Middlesbrough submit £9m bid for Ross McCormack

[ian1964 10,461]

Middlesbrough submit £9m bid for Fulham's free-scoring striker Ross McCormack to boost Premier League promotion bid

 

Middlesbrough are two points clear at the top of the Championship table

Aitor Karanka's side want Ross McCormack to strengthen promotion bid

Boro have offered £9million plus striker Kike to Fulham for 17-goal striker

Fulham have rebuffed Boro's approaches for their man to this point

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3409221/Middlesbrough-submit-9m-bid-Fulham-s-free-scoring-striker-Ross-McCormack-boost-Premier-League-promotion-bid.html

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Middlesbrough submit £9m bid for Fulham's free-scoring striker Ross McCormack to boost Premier League promotion bid

 

Middlesbrough are two points clear at the top of the Championship table

Aitor Karanka's side want Ross McCormack to strengthen promotion bid

Boro have offered £9million plus striker Kike to Fulham for 17-goal striker

Fulham have rebuffed Boro's approaches for their man to this point

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3409221/Middlesbrough-submit-9m-bid-Fulham-s-free-scoring-striker-Ross-McCormack-boost-Premier-League-promotion-bid.html

 

McCormack has had an outstanding career just below top level in England and it shows the shortage of quality strikers when a near 29 year old can fetch that kind of money.

 

Pity we didn't recognise his potential, but I'll never forgeet that goal in Porto.

 

On the other hand it also says something about Kike when the Spanish Manager who brought him to the Club, Karanka, is prepared to let him go as a makeweight in the deal.

Edited January 21, 2016 by BrahimHemdani

[Ser Barristan Selmy 222]

McCormack has had an outstanding career just below top level in England and it shows the shortage of quality strikers when a near 29 year old can fetch that kind of money.

 

Pity we didn't recognise his potential, but I'll never forgeet that goal in Porto.

 

On the other hand it also says something about Kike when the Spanish Manager who brought him to the Club, Karanka, is prepared to let him go as a makeweight in the deal.

He has had a very good career, albeit at second tier level, and we missed out massively there. That said, he would never have stayed for very long if he hit this level of form, he would have soon ended up in England, though hopefully for a decent sum.

 

£9m plus another player for a Championship player who is 30 this year is just crazy though. I mean if these English clubs would actually shop around more, they would find that you can get some top level Champions League players for that. For example, Bayern signed Mandzukic for little more than that from Wolfsburg and he was in his mid 20's.

 

I always find this amusing too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2617817/QPR-spent-wages-Champions-League-finalists-Atletico-Madrid-year.html

[johnnyk 158]

You now see the likes of West Ham, Sunderland, Southampton, Newcastle, Aston Villa Swansea, and Stoke in the top 30 richest clubs in the world....

 

The money they get down south and the money they are spending on average players is ridiculous!

 

http://ceoworld.biz/2015/01/21/30-richest-football-clubs-world-income-2015-real-madrid-top-list

Edited January 21, 2016 by johnnyk

[BrahimHemdani 1]

You now see the likes of West Ham, Sunderland, Southampton, Newcastle, Aston Villa Swansea, and Stoke in the top 30 richest clubs in the world....

 

The money they get down south and the money they are spending on average players is ridiculous!

 

http://ceoworld.biz/2015/01/21/30-richest-football-clubs-world-income-2015-real-madrid-top-list

 

Quite so, it's not that long ago since Rangers and Celtic were in the top 20.

[der Berliner 3,300]

Quite so, it's not that long ago since Rangers and Celtic were in the top 20.

 

Only that most of the English clubs up there these days are not there on their own merit or success, but the cheques Sky hands them year in and year out.

[Ser Barristan Selmy 222]

You now see the likes of West Ham, Sunderland, Southampton, Newcastle, Aston Villa Swansea, and Stoke in the top 30 richest clubs in the world....

 

The money they get down south and the money they are spending on average players is ridiculous!

 

http://ceoworld.biz/2015/01/21/30-richest-football-clubs-world-income-2015-real-madrid-top-list

And they all get routinely dumped out of the Europa League too, often against embarrassing opposition as was the case with Southampton this season. The excuse is usually that they don't try, funny how the same thing happens in the Champions League though.

Edited January 22, 2016 by Ser Barristan Selmy