metlika 0 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 There is no way we should be paying more than �£2M for a player going into the final year of his contract. If we cannot get more than �£2M for Thomson for the same reason, I dont see any reason this guy should be worth more. He plays in a similarly poor league to us, and has made only a handful of caps for an average international side, like us. I am disappointed all this is being played out in the media, as we are normally very careful with signing targets, which makes me wonder if we are seriously pursuing this guy at all, or "doing a timmy" by appearing to be trying hard to buy some quality, only to "just" fail and end up with mediocrity. I dont know anything about this player, so I am not biased one way or the other with regard to wether we sign him or not, but I certainly dont want to pay over the odds for him, I was hoping those days were long gone. I agree with the Thomson part if we could only get �£2m for him then why should we pay more for a player that is in a similar league which is poor. I disagree about national aspect, we are crap, Croatia are way better than us. Although they do have the same population as us. Maybe they have overachieved or done something correct at youth level. I also agree that we seem to be too open about transfer targets. It seems that we have a mentality of we tried but didn't get him. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanovitch 0 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Goal scorers generally always move for more money then midfielders and defenders. Also, I believe the lad has two years left on his contract and assuming Rapid don't have the financial concerns we do they don't need to sell. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_2010 0 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 didn't we get a �£3.5m bid for boyd with 6 months left on his contract? Not to mention how much hamburg got off man city for de jong who also had 6 months left... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 didn't we get a �£3.5m bid for boyd with 6 months left on his contract? Not to mention how much hamburg got off man city for de jong who also had 6 months left... No we didnt. Boyd had 18 months left to run when we got that 3.5 million bid. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascender 352 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Has this guy got one or two years left on his contract, I've seen both mentioned now? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyk 158 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 The majority say one year left, i've only seen it printed once that it was 2 years. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juffery 0 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 didn't we get a �£3.5m bid for boyd with 6 months left on his contract? Not to mention how much hamburg got off man city for de jong who also had 6 months left... Man City are a law unto themselves. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metlika 0 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Boro got �£8m for Adam Johnson when he had 6 months left from City. However a fee would have been needed anyway seeing as he was under 24 at the time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totti 0 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 His goal record over his career is dreadful for such poor leagues. Another potential signing that leaves you scratching your head. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,419 Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Rapid Vienna say they have yet to receive any realistic offers for Croatia striker Nikica Jelavic amid interest from Rangers. GettyImages Nikica Jelavic is keen on moving to Ibrox Jelavic, who scored twice for Rapid in their Europa League qualifier against Beroe on Tuesday, said this week that he was eager to seal a move to Ibrox. However, Rapid's sporting director, Alfred Hortnagl, has now suggested he does not expect to sell Jelavic, 24, as he has yet to receive a satisfactory offer. "Unless we receive a concrete offer that meets our valuation, Jelavic will certainly remain with us," he told Sportnet.at. "We haven't received any offers that would force us to make a decision." David Moyes was reported to have been to the Gerhard-Hanappi Stadion to look at Jelavic but Hortnagel said he knows nothing of Everton's reported interest. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=811717&sec=transfers&cc=5739 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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