Personally, I will be gutted if Slater goes. He might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I hold him in high regard and think he is criminally underrated (a bit like Quinn was).
Players change their minds , clubs change their minds it's not as if meetings maybe never went well for him to be upbeat about it and it is not as if we have had a **** transfer window.
https://x.com/hullcitystats/status/1697502241110761756?s=46&t=6yWS38e0UuzPwoO5cckOhA Seems a strange one, we’re well covered at right back
Transfer deadline day is a bit like being caught up in a housing chain, when trying to buy or sell a house in the 1980s A has to happen, for B to happen, for C to happen, for D to happen, and so on.
Answer came none. The beauty of the English language is that some can read between the lines, and some though see things that aren't even there. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
Got a lot of driving to do today so won’t see the news as it comes - any chance of a list of current rumours/links similar to the top post on page 1?
Lots of loans with "option to buy" this season (don't just mean at City). Money is obviously tight and this reduces the risk and builds in a plan if the player does well on loan but I wonder how many of these options are actually taken up. Would imagine a lot of them are just there on paper and there's no intention of ever following them up. There's probably a stat on it somewhere. Must be a risk for players too, not being able to settle or put down any roots - if the deal isn't made permanent they're back at a club where they'll probably be surplus to requirements and heading out on loan again. You can end up bouncing around clubs: just read that Isaac Hayden is potentially going to Wednesday on loan after being at Norwich on loan and still having 2 years left on his deal at Newcastle so could potentially end up on loan again next year.
Sorry to see him go (if he does go). With anything like decent service he could have been a cracking player for us. And he genuinely seemed to like being here.
It lets you manage which period the cost falls in, and if there's a set fee there's no downside to the selling club as they receive the same fee 12 months on. You're right it just kicks the cost down the road but for a lot of clubs, 12 months may be all they need to cycle a high cost year.
Ye he does seem a good bloke One of the last games of the season I was sat near him at the game and the queue of kids to get an autograph well a pic with him was huge Took it all in good stead Not seen that for a player for years n years
