This is obviously the case. There is a sell on fee due to Luton for Gray, but none for Odubajo. Putting in a "joint" bid allows Brentford to construe this as £3.5m for Odubajo and therefore calculate the Sell On as being 20% of the balance (ie £5.5m). We may actually feel we would go to £7 for Gray and only £2 for Odubajo which would effectively cost Brentford £300k which they would have to give to Luton. If this is the case Brentford would be complicit in the deal (it doesn't make any difference to us). In which case it will happen (after a bit of "face saving" adjustment of the figures ie we'll go to £10m).
Don't forget, he knows nothing about football. So why the **** is he the one doing the negotiating?! I've never been sure about having a Director of Football, but while those two tits are in charge, it might be a good idea to get one.
Chicago Fire have a semi final next week. Their reporter is on Humberside now and can't see them selling with such an important game coming up
Have faith... we'll get this one sorted in the next few days. We've been linked with Gray for about a month now. We knew how much Brentford wanted for the pair, about 5-7m for Gray and 3.5m for Odubajo.. We knew then that we were willing to pay that, but like with everything, you dont just bid the full amount, you bid in stages.. usually the 3rd bid is accepted..
I know it's a different regime but from memory Marlon King signed the day before Fulham in the first game of the season, trained briefly that afternoon and then started.
Just pay them the 10m and be done with it.. We've made double that selling three players and seem to be having some strikers on the move too.
We shouldn't be held to ransom. Brentford don't need to sell, the ball is in their court; if they don't want to let their player go they won't.
The way I see it at £10m we are essentially swapping Brady and N'Doye for Odubajo and Gray. Saving upto a couple million a year off the wage bill at the same time. Although looking at it like that, I still don't know if it's a decent deal or not
Love these arm chair pundits telling the club how to negotiate and bid, and cursing them for messing it up. You are speculating and assuming, and likely to be way off the reality.
It's a little more than that, as you swap for players with longer contracts and have more security. Brady was going on a free at the end of the season so we had no choice but to sell him. That makes the swap more than just saving a wage.
