Summer '24 transfer window

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4mil is too much for a 30yr old. Hopefully we can get a deal done, but not at that price.

If Caen wanted to buy him they wouldn't pay more than €1.5m ...

... fair play to Sunderland for not caving in as we've done so often in the past.

Yes, we could easily pay another million but what if he doesn't fit ad he's sitting on a three year contract with no resale value.
 
Great news if he keeps playing like he did on Saturday we will have some player on our hands. Think the players are liking our new manager

We keep hearing that Speakman and the coaches are useless, arrogant and divisive ...

... our players must be terrible judges of character when so many supporters can clearly see the reality.
 
If Caen wanted to buy him they wouldn't pay more than €1.5m ...

... fair play to Sunderland for not caving in as we've done so often in the past.

Yes, we could easily pay another million but what if he doesn't fit ad he's sitting on a three year contract with no resale value.

Difficult this one mate. We need him,or someone like him, pdq. He's not likely to have much resale value anyway,given his age,and,however much we pay for him,he has to fit....we can't afford another striker failure.... we have to be as sure as we can ever be about him. I don't want us to cave in either....given our past history,we know what that can mean, but,unless we have another ready to go option, we need to get this deal done.
 
My fear with Clarke isn’t selling him. It’s a club he wants to move to coming in with a low offer and him going on strike / putting transfer request in.

Now I don’t think it will happen. But I wouldn’t put it past Harte to manufacture something like that. He tried it a few windows back with the “Clarke is disillusioned at Sunderland” comments the day before deadline day.
 
Should offer £1.5m with another £1m if we get promotion. Sometimes it pays to forget about resale value and think of the main objective.
Would be a poor deal for Caen when you look at our chances of achieving promotion…
 
My fear with Clarke isn’t selling him. It’s a club he wants to move to coming in with a low offer and him going on strike / putting transfer request in.

Now I don’t think it will happen. But I wouldn’t put it past Harte to manufacture something like that. He tried it a few windows back with the “Clarke is disillusioned at Sunderland” comments the day before deadline day.

I think SAFC are a bit more savvy with agents, etc, than they used to be.

We've been fair with our players, such as Evans, and won't prevent players progressing ...

... but that has to work both ways, Harte isn't smarter than the club imo.