Alvarez to cost 10.5m euros

[johnny c]

If he isn't our player then I can't imagine us paying the full money, probably a percentage of it.

If the fee was to be paid when we stayed up what happened after that is irrelevant

 

[Mackem Mad]

Shambles.... a pattern here ... Alvrez and M'Villa, you cannot expect to give your word and sign a contract and expect to weasel out of it...its not acceptable ot professional.

Get yer dosh on the Fat Lass.

In all seriousness, it's this kind of behind the scenes shenanigans that Moyes is on about when he talks about something not being right.

It all stinks to high heaven, man.

 

[Ale taster]

And people will still wonder why Short won't just pour more money in and shut up.

No. People will still wonder why Short employed these idiots in the first instance.

 

[Mr Redknapp]

 

[TDalt]

Get yer dosh on the Fat Lass.



It all stinks to high heaven, man.

Stuff like this catching up with us this season IMO. Moyes has still made some iffy decisions but it's not as if he's come into a top four club and got us one point. This kind of start is a season in, season out thing for us. What he's doing is par for the course. He needs to stay long term and change it.

 

[King for a Day...]

Source is gazetta who have rerun the same story they have run several times over the last few months

I think some of us will just wait for an official source on this one. It's possible they know something, but just as likely that they are full of shit.

 

[luvulongtime]

No. People will still wonder why Short employed these idiots in the first instance.

perhaps because they wanted less wages than competent experienced people

 

[RichD]

And people will still wonder why Short won't just pour more money in and shut up.

of course uncle Ellis had now't to do with it

 

[JL1985]

The exchange rate after Brexit hasn't helped.

 

[TartanMackem]

If he isn't our player then I can't imagine us paying the full money, probably a percentage of it.

It's our fault that he's not our player, not Inter's. They will get the full amount due to them and we do not have a player to show for it.

As said at the time, we should have cut our losses, played him while we waited to see the outcome of the Johnson case, and sold him to get some of the money back. Instead we arsed around, lost the lot and paid a nice whack of legal fees for the privilege.

 

[Baccyboozenbullets]

Who were recruited and employed by the owner.

Fighting a losing battle with some people marra. No matter what happens he dips his hand in his own pocket for transfer ya-NAR! So he's not really to blame its always someone else!! Yet he employed the the idiots is the first place which people seem to forget. Add £10m to the already hugely out of control dept the he's saddled the club with.

 

[Cheesy Feet]

Must be a way round it.....phone Sam he'll know.

 

[Marty Moose]

So, he's cost us a season-long loan fee, a year of wages and now 10.5m and he played 13 games for us. About a million per game, then!
Oh and we let him go for free because our hotshot board were convinced we wouldn't be liable for the transfer fee?

Looking on the bright side, still better value than rodders.

 

[xmfd]

Final nail in the coffin for me.

We'll get hammered again tomorrow and then pay 10.5m for Alvarez and I'll be finished watching Sunderland for a while.

Of course I hope we win 3-0 but I'm predicting we might not.

I'm all for giving Moyes time to fix it and I want him to stay, but I won't be ruining my Saturdays every week while we haven't got a team worth watching

 

[flanny1]

Source is gazetta who have rerun the same story they have run several times over the last few months

Ah right so another non starter. Either that we've lost that case about dozen times, I suppose that would explain why we haven't been spending big.

 

[Baccyboozenbullets]

Whee? good banter regardless

Fuck off pleb. For a man with two heads you'd think you'd of had half a brain cell in at least one of them ya fuckin mutant.

 

[Horace Cope]

BRING

HIM

HOME

 

[WiseOldMan]

It's our fault that he's not our player, not Inter's. They will get the full amount due to them and we do not have a player to show for it.

As said at the time, we should have cut our losses, played him while we waited to see the outcome of the Johnson case, and sold him to get some of the money back. Instead we arsed around, lost the lot and paid a nice whack of legal fees for the privilege.

Oh I agree it was out fault and we should pay up but I thought he would still be our player if it was ruled in their favour. I don't know where that leaves us because I understood it as he was playing somewhere else in the meantime while the mess was sorted out, I don't think we could make that decision on letting him go at the time if we thought he wasn't ours. probably more to it than we think.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

We should have just bought him, even if he'd turned out shite (likely based on what we'd seen) we could still have sold him and made some of our money back. 10 mil pissed down the drain due to pure incompetence, the club is a shambles.

 

[Lord Alfred]

In all seriousness, it's this kind of behind the scenes shenanigans that Moyes is on about when he talks about something not being right.

How can it be when you've identified it but Moyes "is no nearer".

As I keep on saying, if Davey wants to know what the gremlins are he should just read this board.