I believe I guessed at Wigan and £2.5m at the start of this thread.
Looks like £3m plus add-ons (taking the final figure to around £4m if he plays 400 games) to Reading.
So I'll give myself a mark of 8 out of ten.
However, Freedman may have to sell to bring in new faces of his own as the club’s bargain-basement policy has seen them lose their last four games in all competitions.
I love this part of the article
Is that definitely part of the original article, or a little embellishment?
Bad move if true, he's the only thing keeping about 5000 of them turning up every week. Sell him and there will be a riot.
Again.
Not going anywhere.
The great thing is that when their prize asset goes for a sum WELL beneath their hair-brained valuations, you just know they'll be bigging up all kinds of assumed, non-disclosed add-ons to bump up his supposed value. Another million once he makes 30 appearances. Another 2 million if he gets an England cap. A 75% sell-on clause. A years free subscription to the Radio Times when he stays on his feet for eleven minutes. A set of steak knives in a velvet presentation case and a signed photo of Neil Buchanan when he totals his Audi R8.
Etc.
I reckon they've got a major problem with Zaha.
He is probably vastly over-valued on their balance sheet and so is the only thing stopping the receivers stepping in.
They badly need to sell him to ease their finances but they can't let him go for less than their over-inflated value or they are in trouble.
I reckon they've got a £2.5m striker valued as a £10m asset.
Not going anywhere.