Do Leeds have a sell-on clause due to them if this goes through? That would mean we've made a loss on him. Hard to take when he ultimately (after much support from our medical staff, Randy and the fans) did live up to the potential that made us shell out £7-8m five years ago.
Quote from: OCD on July 03, 2015, 04:04:37 PMRegarding Delph's comments after the contract signing, 1) there's just talk at the moment, there's not even been confirmation that the clause exists; 2) his contract signing and attitude following were huge factors in keeping us up; 3) Is it not possible for his comments to have been genuine but also have a desire to test himself at the highest levels and see what he can achieve? Exactly.
Regarding Delph's comments after the contract signing, 1) there's just talk at the moment, there's not even been confirmation that the clause exists; 2) his contract signing and attitude following were huge factors in keeping us up; 3) Is it not possible for his comments to have been genuine but also have a desire to test himself at the highest levels and see what he can achieve?
Quote from: Toronto Villa on July 03, 2015, 03:09:09 PMQuote from: OCD on July 03, 2015, 03:04:40 PMWasn't the idea that Fabian felt he owed Lerner from how he treated him in the first couple of years of his contract and that he couldn't just walk away on a free after that. So signing a new contract with a release clause that would be triggered with a bid of £xm being the solution. That's fine. But the club getting £8m or even £10m is still a very low valuation. Why not £15m which would be more palatable and still below his value. But it's more all of the gushing love after he signed. It will be ring quite hollow if at the first bid meeting the buy out clause he leaves.In January he held all the cards. Most players would have held out and walked for nothing; this way we get some money at least - probably half his true value, which is a compromise of sorts.
Quote from: OCD on July 03, 2015, 03:04:40 PMWasn't the idea that Fabian felt he owed Lerner from how he treated him in the first couple of years of his contract and that he couldn't just walk away on a free after that. So signing a new contract with a release clause that would be triggered with a bid of £xm being the solution. That's fine. But the club getting £8m or even £10m is still a very low valuation. Why not £15m which would be more palatable and still below his value. But it's more all of the gushing love after he signed. It will be ring quite hollow if at the first bid meeting the buy out clause he leaves.
Wasn't the idea that Fabian felt he owed Lerner from how he treated him in the first couple of years of his contract and that he couldn't just walk away on a free after that. So signing a new contract with a release clause that would be triggered with a bid of £xm being the solution.
Quote from: chrisw1 on July 03, 2015, 04:05:28 PMQuote from: OCD on July 03, 2015, 04:04:37 PMRegarding Delph's comments after the contract signing, 1) there's just talk at the moment, there's not even been confirmation that the clause exists; 2) his contract signing and attitude following were huge factors in keeping us up; 3) Is it not possible for his comments to have been genuine but also have a desire to test himself at the highest levels and see what he can achieve? Exactly.Can't argue with that.
Has anyone pointed out that it's only the bloody Express yet?
Ok so I went on google and looked at the top 20 or so news articles about the Delph story. Most of them don't bother to say where they got the story from, simply citing 'sources', and those that do all link to a single article on goal.com.So this all comes down to how reliable you think goal.com is.
Quote from: dekko on July 03, 2015, 07:02:11 PMOk so I went on google and looked at the top 20 or so news articles about the Delph story. Most of them don't bother to say where they got the story from, simply citing 'sources', and those that do all link to a single article on goal.com.So this all comes down to how reliable you think goal.com is.The sources credibility league from top to bottom.GuardianIndependentTelegraphH&V posterThe SunSkyBBCThe MirrorFriend of a H&V posterGoalDaily StarBBC but written by Pat MurphyOther forums posterTwitterMy drunken posts
Actually, there was a survey done a few years ago on the accuracy of media transfer gossip. It concluded that the Daily Mail was the best, with an accuracy rate of 4%.
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on July 03, 2015, 07:13:18 PMActually, there was a survey done a few years ago on the accuracy of media transfer gossip. It concluded that the Daily Mail was the best, with an accuracy rate of 4%.Wow. Thats amazing on a couple of levels. A.) The winning % is so low and B.) Its the daily mail.
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