Just found this on Twatter...... SunderlandSpy John Stevens BREAKING NEWS, Sunderland lodge undisclosed bid for Palacios!! #SAFC #Sunderland http://twitter.com/#!/SunderlandSpy
Don't do twitter mate but there seems to be a lot of irons in the fire on what you posted. Crouch and Hutton for £12 mill?
Yeah, I noticed that one too, but discounted it because there is no way we will get Crouch. Arry doesn't want to sell him and the man himself doesn't want to leave Spurs. I would love to get Hutton back though. If there was anyone worth watching on Twatter, it's this guy...... http://twitter.com/#!/caulkinthetimes He's got a very good reputation on the transfer stories.
The thing about Hutton is I'm sure he would still be here if we had put our money where our mouth is. Same with N'Zog too much dithering and we miss out on the better players.
The dithering winds me right up mate. I know that they are just trying to get the best deals for the club, but they must miss out on a fair few players because they don't move fast enough. Missing out on Hutton the last time has probably worked in our favour, because we will get him for a lot less than the original asking price, which was ridiculous. Was it £15m or something equally daft?
Yeah, but every time we deal with the spuds, there always seems to be things going on with the offer that we don't see, (as you say the selling club tries to get the best deal but these guys take the piss) other clubs can tie up a deal in a few days but anyone remember the Bent deal with them? It drags out and drags out and everyone gets frustrated. It's a ball ache having to deal with Arry and Levy cos give them half a chance they'll have your eyes out.
Very true VS. The trouble is that they do have some good players that are surplus to requirements, so although I hate us having to deal with Spurs, it's a neccessary evil if we hope to recruit players with quality at a price we can afford.
Yep, thats the frustrating part, they have do have players surplus to requirements that would improve the first team, but I don't envy who ever gets the job of trying to talk to the ****ers, If they told me the sky was blue I'd have to look out of the window to check.
I would love palacios to come here, but if it was me I would make a straight take it or leave it bid and give them 24hrs to decide or forget it and look elsewhere. If no one buys from them they will be stuck with a massive wage bill and no champions league money, they need to sell as much as we need to buy.
I think they were looking for £9m for Hutton and we were looking more like £5m or £6m. I reckon he could be got for that now. Palacios cost a fair wedge and so did Pav but again deals may well be open to negotiation, as Arry need funds to buy replacements for Defoe and the potentially damaging departure of Modric. Stright swap Hutton, Palacios and Pav for Gyan? The game is afoot as they say.
