Alex Scott Bristol City to Bmouth for £25m Wharton sold for £18m. Waggott should be ashamed of himself.

Someone told JDTs son has signed a 2 year scholar deal with Rovers. No idea if true?

He got a £125m signing on fee. We only offered £120m.

No problem Bruce, just a misunderstanding

Hence the caveat ‘if true’. I’m sure everyone on the thread is intelligent enough to take conjecture and speculation at face value without the need to for an intervention.

No problem with him going, we’d be in L1 if it wasn’t for him, it’s just disappointing if true that there is a release clause of £8m to PL teams

The tweet from Roverinsider implies that there is a release clause if a PL club comes on for Szmodics. Presumably that was put in when he signed his new contract.

Oh ye of little faith, there be a war chest comin’, it’s gonna be like the 1990s all over again.

£5m apparently

Presumably the knockdown price, judging by the tweet, was put in his new contract and relates only to PL clubs.

I wouldn’t put anything past Waggott. We could do with him in goal.

So you think we’ve hired a new head of scouting and told him we can’t sign any of his recommendations?

It’s exactly what both of them need so hopefully it happens

Which would suggest he’s had assurances over transfer budget available or he wouldn’t be coming

I think he had the 2nd most combo of goals and assists last season. His spin and pass to set up Szmodics at Leeds was as good as anything you’d see in the Prem. My concern would be where to play him to get the best out of him. I think playing him centrally just behind the striker. He’s definitely got ability.

Maybe it’s only now that they are willing to accept that reality, rather than deluding themselves that yet another manager/structure change will lead us to the promised land of the PL.

It’s very early, there’s only been a couple of players signed by Championship teams so far.

Yes, because there’s absolutely nothing in it for them. I’m amazed they’ve hung on this long.

Whoever Rover Insider is he clearly knows what’s what, just like the B&W Rover who posts on here.

I think, from memory, Broughton said it last summer. The issue was that Dolan wanted rid of his agent (possibly a fall out) but was contracted to him until October ‘23, so he was representing himself until he was allowed to use another agent. So if he’s had a new agent since last October and still not signed the contract on offer to him then it suggests he can get a better deal elsewhere.

Has he/she posted anything recently?

Yeah, both him and Gally have been offered new contracts but haven’t signed them. also Siggy only has a year left and no sign he’s been offered a new or would sign it anyway. So he might be sold too.

If Eustace plans on 5-2-3 I don’t think Dolan gets it n the team as he’s not the greatest winger, and probably isn’t good enough as a No9 to be first choice striker. If Dolan and Gally are refusing new contracts it was wise to sign them up for another year in order to flog them this summer.

It was Venus that Nixon was referring to as not being a name he’d heard.

Quite possibly. I think the discontent expressed by JDT and then GB has made them (Pasha and Waggott) make sure they aren’t publicly called out again.