And the worst thing is that when the next homegrown star leaves, we'll be just as shocked as with Carroll.
http://www.nufc.co.uk/javaImages/96/a8/0,,10278~9021590,00.jpg
Is 36 AT LEAST, no?
Maybe the board realised that £35m was the most we were going to get for Carroll. Then, maybe, to get out of paying out on a few clauses in Carroll's new contract made Carroll hand in a transfer request.
Shrewd business, maybe.
ITK that we're moving in for:
Robert Lee
David Ginola
Laurent Robert
Keith Gillespie
Michael Owen
Mark Viduka
Seems they've drawn a quick short list up of familiar faces
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£10m; £5m; £8m.
Interesting. I'd have said that those three players are better and more important players than Andy Carroll, but your valuations don't seem to reflect that.
The Lescott modifier worked then.