Hayden Hackney

Interested in what, passing the lads coats who are sat on the bench, as he won't even make the bench for either. No disrespect to Hackney of course, but this is the centre-mid of the team who almost won the league and the other should have been in the champions league comfortably.

He's a long way away from a prem move like that, even for the bench, and they aren't going to pay 20m for someone to not make the bench, not now, and we won't sell for less than that as he's got 3 years left on his contract. Why would we, when next year he's going to be worth a lot more than whatever value we put on him now. We could hold onto him for two years, quite easily and would struggle to spend the money on someone better, who would actually come.

The only way this could make sense is if Barlaser just took his place, which he probably could do, and we spent the money on Giles, and Ramsay and had change. But both of them wouldn't commit to a 3-4 year deal in the champo, so it's kind of irrelevant.

We could of course sell with a 1-2 year loan back agreement, but not many clubs will be up for paying 15m and then doing that, in case they got injured or had a nightmare etc.

I really rated Tav, who was our best player when we sold him, but Hackney will likely have a higher ceiling.
 
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Hackney isn't going anyway unless it's for an extortionate amount which i'm fine with. I wouldn't worry about it.
 
This is going to be a summer of torture. All our loans have left. Chuba fry Hackney will be linked away every day
 
This is going to be a summer of torture. All our loans have left. Chuba fry Hackney will be linked away every day
Hackney won’t be going anywhere. Akpom situation will be getting spoke out until he either leaves or signs a new deal, just the way it is I’m afraid.
 
Hackney isn't going anyway unless it's for an extortionate amount which i'm fine with. I wouldn't worry about it.
The only clubs who could spend an extortionate amount are those where he wouldn't even make the bench. All the other teams would want someone with a lot more certainty I would expect.

Plus, him having 3 years left kind of stops almost everything unless he's got clauses, but I doubt he'll have those as he had only played a few games when he signed his new deal.

It's also going to be better for him to have another year in the champo, no matter what.
 
The thing I am interested in is that little line about England trying to tempt him back.

Be a big indication of how well he's done if he's been specifically targeted to try and get him back in the England fold.
 
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