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I'll bet you the price of a kebab that it'll be nearer £35m than £45-50m (with achievable add ons). Re MaCalister, I hadn't appreciated that was a contract buy out figure. Saint Garrett set me straight.

That's the point...his own version. Met him as a kid...friended him...got him a job (how sweet and selfless of him)...made the first move in the dressing room...called him 'vulnerable'. That's a dot the dot that a blind man could connect.

Apparently it's been said Del. I've just read the thread back and the posts must have vaporised 🤔

You have defended him. It's pretty obvious on the balance of probabilities what's happened here.

The evidence is there if you open your eyes, ears and mind. Met and friended him as a kid, got him the job he wanted, made the first move on him, went to all sorts of lengths to lie about it, and conceded that the lad is (and undoubtedly always was) vulnerable. Sure, the adult sex was consensual, but you've gotta be some sort of idiot to gloss over the events beforehand.

Not sure how that relates to me mate. Please copy and paste where I've labelled him a paedo, or compared him to anyone. Thank you.

Ah ok, hadn't realised it was a release clause situation. Cheers.

Agreed. We'll hopefully have the pulling power to access most players in our league and below, possibly even frustrated premier league players wanting a loan. I'm actually looking forward to this season. I think the owners will have learned, albeit the hard way, and we're gonna be in for an exciting season.

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Exactly, right minded people. Not the people quick to defend him, despite the bloody obvious.

But most right minded people think that's probably what happened.

That's sad to hear. Do you know of this is something that would have happened even had we stayed up?

Sure, it's £35m plus add-on's some of which will doubtless be paid, but the point remains that we ain't getting£50m+ for JWP. Fantasy money.

£15m + more than Liverpool paid for the 24 year old MacAlister. Not gonna happen. That said, with West Ham needing someone, Newcastle interested, and Villa apparently in the mix, a bidding war could be on the cards.

Voyage

Agreed. White on red though, that looks fantastic. Would also look good in blue / yellow as an away kit.

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That's a fans perception. In reality, a players value is not the value to the club, it's the price someone is willing to pay. Ultimately, if a player wants to go, he will - bar one or two exceptions, want away players being held to their contracts rarely perform well. Sure, I'd like the kid to stay and if he goes though, I'd want top dollar. However, if he wants out, we ain't gonna get anything like the fans would want us to get.

We can command what we want, but we'll need revenue, and ultimately will have to sell players for the best price we can get. It's wrong to think that we're in the driving seat here. We're now a championship club who'll have a load of players wanting the wages on offer in the premier league. If we get anything like £40m for Alcaraz feel free to tell me I was wrong.

Because he's not worth anything like £40m. Some of the values people put on our players is mental.

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You clearly don't get it mate so it's pointless trying to discuss it with you.

And they've cancelled the John Peel stage at Glastonbury this year too.