They do indeed have that option and as they have a 30% sell on, they'd only actually have to pay £5.6m.
Except his career record of 1 in 4. Mostly in the Premier League. Which equates to 10 goals a season. If you had a Carlton Cole and an Odemwingie up front then you have a goal threat.
But they have recently agreed a £20m or so deal for a midfielder though I think so they may not be in the market for a midfielder, although this is going O/T
Not really, they have a manager who hasn't managed in the PL before. We have Steve Bruce, whose experience puts us all square I'd say.
I was responding to the suggestion that we were 'making the most positive moves out the three promoted sides' with regard to signings, that has nothing to do with the managers ability.
As if there weren't enough reasons to hate seeing Palace come up with us, knowing there's no chance of signing Mile Jedinak is another. Great player.
They'll be miles ahead us in expenditure before a ball is kicked, because they have been handed a much bigger transfer kitty. So the scenario you describe will not change between now and the start of the season. However, in our favour is the huge experience that Steve Bruce can draw on. I know which I would rather have! That is the point I was making. QPR are a fine example of buying failure, I can see a very similar scenario at Cardiff.
