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Bid rejected for Clarke


It's a real toughie for the club.

Sell Clarke = £20/25m to strengthen the team.

Keep Clarke = probably around £6/7m transfer kitty (going off rumoured costings from last year).

I don't want the lad to leave, but it would be interesting to see what the recruitment set up could do with a substantial amount of money behind them.
 
Tbf if he is going to be sold then the news theres allegedly numerous clubs interested tells us the club should be playing them all off against eachother for the highest possible fee.

Or, he signs a new contract here.
 
gipetto said:
£9m :lol: Rumours suggested we paid £10m, although unlikely, however we'll also owe Spurs a percentage no doubt which will also need to be factored in.

I'll be absolutely gutted if we lose Clarke mind, even more so if it's for a paltry few.
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Good test of the owners to see if we're going to behave like a serious club. He's our most valuable asset. £20 million starting price. Closer to £30 million with add ons. If we entertain lower then we're not serious imo.
 
whilst i do feel we'll unfortunately end up selling him you've got to be looking at 2.5x that amount before we even engage anyone in conversation
 
Mboma said:
It's a real toughie for the club.

Sell Clarke = £20/25m to strengthen the team.

Keep Clarke = probably around £6/7m transfer kitty (going off rumoured costings from last year).

I don't want the lad to leave, but it would be interesting to see what the recruitment set up could do with a substantial amount of money behind them.
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Or we could sell Dan Neil and he is very replaceable.
 
gipetto said:
It's not great though when we'll likely owe Spurs 20% sell on fee. He's been absolutely fantastic. We need to be playing hardball here, he's only 22 and is contracted until 2026, we should be aiming for £25-30m minimum.
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Oh I know mate I agree but I can see us selling at that mark we paid what £10 million for him?
 
Is it not really good that Premiership clubs are bidding for some our players?

Some on the Board need to get used to this as we get better & better players.

If these reports are true - of 3 clubs bidding - it's likely to push the price up fast.

A year or two ago we had almost zero saleable assets or even players with potential to become this.

Now we have at least half a dozen - Clarke, Roberts, Ballard, Neil, Stewart, Patterson.

If silly money (25-30m) is offered I think we would take it & re-invest the bulk of it on players.

I like Clarke a lot but it would then be up to our excellent recruitment team to find a replacement or two (might Bennette or Lihadji even step up?) .
 
200 Miles Pilgrim said:
Is it not really good that Premiership clubs are bidding for some our players?

Some on the Board need to get used to this as we get better & better players.

If these reports are true - of 3 clubs bidding - it's likely to push the price up fast.

A year or two ago we had almost zero saleable assets or even players with potential to become this.

Now we have at least half a dozen - Clarke, Roberts, Ballard, Neil, Stewart, Patterson.

If silly money (25-30m) is offered I think we would take it & re-invest the bulk of it on players.

I like Clarke a lot but it would then be up to our excellent recruitment team to find a replacement or two (might Bennette or Lihadji even step up?) .
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Its a compliment aye, shows we're doing some things that are right.
 
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