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.
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. "
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.
It's nothing to do with ego. If there are no other offers you'd have to be off your rocker to pay whatever they ask straight away.
Fair enough if they've had offers of £15M plus and you go in with £10M. Then it's pointless and derisory.
If they've got no other offers than who cares what they value the player at. The player is worth what somebody will buy them for. At least try your luck low and then edge upwards as it progresses.
If the Hugill transfer is actually true, to me, it's the kind of signing I think fits with Moyes whole vibe and ethic.
He will hopefully be bursting at the seams to prove himself and grab a chance he will never get again.
Moyes is building an earthy, hardworking side and this kind of signing and character might appeal to that much more than somebody who could be using the club as a stepping stone or as a payday.
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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.
3 goals in 11 games for Preston this season. Surely not. ;hmm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Hugill
0.25 goals per game in lower leagues...err no thanks. Now tell me that was a joke.
Please someone ;doh
"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. "
Fair enough if they've had offers of £15M plus and you go in with £10M. Then it's pointless and derisory.
If they've got no other offers than who cares what they value the player at. The player is worth what somebody will buy them for. At least try your luck low and then edge upwards as it progresses.
Things change in football. Almost by the hour. Doesn’t mean his contacts were wrong originally with the info they supplied him.
Looks good to me.
A big strong, mobile lad.
;wahoo
Did he say it was a new, higher bid, or that his first tweet was incorrect?
"Looks like I might have been wrong, Hugill to the Hammers looks like it might be happening. Palace supposedly interested as well though.
I’m really struggling to see why a PL club would be looking to buy him. More money than sense. "
I want Smalov
This Hugill chap hasn't been mentioned anywhere on the BBC thread, for what it's worth.
He will hopefully be bursting at the seams to prove himself and grab a chance he will never get again.
Moyes is building an earthy, hardworking side and this kind of signing and character might appeal to that much more than somebody who could be using the club as a stepping stone or as a payday.
Some of his goals in that video are decent, too.