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Vorselaarhammer

I understand there is a emergency meeting of our transfer committee taking place.

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Lukerz

Going in insultingly low just seems to me like a complete waste of time and an ego thing.

If you know a club wanes £20m, maybe they £16m and some bonuses or a player exchange. Then work your way up.

You don’t go in at £10m.

Giant_Hammer

Sorry Vorse, but that's the government "Cobra" committee. ;wink

Cuz1

Players are only worth what a buying club is prepared to pay bit like an auction

TwistandShout

Lukerz said:

Going in insultingly low just seems to me like a complete waste of time and an ego thing.

If you know a club wanes £20m, maybe they £16m and some bonuses or a player exchange. Then work your way up.

You don’t go in at £10m.

Yep and they are the first people to have a hissy fit when someone bids for one of our players...

What goes around comes back round...

OldCastleSwift

Funnily enough Lukerz, Inkersole has just corrected himself; our original offer was apparently £16m.

Which is fair enough.

And gives me a bit more confidence that a deal can be struck.

PrestonHammer

If the club want £20 million and you offer £10 million, then IMO, you don't want the player.

grey_til_I_dye

TwistandShout said:

This site is so tiring at times.

If only there were some way to not use it...

BubblesNeverDies

Sam Inkersole tweeted
"Hearing the initial bid was £10million etc...."

"Hearing" being the operative word here, why are so many taking it for gospel? ;hmm

OCS's post just made this superfluous. ;lol

Lukerz

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

OldCastleSwift said:

I'm an agent myself (not football) and negotiate every day. It's industry-understood that your first move is exceptionally high/low. Everybody involved in the negotiation knows this is a move to a) show you aren't desperate and b) to show your second/third/fourth offer in a much more reasonable light.

But is that not a monumental waste of time? I mean, if both parties know that the first offer is always derisory, why even bother? Not being flippant, just interested. What industry do you work in Jorderz?

No, it isn’t, because even though you might have an idea of the upper limit of what you’ll pay, it’s still best business practice to try and get the best deal possible.

In negotiating weakness and desperation is exploited. Aloofness and keeping a hardline is the best way forward (IMO). It means by the time you’ve moved from your first offer to your last offer you’ve made a substantial movement and it allows you to expect that of the other.

All in my opinion, of course.

I’m a literary agent.

Lukerz

Ayew close to signing for Swansea for £18m. Hopefully this will give us room for that extra midfielder.

OldCastleSwift

Lukerz said:

Yeoldhammer

Ayew out Smolov in.

OldCastleSwift

In negotiating weakness and desperation is exploited. Aloofness and keeping a hardline is the best way forward (IMO). It means by the time you’ve moved from your first offer to your last offer you’ve made a substantial movement and it allows you to expect that of the other.

I'm just not convinced that aloofness and keeping a hardline is necessarily the best course of action when you're as time-pressed as we are and have only 12 hours to conclude a deal ;ok

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

OCS,

But the fact we are time-pressed is exactly the kind of thing the other negotiator will exploit. If they are led to believe by our offer that we are desperate then we will end up paying so much more.

It's a fine line, but it seems to me the best course is to make them believe we have other options and our interest is limited/capped.

If we act desperate from the off we'll be taken to the cleaners. It seems imperative to me to retain some semblance of power, otherwise we'll splash stupid money everywhere and put the company in jeopardy, particularly as signing footballers is such a risk in terms of investment.

Lukerz

Jordan Hugill is the striker in question who we could be signing.

OldCastleSwift

The flip-side, of course, is what Sully said happened with Carvalho, where there was too much posturing, everything was left too late and we missed out on him.

Anyway, all seems moot now as the latest 'news' is that we actually bid £16m, which for me is a fair offer to get the ball rolling.

OldCastleSwift

Lukerz said:

Jordan Hugill is the striker in question who we could be signing.

;hmm

Lukerz

Source was same bloke who mentioned the permanent striker signing.

3 goals in 11 games for Preston this season. Surely not. ;hmm

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Jorderz Hugill ;hmm

BubblesNeverDies

Not exactly prolific is he? ;hmm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Hugill

TwistandShout

grey_til_I_dye said:

TwistandShout said:

This site is so tiring at times.

If only there were some way to not use it...

;ok

MarkNobleLocalHero

Jordan Hugill seriously? OK everyone time for bed ;lol

0.25 goals per game in lower leagues...err no thanks. Now tell me that was a joke.

Please someone ;doh

Macca85

Alex song is a free agent
If funds are tight surely a deal until end of the season

PrestonHammer

We can't, there aren't enough beds in the sick bay.

PrestonHammer

Jordan Whooooooooooooo?

McHammer

My mate a Preston Season Ticket holder when asked is he any good?

"Plenty of Preston fans think he is, personally, I think he’s vastly over-rated. He’s a battering ram and not much else. Honestly don’t understand why we don’t cash in on him. "

BubblesNeverDies

Song - I'd take him in a heartbeat. Pure class player.

alderz

I heard we're re-signing Carlton Cole