West Ham target Dunk as Reid replacement

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

6m plus a smorgasbord of add-ons.
He will want top flight footy, we aren't going to be able to offer that in the near future, and we don't want another unhappy player situation at the club.

 

[sydney]

6.5 million , loan back till end of season.....sell on and international clause , but primarily "not for sale"

 

[Icy Gull]

Shame this club doesn't show the ambition that would result in players wanting to stay here and get promoted with us rather than piss off at the first opportunity. Whilst I accept that we are a selling club, I'm pretty certain that we have no hope of promotion if we sell ALL our best players at the first sniff from Premier League clubs, which we seem to do.

Other teams such as Derby and Watford seem to have players who want to stay and play for them, why don't ours? Maybe we encourage them out of the door by making very little effort to keep them, wouldn't surprise me in the least if we did.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

We should keep him but give him the no 11 shirt

 

[chaileyjem]

One club. One ambition.

More like one step forward, two steps back.

When you're not getting rumours, or formal multi-million pound offers for your young players that you've scouted/developed is when you should start to worry...these days we should expect this type of stuff every window.
Doesn't mean we should sell or will sell but its healthy that we have players under watch by Prem Lge clubs.

 

[chaileyjem]

Shame this club doesn't show the ambition that would result in players wanting to stay here and get promoted with us rather than piss off at the first opportunity. Whilst I accept that we are a selling club, I'm pretty certain that we have no hope of promotion if we sell ALL our best players at the first sniff from Premier League clubs, which we seem to do.

Other teams such as Derby and Watford seem to have players who want to stay and play for them, why don't ours? Maybe we encourage them out of the door by making very little effort to keep them, wouldn't surprise me in the least if we did.

Really ? We just gave Dunk (and Solly March) a vastly improved new long term contract. Just because there is public talk or gossip that clubs are interested in the CB doesn't mean he's going or even that WH have made an offer.
Ulloa, and Buckley left to play in the Premier League for I guess vastly improved wages/contract and only after the club had failed in a play off push. What would you have done about that ?

 

[Bombadier Botty]

Really ? We just gave Dunk (and Solly March) a vastly improved new long term contract. Just because there is public talk or gossip that clubs are interested in the CB doesn't mean he's going or even that WH have made an offer.
Ulloa, and Buckley left to play in the Premier League for I guess vastly improved wages/contract and only after the club had failed in a play off push. What would you have done about that ?

All valid points, although it does seem that certain clubs are moe immune to 'poaching' than others, Derby County being a prime example.

 

[Stat Brother]

I love these threads, they just show how small minded and insular Albion fans are.

£4m for Dunk is laughable.
He's borderline our biggest ever transfer.
Which will be Ulloa's £10m that many a fan would have been happy to drive him round the country for half that.

I'm just glad we have businessmen running the club and not a bunch of amateurs who get giddy at the merest mention of one million pounds.

 

[aolstudios]

I love these threads, they just show how small minded and insular Albion fans are.

£4m for Dunk is laughable.
He's borderline our biggest ever transfer.
Which will be Ulloa's £10m that many a fan would have been happy to drive him round the country for half that.

I'm just glad we have businessmen running the club and not a bunch of amateurs who get giddy at the merest mention of one million pounds.

They got giddy at the mention or £750k or less for Barnes & possibly haven't been the best businessmen transfer-wise over the last 12 months

 

[LamieRobertson]

Really ? We just gave Dunk (and Solly March) a vastly improved new long term contract. Just because there is public talk or gossip that clubs are interested in the CB doesn't mean he's going or even that WH have made an offer.
Ulloa, and Buckley left to play in the Premier League for I guess vastly improved wages/contract and only after the club had failed in a play off push. What would you have done about that ?

Nice to see a different slant put on things

 

[sparkie]

I love these threads, they just show how small minded and insular Albion fans are.

£4m for Dunk is laughable.
He's borderline our biggest ever transfer.
Which will be Ulloa's £10m that many a fan would have been happy to drive him round the country for half that.

I'm just glad we have businessmen running the club and not a bunch of amateurs who get giddy at the merest mention of one million pounds.

Some idiots said they'd be happy with under 3 million for Leo

 

[LamieRobertson]

They got giddy at the mention or £750k or less for Barnes & possibly haven't been the best businessmen transfer-wise over the last 12 months

Or you could look at the fee we got for Ulloa that very many on here thought was good business

 

[Stat Brother]

They got giddy at the mention or £750k or less for Barnes & possibly haven't been the best businessmen transfer-wise over the last 12 months

£750k or nothing.

Hmmm I'll have a think and get back to you.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

I think Dunk will go, it's OK to talk of ambition and promotion but we do need money to be able to do it. If, and it's a big IF, Dunk is playing well above the standard we require to play at CB then it's right to cash in, at say £10m, and use £3m to get a very good CB and then add to the fund that will support our ambition and playoff / promotion push.

In my opinion it's not a lack of ambition to sell your best players IF you reinvest any revenue in furthering your ambition and strengthening your overall position allowing you to achieve the broader ambition.

 

[Kendo3]

£750k or nothing.

Hmmm I'll have a think and get back to you.

750K in January or Nothing at the end of the season - he was off anyway as a free agent - No Brainer!!

 

[sparkie]

750K in January or Nothing at the end of the season - he was off anyway as a free agent - No Brainer!!

This is why we need to get as much as possible for CMS this window.

 

[dwayne]

This thread is laughable. Some mickey mouse irons website have said dunk has been scouted and all of a sudden he's definitely leaving!!

Nothing to see here.

 

[Dougie]

Could a swap with Murray be in the planning

 

[Badger]

He won't leave, he's only just finished his house extension

 

[Lady Whistledown]

He won't leave, he's only just finished his house extension

He could quite easily live there and commute to London though. It's, what, a ten minute drive (tops) to the A23?

Or sell the house...