£25 mill, plus a few add ons. Happy with that. Lad is a decent player.
Looks like we definitely dropped down a tier with our targets, but improve this year and attract slightly better next year was always the likely path.
I’ve absolutely no issue with Saints wanting top dollar for a player they believe to be a serious talent.
We’d be hypocrites if we said we wouldn’t want the same from our club.
This new recruitment team, are they doing a better job than Thelwell?
I mean if the fees are correct for these players then surely Thelwell could have done exactly the same deal as these new guys, so in my opinion what was the point in changing...
45 million GBP can’t be a million miles from Kubo and Fofana at this point. Think Kubo’s release clause is 60 million EUR which is what Sociedad were demanding.
Initial feeling was the fee for Dibling is looking silly, but then you see Ipswich reject 35mil for Hutchinson. This is just the market now, basically (at least for players that are known in England).
I think they tend to give permission to talk if they aren’t too far apart in valuation. Hopefully means it’s close to being done but it’s their prerogative to turn down bids.