Before he returned to the club to finalise the Rosenior deal he was in holiday in France with Cheryl. My reference to France was not about the club trip to France perhaps that's where your misinterpretation came from. Again someone not having read my post correctly
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Before he returned to the club to finalise the Rosenior deal he was in holiday in France with Cheryl. My reference to France was not about the club trip to France perhaps that's where your misinterpretation came from. Again someone not having read my post correctly
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I'm referring to a second post on Tuesday #363. I know you think I'm getting at you, but it was very misleading. It appeared from that post that Hughton had come back from France with the team and was away again.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Sorry.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I also enjoy reading your posts. Much better than a lot of the transfer speculation on here.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Let's hope the delay (almost 2 weeks since last signing) is worth it eh?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
At the risk of being told off for pedantry again, we signed the keeper last week.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
You are correct. I must have been so underwhelmed I forgot that.
Unfortunately not that inspiring or needed so not memorable for most
Finchley Seagull
Well-known member
Given the constant moaning on this thread, it would be interesting to see the reaction if the rumours of us agreeing a fee with Fulham for Dunk are true (apparently £4.5 million according to Twitter/someone on their forum). Probably complete rubbish but this board (and especially this thread) would implode!
Finchley Seagull
Well-known member
Completely agree with this. There's a lot of fuss about last season proving that we must act early to have a chance of being up there. However, last year we had an awful manager in charge for the first half of the season and the signings didn't work out as a result. If we sign the right players in August, then they should fit in fine. It's not ideal but most clubs don't complete their activity in July. It's very rare and usually means you overspend.
OvingdeanSeagull
Well-known member
As long as we spend the money we make from him, I'd be fine with this. He's not worth £4.5m. I'd say we could replace him for £2m quite easily if we buy well, and that would leave £2.5m to buy a quality attacking player or two.
Finchley Seagull
Well-known member
I agree with this. Was the sort of price I would have taken (especially if it has a high sell on in case he does make it big). But, I could imagine the reaction on here wouldn't be great!
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Disappointing if we sell to another Championship team.
We must get a 50+% sell on as well.
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The club won't sell him to another Champ team. I know nobody believes that. But worth noting how many times , and they normally don't say much about anything, have actually said it publicly this summer.
"Dunk is very much a part of what we are trying to achieve here and we, at this particular moment, are certainly not thinking in any way about losing any players" Hughton , The Argus, July 8th
As for the source of this rumour. Its here. Someone with 77 followers on Twitter. Of course it must be true. Or perhaps not. the fun people have making up stuff on Twitter in close season.
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Insists he "has a friend at the club" . of course he does.
Every player has his price and whilst probably just twitter nonsense 4.5M would be a decent price. As I see it isn't about selling but replacing well and unfortunately we haven't done that recently. As long as the price is good and funds used well then I wouldn't have an issue although some may
I would sell him for that price in a heartbeat.
I don't think Dunk is anything out of the ordinary.
Perhaps he could be better in the future but I doubt his value would ever go much above that level, even if he got better. Thats not the only reason I would sell him - if a player sets his heart on leaving the club you will never get the best out of him again and things just start to get bitter if it drags on. Just look at the saga with Raheem Sterling which was played out in the Tabloid Press as opposed to behind closed doors. That was a mixture of his Agent and people at Liverpool leaking things to the press.
So for that reason it is best to let him go if he wants to and then move on quickly to get replacements in.
I don't think Dunk is anything out of the ordinary.
Perhaps he could be better in the future but I doubt his value would ever go much above that level, even if he got better. Thats not the only reason I would sell him - if a player sets his heart on leaving the club you will never get the best out of him again and things just start to get bitter if it drags on. Just look at the saga with Raheem Sterling which was played out in the Tabloid Press as opposed to behind closed doors. That was a mixture of his Agent and people at Liverpool leaking things to the press.
So for that reason it is best to let him go if he wants to and then move on quickly to get replacements in.