So when Murray says Darren Bent is not for sale at ANY price.. he was prepared to sell him for £15 million if Newcastle had the balls to pay that in the summer.
True I know every player has hes price, just thought I'd post that the club WOULD sell for £15 million. This means alot of clubs now are going to know this and bid around 15 million and also if they are not in a relegation battle they will probably get a bid accepted for him.
So would I, but it depends on the replacements, realistically we need another striker, two if Bent goes as M Bent isn't up to scoring more than one in every six games and JFH looks like he's on his way out. That still leaves us light up front, so we need to add an attacking goal scoring midfielder as well.
From £15m minus the money owing to Ipswich we have the funds to do that.
A number of years ago, pre Parker's departure, I was attending a Basingstoke Supporters evening where Richard Murray was the guest. He was asked about selling the club's best players. His answer was that when you have a very good player any money you get for him will not replace that player, you can only spend the money on a or some different players. So if we sell Benty who's going to score the goals, we could risk buying a lower division player like Nugent or the lad from Southend, remember we have never managed to replace Parker. So before grabbing the money think about what that money buys.
Given that relegation is now 90% certain, if a club comes in with an offer of £15 million pounds then the Charlton should accept it. Otherwise in the summer transfer window the club will just be ripped off.
[cite]Posted By: ns_eb_rj_s?[/cite]Has anyone noticed that since we bought darren Bent we have had out worst two seasons in the Prem since coming up as champions.
I had - I have wondered if the mind set of players has subtly changed from "we have to graft hard to get goals and all muck in" .... to .... "lets just get it up to Benty as quick as we can" ?
bet dazza's well unsettled by high flying newcastle coming in for him! playing up front with errr michael owen? where is michael owen by the way.. money well spent.
I think we should sell him if we get that kind of money. However, from Bents point of view why Newcastle? I would have thought he would be looking to move from us to European contenders. Like BlackForest said most clubs would be happy to take him. Its not just up to the club.
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I'm sure he does, I reckon any player who can score 20+ a season would get a start at most clubs in the EPL.
From £15m minus the money owing to Ipswich we have the funds to do that.
So if we sell Benty who's going to score the goals, we could risk buying a lower division player like Nugent or the lad from Southend, remember we have never managed to replace Parker.
So before grabbing the money think about what that money buys.
So?
I had - I have wondered if the mind set of players has subtly changed from "we have to graft hard to get goals and all muck in" .... to .... "lets just get it up to Benty as quick as we can" ?
What else is Glenn Roeder going to say? "I've called Charlton, they said no so I'm going to leave them alone."
Of course, if you want to help Newcastle unsettle our players by swallowing the shite spouted from the Toon, go ahead...
uhmm. Quite correct but at present I feel we are a million miles from safety and a win tonight is, in my opinion, the least possible outcome.