Whether or not players are worth x or y, as a club if we have a price we are prepared to pay for a player we shouldn’t pay more. Even if it’s ‘only’ £500k. And that’s a chuck of change in our position.
In this case, it appears from afar as though we basically had an agreement in place with finer details on payment plans etc to be worked out, and Wycombe played silly buggers and put it out there in the hope of attracting interest elsewhere and pushing the price up. If that’s the case, sod them. Walk away.
I believe we have ‘foreign’ player spaces left as Ronald for example no longer needs one, so there must be players in European leagues for the same price. If not, then just get a loan. And use the period of the loan to hope Wales develops into our first choice striker (or Vipotnik suddenly develops rather more speed of thought).
The loan from West Ham looks good news in our position. As does the midfielder from Liverpool. At least we are looking in the right areas of the pitch.
Kone to me looked a fine prospect. He may become the next Vardy. But it is slightly odd that people think it to be a disaster if we don’t get a player that two weeks ago most wouldn’t have heard of. Now if we don’t bring in a striker, that will be a disaster. And I very much hope it’s this week. As I hate the thought of the first 9 points or so not being treated with the seriousness of the last nine points in a season.
