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Jack Clarke

LukeJH96 said:
Whilst I agree with you in my opinion Clarke is a better player than Rutter and Summerville. But….no one has got anywhere near the figures those lads went for. And we don’t seem to have had much interest either this summer. It’s a strange one.
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We're all likely to agree on here that Clarke is better but Summerville won the division player of the season, had 9 more goal contributions than Clarke, is a year younger and has played a reasonable number of top flight games. We should be in the same ball park as the Summerville fee, certainly nowhere near £10m under it but I can't imagine we'll get more for Clarke than Leeds did for Summerville. I can't get my head around Brighton paying so much for Rutter mind, no matter whether it was his release fee or not.
Steve F said:
If we are genuinely wanting promotion, but accepting every player has a sale price,the lad shouldn’t be sold for any less than £30m.
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I think a lot of it will depend on what the club has previously promised Clarke to keep him happy, I'd be surprised if he or Harte hasn't previously been told a number they'd accept. Unless they're absolutely mental it'll be a lot more than £15m up front tho!
 
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Just to play a little devil's advocate. None of us know what terms were in the last deal he signed. For example, there could have been a clause that triggers talks with anyone bidding £15 million plus. Yes it can be argued that we shouldn't have agreed to that. However, that could have been the difference between getting the 15 mil and losing him for nothing.
 
Botchie said:
Just to play a little devil's advocate. None of us know what terms were in the last deal he signed. For example, there could have been a clause that triggers talks with anyone bidding £15 million plus. Yes it can be argued that we shouldn't have agreed to that. However, that could have been the difference between getting the 15 mil and losing him for nothing.
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Why would we publicly say the price was 25 mill. And rejected bids around 17-18 mill?
 
Daniels said:
Why would we publicly say the price was 25 mill. And rejected bids around 17-18 mill?
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I just used the 15 mill that was mooted earlier. For all we know it could be more. Also, it won't be us telling people what the clause is, if in deed there is one. It would be his agent.
 
DoctorMick said:
We're all likely to agree on here that Clarke is better but Summerville won the division player of the season, had 9 more goal contributions than Clarke, is a year younger and has played a reasonable number of top flight games. We should be in the same ball park as the Summerville fee, certainly nowhere near £10m under it but I can't imagine we'll get more for Clarke than Leeds did for Summerville. I can't get my head around Brighton paying so much for Rutter mind, no matter whether it was his release fee or not.

I think a lot of it will depend on what the club has previously promised Clarke to keep him happy, I'd be surprised if he or Harte hasn't previously been told a number they'd accept. Unless they're absolutely mental it'll be a lot more than £15m up front tho!
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You are aware West Ham got Summerville cheap because he had a release clause aren’t you? Leeds valued him at 40 million
 
Botchie said:
Just to play a little devil's advocate. None of us know what terms were in the last deal he signed. For example, there could have been a clause that triggers talks with anyone bidding £15 million plus. Yes it can be argued that we shouldn't have agreed to that. However, that could have been the difference between getting the 15 mil and losing him for nothing.
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Nobody has a clue about anything that's going on. It's literally all rumours and frenzied speculation. People are whipping themselves into a frenzy over it saying all sorts of things like they are facts. The only thing we know is what RLB said in his presser. He's training with us and available for Saturday.
 
I don’t think he’s going anywhere

He’s happy here. He’s idolised here. Close to his hometown. He’s the main man on the pitch each week as opposed to being a small fish in a big pond.

If he signs for a bottom half premier league team he’s getting half as much time on the ball compared to what he is with us.

And he’s only 23, he’s got another 10 years in the game and if he shines again this season he has plenty of time for another crack at the premier league (hopefully with us)
 
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