Summer window

He's bound to be happier after the match, we won 5-0

 

Noway have Stoke brought 18 players in under 4.7M.

 

U21s play tomorrow, wonder if that is too soon for any of them?

 

Also we know we have sold Stewart for at least £8m, Gooch for £1m and got something for Lihadji. So £8m is wrong for us.

 

I think it will be. Hemir and few of the others who signed earlier might get time but not the new lads

 

Yeh I can imagine Seelt plays, and Triantis if not called up to international? Probably Huggins as well

I reckon they'd want to get a week of training and fitness tests etc done with the other two lads before they throw them in to a game.

 

Sorry to see you’ve been unwell mate.

Cracking result today will hopefully speed up your recovery.

 

Burger alone was apparently about that amount.

It’s nonsense.

 

It's about the going rate for food in some grounds...

 

Nixons stories today, but I can’t get beyond the paywall, is we just missed out on an “argie coup”, I’m assuming that’s a player and not tried to overthrow a military junta, and Man Utd pulled out of trying to sign rigg on deadline day, assuming again it’s our rigg, anybody got the account can tell us.

 

Benjamin rollheiser, winger for estudiantes

 

Man Utd apparently put off by the £3m valuation of Rigg.

Such nonsense that.

Firstly we’d value him a lot higher

Secondly the tribunal valuation won’t be known by anybody yet

 

Similar to what we paid for Bellingham

 

From what I've seen thats because Birmingham are idiots though

Genuinely think its not beyond the realms of possibility we are getting £15m+ bids for him from German clubs in the summer

 

Does he need a pro deal first? I know bugger all about it

 

Bellingham had signed a pro deal so we paid £3m because that's what Birmingham were willing to accept.

Chris Rigg doesn't have a pro deal as he cant until he's 17. Until then clubs can negotiate with us still and we can accept or reject deals as we like. However Rigg can also decide to leave us and sign a pro deal with them when he's 17. At that point we can try to negotiate a fee with them. If we can't agree, a tribunal will decide.

The tribunal take lots of things into account - and league goals would certainly help push that up. This is what happened to Okoronkwo who went to Everton I believe. Think we got about £1m for him?!?

Hopefully it doesn't come to this and he signs a pro deal.

It's why the news Tom Watson has signed a pro deal on Friday was brilliant. As top prem clubs were sniffing around him as well.

 

Honestly think Chris Rigg will sign a pro deal. He seems very mature for his age!

It was great to see the hug with 09 at the end aswell as it looks like he is going out of his way to look after the lad but its clear all the rest were over the moon for the lad. But he was also chuffed to bits and clearly emotional in his interview with the clubs media team.

He just seems happy here now. Can see him signing a 3 or 4 year deal on his 17th.

 

Slapping the badge when he scored anarl

When's the title of the thread getting changed to "Winter Window"

 

Lets hope so....if he does & develops for couple of years hopefully sees load more not jump ship as kids & recognise were the place to be

Similarly with Jobe...were then 100% the place for kids to come

 

Think it was suggested Jobe had a release clause of 3m which we hit, madness to have put that in seeing what hes brother went on to do.... equally it could have been Jobe*s agent who insisted on the 3m clause... possibly as Birmingham were all over at the time & didnt want Jobe stuck & held to ransom