- Jun 27, 2012
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There's a bit more context as to where this has got to via sun journo Alan Nixon's twitter feed. (ie: according to him - not very far)
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Shane Duffy
- Thread starter portslade seagull
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Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
My Evertonian mate wants him back at Everton. I would love us to up the bid and persuade him.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
What was pretty much a done deal?, Toure to Celtic?, or Duffy to the Albion?
portslade seagull
Well-known member
- Thread starter
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Surely we would start with a low bid and build up bit bt bit
Toure to Celtic.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Well yeah, but if the guy is rated at around £5m, £2m does seem a tad low as an opening gambit.
I must say though I do like the look of this guy, and just as I said on the Russell Martin thread, I think that even with Dunk, (if he stays), Goldson, and Huhnemaier at the club, I still think he will get plenty of game time. After all, players get injured or suspended, and lose form during a season.
I'd be very tempted to make a sensible bid for him.
blazey59
New member
Duffy is a fair player but I think the chairman wants the money from dunk sale, which I think is a big mistake if it happens and he goes
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Definately, Dunk, along with Stephens, Kayal and Knockaert are the four players we really cannot afford to lose. Not if we want to make a concerted push for promotion next season anyway.
Signed a one year deal.
- Jun 27, 2012
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On what basis ?. Last season in order to ward him off from potential suitors they gave him , despite having refused to play in a League Cup game, the longest (and i guess) most expensive contract ever at the club and turned down a big bid from Fulham in the process. Hardly the actions of a chairman who wants to cash in.
This summer they've, well sourced reports say, turned down £5m, £7m and £8m from premier league clubs.
Bloom has no say over who bids for his players so i'm not sure because Dunk is getting offers it therefore means 'he wants the money from his sale" despite every indication so far is that he wants to hold onto him. They've said it in public countless times for starters and it looks like they mean it.*
* he might still go. Its premier league money for sure. and they might get a silly money offer but by god they seem better at holding their nerve than most.
BensGrandad
New member
Wouldnt have expected much else at his age and with his recent record of playing for Liverpool. Its sad to see a good player who has gone down hill with age perhaps should have gone to MLS.
Finchley Seagull
Well-known member
Exactly. There is no evidence. If I was Bloom and saw comments like that, I'd be really annoyed and think why do I bother. He spent last summer funding an excellent team and rejecting big offers for a couple of players. He funds more players in January and this summer he continues to block moves for our players. Yet people like blazey59 can just make ridiculous comments (with no evidence) saying you want to sell our players. If I was him, I'd be tempted to give up.
As you say, we may sell a player or two but only at a very high price and the funds will be used for replacements.
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Toure to Celtic. I wouldn't expect Rogers to be commenting on either our or Blackburn's players.
Bwian
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- Jul 14, 2003
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Stupid Boy.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
That was why I felt compelled to ask the question.
BensGrandad
New member
I hope something happens soon as it is getting boring on here with nothing football to discuss.
severnside gull
Well-known member
Have to say that reads like a total load of bollocks without a single word that convinces me that he has significantly more knowledge than I do (and that's the sum of **** all)
With all due respect, he tends to get more right than he does wrong...One of the few I would give any credence to!
