Transfer Window - COMPLETE. Where’s Gregg?

[JHRover]

12 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Just don’t think we can let him go for nothing with the mess our finances are in. If it’s £20m now or a free in the summer then I think we have to take the £20m now.

We seem to have got over the trauma of letting 3 players walk this summer for £0 when it would have been very easy to keep them all under contract / sell them earlier and together would have raked in £10 million. 

It seemingly hasn't made much difference to our finances either because we've gone out and spent further millions replacing those 3 players. So probably £15 million laid out or lost for what might or might not be an improvement. If the people owning or running the club were interested in its financial state we wouldn't have seen this happen. They can clearly afford to run the risk on Brereton.

[neophox]

Well Breo can always repay the club by signing a new contract and then walk for a big fee in the summer if we don't get promoted. That would show loyalty to the club.

[SBlue]

9 minutes ago, JHRover said:

We seem to have got over the trauma of letting 3 players walk this summer for £0 when it would have been very easy to keep them all under contract / sell them earlier and together would have raked in £10 million. 

It seemingly hasn't made much difference to our finances either because we've gone out and spent further millions replacing those 3 players. So probably £15 million laid out or lost for what might or might not be an improvement. If the people owning or running the club were interested in its financial state we wouldn't have seen this happen. They can clearly afford to run the risk on Brereton.

With Diaz, we’re probably still in the playoff mix longlist 

Without him we probably aren’t.

I think Balaji likes a gamble, and I’m all for it.

I don’t think flogging Diaz on the cheap is the difference between keeping the club afloat or not. 

The money isn’t going into my pocket, so I want one of our best players to stay.

[Andy]

7 minutes ago, neophox said:

Well Breo can always repay the club by signing a new contract and then walk for a big fee in the summer if we don't get promoted. That would show loyalty to the club.

I actually think that this is what will happen.

Nobody will pay the asking price, he’ll sign a new contract with a release clause and big payrise and what happens after that depends on where we finish and how he does.

[Sweaty Gussets]

I was hoping Phillips would be announced today. That was 99% 'done' according to LancsLIve

[simongarnerisgod]

i thought another midfielder and another centre forward would be arriving,slightly disapointed that it does`nt seem to be happening

[Cordoba]

Sharpe saying he’s expecting a mad scramble from champ clubs for Sam Surridge now Forest are signing Batshuayi..

Could see him slotting in as one of the front 4 

[Beanie01289]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

i thought another midfielder and another centre forward would be arriving,slightly disapointed that it does`nt seem to be happening

Mola can play cm plus after how morton and Wharton played last night we have 5 for two spots plus garrett possibly edun.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

43 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Yep, nightmare scenario for us now - silly money offered for a player that simply sits in the bank account for 4 months. 

That we never see again.

[Beanie01289]

I'd take surridge as our final signing of the window

[Cherry Blue]

The Daily Telegraph's Mike McGrath reports that Blackburn Rovers' Ben Brereton Diaz is set to remain at the club after much speculation surrounding his future.

He says that Fulham and Everton both placed £12m bids but Blackburn's asking price remains £20m.

[Sweaty Gussets]

1 minute ago, Cherry Blue said:

The Daily Telegraph's Mike McGrath reports that Blackburn Rovers' Ben Brereton Diaz is set to remain at the club after much speculation surrounding his future.

He says that Fulham and Everton both placed £12m bids but Blackburn's asking price remains £20m.

Good. 

[neophox]

What happened to Styles?

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, Cherry Blue said:

The Daily Telegraph's Mike McGrath reports that Blackburn Rovers' Ben Brereton Diaz is set to remain at the club after much speculation surrounding his future.

He says that Fulham and Everton both placed £12m bids but Blackburn's asking price remains £20m.

trying to get him on the cheap,good to see we are not pushovers

[G Somerset Rover]

The time to have gone for Surridge was surely last season. Can’t see us competing against decent Chanpionship teams even if we did go for him now. 

[Darwen Rover 007]

2 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

The Daily Telegraph's Mike McGrath reports that Blackburn Rovers' Ben Brereton Diaz is set to remain at the club after much speculation surrounding his future.

He says that Fulham and Everton both placed £12m bids but Blackburn's asking price remains £20m.

90% of other owners would not have held out 

[nbdrovers]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

yes,i know,i wonder if bowler is receptive to living in athens

i certainly would be.. but i'm not josh bowler..

[Mashed Potatoes]

30 minutes ago, J*B said:

You don’t think we would have been in a better position last night if we had Nyambe, Lenihan and Rothwell on the bench at worst? 

Rothwell hasn't kicked a ball all season, sitting on the bench is all that Nyambe is doing at Wigan, and when he is not being sent off Lenihan is "starring" for the team with the second worst defensive record in the division - so I don't think we would have been in a better position.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

The time to have gone for Surridge was surely last season. Can’t see us competing against decent Chanpionship teams even if we did go for him now. 

No point going for Hirst and then Surridge. That’d be Hirst on the bench all the time.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

The time to have gone for Surridge was surely last season. Can’t see us competing against decent Chanpionship teams even if we did go for him now. 

can see middlesborough really going for him,bar them,i don`t see who needs him,most of the contenders have already got their strikeforce,burnley could make a bid but they`ve already got a huge squad

[waynerovers]

I'll be delighted if Brereton stays, much rather watch him bang the goals in for another season than cash in.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

can see middlesborough really going for him,bar them,i don`t see who needs him,most of the contenders have already got their strikeforce,burnley could make a bid but they`ve already got a huge squad

Burnley were trying for Obafemi.

[JacknOry]

4 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Rothwell hasn't kicked a ball all season, sitting on the bench is all that Nyambe is doing at Wigan, and when he is not being sent off Lenihan is "starring" for the team with the second worst defensive record in the division - so I don't think we would have been in a better position.

Nyambe started the last game

[MarkBRFC]

47 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Just don’t think we can let him go for nothing with the mess our finances are in. If it’s £20m now or a free in the summer then I think we have to take the £20m now.

3 weeks ago you would begrudgingly accept. Not now though, far too late in the day.

I really don't think venkys will be losing any sleep over him going for nothing, they have proven that with the lads who have left for nothing this year.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 minute ago, JacknOry said:

Nyambe started the last game

As a wing back according to the BBC.