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  1. TopCat.

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    Good luck to him. He's looked promising when playing for us and I'm sure he'll have a good career.

    He wants the move and won't sign a contract so the clubs hands are tied. I've no issue with the sale and it's a decent fee.

    We get lost in all of the paper talk but let's remember that £10m is the same amount that it's cost us to have Isidor, Mepham (if the rumoured fee is true) and Mundle.

    We could get a young prospect to sit behind Mundle and play a bit from the bench whilst spending the funds upgrading another position.
     
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    Trey is a central striker and nothing more from what I see Finn is the boy to look out for next. On the right .
     
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    £10m+ , plus a 20% sell on, for a young lad with very few games , with one year on his contract who wanted to leave.

    Well done Speakman. Those rejected bids in January are proof again that we do look after ourselves
     
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  5. Bucky1989

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    The FB lot aren’t happy

    if they had one brain cell that worked, they would be effing deadly
     
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    No problem with that. Good business for a lad who has barely played a game for us. I’m sure he will have a great career, but he was never going to sign a contract and it’s great money for us in the summer.
     
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    Watson isn't represented by Harte
     
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    Importantly it’s guaranteed money as well, if that makes sense. We can begin planning for the window knowing we have £10m minimum coming in. If the deals aren’t done it’s always just hypothetical money.

    Imagine if this £10m coming in allows us to have the confidence to offer £4-5m for Mepham now, and see if we can get that deal done before others come in.
     
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    Just going to reiterate my favourite opinion. Selling is good! Bringing in money now and protecting ourselves with big sell on clauses is how smart clubs operate. Something like £25m for Clarke and Watson before addons are accounted for plus big sell on %'s is really good business in my opinion. Both of them with around a year left on their deals as well.

    Opens up so many possibilities in terms of recruitment. How many non parachute payment Championship clubs are bringing in £10m+ for a player who isn't a key member of their squad? I'd bank on none.
     
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    Aye but heavily linked to him and his career.
     
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    This is the healthiest the club has been for years.

    think we could see another 60-80m+ in sales in the summer, we can build a better squad with tad higher wages.

    futures bright, futures red n white
     
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    Watson is biffing his daughter. That's where the Harte interest begins and ends. He's represented by Unique Sports Group
     
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    on this point - it’s interesting but perhaps entirely coincidental (and perhaps not) that rumours of us agreeing a fee for Mepham have come out on the same day we’ve agreed a deal for Watson.

    just saying…
     
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    That'll do nicely, I never thought Watson looked happy at Sunderland and certainly didn't on Saturday ...

    ... I wouldn't play him again tbh.

    Under Donald we'd have accepted half that price, we're in very good hands.
     
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    Good business. Player didn't want to stay, get the best deal you can and move on. Players will still come here. They see a pathway. Hartes a prick.
     
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    Good spot.
     
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    I understand the sentiment but actually whilst we retain a 20% sell on, it’s in our interest to keep developing him. Notwithstanding he could still be the player to score the winner in the playoff final.

    if his heads right, and I trust RLB to ascertain if it is, I back him to play.
     
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    players will both see a pathway for youth into our first team AND see that we help talent get big moves. It’s a double win on that count for us.
     
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    Other way around for me
     
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    Wish all the best, Thats all you can do.

    we can and will reinvest into players that can take us to the next level
     
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