Zohore to WBA - 8 Mil!!

[Pedro de la Rosa]

If he continues to appear in the daily training compilation videos this story will look very iffy.

Without going into bat for a journalist, John Percy's track record is exceptional. I'd say this one is nailed on.

[Wales-Bales]

Without going into bat for a journalist, John Percy's track record is exceptional. I'd say this one is nailed on.

You've just batted for Percy

[Pedro de la Rosa]

You've just batted for Percy

Good point, Ron.

[BLUETIT]

As a striker, when did he last score a headed goal ?????

[Der Kaiser]

Announce Maupay.

[Optimistic Nick]

Without adjusting for football hyper-inflation, is £8m our biggest ever receipt for a player? I think Medel went for 3/4 of his original price which would have been less than £8m. Mutch was around £7m; Chops about £5m?

Problem is - will £8m get us something more than a talented but erratic striker? The current market is insane.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Without adjusting for football hyper-inflation, is £8m our biggest ever receipt for a player? I think Medel went for 3/4 of his original price which would have been less than £8m. Mutch was around £7m; Chops about £5m?

Problem is - will £8m get us something more than a talented but erratic striker? The current market is insane.

We've got to go abroad or take a chance. It's absolutely mental at the moment. Everyone has collectively lost their marbles.

According to wikipedia (I know), Medel went for 10m and Caulker went for 8.5m.

[Optimistic Nick]

We've got to go abroad or take a chance. It's absolutely mental at the moment. Everyone has collectively lost their marbles.

According to wikipedia (I know), Medel went for 10m and Caulker went for 8.5m.

Forgot about caulker - he may have gone for more than £8m. And my maths could have been wrong on Medel. I thought we agreed to sell him at the carrying value of his contract, which was presumably 3/4 of £11m (assuming he was on a 4 year deal and we paid £11m). That is going to be a little bit more than £8m.

Let me ask an equally boring question. Is this our best-ever "profit" on a player contract, taking into account just transfer fees? Did we pay anything for him?

[xsnaggle]

Without adjusting for football hyper-inflation, is £8m our biggest ever receipt for a player? I think Medel went for 3/4 of his original price which would have been less than £8m. Mutch was around £7m; Chops about £5m?

Problem is - will £8m get us something more than a talented but erratic striker? The current market is insane.

I think you have to consider we may have been going to pay an insane ammout for another striker even if he wasn't sold, so its not selling cheap and buying dear, its cutting your outgoings while the oppotunity presents itself

[Pedro de la Rosa]

I think you have to consider we may have been going to pay an insane ammout for another striker even if he wasn't sold, so its not selling cheap and buying dear, its cutting your outgoings while the oppotunity presents itself

I'm not saying it is him but we're linked with Mbwana Samatta (I'll believe it when I see it) but he's available for £10m. £2m to potentially upgrade your striker.

[goats]

As a striker, when did he last score a headed goal ?????

Or any goal? Take away the I’m back off the shin miss hit at Southampton bad I’m struggerling to recall it. He hasn’t got what it takes