Dubs

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Originally Posted by Zippity

The slight problem there, Pat, is that I think that could work if he was massively sought after and the buying club were basically putting a 'reserved' sign on him but we'd besically be saying 'you can have him in the Summer for nowt...or...you can buy him now for ?8 million but still not have him until the Summer.'

Not sure they'd go for that. :D

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Buying club need a keeper now.
So they won’t loan him back or come in for him again in the summer.

Dub’s had never been on big money, for a footballer that is, so if the deal is off now, then this Saudi team won’t buy him in the summer.

Any deal, to a PIF club, would would have to be evaluated as an ATP… no chance in hell they are approving us getting 8m (or whatever) and keeping the player till the summer when he would be available on a free.

Dubs wants to play, is he going to be kept between the sticks when Pope is back? Howe’s history suggest he prefers Pope over Dub’s.

Dubs will be 36 next week, not massively old for a keeper but his options will still be limited in the summer if that is the arrangement.

If we are offering a new contract longer than the summer… then we have 3 keepers with Pope, Vlach and Dubs… and likely still want a new 1st choice keeper (likes of the Trafford rumour)… so that holds up the new keeper and leaves us needing to still shift at least 1 keeper on.

Short term, I’d want to keep Dubs over Pope, but money is obviously tight and I just don’t know how to balance a short term Dubs (maybe very short term depending what Eddie does when Pope is fit) against a space in the squad and some funds to spend while keeping this years PSR numbers sweet.

Can point to what impact Dubs might have (if kept between the sticks) but got to balance that with what impact another first team player could have.