Transfer Rumours Summer 2020 Transfer Thread

Kay say rah

 

Watt Heather..

 

No, I think he stayed til the end - probably because the pizza place has a decent owner who didn't ask him to work for free.

 

Grant McCann has said City have received bids for ‘two or three’ players, but until valuations are met no-one will be sold (@HumbersideSport) #hcafc https://t.co/121vWkZeQj

You'd think everyone would know the 10 million rule by now

 

I would say not a cats chance.... Peterborough have been mentioned and they are just in the process of selling a striker for circa £10 million...

 

£10m for absolutely any of our players would be cracking business

 

I was thinking 10 million the lot.

 

I'll drive them to each club Individually

 

Fortunately in this life not everyone is driven by money. I only played football for free but I wouldn’t ever have let down my team mates by refusing to play when they were in a relegation scrap. Or ever for that matter.

 

Tell that to Ehab. It's because he is driven by money that Irvine left. Respect goes both ways and Ehab showed him none.

I think the point Irvine made is that he wanted to trigger an extension to cover him in the event of long-term injury. Ehab said no and asked him to play for free, knowing he wouldn't be staying on.

What if he'd done his knee ligaments or broken his leg and was out for the majority of next season, with no contract, no pay and no prospect of a new club coming in for him?

I'm sure he was gutted he couldn't help his teammates, but essentially he had the decision of helping Ehab or helping himself.

 

This is nonsense. He works in a profession where he is one bad challenge away from retirement every week. His contract is for a specific amount of time and a specific wage. He asked for a short term extension to play the remainder and was expected to do it for nothing. If you worked in job with a fixed term contract which they didnt renew but then asked you to stay on until they found a replacement or until the end of the tax year, youd expect recompense for that.

End of.

Irvine and Lichaj were both treated poorly, there is no disputing that.

 

He wasn’t expected to do it for nothing and neither was lichaj they weren’t offered an extension for next season.
They made a choice as did Kevin stewart. I know who will get a warm welcome and who won’t when they turn up again at the Allam Arena.

 

I'm sure they'll be ****ting themselves

 

A reasonable argument, but with one tiny flaw. To be injured he would have had to challenge for the ball. I never saw much evidence of that.

His decision has polarised opinions. Though if the players contracts are as weighty as the membership agreement, no wonder he thought, as he began trawling through the seven hundred and eighty six paragraphs, clauses, sub clauses, it would just be easier to bail out.

 

Why is it nonsense. I don’t dispute what you say about injuries but it didn’t stop the others working something out. On top of that they they were the club captain and vice. Ie the leaders of the team. Do you think everything in life is driven by how much money you can make out of it. They had just spent months getting money for not playing or not risking injury. Did they offer to do that for nothing. What effect do you think it had on the others seeing them bail out. I dislike the Allam as much as anyone and I don’t dispute what out and out twats they are but they let their team mates down badly by taking this action. Nothing you can say will make me think otherwise.

 

It’s because Ehab is driven by money that Irvine left. Did all the others play for nothing ? Maybe it’s because of Irvine being driven by money that he wouldn’t play. And as for respect you earn respect not demand it. That’s half the trouble with this daft respect society. They don’t understand the meaning of the word.

 

If theres nothing I can say to make you think otherwise, why bother starting your reply with a question?

The truth is, our players are not "1 club men" or playing for the love of the club. They are (highly) paid employees and are looking out for themselves and their families. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the last player to even have testimonial at City was Andy Dawson. Likewise is Batty our longest serving squad member? I hold no ill will towards any player that leaves us to play elsewhere for more money or a more secure contract.

 

As said previously - help Ehab, or help yourself?

It was a decision for everyone in the same boat, but clearly some had reasons not to play (potential injury) and others chose to play on (help prove fitness to potential suitors). Both are selfish reasons - they chose it for themselves, not to help Ehab or the club. I think the lack of effort shows that those that did choose to 'play on' weren't doing it for their teammates or to 'fight for the club'.

Ehab treated them all poorly - he got what he deserved and all those leaving on a free have done so with fitness intact and will likely move to a new club in a league above the one we're in.

 

Spoken like someone who isn’t a hull city fan

 

I don't know what each individual player agreed, but many had other reasons to stay on and play - namely to prove fitness to help them get their next move.
Do you think any of them agreed to stay on because they love Hull City?

It was clear to see the only ones who actually cared were the ones who had stronger links to the club, like Keane Lewis-Potter.