Again, selling Simons for £300K is looking even sillier the longer pre-season goes on. Was he a world-beater? No. However, he’s strong, athletic and in good shape. He’s also still young and can improve. At best, he could’ve had a decent pre-season and at worst, he’s another midfielder for squad depth. £300K from Bolton and getting his wages off the books when there are players on much, much more seems like a drop in the ocean unless we were that desperate for cash to pay bills (which is a worry in itself). Simons would’ve played most, if not all, of our pre-season games so far. We could’ve even kept him around and sold him later in the window if we signed more midfielders and he was surplus to requirements.
The entire transfer policy since Acun bought the club in 2022 has been arse-backwards. We sell dependable players who are considered ‘not good enough’ because we think we can sign better then spend weeks chasing these so-called better players as replacements at huge cost in both time and resources, then we end up selling them a year later too.
