Lens in for Chuba?

BoroMart said:
exactly the opportunity cost is 10m+ which we can't lose out on
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Thing is, where's the evidence the club will reinvest it into the squad? Because we brought in £20m+ last season and that wasn't reinvested. In fact after Spence was sold we were told we didn't need to sell anyone else. So the £12m for Tav should've been a bonus. But there's been no sign of it.

And now apparently we need to sell Akpom in order to add to the squad. I don't buy it. Obviously it's not me putting my money into the club, but it's certainly not as simple as we "need" to sell Akpom in order to strengthen. As I understand it under FFP we have the manoeuvrability to spend if Gibson chooses.

All of football at this level is a (bad) gamble. Selling him for a relatively small sum (eg £8m) is just as much a gamble as keeping him and risk losing him for nothing, but increasing your chances of promotion.

We can afford to lose out on a fee. We've certainly wasted more money on worse decisions over the years. If we cash in that's a choice by the club/Gibson. It might be the right choice, but it's still a choice they'll have made and will need to own.
 
TurnbullsCans said:
I don’t think we should sell him at at all. We’re entitled to another season from him and if he performs like last year, we’re going up. That worth a lot more to us than £8m. I know its a gamble but if seems like one worth taking to me, for the sake of the extra season shot at promotion. There’s also a good chance he signs to stay if we go up anyway.
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That's a big if to start with.

Plus I don't think it's ever worth keeping a player who isn't fully committed to the cause.

Now, I believe Chuba is a better egg than Gaston Ramirez, for example, but once any player's heart isn't really in it any more, he's not the same player.
 
Frozen Horse said:
That's a big if to start with.

Plus I don't think it's ever worth keeping a player who isn't fully committed to the cause.

Now, I believe Chuba is a better egg than Gaston Ramirez, for example, but once any player's heart isn't really in it any more, he's not the same player.
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I don't think his heart wouldn't be in it. He'd probably be thinking promotion with Boro is a good option. It's just a big gamble for all parties though.
 
festa5 said:
Thing is, where's the evidence the club will reinvest it into the squad? Because we brought in £20m+ last season and that wasn't reinvested.
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We had to bring money in to balance out FFP. We had been hamstrung for 6 years with the Garry Monk splurge and players like Britt and Fletcher sticking on our FFP calculation.

The Monk years will finally be off our FFP window this year, money will be invested.
 
Frozen Horse said:
That's a big if to start with.

Plus I don't think it's ever worth keeping a player who isn't fully committed to the cause.

Now, I believe Chuba is a better egg than Gaston Ramirez, for example, but once any player's heart isn't really in it any more, he's not the same player.
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Exactly, I bet Blackburn regret not selling Brereton-Diaz last summer. Was never the same player, and left on a free losing them 10m+ in potential transfer funds.
 
It’s the model we go down now, I like it but also not confident in Scott at all, ultimately he’s had one good season in his entire career, 15 million “ should “ be invested well
 
JackG said:
He's not risking £2.7m, he's risking about £10m. The historic cost (£2.7m) is of no relevance. The relevant cost is what Gibbo would get if he sold now.
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That's true but you've also got to factor in the money that would come in if we got promoted, which is far more likely to happen if Chuba stays here.
 
18MFC76 said:
That's true but you've also got to factor in the money that would come in if we got promoted, which is far more likely to happen if Chuba stays here.
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possibly, but you have to factor in selling chuba for 2m and signing 4 players for 3m each and adding that extra quality to our squad. Maybe that greater depth would give us better opportunity, than one player who has had recurring knee injuries over the last 12 months
 
Canyoudigit said:
We're selling Chuba because he doesn't want to stay without a pay rise that will have massive repercussions on the clubs finances
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I don't blame Chuba for that at all. Just had the season of his life. We've blown millions and millions on sh1te over the years both in wages and transfer fees. Giving Chuba a good contract would be a good investment. Mind you, we don't know the figures him/his agent are demanding.
 
18MFC76 said:
That's true but you've also got to factor in the money that would come in if we got promoted, which is far more likely to happen if Chuba stays here.
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Buying 2 lotto tickets doubles your chances of winning, but it doesn't make it guaranteed or even likely.
 
If selling him ensures the club is that little bit more financially secure then I'm probably on board with it.

We're not flush with cash and having a football club is the most important thing for me.
 
BoroMart said:
Exactly, I bet Blackburn regret not selling Brereton-Diaz last summer. Was never the same player, and left on a free losing them 10m+ in potential transfer funds.
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He still did pretty well for them last season. Think he might have got 17 goals and he was playing as a wide forward for most of the season.
 
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