Transfer rumours !

Reebok Trotter wrote:

karlypants wrote:Keith Andrews hasn't traveled to Scandinavia with the club so he can sort out his future with Sheffield Wednesday looking like the club he will move to.

Good news. That should free up a few more quid for Dougie to invest.

What did he cost us? We've already 'lost' about £2.5 m on Sordell not counting agents fees and wages. It looks like we'll lose more on Andrews.
Looks like we've got the Preston Business woman of the year in Nat and Football Businessman of the year in Owen

When I said that his move to Sheffield should free up a few more quid for Dougie I was referring to the saving made by no longer having to pay his wages.

Reebok Trotter wrote:When I said that his move to Sheffield should free up a few more quid for Dougie I was referring to the saving made by no longer having to pay his wages.

But he won't be given that money RT, at least not if the board's recent history is anything to go by. Ngog was sold on the understanding DF would get some of the cash to replace him but then the board said "Nope, you've gotta get rid of someone else as well then you can bring in ONE player on loan". 

I really do think now we won't bring anyone else IN (certainly not a striker) but we might see three or four more outs.

Certainly not a striker LPP? Can't agree I think we'll definitely bring one in, might have to wait till the very end of the window but there's no way Dougies going into this season with just Beckford and Cravies.

Is young Odelusi still on the books or has he been shipped out?
He might come good if he's still with us

bwfc1874 wrote: there's no way Dougies going into this season with just Beckford and Cravies.

Doubt he will have any choice if im honest. 

Unless somebody gives us a striker for free or DF can get gartside REALLY pissed and make him release the funds for Juke, I can see no more players coming to BWFC.

We definitely won't be competing for the top 6 if we don't bring in a striker!

Reebok_Rebel wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote: there's no way Dougies going into this season with just Beckford and Cravies.

Doubt he will have any choice if im honest. 

Unless somebody gives us a striker for free or DF can get gartside REALLY pissed and make him release the funds for Juke, I can see no more players coming to BWFC.

Well ye it will definitely be a cheap/free transfer but who's to say you can't find quality without paying a premium?

bwfc1874 wrote:

Reebok_Rebel wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote: there's no way Dougies going into this season with just Beckford and Cravies.

Doubt he will have any choice if im honest. 

Unless somebody gives us a striker for free or DF can get gartside REALLY pissed and make him release the funds for Juke, I can see no more players coming to BWFC.

Well ye it will definitely be a cheap/free transfer but who's to say you can't find quality without paying a premium?

Yep... we have found some total gems of late on frees haven't we?

Even if a good player is available on a free, we offer the absolute bare minimum in wages and contract length meaning other clubs already have an advantage over us.

rammywhite wrote:Is young Odelusi still on the books or has he been shipped out?
He might come good if he's still with us

Think he was shipped out at the beginning of the summer. MK Dons?

bwfc1874 wrote:

Reebok_Rebel wrote:

bwfc1874 wrote: there's no way Dougies going into this season with just Beckford and Cravies.

Doubt he will have any choice if im honest. 

Unless somebody gives us a striker for free or DF can get gartside REALLY pissed and make him release the funds for Juke, I can see no more players coming to BWFC.

Well ye it will definitely be a cheap/free transfer but who's to say you can't find quality without paying a premium?

All valid points but there is still the possibility that if Dougie is able to offload Andrews and possibly Lee there may be sufficient wriggle room in the salary department to attract a decent striker. It's clear we won't be getting anything for Andrews as we're negotiating not to have to pay off his contract, but there may be money from Lee or elsewhere to buy someone, possibly even Juke.

Surprised Medo hasn't been mentioned as a possible sale since the purchase of Trotter. Could be a small profit there.

wanderlust wrote:

rammywhite wrote:Is young Odelusi still on the books or has he been shipped out?
He might come good if he's still with us

Think he was shipped out at the beginning of the summer. MK Dons?

He's still a bolton player. In other news, juke to burnley...

Lost out to Juke now as Burnley have matched the £1.5million asking price.

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It's not over yet karly, I think burnley bidding will force us to match the bid. And I'm pretty confident he would choose being star striker for us over bench warming for burnley

Boggersbelief wrote:It's not over yet karly, I think burnley bidding will force us to match the bid. And I'm pretty confident he would choose being star striker for us over bench warming for burnley

I was being a bit premature but I feel that if we were going to buy him then we would have stumped up the original price of £1million when the transfer window opened.

Even though he would probably be bench warming for Burnley, they can still offer him a real chance at playing a part in the Premiership.

I feel he will be going to Burnley unfortunately.

I agree with KP.

Premier League wages, chance to get his face on telly and playing for a manager who likes to set his teams up to attack or.........

......Bargain Bin wages, one televised game every Preston Guild and playing as a loan striker in a team that's set up to sit deep and lump it forward when things eventually get too hairy at the back.

There's no way he's choosing us over Burnley.

(And I doubt we'll even try and match their offer, if I'm honest.)

Breadman wrote:I agree with KP.

Premier League wages, chance to get his face on telly and playing for a manager who likes to set his teams up to attack or.........

......Bargain Bin wages, one televised game every Preston Guild and playing as a loan striker in a team that's set up to sit deep and lump it forward when things eventually get too hairy at the back.

There's no way he's choosing us over Burnley.

(And I doubt we'll even try and match their offer, if I'm honest.)

Agreed. If we had the money we would have put an offer in already.

Sorry that should have been "lone" striker, not "loan".

Freudian slip, obviously.........

xmiles wrote:

Breadman wrote:I agree with KP.

Premier League wages, chance to get his face on telly and playing for a manager who likes to set his teams up to attack or.........

......Bargain Bin wages, one televised game every Preston Guild and playing as a loan striker in a team that's set up to sit deep and lump it forward when things eventually get too hairy at the back.

There's no way he's choosing us over Burnley.

(And I doubt we'll even try and match their offer, if I'm honest.)

Agreed. If we had the money we would have put an offer in already.

Like we did with spearing?

Boggersbelief wrote:

xmiles wrote:

Breadman wrote:I agree with KP.

Premier League wages, chance to get his face on telly and playing for a manager who likes to set his teams up to attack or.........

......Bargain Bin wages, one televised game every Preston Guild and playing as a loan striker in a team that's set up to sit deep and lump it forward when things eventually get too hairy at the back.

There's no way he's choosing us over Burnley.

(And I doubt we'll even try and match their offer, if I'm honest.)

Agreed. If we had the money we would have put an offer in already.

Like we did with spearing?

We delayed with spearing, but as soon as other clubs started sniffing... we dived in.

Club had no intention of EVER signing juke, just lied to the fans about it instead.