reckon we'd get more than that for flinders might only get £400k up front but even a tribunal would give us more than that. they have to take into account potential value and other things such as international appearances... to say we paid £150k for hayes i would be expecting a lot more than that for flinders because of his potential and his call up to the under 20's.
RE: Are those boos for the Elvis Costello joke The 'joke'. Mind, the 'can't wait for Scott to leave' attitude baffles me somewhat. That said, if we can get £1mill + cash now, not piss about getting it in dribs & drabs, then from a purely business side then sell him. But it has to be on OUR terms though. He's under contract.
In theory, yes, in reality not even close Otherwise there would be a set price for how long a player was at a club. There isn't. Prices vary wildly and quite rightly the criteria they use are things such as number of appearances, goals, international caps and repuatation in the game.