David Hurst

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  1. TLD

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    Re: £595,000

    It's not just inflation you have to factor in changes in vat and levels of taxation on certain products
     
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    Re: £595,000

    I reckoned £1.5million, see http://v2.barnsleyfc.org.uk/showthread.php?183785-David-Hurst

    However, as you rightly point out it depends who was negotiating. If it were me, I would just flatly refuse to sell, because I have publicly stated that the club is run on a break even basis, with outgoings, including wages, matched to income. Because I've already said that's the case, I would be embarassed to sell one of my prize assets, at any price, because that would look like I was being economical with the truth when I said we were financially well managed so didn;t need player sales to balance the books.

    However, footballers are not like machines. They have their own opinions too, and if they want to move on I can't realistically stop them. The alternative would be to pay them to sit around, train with the youngsters and see out their contract.

    On deadline day, I would just keep saying no until 11:55pm, then see who's got the most bottle.
     
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    Re: £595,000

    Agree with that. Our club have told us one thing and done another. The feedback from the fan meetings was just as you put and they've gone against all they said. Then again we don't and never will know the full circumstances of the sale

    I'm in shock Stahlrost has fallen off the fence!!
     
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    The circumstances we very different back then; we had to sell David Hirst, we don't have to sell John Stones.
     
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    I Agree

    I've fallen off the fence. I've hurt myself too, landed on some Stones.
     
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    kanecat Banned Idiot

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    Re: I Agree

    Like button won't work, so like!
     
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    Re: I Agree

    Thanks. Never been "liked" before. I've gone all wobbly.
     
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    it's not really about inflation rates - the football kitty was very different back then, it's about relative value in football terms. At the time Hurst was sold the British transfer record was 1.5m when Ray Wilkins was sold to AC Milan from Man U, the same was paid to take Bryan Robson to Man U from West Brom a couple of years earlier. So Hurst was about 17% of top market value. At the moment Fernando Torres is the most valued footballer at 50m. So roughly doing the sums, relatively, Hurst would have cost around 9m in todays money.

    Brain breaker!
     
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