If we have already accepted £500000 for Howard then surely thats all we will get from another club. All they have to do is give us a better sell on clause and offer howard a bit more and that will be it. If there is a bidding war it will be with his terms not the clubs.
so if a club wanted to outbid another club they would not increase their offer? That logic is fundamentally flawed. Yet another insightful post.
The only stumbling block has been the sell on clause. If a club know that BFC are willing to accept half a million why would they bid £800000. They would bid the same but include a sell on clause that is acceptable to Barnsley and offer Howard better terms to encourage him to join them. That isnt rocket science. If the statement had just said that the offer wasnt acceptable then others may have bid more but now that the problem has been outlined that is all they will address.
All I am saying is that the talk on here of a bidding war and us getting £800000 or even a million isnt going to happen.
not if there is more than one club interested. How do they knw that they will not be immediately outbid? Of course they would look to increase the fee if necessary.
It isn't just the sell-on " the terms offered in writing by Sheffield United for the transfer of Brian were not acceptable, most particularly in terms of proposed sell-on arrangements. " It sounds like other things might have contributed. But the sell-on looks to have been a major stumbling block.
They would bid £800000 if the other club didnt want to have the sell on clause or a lower sell on clause. Just for example Sheff utd offer £500k plus 10% sell on fee but we want £500k plus 30% sell on fee. Other club could offer what we want or they might value at £100k for each 10% so offer a flat £800k without any sell on clause. Up to us to accept or decline the offer.
