You Have To Feel For Brentford

[animallittle3]

I know it was Animal, regarding the Aylott 'fee'. As I said it was a tribunally-sold deal for Trev, but it was appallingly low for the big number 9 who was so important to us at that time!.
As for Ash, yes of course 4.5 mill was a fortune, an absolute dream come true for us back in 1998. But it still could have been more!. I dont like or agree with the disgusting fees that players go for, but we've got to keep up with the Jones's and do the same havent we ?.

When debating anything like this you have to place it within the context at the time .

Around that time Shearer maybe 18 months earlier went from Blackburn to Newcastle for £15m .

The best striker in the PL possibly at that time , we managed to get just short of a third for Ward that Newcastle paid for Shearer .

Put that in today's terms where the top striker in the PL would be .... Mane .... Salah .... Sterling ... Harry Kane ? .

Your talking in excess of £100m to even have a conversation about removing them from Liverpool , Manchester City or Spurs .

For the sake of argument let's say all four are available for £130m .

Would we ever have someone on our books who could get within a third of that kind of fee ? , your talking over £40m .

Which is why in my opinion we got maximum market value for Ward in 1998 and possibly a tad more .

[Acido]

Thats just theory and examples and possibilities though Animal.
But yes I do admit your right about it being good money for us at the time in 1998 (I just wish it could have been more).
John Hendrie really messed up there, and as soon as Ash himself said he missed the Prem and wanted to play there again, we'd had it as far as keeping him!.

Speaking of which, remember when we got 1.5 Mill for Carl Tiler in 1991, and we thought we were absolutely rich at the time ?.