So, if it is written into his contract (which would explain his reluctance to resign), then he won't resign and it's more likely to be settled by a tribunal. If it isn't, I'd expect him to resign pretty soon and his legal costs be covered by the club. I don't think it's in his contract that he can be placed on gardening leave because surely someone in the media (especially the two locals) will have reported it by now. But if it is, then what triggers the tribunal element to the saga?
Yeah, we did get fleeced by Reading, no doubt. But we have to draw the line somewhere. If it was just £700k, there wouldn't be this hold-up.
Because that's how transfers work. Reading invested time and money to get Mills to that evaluation. So we had to pay doubled what they did. Players are different anyway, as explained elsewhere in this thread.
Players aren't different, they and Managers are employees under contract. In fact Managers are more important, they are thinner on the ground and learn their skills/come to maturity over a longer period. It's idiot teams who overpay for players which twists that bit of logic.
Thing is friend, you and me both know that Mills didn't increase in value by £3m in the two years Reading had him. Fact was you wanted him so you paid the price they would agree. So why haggle over the most important transfer you will make in the next 12 months? "Because thats the way it is" you say. Just weird logic in my book. So a Player Manager, how is he valued in that system?
Ha! Player managers are usually at the end of their playing careers, so probably wouldn't sell for much. I do think Mills' evaluation increased why at Reading, but I don't think to the level that we were charge. I'd estimated Mills at about £2.5m -3m.
