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Benteke £6m, Lukaku £15m (when he signed for Chelsea), Bony £12m. They're out there, you just need a decent scouting setup to find them. We've just had a pants pulled down to be honest, want to be positive, I really do...but spending £12m on Shane Long stinks to high heaven of a club with utterly no idea or direction.

But they can provide better value for money than Long at 12m, I'd have hoped.

If that's true, then we're swimming towards a waterfall. You simply do not sell Jack Cork after all the other exits we've had, it simply doesn't happen.

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.