In tomorrow's Mirror - from Wolves, £3m
oh, and Huddleston & Livermore from Spurs , anybody happy with these?
oh, and Huddleston & Livermore from Spurs , anybody happy with these?
Kevin Doyle
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I wouldn't pay 1/3 of that for him. There's others that would offer more for maybe the same or a bit more. Vydra was said to be available for about that, Deeney a bit more, maybe 5? I thought Celtic wanted him?
And we will only pay him £20k a week which is half his present wages. If we can pull it off it would be a great signing.
He's got two years to go on his contract so I would expect Wolves will have to give him a sweetner.
I don't like the name the Mirror has given us!
He's got two years to go on his contract so I would expect Wolves will have to give him a sweetner.
I don't like the name the Mirror has given us!
I don't think you can judge a striker solely on statistics. You have to take into account the chances the team creates as well.
Really!!!! I thought it was 3, no wonder he's still there then. I think he could be worth 5 after a loan spell with view to buy but not 8 at this stage.
No I wouldn't take Doyle, I don't see how he'd strengthen us, I think graham and sagbo are better. He's hardly got a great scoring record latley. Put the 3m towards huddlestone
I can't believe he's still on 40k in L1. Crazy, & we were pissed we didn't put relegation clauses on 20 & 30k wages!
Can he play midfield? I dont see the point of another striker that seems to be no better than what we already have.
Shame as I saw something saying we were in for Deeney, however the next line was something like, "not sure if Bruce would pay £2 million plus on another striker." £2 million! I don't think anything in that sentence except the word 'plus' is anything other than paper talk. £5 million maybe.
Doyle .... where to start?
I always suspected there may be another striker - the defence is obviously sorted, we definitely need a holding midfielder and another box-to-box or creative type if we're going with 4-3-3.
There is another loan spot to fill, and apparently money in the kitty for two more permanent deals, so it is probably not unrealistic that we bring in 3 more before the window shuts.
I have a problem with the whole Doyle/Hunt/wolves saga from last time in the prem. Hunty wanted to go to wolves in the January after playing well for us for half a season despite us paying a significant fee for the lad - much because his missus was Doyley's cousin or something like that. Not sure Doyle's done anything to command £3m fee in the past 2 or 3 years either. I'd give him a miss personally at that price.
That said, If we pay 3 mil for him with wolves paying 20k and us paying 20 k of his weekly wages for the next 2 years, then that's effectively a proven premiership and international striker at what is in reality a deal which costs us £1m at 40k per week over 2 years. Is that worth a punt? Perhaps, but I'm unconvinced.
It looks a lot to me like a deal structured to convince Wolves fans they've got a good price for him and City fans like we've spent a significant transfer fee on a player with a bit of pedigree. I wouldn't mind betting this is happening....
I always suspected there may be another striker - the defence is obviously sorted, we definitely need a holding midfielder and another box-to-box or creative type if we're going with 4-3-3.
There is another loan spot to fill, and apparently money in the kitty for two more permanent deals, so it is probably not unrealistic that we bring in 3 more before the window shuts.
I have a problem with the whole Doyle/Hunt/wolves saga from last time in the prem. Hunty wanted to go to wolves in the January after playing well for us for half a season despite us paying a significant fee for the lad - much because his missus was Doyley's cousin or something like that. Not sure Doyle's done anything to command £3m fee in the past 2 or 3 years either. I'd give him a miss personally at that price.
That said, If we pay 3 mil for him with wolves paying 20k and us paying 20 k of his weekly wages for the next 2 years, then that's effectively a proven premiership and international striker at what is in reality a deal which costs us £1m at 40k per week over 2 years. Is that worth a punt? Perhaps, but I'm unconvinced.
It looks a lot to me like a deal structured to convince Wolves fans they've got a good price for him and City fans like we've spent a significant transfer fee on a player with a bit of pedigree. I wouldn't mind betting this is happening....
Can't see any of this happening, unless they are presently in France talking to Steve Bruce.
