Sounds plausible. Just before the war my mam and dad rented a big house in Bournemouth just before I was born. They took in lodgers to pay the rent. Dad wanted to buy the house and turn it into a B&B. But mam wanted to return to the north-east to be near her family. If dad had got his way I would be living in a warm and sunny part of the country and supporting Bournemouth. And laughing at the goings on at Sunderland f.c. But mam got her way (don’t they always?) and I’ve ended up in red and white chains and part of those goings on!
This is how my conversation went, paraphrasing: "It's Cifuentes, all down to compensation now". "Isn't that £900k?, just pay that?". "I'm told the negotiations are in considerable excess of that and QPR are looking for a windfall due to the disruption this will cause to their season". I assumed this to mean the 900k buy-out doesn't exist. That's why I asked if anyone can provide a link or information that confirms if it exists.
Only thing that I have seen around Cifuentes release payment was Nixon. He only said it was 6 figures. Not sure where £900k came from
Did ok at Shields. What have you heard? how many head coaches in the championship had never managed there before taking their current appointment, do you know? Genuine enquiry, not looking for an argument.
Not confirmed the names mate Cifuentes is the name I've been told is close to signing Now im not getting ahead of myself at all with it for 2 reasons: - we were close to still n it was all agreed but fell down at the last minute - surely if it is Cifuentes, i would have thought it would have been leaked at the QPR end I was told monday (just gone) was a key day and then got told the talks were really positive and it was looking good We will see what happens, just want it sorted now
Similar. I was born in Hertford where my dad had been stationed in the police. He met my mum, who was from there and got her up the duff. They got married and I was born, in that order. Anyway, mum had post natal depression so it was decided I would go and live with my grandparents in Sunderland until mum got better and I’d go back to Hertford. Didn’t quite work out like that. Thirteen years later I went back to my mum and dad who had moved to Sunderland shortly after I did (that’s another story in itself). Had things gone according to plan I’d most likely be a dyed in the wool Man U supporter calling Hertford my home town by now, if I followed football at all, as my dad wasn’t interested in the game. It was my grandad who got me addicted ( the daft bugger).
QPR are in the same boat as us as in they want someone in for the start of preseason. Any fee they’ve quoted is the starting point for negotiations and can only come down from there. It’s who blinks first, they’ll want it done, either stays or goes, as soon as possible so they can start their own recruitment process. Will they want to risk a tribunal? As there’s no guarantees they’ll get what they want so do they lower their expectations and get it done with? A lot will depend on Cifuentes, if his head has been turned do they really want to keep him? if it is Cifuentes then my guess is we’ll agree a fee with them and it’ll be done.
Quite right, we need people like this to keep us informed ... ... otherwise we may not have noticed we don't have a manager, or even be able to count. Perhaps Methven was right and we're all thick, you included. How he missed out in the latest King's birthday honours list is hard to comprehend.
