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February 1

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

"Right then Adam, it's entirely up to you of course but there's a good probability that if we don't sell you this window, the Club will go to the wall".

Ahh, see that's where you are mistaken this is not a D&D forum.

February 1

2 minutes ago, booth said:

Enlighten who, a person on the internet who is coming across as oddly sensitive?

Right so you got nothing... because what we have is a case of a transfer that was consented by both parties, no forcing out of any kind.

We got a decent deal, the lad gets a crack at the Prem along with all the boons that come with it & all the money we get goes into the Venky black hole never to be heard of again.

February 1

2 minutes ago, booth said:

Intimidation, threats or physical force? Dear me that was quite a twist and a leap to get to that response.

So enlighten how was he pressured to leave?... I'll wait

February 1

1 minute ago, booth said:

Yep, hence him being pressured to leave. He was asked to leave before the end of last season.

Being pressured to leave would be illegal and the lad could have taken legal action against whoever pressured him to leave.

Truth is he was told a deal has been agreed and the club are happy for him to seek pastures new. No coercion, intimidation, threats or physical force. So no forcing him out at all.

February 1

1 minute ago, booth said:

He was forced out. Course he's happy at being treated like a king for the day and being set for life, but back when he was being given a shove he wasn't. He was happy here.

I said he was being forced out last season, to shouts of "there won't be a fire sale" or "they won't sell him till he's beefed up a bit."

That turned out well.

You understand he had a 5 year contract here right? Players hold all the power, if he didn't want to go... he wouldn't have gone.

February 1

1 minute ago, booth said:

He's just signed a multi million pound contract, playing in the top flight. Someone pointed a camera at him and told him to say cheese.

What do you expect?

Him to look gutted and forced out like the narrative some on here would have you believe. The lad is happy as he should be.

February 1

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

Do you have trouble reading people?

No... do you?

February 1

6 minutes ago, Lucimo said:

He still don't look happy though

Ok chief... lad looks delighted

February 1

Just now, LeftWinger said:

So filming that was the delay. Cringey.

Doesn't look unhappy, looks positively glowing. Forced out, my arse 😆

February 1

4 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Blackburn Rovers are to sign Liverpool centre-back Billy Koumetio on loan.

- Alan Myers

No loan fee & 0% contribution to wages then i'll accept it, any monetary transaction involved then i'm sorry its a waste of yet more money we don't have and offers nothing that we need to add to the squad that one of our youth cant provide

February 1

1 minute ago, RoversBWA said:

You lot really are a bunch of miserable bastards.

Loan to buy makes more sense anyway as we aren’t spunking £4mil on a unproven MLS striker. So rather than moaning be happy the deals back on!!

No just spunking a hefty loan fee on someone for 4 months with no ROI...

February 1

4 minutes ago, BenEccles_ said:

Loan with option to buy... https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1753089809696911377?s=20

Yeah, why not sign a play who is from a League in the off season, for 4 months and pay them for the privilege... Sounds a smart decision 🥴

February 1

Wasn't there 3 waiting on medicals last Winter Deadline Day too?... We all know how that ended up playing out 😒

February 1

2 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

I remember reading that Alan Ball got a percentage of the transfer fee, when he went to Arsenal-because he hadn't asked for the transfer-and that was years ago!

John Aldridge demanded £250k from Liverpool to leave Liverpool who had no obligation to pay him anything, they paid him up to get him gone...

February 1

6 minutes ago, AspRover said:

If playing FM has taught me anything then loyalty bonuses are different from having a 10% of the next sale clause in a players contract, both of which do exist.

If Wharton has a 10% clause (which at 1.8m on a 18m sale seems to be what twitter rando is suggesting) then it raises some questions - not least does he get the 1.8m in one go now whilst we get the 18m in installments? If so what are the installments?

I suspect it's nonsense but it could be exactly the kind of haggling over the wording of the contract that holds up a deal.

Imagine if palace are paying 3m every six months for three years, and we somehow agreed to it without realising that we're obliged to hand 1.8m of the first installment straight to Adam...

If we are giving anyone £7,000 per week in a loyalty bonus then we are fooked financially no matter how many cuts we make

February 1

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

But he's getting a better one!!

To be fair we get/got a better fee thanks to him having a 5 year deal

February 1

12 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Loyalty bonus.

Rovers really are dumb

Not how loyalty bonuses work

February 1

10 minutes ago, callumrovers said:

Not ITK. Been told McGuire having a medical at Rovers now 👍 another two players in the building. Don’t ask me names, don’t know. Just passing on info

But is his Mum back following Rovers on Twitter/X? 😉

February 1

5 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

Thousands of people put aside their opposition to Venky's to follow the club they love. It is part of their weekly life ritual, which has often gone on for decades, in my case passed down the family for over a hundred years.

That's fair enough, still doesn't mean he has to respect that decision though.

If my family pet had an incurable disease that was killing it slowly week on week to the point it cant even eat/move anymore, im not going to keep the poor thing in pain out of some form of "well, I'll miss him if he aint there lying on the floor in the morning when I wake up" ritual. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is the right thing...

February 1

4 minutes ago, SuperBrfc said:

A clever way of framing the narrative according to the party line. Preparing the fans in advance. What does that quote say to me?

It is:

a) The Wharton money didn't arrive on time.

b) As a result of the above, Rovers could not sign McGuire and other intended targets.

Can almost guarantee that Wharton to Palace will be announced close to the deadline and the likes of Jackson, Nixon etc will jump on that as being the reason for a failed deadline day. Nothing to do with the owners. Oh no. All to do with the Wharton money arriving too late.

The party line is clear to see.

Dont forget all the press shots parading Wharton in Palace garb will be done outside in daylight just to rub salt into the wounds... Too late my arse

February 1

6 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

Brannagan at oxford being looked at. However same situation as Mcguire. We don't have the wharton money....

Remember us being linked to him back in 19/20 after we took Rothwell from them. Still got the target list that Mowbray left in his drawer I see.

January 30

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

None have those Clubs have thrived since those sales though have they?

They've gone into reverse which will no doubt happen to us as well albeit we haven't much further to drop.

Let's not dress this up as a good thing, it's a sale borne out of economic necessity nothing else. We'll bring a bit of dross in and decline still further.

No Championship club thrives 😆 that's the point. They equally have not gone into reverse. They are stagnant, which is how the Premier League want it. Championship clubs all feed the middle to bottom of the Premier League with talent or game time for thier kids to develop while hoping to be the next chosen one who makes a breakthrough via a knockout shot in the play-offs.

January 30

3 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

No they don't if they have any aspirations of promotion.

Ok did Coventry not sell Gyokeres? Boro not sell Spence? Birmingham not sell Bellingham? etc...

Even the clubs that come down lose the top players, but I guess they all have no aspirations of promotion eh

January 30

3 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

There'll be only one way we're going if we keep selling our better players and financially with all due respect apart from SS couldn't see any of the others raising much.

With all due respect I doubt you thought Szmodics would be raising much 12 months ago either. You may not like it but all Championship clubs sell the better players on the books year on year if the Premier Leage come calling, it's the lay of the land in the Championship.

January 30

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

So.....We've flogged off the crown jewels (Phillips and Wharton) for the grand sum of £24m.

What do we do in 12 to 18 months Time?

We do the same with Szmodics, Carter, Dolan, JRC... the cycle will continue until we make the breakthrough and get promoted.

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