On the last match of the season a lady who sits near us (Eaststand Lower) told my Grandad that his house was up for sale? She is apparently a neighbour of his.
If we hang on for an unrealistic price, we'll end up carrying an unhappy player (probably under-performing as a result - and on Championship wages) and end up with nothing for him this time next year.
Didn't your Grandad know? Was this 'neighbour' selling it wiart him knowing? Probably a fraudster. Or CIA.
With 90% of footballers I'd be thinking the same but O'Grady seems uber-professional, and I don't think an acceptable price is unrealistic either. We allegedly paid £350,000 for a player who wasn't proven in the Championship before his loan spell with us, he's now had a full season with a scoring record almost on a par with the likes of Adam Le Fondre and Charlie Austin. Got to be worth around a million the way football is these days.
Well if he was a Leeds/Bolton/Leicester/Ipswich player I'm sure he'd go for around £1.5m upwards. Personally I think that's the lowest going rate for a 15-goal a season Championship striker. In a good side he could get 20+. That takes you into £2-3m territory. Factoring in our apparent willingless to sell, League One status and history of being ripped off, I'd hope for £750,000. Anything less than that and we're getting into farcical territory.
All academic. Any fee will be undisclosed anyway, so we'll never know. The Chron will break it though. Scoop Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk