As much as the current situation is concerning (20 out, 2 new faces in, 6 days till k.o., etc), I think a few are now getting rather ahead of themselves with this speculation!! If Hughes's release clause is £5mill, then tbf that's quite a chunk of our money / ffp on one player, so I can sort of understand if we are trying to get him for less. However, we desperately need someone like him, and he's likely to only increase in value in future years, so I'd rather we just paid the asking price and have done before someone else steps in (again).
The builders are still working on the present training ground. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Im now about 70/30 in favour of Acun not being at the Bristol game. If he isn’t then I think people really start to worry
If that is true, then it is really concerning. Haggling over £500,000 on what would be a long contract anyway so the fee would be amortised seems unreasonably stubborn.
Yep it's essentially haggling over 100k hitting our books this year. Reeks of wanting to be seen to make bids on players without wanting to buy them. Reminds me under the Allams of supposed interest in Zohore and a few others for big fees.
If we are at £4.5 then we are arguing over £500K which, if we are prepared to pay £4.5, is just being tight (10% of £5m or 11.1% of £4.5). Wigan know we are cash rich so are entitled to hold out. We either want him or not. Piss or get off the pot for **** sake.
It was just bizarre because it was on the new training range. £2m a year for a club with a revenue of £20m is quite a chunk.
I find it a bit baffling that suddenly ‘we’re in a mess and Acun wants to leave’. There is no evidence of this and no ITK comments that suggest it. All that’s happened since last week is that we haven’t signed many players. If this was the end of the transfer window, I’d understand the nervousness and speculation.
I love your optimism, I’m usually very optimistic and positive but do you not honestly think that things seem to have shifted with Acun/Tan?
One of the humberside presenters mentioned last week thus asked acun/tan for an interview…and they’d keep trying. Normally one of the 2 would be available?
In a room of 10 people , you can’t keep everyone happy. So he’s got no chance with 16k. He needs to just crack on and show why it was the right decision, at the minute those doubters have a point. he isn’t going to always keep every fenerbache fan happy either
I would argue that the three most reliable ‘ITK’ people on here probably wouldn’t divulge that information anyway until they believed it was credible enough, precisely because others on here would call them ‘bullshitters’, ‘bed-wetters’ or having some sort of negative agenda.
He's told everyone previously he reads all this social media ****e. This site is bad enough but some of the facebook forums are just constant criticism. Personally I can't see what more he could have done as an Owner with his limited resources to bring the club success, but half the fans still critical of him for sacking Rosenior. I really wouldn't blame him for taking a step back.
