....

'If my granny had balls she'd be my grandad.'

 

[jcdenton08]

And as one of our ex managers famously said....

'If my granny had balls she'd be my grandad.'

Bit transphobic, that is...

 

[Doc Lynam]

And as one of our ex managers famously said....

'If my granny had balls she'd be my grandad.'

Chris Hughton?