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Post by billyocean on Aug 29, 2017 16:09:04 GMT
Yes, it's the Daily Mail but still a concern nonetheless Fulham among Championship sides in fierce hunt to land Bristol Rovers forward Billy Bodin MIKE KEEGAN: Preston, Fulham, Hull and Cardiff are all in the hunt for prolific Bristol Rovers striker Billy Bodin. The 25-year-old, who has already scored five goals this season, is expected to leave the League One club before the window closes for a fee of around £250,000. Preston are the frontrunners for a player who is in the final year of his contract. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4832364/Transfer-news-LIVE-Updates-Europe.html |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 16:11:13 GMT
Unless finances are truly a severe concern at present, I would expect us to hold him to his contract rather than accept a derisory offer.
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Post by simonj on Aug 29, 2017 16:22:41 GMT
Fingers crossed their desires to sign him isn't of any interest to us.
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Post by PessimistGas on Aug 29, 2017 16:27:13 GMT
Unless finances are truly a severe concern at present, I would expect us to hold him to his contract rather than accept a derisory offer. Depends what's in his contract I guess. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2017 16:54:47 GMT
Unless finances are truly a severe concern at present, I would expect us to hold him to his contract rather than accept a derisory offer. Depends what's in his contract I guess. If we were convinced we needed to offer Billy Bodin a release clause at the point he signed this contract, then we deserve all we get. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Aug 29, 2017 17:15:43 GMT
Why can't we make BB an extension offer he can't refuse?!
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Post by thecuregalore94 on Aug 29, 2017 19:01:07 GMT
I would expect him to honour his contract, and part of me believes he would want to stay at Rovers at least until next window anyway. He's a fan favourite here, and would have a near-guaranteed first team opportunity home and away for the foreseeable future. Worst case scenario if push came to shove and I were in Darrell's shoes requested to sell, I'd start the bidding at £1 million and not a penny less.
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Post by billyocean on Aug 29, 2017 19:02:53 GMT
He's a fan favourite here, and would have a near-guaranteed first team opportunity home and away for the foreseeable future. Sounds very familiar... |
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Post by trunky on Aug 30, 2017 7:26:03 GMT
If we do let him go it will be a real statement of intent from our board.
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Post by paddingtongas on Aug 30, 2017 7:56:54 GMT
I guess it depends whether Billy WANTS to leave. Is his agent the same one the snake uses ? if so I see a pattern starting (which if so, the agent is doing a better job at negotiations than the club !!!)
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Post by simonj on Aug 30, 2017 8:15:18 GMT
Tricky innit......we have a structure and a budget, and no single player can be bigger than that. He may be on a good contract, for us, but he may feel the package thrown from top championship clubs is irresistible. He might though feel he has been allowed to show his talents with us and one more season to get us up, and his contract will be improved by us. We might hold him to the contract regardless, there may be a release clause, there may be etc etc etc etc - who the hell knows. Its called transfer window and unfortunately we are susceptible to having our best players picked off, but so are Arsenal.
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Post by kegandeg on Aug 30, 2017 13:38:32 GMT
Hey from memory back in march the mail predicted a long hot glorious summer I'm still waiting and it's nearly September !
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Post by crater on Aug 30, 2017 17:12:53 GMT
Depends what's in his contract I guess. If we were convinced we needed to offer Billy Bodin a release clause at the point he signed this contract, then we deserve all we get. If he would only sign a new contract that had a release clause inserted then it was clearly better than letting him leave for nought. If no release clause (and I doubt this is the case) then for me it £1m minimum, if theres a release clause then 250k |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2017 17:19:46 GMT
If we were convinced we needed to offer Billy Bodin a release clause at the point he signed this contract, then we deserve all we get. If he would only sign a new contract that had a release clause inserted then it was clearly better than letting him leave for nought. If no release clause (and I doubt this is the case) then for me it £1m minimum, if theres a release clause then 250k Presumably he signed this contract after the L2 promotion? How strong was his bargaining power at that point? He'd scored a few goals towards the end of the season but it was only a year after he'd had to earn a deal following a trial after a long injury absence. I'd hope the lure of L1 football was more than enough to get him to sign. |
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Post by crater on Aug 30, 2017 17:24:45 GMT
If he would only sign a new contract that had a release clause inserted then it was clearly better than letting him leave for nought. If no release clause (and I doubt this is the case) then for me it £1m minimum, if theres a release clause then 250k Presumably he signed this contract after the L2 promotion? How strong was his bargaining power at that point? He'd scored a few goals towards the end of the season but it was only a year after he'd had to earn a deal following a trial after a long injury absence. I'd hope the lure of L1 football was more than enough to get him to sign. All guess work as we don't know the details of a player's contract but what would you prefer...a player leaving for nothing or a player leaving for a fee? Thats what is comes down to |
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Post by kingswood Polak on Aug 30, 2017 17:54:38 GMT
Presumably he signed this contract after the L2 promotion? How strong was his bargaining power at that point? He'd scored a few goals towards the end of the season but it was only a year after he'd had to earn a deal following a trial after a long injury absence. I'd hope the lure of L1 football was more than enough to get him to sign. All guess work as we don't know the details of a player's contract but what would you prefer...a player leaving for nothing or a player leaving for a fee? Thats what is comes down to Or a player not leaving |
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Post by crater on Aug 30, 2017 18:03:53 GMT
All guess work as we don't know the details of a player's contract but what would you prefer...a player leaving for nothing or a player leaving for a fee? Thats what is comes down to Or a player not leaving The thread is based on him leaving |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2017 18:19:35 GMT
Presumably he signed this contract after the L2 promotion? How strong was his bargaining power at that point? He'd scored a few goals towards the end of the season but it was only a year after he'd had to earn a deal following a trial after a long injury absence. I'd hope the lure of L1 football was more than enough to get him to sign. All guess work as we don't know the details of a player's contract but what would you prefer...a player leaving for nothing or a player leaving for a fee? Thats what is comes down to Of course its guesswork, but I'd sooner stand a chance of getting proper market value for players if they turn out to be any good rather than handcuffed to ridiculously small fees because for some reason we can't otherwise convince our own players to re-sign for us. I'd be very surprised if there is such a clause in Bodin's contract, which I can't remember coming under much scrutiny when it was signed. Unlike Taylor's. I honestly can't see much to get excited about if a player leaves for £250k instead of nothing if in reality his value is several times that. |
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Post by crater on Aug 30, 2017 19:41:15 GMT
All guess work as we don't know the details of a player's contract but what would you prefer...a player leaving for nothing or a player leaving for a fee? Thats what is comes down to Of course its guesswork, but I'd sooner stand a chance of getting proper market value for players if they turn out to be any good rather than handcuffed to ridiculously small fees because for some reason we can't otherwise convince our own players to re-sign for us. I'd be very surprised if there is such a clause in Bodin's contract, which I can't remember coming under much scrutiny when it was signed. Unlike Taylor's. I honestly can't see much to get excited about if a player leaves for £250k instead of nothing if in reality his value is several times that. missing the point my friend |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2017 19:44:54 GMT
Of course its guesswork, but I'd sooner stand a chance of getting proper market value for players if they turn out to be any good rather than handcuffed to ridiculously small fees because for some reason we can't otherwise convince our own players to re-sign for us. I'd be very surprised if there is such a clause in Bodin's contract, which I can't remember coming under much scrutiny when it was signed. Unlike Taylor's. I honestly can't see much to get excited about if a player leaves for £250k instead of nothing if in reality his value is several times that. missing the point my friend How so? |
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