Why do we always let our players go on the cheap? (smart assed reply need not bother). We always let our players go at bargain basement prices, normally after paying well over the odds. If you look at the players that have been released so far or are walking now towards the door have all gone for nothing or very little?? We do seem to have a History of never getting full value for our guys. We need to get £3m for Mills, Sol had to be £1.5m of any large teams money. Are we just crap at buying players and pay well over the odds, or do we just sell off to cheap?...your views guys please.
I think Nigel is stubborn and if he wants a player out then he'll get them out. But don't forget how little he spends bringing talent in.
We have to let some go cheap because so for example Bamba is on 20K a week. If we ask for 3M for him no one is going to be able or want to pay us a big fee and cover the wages. If we sell on the cheap then they will be able to pay more in wages so we can do a deal. We either get stuck with them or do cut priced deals. Out of all Svens signings the only one we could really cash in on is Kasper Schmeichel. We could gt at least 5M for him
I guess once Pearson knows that a player is surplus, its upto the club/staff to valuate the player for selling. But yeah, Kisnorbo, maybe we could have got some from, but his record with us injury wise prob put his price right down, even though we went down with the second best defence in the league with him at the helm. Gradel was rediculous, we could all see the talent he had when he was in League 1. Bamba, although he may not feature in future plans, could have got at least £1.5-2m for a player who has played most of the season and won the ACON. Mills is definatly a "get rid" price though, i recon we wont be getting more than £2m for him, but you never know, if he impresses on his (speculated) loan move to Bolton, we might be able to get £4m next summer
Bamba and Gradel should of went for alot more Kisnorbo is in the same boat as Tunchev. Quality players but because of their injuries there not worth anything
Yea completely agree, its not like you have just spent over a million on a non-league player who's not even that young or anything Bamba probably should have gone for more but Gradel's career was going nowhere before leeds. I think we shoulda sold him for more mind
How can you say we've overspent before he's kicked a ball for us? Plus teams like Blackpool, Peterborough and Fulham all had 1m bids accepted. Thats a lie, which is why Leicester fans were gutted to lose him.
Quite easily actually. How can you possibly justify paying over 1m for a player that is 25 years old which is around the peak of his career with absolutely no experience in the championship? Even if he is great you shouldn't have payed that much for a player in that scenario Ok fair enough, maybe I didn't know as much as I thought about him before coming to leeds. Mind you he wasn't exactly in the first team frame or anything
I have full faith in Nigel Pearson and more importantly Craig Shakespeare. They know a talent when they see one and to say that no good players come from that level is a lie. For all you know we could have found the next Ian Wright. He was a player in demand and Nigel wanted him so we got him. If the demand for a player requires a price of 1m then thats what you pay if you want him. He was in and out of the first team, like all youngsters at that age.
Ofcourse good players come from that level, we got Beckford from non-league and he is a modern day leeds legend. But there is a reason why you broke the record for non-league transfers, because they are just too much of a risk to pay that much money. There is absolutely no way of knowing whether they'll be able to hack it at a higher level especially when its a jump of that high in quality. And also at the age of 25 you need to question why he hasn't been brought into the higher tiers earlier. But then again, if you've got the money, ya may as well spend it
I thought he didn't play in single league game after you were promoted to the Championship(having played in 27 games the season before in League One)?
No he didnt. He wasnt mature off on the pitch. Leeds fans seen it just like we did. He threw tamtrums on the pitch if he didnt get his own way When he was on loan at Bournemouth he had a fight with his team mate of who was taking a peno. Gradel took it and scored. He had a fight with Paul Dickov over a peno, there was only going to be one winner there. Dickov took it and scored At Stockport in League 1 he got mardy and smashed the ball at a disabled person and got booked. He was a bit like Balotelli at times
Aww he was terrible. He had a fight with Beckford because he got sent-off and wouldn't leave the pitch so beckford basically went and tried to talk to him and gradel starting pushing him. He was alright in our first season in the championship although still had his moments. I think when he played the first few games of the season in the second season he started to have his tantrums again against west ham and saints from memory.
Vardy can score goals of that there is no doubt ... in today's inflated market £1m is not over extravagant - he's also young enough to have further potential Gradel's career might not have been going anywhere under Nigel Pearson true .. but not because of lack of talent - i was absolutely gutted when we sold him .... when on song he was definitely worth the entrance money ... there are not many players like that. The problem was that him and the manager did not see eye to eye .... now i don't mind that when it is someone like Mills (or Beckford) i.e limited talent with limitless ego ... but I am concerned when our manager let's a real talent go for a daft price because he can't 'manage' him ....... and I still have concerns about Mr Pearson on that front.
think of it like this. We let a player go for £1m who we all think is worth £2m. Most clubs will pay him £10k but we pay him £20k. Within 10 weeks, thats £100k back already based on what his replacement will be paid. People look into transfer fee's too much i think.
Think you might find that Steve Walsh spots the talent and yes he is very good at it. Top bloke as well.
