[Archived] Blackburn Rovers Transfer Topic

[greco]

im glad to hear that sam has stated, its gonna take atleast three times the amount being offered.

eventhough the whealin and dealing, for us fans, is done in crazy high numbers, at present time, thats just the way it is.

Warnock is a leftfooter, been around the national team, player of the year and is ENGLISH and has his best years ahead of him. That is enough to scream 10 mill+. Taking into account, that there isnt, many leftfooted premier league proven players of his calibre, then that just adds to his worth.

the simply facy that MON made this offer, makes me think twice about, if he really is as mentally retarded, as he looks.

personally i cant believet that some fans would sell for MERELY 8 mill, under half of what johnson was being sold for, at money-desperate pompey.

[Zulu]

Must confess , I do enjoy the "Those were the days" sentiment on the breezeblock board!

I see Gary "Full support of the board and the supporters" Megson has been really active of late, about as noisy as your ground zulu.

1. "Those were the days" from some, not all of the contributors. Mixed feelings about Allardyce at Bolton. A bit like Blackburn really.

2. When will you finish off Ewood Park?

3. I'm guessing the noise levels at both grounds are similar.

4. Mixed views on Megson too.

Long live football rivalry, eh?

[sparky12]

Cant see where Warnock fits into our team, Givet will play left back and he is not good enough for central midfield, maybe £5 million plus Coker?

Are you a donkey or something........ Ok we will sell warnock and weaken our already weak defence even more !!

also what the heck is that valuation about... Johnson has just gone to liverpool for £18 million and mainlybon the case that he is an English player... But can we not do things like that !! ??

imo warnock shouldn't go full stop but if he was too it would have to be for no less than £15 million !!

[LeftWinger]

Just seen this posted on another place, anything in it?

23 year old striker.

PNE reject I believe? No thanks.

[hi-jaq]

Are you a donkey or something........ Ok we will sell warnock and weaken our already weak defence even more !!

also what the heck is that valuation about... Johnson has just gone to liverpool for £18 million and mainlybon the case that he is an English player... But can we not do things like that !! ??

imo warnock shouldn't go full stop but if he was too it would have to be for no less than £15 million !!

Not sure if our defence is weak... Dont want Warnock to go, but at the end of the day, there is no way Givet was brought in as an out & out center half... If Stevie goes, we will not sign another left back, the money will go on center midfield!!!

If we sign Salgado, we will have him, Samba, Nelsen, Kizainishvilli, Givet, Ollson, Jacobsen, Emerton & Andrews can do a job there also... I dont think that is weak.

[Rover95]

I Think He's Talking To Milan Also

We'll Just Have To Cross Us Fingers

Robinson

Emerton Samba Nelson Givet

Diouff N'zoni Dunn Morten G

Hibbert Ellington

Sorry to sound picky but is there a reason why all the words in your posts start with a capital letter . For some resaon I feel like I'm reading a poem!

[LeChuck]

also what the heck is that valuation about... Johnson has just gone to liverpool for £18 million and mainlybon the case that he is an English player... But can we not do things like that !! ??

We have done things like that, we got a vastly inflated fee for Bentley as he was just breaking into the England team.

Why do people keep comparing Johnson with Warnock? Johnson was brilliant last season, is a regular England international and is a good four years younger. Man City 'only' paid £14 million for Bridge, so I'm not sure how anyone can value Warnock near that.

I'd say about £6-8 million is his true worth, but at this stage in the transfer window I'd be very disappointed if we sold him for that.

[A cup of beans]

Are you a donkey or something........ Ok we will sell warnock and weaken our already weak defence even more !!

also what the heck is that valuation about... Johnson has just gone to liverpool for £18 million and mainlybon the case that he is an English player... But can we not do things like that !! ??

imo warnock shouldn't go full stop but if he was too it would have to be for no less than £15 million !!

you call someone a donkey... then think we can get 15m for warnock!

[CrazyIvan]

I Think He's Talking To Milan Also

We'll Just Have To Cross Us Fingers

Robinson

Emerton Samba Nelson Givet

Diouff N'zoni Dunn Morten G

Hibbert Ellington

Who is Hibbert?

[MeanGreenMachine]

So sell warnock for 8million and get about 3quid to spend when the board/bank pocket the rest. No thanks.

And Givet should be our first choice centre back, no doubt.

[BarrowOfCroft]

Who is Hibbert?

Read Post By Ewood Glory At 1129

Ok New Striker Parantly

[Gambit217]

We have done things like that, we got a vastly inflated fee for Bentley as he was just breaking into the England team.

Why do people keep comparing Johnson with Warnock? Johnson was brilliant last season, is a regular England international and is a good four years younger. Man City 'only' paid £14 million for Bridge, so I'm not sure how anyone can value Warnock near that.

I'd say about £6-8 million is his true worth, but at this stage in the transfer window I'd be very disappointed if we sold him for that.

The entire market is 'vastly inflated' thanks to the likes of Citeh and Real, so why should we be the side that takes a more modest transfer fee for Stevie or any of our players. Ok so Citeh aren't in for him, it's Villa but they know how it works, seen as though they held out for good money for Barry, whilst he was entering into the last year of his contract.

You can definitely compare Johnson and Warnock, they are both England hopefuls (Johnson is yet to cement his place as first choice RB for England), they both excelled for the so called 'smaller clubs' last season and both gave 100% for their clubs. I agree with you on age to a certain extent, so that would mean he'd be worth slightly more than Stevie, but I don't think it'd be wrong for us to hold out to close to the £12m mark for him. Afterall, it's not like Villa are skint.

Oh and Wayne Bridge is nowhere near as good as Stevie at left back, so for me, Warnock would have been worth more than Bridge. Still is if you ask me.

[rovertheworld]

12.03 According to L'Equipe, Paris St Germain winger Jerome Rothen has made a positive impression on Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce in training, although the Ewood Park chief has previously stated signing the France international is not a priority. Aurelien Capoue, however, is reported to have failed to catch Allardyce's eye on trial.

[LeChuck]

You can definitely compare Johnson and Warnock, they are both England hopefuls (Johnson is yet to cement his place as first choice RB for England), they both excelled for the so called 'smaller clubs' last season and both gave 100% for their clubs.

Johnson has 15 England caps and has been starting all of England's recent games, Warnock played for six minutes well over a year ago and hasn't been called up since. Warnock is a hopeful with an outside chance of playing, Johnson is first choice right back, it's a HUGE difference.

A lot of people on here were complaining about Warnock's performances last season, especially under Ince. Johnson genuinely excelled last year, he managed to be one of Pompey's main attacking threats despite being a full back. I won't argue with the 100% thing, but that isn't worth much in transfer fee terms (Dickov, Kuqi, Andrews...).

I'm not trying to play down Warnock's ability or anything, he's been one of my favourite players over the last few years I wouldn't argue about him being selected ahead of Bridge...but, aside from being English, there aren't many comparisons that can be drawn between him and Glen Johnson.

[Fife Rover]

The entire market is 'vastly inflated' thanks to the likes of Citeh and Real, so why should we be the side that takes a more modest transfer fee for Stevie or any of our players. Ok so Citeh aren't in for him, it's Villa but they know how it works, seen as though they held out for good money for Barry, whilst he was entering into the last year of his contract.

You can definitely compare Johnson and Warnock, they are both England hopefuls (Johnson is yet to cement his place as first choice RB for England), they both excelled for the so called 'smaller clubs' last season and both gave 100% for their clubs. I agree with you on age to a certain extent, so that would mean he'd be worth slightly more than Stevie, but I don't think it'd be wrong for us to hold out to close to the £12m mark for him. Afterall, it's not like Villa are skint.

Oh and Wayne Bridge is nowhere near as good as Stevie at left back, so for me, Warnock would have been worth more than Bridge. Still is if you ask me.

I fully agree with all of that, but I really don't want Warnock to go. He is an excellent player for us and useful in a variety of positions. However if Sam does decide that it would fit in with his re-building plans, and is the only option available to raise the necessary cash, then so be it; I respect his judgement. I just trust that Sam will only think of doing it if there is no other way, and will hold out for at least £12m to £15m and no less.

[RibbleValleyRover]

I fully agree with all of that, but I really don't want Warnock to go. He is an excellent player for us and useful in a variety of positions. However if Sam does decide that it would fit in with his re-building plans, and is the only option available to raise the necessary cash, then so be it; I respect his judgement. I just trust that Sam will only think of doing it if there is no other way, and will hold out for at least £12m to £15m and no less.

Surely there are players that could be sold for enough money to bring in Salgado and Rothen without damaging the quality of the squad that much. Pedersen being a good example.

[Gambit217]

Johnson has 15 England caps and has been starting all of England's recent games, Warnock played for six minutes well over a year ago and hasn't been called up since. Warnock is a hopeful with an outside chance of playing, Johnson is first choice right back, it's a HUGE difference.

A lot of people on here were complaining about Warnock's performances last season, especially under Ince. Johnson genuinely excelled last year, he managed to be one of Pompey's main attacking threats despite being a full back. I won't argue with the 100% thing, but that isn't worth much in transfer fee terms (Dickov, Kuqi, Andrews...).

I'm not trying to play down Warnock's ability or anything, he's been one of my favourite players over the last few years I wouldn't argue about him being selected ahead of Bridge...but, aside from being English, there aren't many comparisons that can be drawn between him and Glen Johnson.

Johnson has played 15 times over the course of 6 years though no ?

Also, for large parts of last season at Pompey, did he not play on the right side of midfield ? Under Adams when they played that 4-3-3 formation ?

Johnson is first choice as there is nobody else to challenge him for that position now. Micah Richards has gone backwards over the last 18 months and Gary Neville is all but done now on all counts.

I'm not trying to compare their style of play, more so their level of performances last season. OK Stevie was poor during Ince's reign but look at how poor we were as a whole under that wolly.

I don't think Stevie is the type to rock the boat on this either so I would think that Sam is holding out for an offer that is too good to turn down, if it isn't received, then he'll stay til January and then it will probably start all over again !

[rovertheworld]

Reports in France this morning suggest that Blackburn Rovers’ long-term quest to sign Jerome Rothen is close to completion.

After training with Rovers for a couple of days earlier this week Sam Allardyce is keen on signing the French left-sided midfielder and Rothen has passed a medical.

The former Monaco midfielder, who is under contract at PSG until the end of 2010/2011, has reportedly received assurances that PSG will not block the move to Ewood Park.

Rothen: "I know the transfer will not cost 3 million euros, a deal should be reached in a reasonable manner soon."

Blackburn have decided not to pursue the signing of Nantes midfielder Aurelien Capoue after the 27-year-old also trained with the club this week.

http://www.imscouting.com/global_news_item.aspx?id=2811

[bigbrandjohn]

I have checked back on the thread and seen selgado and warnock and randoness mentioned but not this news. Forgive me if i missed something http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2009/...ackburn-rovers-.

[imy9]

Are you a donkey or something........ Ok we will sell warnock and weaken our already weak defence even more !!

also what the heck is that valuation about... Johnson has just gone to liverpool for £18 million and mainlybon the case that he is an English player... But can we not do things like that !! ??

imo warnock shouldn't go full stop but if he was too it would have to be for no less than £15 million !!

I'm not actually donkey but maybe you were going for the metaphor there... any way:

Jacobsen/Emerton Nelson Samba Givet/Olsson

how is the above a weak defence? I think Givet is as good as Warnock if not better and he is excellent at centre half.

Moving on to Johnson he is 3 years younger than Warnock, he has had an outstanding season, culminating in him starting England's last five games, Warnock has the honour of having the shortest England career in history- 6 minutes!

Over £8 million is realistic, if Man City want him then this could be doubled but I doubt it.

[tHe_UnAmEd]

I have checked back on the thread and seen selgado and warnock and randoness mentioned but not this news. Forgive me if i missed something http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2009/...ackburn-rovers-.

I would put as much faith in that article as I would in Benni's ability to give up his three snickers with his cup of tea.

[SYRovers]

The Mail have picked up on that Negredo story too.

Absolutley hilarious..

[tHe_UnAmEd]

I'm not actually donkey but maybe you were going for the metaphor there... any way:

Jacobsen/Emerton Nelson Samba Givet/Olsson

how is the above a weak defence? I think Givet is as good as Warnock if not better and he is excellent at centre half.

Moving on to Johnson he is 3 years younger than Warnock, he has had an outstanding season, culminating in him starting England's last five games, Warnock has the honour of having the shortest England career in history- 6 minutes!

Over £8 million is realistic, if Man City want him then this could be doubled but I doubt it.

Your addition of Olsson in there ruined your entire argument in my opinion.

Stevie leaving would seriously weaken our defence and our ability to attack from a defensive position.

Olsson.......

[BarrowOfCroft]

Your addition of Olsson in there ruined your entire argument in my opinion.

Stevie leaving would seriously weaken our defence and our ability to attack from a defensive position.

Olsson.......

Good Point I Agree

There Were Times When Olsson Made Danny Simpson Look like A Proffesional Football Player.

[Jackson]

I think the real question would be what, if any, replacement we would get for the lad. If it were a quality creative, central, midfielder, in mind then of course nobody could argue that strenghthening this area would outweigh the converse disadvantages. If, however, it is merely to fund the left winger and the right back, then it has to be a no from me.