Perryqhill
Striker
actually there was also some German pundit on the radio the other day and they asked him what the big difference was between here and there and he said German clubs do their business early and was sceptical that there was much to be gained from hanging on. The problem we have is that any gain is offset by the recurring pattern of churn, extended bedding in period, terrible starts to the season, loss of confidence and this season quite possibly falling gates. Fair enough if you're shelling out megabucks but for a player like Flint (£4 million?) it seems ultimately a risky way of doing it. Plus we'd shift the unwanted anyway. Granted though, Short has lost all interest.
German clubs don't have the money washing about we have, probably don't have as many of the parasites either as there's less money.
If you want to make things happen sooner over here you have to pay more, even then clubs, agents and players will wait for the best deal. No club wants to sit and wait for it's signings, it's just a fact because of when the window is and clubs come under more pressure as it gets closer.
You don't have to sell some of that to me. But you are severely mistaken if you think all of that doesn't come secondary to lowering costs to us this season. We've made token additions to the squad to get a few bodies in. We're now waiting to see who comes in for our high earners, as realistically if they're here we'll have to use them, we can't replace before they go.