| Strikers 14:05 - Jan 15 with 3544 views | bluesbrothers |
We seem to now be living in a world where Phil confirms news by not denying it, so shall we assume Gallagher get's done? 
Assuming yes, surely that's our Ladapo replacement and there's still a Hirst replacement (whilst he's injured) to come?
Although just seen Alan Nixon says he'd guess it doesn't happen |  | | |  |
| Strikers on 14:06 - Jan 15 with 3516 views | Keno |
Phil hasn't denied the Ronaldo link yet
just saying |  |
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| Strikers on 14:21 - Jan 15 with 3340 views | DarkBrandon |
What did Nixon say? What was his reasoning? [Post edited 15 Jan 14:22]
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| Strikers on 14:23 - Jan 15 with 3300 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
I think we can only assume the reported interest is accurate? |  |
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| Strikers on 14:26 - Jan 15 with 3248 views | bluesbrothers |
| Strikers on 14:21 - Jan 15 by DarkBrandon |
What did Nixon say? What was his reasoning? [Post edited 15 Jan 14:22]
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| Strikers on 14:26 - Jan 15 with 3246 views | portmanking |
| Strikers on 14:21 - Jan 15 by DarkBrandon |
What did Nixon say? What was his reasoning? [Post edited 15 Jan 14:22]
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He believes wages will be the stumbling block. Although I know some believe that's not the case at all... | | | |
| Strikers on 14:27 - Jan 15 with 3203 views | Illinoisblue |
| Strikers on 14:26 - Jan 15 by portmanking |
He believes wages will be the stumbling block. Although I know some believe that's not the case at all... |
Surely Blackburn don’t pay significantly more wages than us? |  |
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| Strikers on 14:29 - Jan 15 with 3183 views | portmanking |
| Strikers on 14:27 - Jan 15 by Illinoisblue |
Surely Blackburn don’t pay significantly more wages than us? |
He was signed when they were paying big wages IIRC. Contract rumoured to be north of £25k pw!
Hence why Rovers' 12-month option is essentially meaningless, as they won't exercise it on these wages for 2024/25. [Post edited 15 Jan 14:29]
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| Strikers on 14:36 - Jan 15 with 3047 views | Illinoisblue |
| Strikers on 14:29 - Jan 15 by portmanking |
He was signed when they were paying big wages IIRC. Contract rumoured to be north of £25k pw!
Hence why Rovers' 12-month option is essentially meaningless, as they won't exercise it on these wages for 2024/25. [Post edited 15 Jan 14:29]
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Damn. That’s a lot of money. No wonder Blackburn are said to be in financial trouble. | |
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| Strikers on 14:41 - Jan 15 with 2948 views | LankHenners |
Not saying this with any def into at all but seeing as we're apparently willing to take on someone who's not been playing through injury, I wonder if we'll look at Obafemi at Burnley. Not played because of a bad hamstring injury picked up last July so would be a bit rusty but surely available on loan now they've signed Fofana for the rest of the season and already have Foster, Amdouni and Rodriguez.
In the small pool of strikers we want who are a) available and b) know the division then think he'd be a decent pick up. Obviously comes with the risk of needing to get back up to speed but the same is true of Gallagher. |  |
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| Strikers on 14:55 - Jan 15 with 2758 views | bluesbrothers |
| Strikers on 14:41 - Jan 15 by LankHenners |
Not saying this with any def into at all but seeing as we're apparently willing to take on someone who's not been playing through injury, I wonder if we'll look at Obafemi at Burnley. Not played because of a bad hamstring injury picked up last July so would be a bit rusty but surely available on loan now they've signed Fofana for the rest of the season and already have Foster, Amdouni and Rodriguez.
In the small pool of strikers we want who are a) available and b) know the division then think he'd be a decent pick up. Obviously comes with the risk of needing to get back up to speed but the same is true of Gallagher. |
From bits an pieces I've heard I'd be guessing that we'll end up with Gallagher plus one other, probably from abroad (not the Hertha bloke). I think and hope Gallagher will be the less exciting of the two, but couple of mil is a lot to pay for someone with only a few months left on contract which makes me worried he'll actually be the main man. | | | |
| Strikers on 14:56 - Jan 15 with 2738 views | pennblue |
Reading between the lines we would buy that smodic fella | |
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| Strikers on 15:06 - Jan 15 with 2612 views | portmanking |
| Strikers on 14:55 - Jan 15 by bluesbrothers |
From bits an pieces I've heard I'd be guessing that we'll end up with Gallagher plus one other, probably from abroad (not the Hertha bloke). I think and hope Gallagher will be the less exciting of the two, but couple of mil is a lot to pay for someone with only a few months left on contract which makes me worried he'll actually be the main man. |
I don't believe the fee will ever reach that amount - unless we get promoted. In which case, who gives a sh*t? :D | | | |
| Strikers on 15:08 - Jan 15 with 2558 views | LankHenners |
| Strikers on 14:55 - Jan 15 by bluesbrothers |
From bits an pieces I've heard I'd be guessing that we'll end up with Gallagher plus one other, probably from abroad (not the Hertha bloke). I think and hope Gallagher will be the less exciting of the two, but couple of mil is a lot to pay for someone with only a few months left on contract which makes me worried he'll actually be the main man. |
Wonder if we've been a little caught out by quite how inactive the market has been in terms of strikers. We'll obviously have been putting feelers out all over the place since the summer but hard not to get the impression we're rattling through the 'list' more quickly than we'd want. | |
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| Strikers on 15:26 - Jan 15 with 2407 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Strikers on 14:29 - Jan 15 by portmanking |
He was signed when they were paying big wages IIRC. Contract rumoured to be north of £25k pw!
Hence why Rovers' 12-month option is essentially meaningless, as they won't exercise it on these wages for 2024/25. [Post edited 15 Jan 14:29]
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I think it gets done for this reason. Even though we are desperate for a striker, I'd argue we are still in a strong position. £1m-£1.5m is a decent chunk of change for a player that has 6 months left with an option they won't be taking up. Seems like both sides are trying to play a bit of hard ball at the moment but logically will meet somewhere as it's a deal both parties want/need done. [Post edited 15 Jan 15:26]
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| Strikers on 15:36 - Jan 15 with 2238 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Strikers on 15:26 - Jan 15 by tractorboy1978 |
I think it gets done for this reason. Even though we are desperate for a striker, I'd argue we are still in a strong position. £1m-£1.5m is a decent chunk of change for a player that has 6 months left with an option they won't be taking up. Seems like both sides are trying to play a bit of hard ball at the moment but logically will meet somewhere as it's a deal both parties want/need done. [Post edited 15 Jan 15:26]
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Blackburn will have bargaining power if there's multiple clubs interested and they can try to force some sort of bidding war. As you say they want him gone, he either leaves now for a fee or he leaves in the summer for nothing. Personally I would take the £1m - 1.5m today, take the £500k of savings in wages over the next 6 months and reinvest it. Especially given their league position, they're not going up this season and they're unlikely to go down. They've not had him available for the past 4 months anyway. |  | | |
| Strikers on 15:37 - Jan 15 with 2222 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Strikers on 14:36 - Jan 15 by Illinoisblue |
Damn. That’s a lot of money. No wonder Blackburn are said to be in financial trouble. |
Especially when they get about 9 people at their home games. | | | |
| Strikers on 15:52 - Jan 15 with 2035 views | Illinoisblue |
| Strikers on 15:37 - Jan 15 by _clive_baker_ |
Especially when they get about 9 people at their home games. |
Indeed. They seem like their true home should be League 1. | |
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| Strikers on 15:59 - Jan 15 with 1950 views | cressi |
I mentioned wages yesterday in a post and was put down for it had heard he was on 30 grand a week which is a issue.
A striker like Ryan Hardie only on about 5 to 6 grand so if we was interested a easier deal to strike. | | | |
| Strikers on 15:59 - Jan 15 with 1935 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Strikers on 15:59 - Jan 15 by cressi |
I mentioned wages yesterday in a post and was put down for it had heard he was on 30 grand a week which is a issue.
A striker like Ryan Hardie only on about 5 to 6 grand so if we was interested a easier deal to strike. |
Wages aren't the issue with Gallagher. |  |
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| Strikers on 16:37 - Jan 15 with 1668 views | Europablue |
| Strikers on 14:29 - Jan 15 by portmanking |
He was signed when they were paying big wages IIRC. Contract rumoured to be north of £25k pw!
Hence why Rovers' 12-month option is essentially meaningless, as they won't exercise it on these wages for 2024/25. [Post edited 15 Jan 14:29]
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Very good point on the 12 month option. I'm struggling to see the valuation at 1.5 million for a 6 month contract. However, no-one is going to give him a three year contract on £25k per week. So he has to decide whether he wants the opportunity to give up 6 months on that pay for a chance to play in the Prem. Maybe we could even give him a reasonable signing on bonus or preferably a promotion bonus. | | | |
| Strikers on 16:54 - Jan 15 with 1543 views | SitfcB |
| Strikers on 15:59 - Jan 15 by Kieran_Knows |
Wages aren't the issue with Gallagher. |
Assume it’s the length of his contract? |  |
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| Strikers on 16:56 - Jan 15 with 1532 views | Illinoisblue |
| Strikers on 15:59 - Jan 15 by Kieran_Knows |
Wages aren't the issue with Gallagher. |
Is it a fitness issue? Happy to be living in North issue? Wanting a big payoff to move issue? Transfer fee issue? | |
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| Strikers on 16:59 - Jan 15 with 1456 views | portmanking |
| Strikers on 16:37 - Jan 15 by Europablue |
Very good point on the 12 month option. I'm struggling to see the valuation at 1.5 million for a 6 month contract. However, no-one is going to give him a three year contract on £25k per week. So he has to decide whether he wants the opportunity to give up 6 months on that pay for a chance to play in the Prem. Maybe we could even give him a reasonable signing on bonus or preferably a promotion bonus. |
Yep. I think it's the transfer fee that's the stumbling block.
At least for Rovers, anyhow. They're probably going to want to save some face and make it look like they're not embarking on a fire sale of their senior players. Providing we can make it financially attractive for Rovers, I don't see why this can't get done. But it might be the back end of the window, especially if Blackburn want to make it look like they've negotiated hard to their own fans. | | | |
| Strikers on 17:21 - Jan 15 with 1172 views | textbackup |
| Strikers on 16:54 - Jan 15 by SitfcB |
Assume it’s the length of his contract? |
Nope, length of hair the issue.
Burns’ contract stats he has to have the longest hair in squad, matey won’t cut his off. Tricky one |  |
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