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Post by davidm on Jan 28, 2021 14:20:04 GMT
Looks like another youngster is going.
Apparently for £250K to Norwich.
Shame
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Post by realtrottersforever on Jan 28, 2021 14:23:19 GMT
I'd just posted this on the transfer thread. Great minds think alike.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2021 15:02:06 GMT
So, from Horwich to Norwich...
Norwich are also looking at Peterboro's 18 yr old attacking midfielder and have already failed with a 700k package.
I'm not in the know with all this, but why are we letting player's, especially fine prospects leave for cheap? Any idea's?
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Post by kenglowhite on Jan 28, 2021 20:06:07 GMT
This is ripping the heart out of our club. Ever since I saw him in the game at Shrewsbury I have been agitating for his inclusion in the centre-midfield position which is so lacking at the moment. I saw him as a certain England international in the future. We would need something special to come in to cover for his potential and fill the blatant gap in that position that we have experienced all season. Does anyone at BWFC know what they are doing at present?
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Post by OohMac on Jan 29, 2021 9:07:18 GMT
Honestly dont know what to think with this.
Who's at fault?
The system - teams can sign academy players and pay pittance in compo. So the £250K we accepted we had no choice. If we throw in a 20% sell on then selling to a club like Norwich is ideal as they will also need to shift on players like Maddison, Godfrey but have enough money to avoid them going cheap. So could be more coming.
The club - is the current system set up right for young players? Could we tie these down to better professional contracts earlier? Can we literally even do that under embargo?
The manager- if Riley was allowed to play, should he have played more and might that have made him consider staying here? However if Evatt or anyone else knows this player is off should he keep him away from squad? Or should he just accept he will go and play him for the short time hes here.
OR are we hiding players purposely to avoid bringing them to attention whilst they are under youth contracts.
The Agent - why would any agent not want to set up his player for life? Hes one injury from a sad tale about what he could have been. If Norwich means he can buy a house outright then why wouldnt he get his player from his £150 a week schoolboy deal.
The player - is the players head there? If he has a deal elsewhere is he really giving it all and is it better to just be up front and honest.
Its a real shame but will continue to happen until the system changes. Need proper compensation for the clubs, a mandatory sell on clause and possibly bonus add ons.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 29, 2021 10:17:42 GMT
I think you’re whistling in the wind for a rule change OM. I said when the wage cap came in that it was the death knell for teams with young players because the clubs further up the chain will pick them off for peanuts. Most clubs at this level would probably settle for a fee like this for a kid because they don’t have aspirations much above where they are but clubs like ours aspire to get much higher but can’t do that if we keep losing our best youth for pathetic amounts like this. I’m not sure what power we have to include a sell on clause unless there are possibly multiple buyers involved, because the fee is set by the authorities, so this amount may be all we get, as with Luca Connell. We don’t know the situation here but clearly the opportunity to move to a potentially PL club and learn your trade, or stay here is pretty obvious and good luck to the lad. It’s such a shame because he had so much promise and for me could have played first team at this level now. Sadly that isn’t to be.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2021 11:32:06 GMT
So, from Horwich to Norwich... Norwich are also looking at Peterboro's 18 yr old attacking midfielder and have already failed with a 700k package. I'm not in the know with all this, but why are we letting player's, especially fine prospects leave for cheap? Any idea's? Because the FA have rules about about transfers of scholars(thats wot under 18 are called ) the 15 year old that left for man city went about 150k the lad that went to celtic went for about 350k ,just a point has anybody heard oe seen anything about "wots is name?" there how ever nothing to stop clubs putting other conditions on the deal .
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Post by OohMac on Jan 29, 2021 13:43:13 GMT
In truth the U18s are not even our assets. We're powerless to stop them going and cannot offer them the terms needed to keep them.
Think I saw Salford saying that among other clubs they would no longer be signing under 18s as there is no value in running that sort of operation. Instead source for those released and hope that the released club were wrong.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2021 14:29:18 GMT
In truth the U18s are not even our assets. We're powerless to stop them going and cannot offer them the terms needed to keep them. Think I saw Salford saying that among other clubs they would no longer be signing under 18s as there is no value in running that sort of operation. Instead source for those released and hope that the released club were wrong. Seeems a sound idea after all it costs approx 1mill just run a class 2 set up and who in lower div;s can afford that ?.
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