S-Clarke

It looks as if we've flustered around all summer and are now in the desperation market.

If we end up paying anywhere near £12m at any point, then our scouts need to be sacked. Good player, decent addition - but not at that price, utter daylight robbery and a sickening waste of our 'fortune'.

Surely, Surely....we can get a much higher quality striker from Europe for £12m? Surely? What the hell do our scouts do if Shane Long @ 12m is the best they can do.

He's available for around £13-14m isn't he? (That was the fee Sunderland agreed anyway). Not sure he's that quick though.

Sign Lukaku for £25m.

To be fair, he's still under contract with us, so even though we may be offering him for free - it's safe to assume a fair few clubs want him, maybe Leeds have been one of those all along? And by including him in a deal for Byram, Leeds then get full exclusivity. Just thinking out loud. Seems too much of a coincidence to me though, 2nd bid in....Sharp now off to Leeds. hmm.

Maybe we have given Leeds exclusivity to sign him, as part of a potential deal for Byram? Feels likely to me, given that 'Sky Sources' said y/day that we'd gone in with a 2nd bid.

I'd prefer Jermaine Wright myself, those were the days.

Welcome Sam Byram?

As part of the Byram deal...I wonder? It was confirmed we went in with a second bid for him, so maybe the second bid included a Mr Sharp.

No, don't get me wrong personally. He's a good player, lots of good, positive attributes and would add a lot to us. The only issue I have is the rumoured price! and going by what Hull paid 6 months ago, it unfortunately isn't far off I'd imagine!

Fair play for signing up!

From a Hull fan: Quick, clever, a bit sneaky. We instantly improved when he signed, and he and Jelavic hit it off from the start. It'd be a shame if he went, so soon, and after being such a big signing for us. But if the circumstances are true, and the offer is £10m, I don't doubt he'll go.

I doubt it.

I guess our new method ensures that the players won't be going to the likes of Liverpool and Man Utd at the end of the season. Mid-table me up.

Yeah, we've not exactly shown that our 'amazing' scouting system is actually that amazing. tbh.

Not sure how that makes us a joke? Signing a player with an injury that means he never plays for us would make us a joke.

Are you a mental??

Seems like we're shopping in the desperation market to be honest. Thanks for the confirmation k,billy.

Amazing pictures, thanks so much for sharing.

He's having one now as well, and he has another one later tonight. Should be on his 10th medical by tomorrow. He could wake up one day with his head elsewhere, so always safe to check his medical state lots of times.

Appreciate the information john_ro, looks like he's a pretty high level signing from all the information I've gathered on him to be honest. Should be a very good addition for £6m.

That £8.5m fee is a red hearing though, that is only a release clause for teams who are in the CL. For any other club, there's a 16-18m release fee I believe.

Yeah, £10m is way too much. Should do a very quick runner at that price. there's overpaying and then there's being desperate and a £10m offer for Long is bordering on desperation stakes.

This is a bit random, thread from an ITK Sunderland fan, posted y/day. http://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/shane-long.952657/