A number of Pemier teams looking at Dike

What do you think the figure is ?

 

I'd hardly call him raw beyond belief !!
Did he turn an interview down at redfearns bar

 

Where the hell as that figure come from. Dane has said on more than one occasion that its a fee we can afford. 14.5 million is way beyond that fee

 

I don't think any of us fans know what the fee is.
What would be your guess, out of interest ?
I'm thinking 3 million ish was agreed but a total guestimation

 

Considering our record fee was 1.5m i would say 3m is pushing it but maybe realistic. I would say 14.5m is akin to seeing Halley's comet 3 years in a row

 

If we have first dibs at him for an affordable figure then there's nothing to say we don't have a big sell on clause which we would pay back to Orlando.
That's always assuming he does well and progresses as we would all hope.

 

It's a shame really because at around the 3 million mark it might be do able and we would be the perfect stepping stone for him, but unfortunately I'd agree with you and can't see it happening.

 

I thought he came in and made our so called senior forwards look very inferior, Woodrow and Chaplin have disappeared for months not games.

 

Both could be sold for me.

 

I agree about Morris he looks the complete foreward and has a bit of everything in his locker. Hopefully Woodrow can get back to his old form and as for Chaplin I'd rather have Dike all day long.

 

Wouldn’t pay more than £3m for him.

 

But plenty of clubs would. He’s scored 9 goals, at a rate better than a goal every other game, at the age of 20. He has a raw talent, but he’s already scoring goals.

Clubs will pay a fee way beyond what we would consider paying for a player, for that.

 

When we signed Dike people knew little of him. It was a risk that paid off. Clubs are now more aware so while i would say any club would be buying potential more than the final product, they now at least know what they are getting. His attributes, weaknesses, attitude and all now known to a large extent. This will help align a price. He is worth what clubs are prepared to pay. Some clubs are more suited to a target man / physical striker. Spurs, Palace, Everton but also clubs like Watford and Burnley. I think best move for him would be championship with release options after a year. It would also be good for the club and possibly Orlando too. I fear if he goes to a top Prem club now he may never fulfil that potential in the first team at this stage and start to drop down the pyramid and lose valuable first team years. Im sure he will have had some good advise.

 

That doesn’t make any sense either. We have never paid 2-3 million for anyone. Ever. As you rightly said, Dane claimed the fee we agreed was in line with what we've recently been paying for players. I would suggest Dike is top end of that, so a million at most.