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Those rumours that we wasn't going to sign a new contract and wanted away seemed strange to me. He's a local lad FFS. Other than the increase in wages, why wouldn't he want to play his part in getting his local club promoted? Didn't make sense.
This for me
Mundle rumour sounds like a load of sh@te to me as well
 
How strange that people were posting on here, a couple of hours ago, that a deal was done at £10m ...

... I think it's time to accept that the club controls exactly what information comes out of the SOL.

I got loads of first hand info before KLD arrived but he's lived his life surrounded by solicitors, accountants and advisors.

I doubt anything that's posted about financial matters these days, in fact I think it's all fabricated.

Sorry but this club isn't a Netflix joke any more, it's a serious organisation that's weeded out those who think they can take the piss.
Hopefully this puts to bed the rumours that Watson is demanding to leave as well
 
That's a huge statement from us. It also suggests that the rumours about him not being willing to sign a new contract are nonsense.

I'm quite excited by this in a way, it shows how highly we rate him. We just need to get him on the pitch often enough now.

It doesn't. If just means we value him higher. There are other clubs in for him. I would love to keep him and have the window closed and for him to sign a new deal.

I think more bids will come in and he will leave.
 
to be fair I don’t think this changes that. I think that our ownership are showing the resolve to reject offers knowing higher ones will come.

I think the club are playing a blinder in all this. We'll find out soon enough whether these bids are as a result of the player asking to move or if bidding clubs are trying their luck, but if it's the former, I honestly can't understand why a local lad would want to turn his back on his local club and not want to play his part in getting promoted for the sake of 3-4 months. He could go in the summer.
 
Someone said on here earlier he’d heard that Mundle wanted to move back down South

the Mundle rumour sounds like nonsense to me. The lad was willing to move from London to BELGIUM to play football. If he got homesick he’d have gone back to London, not the north east. I don’t know who said the rumour but it sounds like nonsense
 
The Watson to Brighton runour has become fact that he won't sign a contract and wants to leave.

The fact we are knocking back £12 million pound bids suggests to me the club are relaxed and it's in hand

nothing has become fact either way. Us turning down a bid could simply be because we want more. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s still here on Tuesday or not. I really want him to be but still think he’ll go for a higher fee.
 
nothing has become fact either way. Us turning down a bid could simply be because we want more. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s still here on Tuesday or not. I really want him to be but still think he’ll go for a higher fee.
If he goes for higher than 12 million then he goes on our terms. The "facts" quoted today on here and on social media that he wants to leave, won't sign a contract don't help and make it sound like we are going to accept any decent bid
 
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If he goes for higher than 12 million then he goes on our terms. The "facts" quoted today on here and on social media that he wants to leave, won't sign a contract don't help and make it sound like we are going to accept any decent bid

yeh I agree nobody should be thinking there are facts.

But it’s plausible he doesn’t want to sign a new deal and therefore the club are happy to sell him, whilst also making sure we are maximising the fee we get. Potentially other clubs to swoop.

hopefully this is all nonsense as you say and he’s about to sign a new deal
 
Brighton have been after him for about 18 months... pre-contract, summer and now.

Surely they'll want to come out on top if there is a bidding war. They don't want to be chasing someone for that long to be beaten by Villa last minute.
 
Hoping we keep clinging on. He’s gonna be a great player. However I’d remain tempted if it gets to ‘Jack Clarke return’ money.


Its my view we are already there, the reluctance of Ipswich to play him means they dont rate him in the prem, so we should pay less of a fee
 
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