...so today the Leicester Mercury and The Sun are suggesting that Fulham will be placing a bid for Billy Sharp and it seems this has the making of a saga; similar to what we went through with Maynard in the Summer.
To be fair, The Sun stated Fulham were placing a £3.5m bid for Sharp in December, so their involvement may be codswallop, but have we convinced ourselves, in a similar manner to Maynard in the Summer, that we want/need Sharp more than we actually do?
Is the fact that he is taking his time to accept an offer, a player carefully considering his and his family's future, or is it a player being told by his agent to hold out for the best financial offer?
And if he hasn't accepted the offer in, going on a week now, even if he does sign is there a chance that he won't have the hunger or commitment, possibly in a similar manner to Beckford?
How long do we give him before we pull out and with this possibly dragging on, how long before it has a long term and detrimental affect on the morale of our current strikers?
Maynard in disguise..
posted on 12/1/12
Don't panic! According to Stringer, Sharp will be signing within the next 24 hours - 2 days ago...
posted on 12/1/12
To be fair Dung, I think there were a few people concerned at how long it was taking Nugent to sign, but obviously that hasn't affected his commitment to the club.
But the difference is that Nugent's negotiations occured in the summer rather than in between games which may possible cause more unrest int he squad.
posted on 12/1/12
There are some parallels here.
The only real difference is that Doncaster have been forced to accept our offer whereas Bristol City had no such compunction. It’s interesting to see that Maynard has still not secured his move to the PL despite him probably being available far cheaper than the reported £6m we were prepared to pay.
I can’t help feeling that recruitment will be very difficult this transfer window. Our current league position hardly makes us a big draw for players with aspirations of playing in the premier League. A few shrewd loan signings might well be the way to go.
posted on 12/1/12
I imagine Maynard will be discussing contracts for next season with clubs and wait for the summer to go on a free and get a huge signing on fee, and obviously a tidy amount for his agent.
I wonder if Sharp did go to Fulham, a bid for Johnson on loan may be a possibility, although is he any better than we have?
The more I think about it, the more I wonder if we should just concentrating on wingers. Townsend look very good for Leeds, I'm gutted we couldn't get him in.
posted on 12/1/12
Billy Sharp has been training as normal this morning and is expected to be playing for Donny against Cardiff on Saturday.
These aren't the usual actions of a player due for a transfer because of risk of injury etc.
posted on 12/1/12
Okay Extra, thanks for the info.
posted on 12/1/12
Shakespeare has said today we are still in negotiations with him, so guess you're right DM, and it is just a matter of being patient to see how it pans out.
posted on 12/1/12
it took ages to complete the deal for pearson as well! Who says it has anything to do with the people signing! Maybe its that our end are cack at negotiating!
posted on 13/1/12
No one seems to have noticed that Sharp is also reported to have had a much improved offer to stay where he is. A player with even a shred of loyalty would take at least a couple of days to think about that, and really should not be getting flak for doing so.
posted on 13/1/12
Well stringer has replied to someone on Twitter saying he doesn't think Sharp will sign today - so I'm a little more hopeful now