Aye in nixon's latest post about us bidding he said "the blades had hoped 7m guaranteed upon going up would be enough"
Also another thing, if we weren't interested we could almost bank on sunderland echo being briefed by the club to cool the rumours down
That should be a given though, I absolutely hate when someone mentions someone giving 100% as if it’s a trait that makes them a good player it makes me think there’s nothing else to praise them on other than the fact they run about. He’s been playing well for a period of games but the first 2 seasons at this level he done nothing spectacular and if he was THAT good, he would’ve. Good players stand out at this level easily and I don’t think Neil does. Amad stood out. Clarke stood out. Stewart stood out. Jobe stands out now and has a host of European clubs scouting him. Who’s after Neil? Two of those mentioned can’t even get a game for PL teams battling relegation so what makes anyone think Neil would? I seen a video the other day rating every championship clubs defensive midfielder and he was 11th or 12th, so it’s not just a lot of our fans it’s other clubs too which makes you think he does nothing to stand out. I don’t think he’s that far down the list mind and he plays an under-appreciated role I’ll admit that but I just think for the level we are playing at if he was as good as some make out he’d stand out and after 3 seasons a PL club would have picked him up by now. He’s a decent championship midfielder and he’ll more than likely do a job for a bottom half PL team but I wouldn’t go any further than that.
"He is an interesting player for sure, but I cannot talk about him, he is a Leicester player" (little smirk)
