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Russell Martin has Ross Stewart as his main target **Transfer confirmed **

Do you blame any player really for looking for a move, if their employer won't give them a contract that they could easily obtain elsewhere in the league? And by all accounts he's not exactly asking for the earth.

I have no idea what the contractual gap is between Stewart and the club BUT we need to shore up his position, ideally with him, but if we end up with neither him or a capable replacement our season is goosed.
 

Be a shitter if we sell him and he fires them to promotion. If he does go that'll be another one we will need in on top of the Ukrainian lad or we will be back to square one. Gonna be gutted to see the lad go, scoring that second goal I've not been so emotional over a Sunderland goal in a very long time. Good player is rossco.

He is indeed, I'd be massively sorry to lose him. Good player who works his socks off for his team, scores goals, is defensively sound and potentially has his best years ahead of him. Pointless taking a strop against the board over it though, if Southampton want him they can throw a lot more money at him than we could.
 
With a fit Ross Stewart? Anyone's got a chance. Do we know he's going to be the same player? absolutely not. Can we afford to put him on a 4 year deal on the same wages Southampton are offering and then risk the injuries again? Absolutely not. It's a gamble Southampton can afford and one we can't, that's the top and bottom of it. Not to mention, if Ross Stewart wanted to be a Sunderland player after this transfer window it would've been sorted out by now.

I think this is how it is.
 
Ok. So let’s say it’s 50%. Which is probably being generous given how much Everton need to come back. You think we can pay someone over 35k? The point is still valid.
no mate. a misunderstanding. I suggested that armstrong rumoured to be on something like £55k pw. On that basis I also suggest Soton will pay Roscoe more than we can afford. ..and more than he asked for in any earlier negotiations with us.
 
He said he’s offered the cap. He’s also said others are on the very same cap.

Player contract values can be calculated very easily from Amortisation figures within the club accounts and tax return figures from PLCs used by players to siphon payments.

I’m sure you can fill in the gaps
No they can't:lol:

Their transfer fees is on amortisation but the wages is grouped together with the entire clubs :lol:

Why are you telling complete packs of lies?
See post 828. Stewart’s agent said debate is over 250k pa
Where has his agent said its over 250k? He will have lost well over 250k by being Injured and not signing the extension a year ago

You're a complete liar.
 
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Imagine thinking Piroe is better than Stewart man.

Gyokeres just went for £25m, Stewart could easily be worth that - and then more when you get him off the last year of his contract, Ala the Gyokeres situation. Just because Swansea sold low doesn’t Mean we have to
Gyokeres went for €20m, which is about £17m. He's also 2 years younger than Stewart, a regular in the Swedish national squad, and doesn't have a massive history of injuries.

He's also averaged 20 goals a season for the last 2 years at Championship level. Stewart has barely played at Championship level; yes he's scored a lot of goals in a small number of games, but that's a very small sample size.

Also, 3 of Stewart's 10 last season were penalties, and 1 other was a rebound of a penalty he missed. So that pads his stats a bit.

Gyokeres scored 40 goals in 2 years at Coventry, and only 3 of them were penalties.
 
He is indeed, I'd be massively sorry to lose him. Good player who works his socks off for his team, scores goals, is defensively sound and potentially has his best years ahead of him. Pointless taking a strop against the board over it though, if Southampton want him they can throw a lot more money at him than we could.

I love the lad, think he is fantastic and his form last season for 13 games was unreal but the situation is what it is.

We had our chance to sign a new contract prior to last season starting and failed to capitalise, its now long gone, given I think the hierarchy has done a great job overall I'm not ranting over it but it's a big mistake on their behalf imo.
 
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Gyokeres went for €20m, which is about £17m. He's also 2 years younger than Stewart, a regular in the Swedish national squad, and doesn't have a massive history of injuries.

He's also averaged 20 goals a season for the last 2 years at Championship level. Stewart has barely played at Championship level; yes he's scored a lot of goals in a small number of games, but that's a very small sample size.

Also, 3 of Stewart's 10 last season were penalties, and 1 other was a rebound of a penalty he missed. So that pads his stats a bit.

Gyokeres scored 40 goals in 2 years at Coventry, and only 3 of them were penalties.

Hate that penalty point of "padding" mind, fails to mention that he was through on goal and got wiped out, hence why it was a penalty - but could easily have scored otherwise.
 
So you have just claimed that Stewart getting us 2 additional league places pays for his annual salary. That's is f***ing laughably out and you expect to be taking seriously on financials.

How are these pittance amounts paying his annual salary? :lol::lol:

The prize money on offer in the Championship is comparatively little, with the winner expected to pick up around £100,000, and the second placed team £50,000. Thereafter, prize money drops in increments, with the side finishing bottom of the EFL Championship (Barnsley last season) earning around £7,000 in prize money.
Not fancy replying to this? @TravellingMackem
 
Hate that penalty point of "padding" mind, fails to mention that he was through on goal and got wiped out, hence why it was a penalty - but could easily have scored otherwise.
It is padding. You could have a LB take all of your penalties and he might get 10 goals a season from it. It doesn't make him a great goalscorer or a striker. Goals from open play are a much better indicator of how likely a striker is to regularly score goals.
 
Gyokeres went for €20m, which is about £17m. He's also 2 years younger than Stewart, a regular in the Swedish national squad, and doesn't have a massive history of injuries.

He's also averaged 20 goals a season for the last 2 years at Championship level. Stewart has barely played at Championship level; yes he's scored a lot of goals in a small number of games, but that's a very small sample size.

Also, 3 of Stewart's 10 last season were penalties, and 1 other was a rebound of a penalty he missed. So that pads his stats a bit.

Gyokeres scored 40 goals in 2 years at Coventry, and only 3 of them were penalties.

Stats wise he was out of this world in the 13 games he played, Jaoa Pedro was pretty much the championship's best player according to the website I use for them over the course, he went for 30m, Stewart was a mile above him.
 
It is padding. You could have a LB take all of your penalties and he might get 10 goals a season from it. It doesn't make him a great goalscorer or a striker. Goals from open play are a much better indicator of how likely a striker is to regularly score goals.
Scoring goals is never padding. Will never agree with you in this instance.
 
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