So it seems half the Championship are after Joel Ward which begs the question, why sell him for just £450,000? I know football economics lives in it's own mad world, but what ever happened the simple capitalist principle of high demand = high price? I'm aware we're not in the best bargaining position but surely with the amount of interest we can perhaps have some bargaining power, what we should do is a private auction: each club should set a price without knowing what the other clubs offer and whoever bids the highest gets the player. Simples.
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We are simply not in a position to demand a price. We can only hope that after all the negotiations we will come away with a decent return. We also need it in one lump and in a hurry.
I'm not expecting us to demand a huge price, just make the most of the fact that several clubs are after him. If we were to sell him to the highest bidder, then he wouldn't need to decide between 8 or so different teams but just one or two, making the decision making process a lot quicker. Plus, the buyer's would be setting the price still, just we might get slightly more.
I understand the frustration, but bear in mind that one of the reasons that there is so much interest is that other clubs believe that he can be picked up cheaply because you need to sell now.
