Black Cats must cough up £15m for Fletcher

[Salty Dog Shrimp]

Outrageous. His value is 8m. They'd be insane to turn down 10m.

[spitfire]

Ok, i will soften my stance. 6-7 million and lets give him a punt.

[hawes mackem]

Originally Posted by Captain_Fishpaste

Precisely how it will play out, I think. If he is one of the ones who have had their wages halved by relegation he isn't going to sit and accept it if he can get a big pay rise elsewhere.

My guess is someone gets him for around £10m.

Best deal would be to pay £7-8 million up front with maybe some kind of add-ons if he was to get 15-20 goals he maybe worth more than £10 million....

[Villan]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog Shrimp

Outrageous. His value is 8m. They'd be insane to turn down 10m.

They wouldn't though. We're talking about a player that could be the difference of league survival or not. I wouldn't be surprised if they are thinking he's as good as they will get.

[safcpauluk]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog Shrimp

Outrageous. His value is 8m. They'd be insane to turn down 10m.

Its wot he's worth to the club that counts...eg. like sess to us his value is 6 million but he is worth far more than that to sunderland

[Captain_Fishpaste]

Originally Posted by hawes mackem

Best deal would be to pay £7-8 million up front with maybe some kind of add-ons if he was to get 15-20 goals he maybe worth more than £10 million....

That would be a good deal for us. Not sure Wolves would see it as such a great deal for them, though.

I really think people need to drop their preconceptions and obsessions with 'value'. This is just what the market is like these days. It is tough to grab a bargain, particularly so if you have backed yourselves into a corner like we have with regard the striker situation.

The salient point is that a £10m deal (which is what it will be I think) can be adsorbed into the books pretty easily now. We have reached that level. Therefore, it should frighten no one. It is all about trusting the manager, I suppose.

[The Situation]

Originally Posted by THELORDROWELL

Crouch who's a full England international and regular goal scorer for the national side didn't cost Stoke anywhere near £15m, the Wolves chairman seems to be a bigger fucking nutter than Daniel Levy.

£12m plus £60,000 a week on a 4 year deal is what they paid for him. Huge money.

[Dreamboat]

Originally Posted by Captain_Fishpaste

That would be a good deal for us. Not sure Wolves would see it as such a great deal for them, though.

I really think people need to drop their preconceptions and obsessions with 'value'. This is just what the market is like these days. It is tough to grab a bargain, particularly so if you have backed yourselves into a corner like we have with regard the striker situation.

The salient point is that a £10m deal (which is what it will be I think) can be adsorbed into the books pretty easily now. We have reached that level. Therefore, it should frighten no one. It is all about trusting the manager, I suppose.

Maybe this is why NUFC got Cisse so cheap. Ba was already on 15ish goals for the season, so Freiburg knew they weren't desperate.

[Captain_Fishpaste]

Originally Posted by Dreamboat

Maybe this is why NUFC got Cisse so cheap. Ba was already on 15ish goals for the season, so Freiburg knew they weren't desperate.

The mags could take a risk on Cissé because they had Ba to fall back on. We don't have that safety net. We need someone we know can be effective in this division and can settle here comfortably. Sadly, they come at a bit of a premium.

[viccarlton]

Originally Posted by Il Postino Pat

Who else has been linked to Fletcher?

Mr. Mackay, Mr. Barraclough?