Swansea bid £2.5m for Schlupp

There's a few things here to consider:

How close to FFP are we? Would £2.5m for someone who doesn't make our bench some weeks be too good to turn down?

What are Swansea trying to buy? A striker or a Left Back? What does Schlupp what to be?

My opinion is that he would be okay in The Championship as a striker but not a top 6 striker. If Jeff insists he wants to be a striker and Swansea want to pay that for a striker we have to take it (well, see if they'll go to £3m ) Not sure what he's done to deserve a premier league move but let's bank the cash and not worry about it!

However,

If he's happy to develop as a left back we should keep him. He's got the potential to be a top quality left back and is very much a premier league type player with his pace and athleticism. If we can develop his defending he'd be the man for that position next year if we go up. Koncheski won't cut it in the prem anymore so if we go up it's a position we'd need to fill-Jeff's if he wants it.

Blackstarr. I hear what you say but I'm still of the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy with this. We don't have a large squad.

Is Miquel a good left back and isn't he injured anyway?

I think the telling thing about Schlupp is that he has been played as left back because there hasn't been anyone else. That doesn't tell me he is a developing left back.

If you watch him, he looks very awkward in that position. The only time he looks remotely comfortable as left back is when he is bombing forward - thats why teams want him, his raw pace and power.

Miquel is ok as a left back, certainly more comfortable than schlepp because he thinks primarily as a defender. Schlupp thinks primarily as an attacker.

It would be a mistake in my view to turn down £2.5m to develop someone to be a LB when they are not naturally inclined to play in that position.

Reports that the bid is closer to £1m. In that case, no deal.

If it’s a million I wouldn’t be too fussed, but £2.5m seems very fair to me.

Jeffrey has potential, but judgement calls are made on players with potential every day. Some decisions come back and bite you in the backside, but many others prove to be exactly the right call.

A £2.5m fee seems an amount that would be very useful for squad development when the player isn’t an essential member of that squad. If the decision is proven wrong in the future then it doesn’t really detract from the fact that it was the right decision at the time.

If we could add a reserve LB to our squad, however, it would make the deal much more palatable, because that’s the only area where Schlupp is adding value in the short term.

What Joby said

£2.5m = Tempting

£1m = forget it

Keep... dont see the point in loosing squad members at this stage he might not be getting game time or making the bench every week but he does make for good competition in training. He could go on loan next season in the championship if we were promoted to a club that will play him where he wants probably every game then we will see whether he is worth it. 100+ million to a promoted club i think we can afford to chance him considering this is only a rumour and for what its worth i doubt whether it was million.

If we accept 2.5m now we still have time to make a late purchase ourselves........defender?

"What are Swansea trying to buy? A striker or a Left Back?"

Not that it makes much difference to us what they want him for, but I would guess that, as they have sprung this move immediately after being told to stuff their bid for Tom Ince, that they are looking for a wing-midfielder.