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Do we know if SuperMario was available to buy, and if so whether he would have signed a permanent deal?
Didn't seem to cause an issue with Manu.
I suspect if we offer contracts to players we first take on loan, it will be the size of the paycheck/contract length that convinces them we want them, rather than whether or not we had them on loan first.
Didn't they do well? ;doh
He was great when he came to us. I think it says more about West Ham and what happens to players once they have been with us for a little while than him. He scored against PSG first game . Zaza, Snodgrass are other recent examples of players who join us becoming poor but leaving and improving straight away.
Hugill is very cheap and the number of clubs he has been loaned to long (Tranmere , Hartlepool etc) None of the teams were decent though.
Aleksandar Mitrovic’s proposed loan to Anderlecht has broken down because Anderlecht have failed to sell another player to fund the move, Sky Sports News understands.
Yup Dedoncker deal is dead in the water.
Sakho hadn't really played above the second division in France, so I'm not convinced he was great when he came. Rather, he came and settled quickly and was prolific. And he was a lump of deadwood in the sense that he hasn't started a league game in about 300 years
If he really has gone for that money, I think that is a bargain.
Going back in the thread to negotiation tactics, the difference in football is that the asset you are after is a human being with feelings, there is merit in making a bid that makes the target actually feel wanted, we are not bidding for an inaminate object such as a building or a financial deal.
I of course understand the principle of not just paying what the seller wants but there is a case for going in with a realistic assessment of value.
I know the discussion moved on, but as an individual, if I was led to believe that I was worth X and an offer came in at literally half that amount, I certainly would not be feeling the love.
Just my tuppence worth
He will, hopefully, relish the opportunity and give his all, it might not be good enough but that is all we have the right to ask, and as Grey says.
He actually might be decent
;wink
It's easy three and half hours until the window slams shut. Mike Ashley used his own plane to get Slimani up to the North East.
I was conducting a training session with three of our most recently hired bright young things and I used Concorde as an example - two of them had no idea what Concorde was.
I concluded that it was about time that I updated my training material
Ho hum ;weep
SHF is right, selling clubs can use their facilities for the medical if needs be. And the last straw I'm clutching at is that that is why he's at Anderlecht's training ground.
But if we miss out on a player that we've had 31 days to sign because we 'ran out of time' I think I'm going to boil my own head.
Is this pardewlegend's younger brother?
“It might happen, it might not happen”