Quote Originally Posted by Trickytreesreds View Post
I am calm.

What utter tosh about Lansbury. You were prepared to bid 3.5 M for him, well under contract.
Villa got him for 3M when his contract had nearly gone.

Whose the fool here?
I said earlier we made some laughable bids for Lansbury and we did, but it's my understanding that we got there in the end. We had agreed a fee, Lansbury had accepted our offer, £18k a week, and he was at Turf Moor on the verge of signing when your owner pulled the plug on the deal. If I remember right this was at the end of the January window, not the end of the summer pantomime season.

Of course I can't guarantee the above is 100% accurate, but I know the source is very well-informed and usually reliable.