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Offline Dazvillain

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #945 on: June 04, 2019, 05:57:06 PM »
It wouldn't. He'd want a fortune and he's always injured.

Blimey he was earning about 200k A week there .  It to that extent but I wonder if new regime will increase our salary cap now we’ve returned to top flight ?

Offline Chinchilla Bathhouse

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #946 on: June 04, 2019, 06:06:10 PM »
Sturridge may only be thirty but his knees are in their late eighties. The guy's broken.  I'd be surprised and bloody disappointed if we brought him in to clutter up the treatment table, especially when it's still got the warm indent of Micah Richards crocked arse in it.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #947 on: June 04, 2019, 06:06:30 PM »
Liverpool confirm no new contract for Sturridge . Not sure he’d fit in with us but was mentioned somewhere yesterday


He'll be 30 in September. I can't see him coming.

Usefull player when fit,
but you'd have to be soft in the head to sign him now on anything other than a pay as you play deal and I'm not sure even though those deals are always talked about that they actually exist


When beelzebub went to Rangers under Souness, it was pay-as-you-play. I reckon that was the only one ever.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #948 on: June 04, 2019, 06:09:39 PM »
Liverpool confirm no new contract for Sturridge . Not sure he’d fit in with us but was mentioned somewhere yesterday


He'll be 30 in September. I can't see him coming.

Usefull player when fit,
but you'd have to be soft in the head to sign him now on anything other than a pay as you play deal and I'm not sure even though those deals are always talked about that they actually exist


When beelzebub went to Rangers under Souness, it was pay-as-you-play. I reckon that was the only one ever.

He had an ongoing problem with one of his hooves.

Offline andyh

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #949 on: June 04, 2019, 06:12:13 PM »
Let’s hope we don’t go down the road of injury prone, expensive flops. I trust that Deano will be looking at alternative options rather than players like Sturridge.


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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #950 on: June 04, 2019, 06:19:40 PM »
Liverpool confirm no new contract for Sturridge . Not sure he’d fit in with us but was mentioned somewhere yesterday


He'll be 30 in September. I can't see him coming.

Usefull player when fit,
but you'd have to be soft in the head to sign him now on anything other than a pay as you play deal and I'm not sure even though those deals are always talked about that they actually exist


When beelzebub went to Rangers under Souness, it was pay-as-you-play. I reckon that was the only one ever.

Owen Hargreaves was on one at Man City.

Offline brian green

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #951 on: June 04, 2019, 06:23:45 PM »
Didn't Asa Hartford have one due to his heart surgery?

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #952 on: June 04, 2019, 06:28:56 PM »
I think they're perfectly legal so long as the player received a base salary if he wasn't able to play at all so as to avoid falling under the minimum wage.

Offline KRS

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #953 on: June 04, 2019, 07:01:43 PM »
No to Sturridge. Hopefully we’ve learned our (very expensive) lesson of signing ageing injury prone players.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #954 on: June 04, 2019, 07:17:06 PM »
Sturridge is an O Neill/Bruce type signing. If he stayed fit and playing 30 games, yes he'd score 15 goals. But that first part is a huge if. We might as well sign Andy Carroll too. I'd rather have Kodjia on the bench as an impact player. Whatever happens we need a new CF for the starting lineup, and one we can feel a bit more assured of as far as fitness.

Offline IFWaters

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #955 on: June 04, 2019, 07:17:37 PM »
Jarrod Bowen anyone ? 22, Herefordshire lad, 36 goals for Hull in last 2 seasons, winger to replace Albert in the squad ?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #956 on: June 04, 2019, 07:36:19 PM »
I would sooner sign Cahill than Sturridge.  Despite being older I would back Cahill to be available for most games. Sturridge is quality, even if it just as an impact sub but his injury record is well known and the chances of him becoming the next Paul McGrath and playing week in week out against the odds are very slim. Even if we got Sturridge on loan the loan fee and his wages would be better served being spent on someone more reliable.

Offline KRS

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #957 on: June 04, 2019, 07:53:45 PM »
You only have to look back to his loan to the Bitters to see how it would work out...injured in his third game and only played in 6 in 5 months. Pretty sure he spent most of last season out injured too.

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #958 on: June 04, 2019, 08:07:27 PM »
I have a concern that under Lamberk the thought was "fill your squad with championship / league 1 grade players and you will eventually end up there"

I'm all for young and hungry but I also think it needs blending with some premiership experience.

Shelvey from Newcastle anyone?

Offline Villafirst

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Re: Summer transfer, gossip, speculation thread
« Reply #959 on: June 04, 2019, 08:10:34 PM »
Jarrod Bowen anyone ? 22, Herefordshire lad, 36 goals for Hull in last 2 seasons, winger to replace Albert in the squad ?
Yes, a good shout. Right age and great potential.

 


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