I was reading news reports just now and the question popped up ~ Lee Van Djik central defender, transferred to Premier League Liverpool for £75m from Southampton, Aden Flint, central defender, WBA offering reportedly £8m and various other offers between £5m and £8m. Does this mean Van Djik has almost 10 times the better skill and quality levels than that of Flinty? I dont think so but this is what the offers are saying. We would be mugs to sell him for less than £15m especially as we are poised for a promotion challenge, I know he has been a good and loyal servant to the club but needs must and Bristol City must come first. Demand a price we can't refuse or he stays, logic really. http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aden-flint-transfer-bristol-city-1062042
Agree , last summer £8m would have been acceptable, now double in my opinion . Actually wouldn't accept any offer no matter how big , selling Flint could potentially cost us promotion , not worth the risk for any amount of money.
Aden Flint is not part of the EPL market. The sums are different because the income is different. Buying players from outside that market sees prices that are deflated not inflated. The sums for say Stones and Walker are not parallels either because of that inflated market until BCFC become part of it. The going rate for talented championship defenders is not fifty million pounds plus.
If we sell to a EPL team then he is part of that market , understand if a championship team offer then obviously not , but why sell to a championship team anyway as we are in the top 6 .
Sky Sportnews report ~ Flint won't rule out January move http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/11176641/flint-wont-rule-out-january-move
He does make a comment there are 4 or 5 games over new year! 2 of which we lost! Sounded rather blaise about it. But he has while to go on his contract. when you hear agent wanting 8 -10£m for his part in a negotiation, not Flints makes you WONDER.
If Virgil Van Dyke was at Ajax and at the level he was at Southampton would he be worth the same sum to the seller? The answer is no. His worth is inflated because he was a EPL player. If he was a Ererid .... (No chance of spelling it) player his value decreases by tens of millions. Market forces. Bristol City are not part of that market, until it accesses its income as a EPL member, which then inflates the worth of BCFC payers when selling to other EPL clubs.
