by Friday's Legacy »
15 Mar 2012 18:21
facaldaqui Friday's Legacy PieEater I see the fact that we are signing Mullins as further proof they are serious. If things were going awry the money for this loan wouldn't have been available
i would agree with that. mullins mentioned how close we were to bringing him here last summer but it was wages that killed the move. not because the player was greedy but because we have a strict wage structure and couldn't find a happy medium with the player.
I'd be interested to know more detail about that. Was it another case, like that of Tommy Smith, where we were outcompeted by a club who paid above the market rate when they couldn't afford it? If so, then how fitting that they now lose him to us because they can't afford to pay him. A part of me doesn't like scavenging off a wounded club, but in this case it seems like a sort of justice--maybe Brian and Hammond think that way too.
no. he was a portsmouth player when we approached pompey for him. we agreed a deal only for it to fall through when discussing terms with the player. it was quite a wage drop and fair enough mullins didn't fancy it. i'm lead to believe it is still a wage cut now, but not by a great deal. in the end it was an easy decision for the player to leave the financial mess at pompey behind and come to a club with a positive vibe, and the bonus that it's the club he grew up supporting.
apparently we tried to sign him before that as well, so i
assume that was when he left palace for west ham.
And we've spent a minimal amount in transfer fees (compared to Wet Sham anyway 
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