[Archived] Rovers Complete Basturk Deal

[ewoodpo]

Anybody any news what's going on with Basturk will he feature against Manure ?

[S15]

I believe he's been pencilled in to do the half time draw.

[Eddie]

He's been a quality signing...

[ewoodpo]

I believe he's been pencilled in to do the half time draw.

Lol at least he'll get to walk on the pitch then.

[slough_rover]

Quickly becoming a candidate for most pointless Premier League signing ever..

[Tom]

I wonder if Sam will keep him on out of contact in summer to see if he can earn one.

I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in Qatar or similar

[thenodrog]

Quickly becoming a candidate for most pointless Premier League signing ever..

Surely thats directly related to Dunny continuing to be 'fit for the purpose'?

[Eddie]

I think it has more to do with the fact that he's been unfit for purpose. You'd have a point if he kept making the bench, but he's clearly been crocked for the majority of his time here. Hopefully we won't make the mistake of signing him up and wasting some of our wage budget on a player the wrong side of 30 who can't stay fit...we already have enough of those.

[ewoodpo]

It would be good to know how much we have wasted in wages on him so far.

[BigUts]

I thought the boy was on a pay-as-you-play deal!?

[Iceman]

He is on a pay as you play deal.

[Eddie]

He'll still have a basic wage though.

[BigUts]

Don't think it'll be paid by us though, will it not be his parent club who picks up the tab, and then we pay the parent club every time he plays? He isn't our player, he's on loan.

[Eddie]

That would depend on the arrangement that we've made with the club. We may be paying all of his salary, we may only be paying him when he plays and they pick up some basic salary, but somehow I doubt that.

[Amo]

I don't think he's on loan. I'm sure he cancelled his contract with Stuttgart to come here on a short-term deal.

Anyway, I think he was worth the gamble (if you can call it that). Basturk's a talented player on his day and Sam has a knack for this kind of signing. It doesn't look like it's paid off this time, but I can't imagine it's set us back.

[ewoodpo]

If he has cancelled his contract with Stuttgart we must be paying him something.

[DeadlyDirk]

It looks like it was more of an extended trial period more than anything else. Who knows maybe Sam will give him a couple of games towards the end of the year and see if he thinks he's worth a look next year.

I'm sure he does have some kind of basic wage but if it's a play as you play deal then it's going to be fairly minimal. Not all signings come off, always work a look though with the pedigree and experience he has.

[S15]

Oh my God!!

Who gives a sh*t if we are paying him; It's called a RISK.

You win some you lose some, this one we might still win. End.

[John]

Also, we have been on pretty decent form since he joined so not really needed him - and he got injured which ruled him out for a couple of weeks too.

Not sure why some are getting themselves into a rage on this one....

[Steve Moss]

Oh my God!!

Who gives a sh*t if we are paying him; It's called a RISK.

You win some you lose some, this one we might still win. End.

Very good.

[ewoodpo]

Might be playing on Saturday according to the LET.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/8097802.Basturk_set_for_Blackburn_Rovers_chance/

[bob fleming]

Might be playing on Saturday according to the LET.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/8097802.Basturk_set_for_Blackburn_Rovers_chance/

"although limited finances would leave a permanent deal a long shot." - What's the point then?!

[alexanders]

"although limited finances would leave a permanent deal a long shot." - What's the point then?!

Its called talking the price down.

[Ozz]

He can't get lower than free Alex.

[67splitscreen]

If he can offer a bit more than Dunny in the last couple of games it's worth a shot.

Has anyone got a Tugay mask he can wear?.