Shame we sold him on the cheap
People said I was crazy when I said he was worth 25 mil at least I’d argue closer to 30 btw
Shame we sold him on the cheap
The problem is, and I know losing him has screwed is royally, he wasn't worth 25m at the time as no one saw fit to outbid on 10m.People said I was crazy when I said he was worth 25 mil at least I’d argue closer to 30 btw
Did we really need the money that badly to take the first offer.The problem is, and I know losing him has screwed is royally, he wasn't worth 25m at the time as no one saw fit to outbid on 10m.
The problem is, and I know losing him has screwed is royally, he wasn't worth 25m at the time as no one saw fit to outbid on 10m.
We replaced him with mowatt a player who is a bigger name and had more pedigree. But some of us knew that Tavs strengths are mowatts weaknesses, but either our manager, recruitment team or both didn't think things through.Tav was a good championship midfielder. The fee was about right. He was replaceable. The problem is we didn't even attempt to replace him.
We could've sold him for £100m but we didn't spend any of what we did receive so the squad wouldn't be any better anyway. The bank balance would just look better.
He will regret moving there when we swap places with them at the end of the season.
Or something like that.
© @BoroMartIf only he read the posts on here telling him Bournemouth is a sideways move
People say this. First of all we've no idea if there really was such an agreement. But if there was this "gentlemen's agreement" in place it would surely have been along the lines of "if an acceptable offer comes in we'll let you go".Don't think you can blame club for Tav going, it was widely reported at the time that he wanted to go the season before but was persuaded to give it one more year. We got no where near promotion so it would have been a d*ck move by the club to stand in his way by making unrealistic demands. Best we could do was accept the highest bid which was 10m from Bournemouth. If Tav fancied the move then shake his hand and move on. He was moving into last 2 years on contract and wouldn't sign another so there was no better option for the club. Where the club absolutely failed was in planning to replace him when they must have known what was coming.
huh?
That was always the question for Tav. I'd say he already has and hope so.The question for his career is, 'Has he done enough for another prem team to take a punt on him?'
Well Neil Warnock said outright that was the case. He might have been a bullshitter in a lot of ways but I see no reason why he would say that if it wasn't true. Seems a lot of revision of history when it comes to Tav. He was completely unproven in the prem and a lot of boro fans were regularly calling for him to be dropped. No one was interested in paying more than 10m for him. You can criticise the club for agreeing to let him go but what if they hadn't,,? He might have left a year ago for a lot less. If they shook hands on a gentleman's agreement last year then I wouldn't criticize them for abiding by it, it matters how you treat people that work for you.People say this. First of all we've no idea if there really was such an agreement. But if there was this "gentlemen's agreement" in place it would surely have been along the lines of "if an acceptable offer comes in we'll let you go".
Not.
"We'll accept the highest bid from anyone no matter how low and far off our valuation it is".
No club operates like that. If that was the case his agent has played a blinder.
I suspect the reality is the club just decided they wanted the money and, like some fans thought, they'd easily be able to replace him and keep the difference.
They got it badly wrong. Not for the first time.
Well Neil Warnock said outright that was the case. He might have been a bullshitter in a lot of ways but I see no reason why he would say that if it wasn't true. Seems a lot of revision of history when it comes to Tav. He was completely unproven in the prem and a lot of boro fans were regularly calling for him to be dropped. No one was interested in paying more than 10m for him. You can criticise the club for agreeing to let him go but what if they hadn't,,? He might have left a year ago for a lot less. If they shook hands on a gentleman's agreement last year then I wouldn't criticize them for abiding by it, it matters how you treat people that work for you.