Quote Originally Posted by Romanis View Post
Yeah I gather the loan may bear fruition. And on paper 6mil for an unproven youth is not a bad offer.
Of course it depends what one means by unproven. He's had a season of championship footy, scored 7 (or maybe a a few more) goals and of course does well at youth level for England.
But if the owner and manager can wait a bit more, and allow him to develop further then his fee may rise to 10-12million thereabouts.
It all depends what his immediate future is. If he goes on loan to you and doesn't score regularly, then maybe the 6mil is likely. Or if he remains, but doesn't get game time and if he does, doesn't really bang in the goals. I believe he's yours for 6mil in January.
But if he does score double last season's tally, then you'll probably need to increase the bid to around 8 million.
But at this juncture, a loan is your best hope, provided you're still keen.
Cheers for all that. We think it's a strange one aswell, it seemed we where wanting a player with championship experience , 23 sort of age. I just think we are looking at his situation and the fact he may not be playing, and trying to get a deal done? Our budget isn't that big, but we will get decent backing. If Mowbray thinks he's worth another few million ontop of the loan & current offer on the table, then we'll come back. He would be playing alongside quite a number of his current Under 23 and under 19 England team mates, by coming to us. So that could also be a factor.