RUMOUR - Thomas Ince

[LoyalRoyalFan]

I would love if it if we made this signing just for the lol @ melonhead and his mates who think the club will do a Portsmouth if we spend more than £300,000 on a player.

We have spent £300,000 on a player on more than one occasion during this window.

In fact, we spent £1.2m on Stephen Kelly. Not spending money aye?

[maffff]

We have spent £300,000 on a player on more than one occasion during this window.

In fact, we spent £1.2m on Stephen Kelly. Not spending money aye?

And now we're gonna do a Pompey. Real factssssssssssssssssss

[BR2]

I would love if it if we made this signing just for the lol @ melonhead and his mates who think the club will do a Portsmouth if we spend more than £300,000 on a player.

We have spent £300,000 on a player on more than one occasion during this window.

In fact, we spent £1.2m on Stephen Kelly. Not spending money aye?

I thought Kelly was a free transfer.
Oh well,more reason for melonhead to think that we are the next HMV.

[Reading Aloud]

Looks like we've made an unsuccessful bid of £6.6M

http://www.footballfancast.com/premiers ... e-rejected

[royaldownunder]

Looks like we've made an unsuccessful bid of £6.6M

http://www.footballfancast.com/premiers ... e-rejected

This will go down till the final hours of the window, Blackpool are out for as much as they can get. Expect Harry to swoop at the last minute…

[ZacNaloen]

It's never occured to me before how much like Ebay transfer deadline day is.

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

Looks like we've made an unsuccessful bid of £6.6M

http://www.footballfancast.com/premiers ... e-rejected

What concerns me is the first paragraph of that article ....can't get Ince so stepping up efforts to get washed up Bentley....smacks of desperation ...

[TBM]

Its an extra £400k - its not as if they're asking for another couple of million

[urz13]

May as well offer them Tabb as part of the deal

[surrounded by saints]

May as well offer them Tabb as part of the deal

or Church.......or both!

[Esteban]

Looks like we've made an unsuccessful bid of £6.6M

http://www.footballfancast.com/premiers ... e-rejected

What concerns me is the first paragraph of that article ....can't get Ince so stepping up efforts to get washed up Bentley....smacks of desperation ...

Surely that's the point though. We've identified a target, we were willing to smash our transfer record for, the offer was rejected (sketchy details as to how far off our offer was), so we've gone for our second target. And our secondary target will be at a lower fee.

Isn't that a sign of sensible financial management? Desperation would be blowing the same amount we offered for Ince on a player of lower ability, wouldn't it?

[Barry the bird boggler]

Ridiculous to quibble over 400k when you're proposing 6.6m plus ad dons

I'd meet the 7m but there would be no addons

[Royalwaster]

May as well offer them Tabb as part of the deal

Someone's who's allowed to leave on a free is not exactly going to be treated as equivalent to £500k is he?

[maffff]

Ridiculous to quibble over 400k when you're proposing 6.6m plus ad dons

I'd meet the 7m but there would be no addons

I'm sure if you offered to Anton would be okay with that. Why not give it a go.

[M Brook]

Ridiculous to quibble over 400k when you're proposing 6.6m plus ad dons

I'd meet the 7m but there would be no addons

The problem clearly is the ridiculous 35% sell on clause that Liverpool have over Ince. For every £1m we offer, a third of that is going down the road to Anfield. £7m = £4.5m to Blackpool and £2.5m to the Binydippers. There is no doubt the guy is a class act and would be worth every penny of £7m, £8m or even £9m and would be a great statement of intent by RFC. All things being equal, Ince will be an England player in a couple of years. If we were to stay up, his presence could persuade a few other potential signings that little Reading aint so little anymore.

[TheBaldOne]

WOAH WOAH WOAH!

is this true?

[DOYLERSAROYALER]

Looks like we've made an unsuccessful bid of £6.6M

http://www.footballfancast.com/premiers ... e-rejected

What concerns me is the first paragraph of that article ....can't get Ince so stepping up efforts to get washed up Bentley....smacks of desperation ...

Surely that's the point though. We've identified a target, we were willing to smash our transfer record for, the offer was rejected (sketchy details as to how far off our offer was), so we've gone for our second target. And our secondary target will be at a lower fee.

Isn't that a sign of sensible financial management? Desperation would be blowing the same amount we offered for Ince on a player of lower ability, wouldn't it?

I'm not talking about the fee...Im talking about a player that could come in and make a difference...Bentley is washed up...hardly a long queue of higher level teams vying for him....desperation is ticking the box and getting anyone in ..which is what I think Bentley coming in would be

[ZacNaloen]

WOAH WOAH WOAH!

is this true?

[MmmMonsterMunch]

WOAH WOAH WOAH!

is this true?

No!! Quite clearly a shite mockup. The tennis section is highlighted for starters!

[tee peg]

WOAH WOAH WOAH!

is this true?

Plop goes the float.