TBG Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Increased bid of £1.8 million from Swansea, according to BBC. £10m and we'll start talking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Still wouldn't be surprised if we got that full back in return and his new deal was just to get rid of that daft clause. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Throw in some new lightbulbs for the training ground and it's a deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Increased bid of £1.8 million from Swansea, according to BBC. £10m and we'll start talking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Increased bid of £1.8 million from Swansea, according to BBC. Snap their hands off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Might as well try to get £2m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 So we get another £1.8m we're never gonna see only to be another squad member down? Yay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Wouldn't sell to Swansea unless they start offering silly money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 £2million plus and it's a deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 You know, if Samuel Adjei can over come his injuries, he'd perform just as well as Routledge, only with a greater upside to his game. I know its internet talk of 'give the youngster a chance', but he's canny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Still wouldn't be surprised if we got that full back in return and his new deal was just to get rid of that daft clause. Unless I'm falsely implying a cause and effect between your two statements, why would they need to get rid of the clause in order to be able to sell him..? Wasn't his new deal a vastly better one than the previous contract he had (remember reading something to the tune of a 16k wage rise)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Still wouldn't be surprised if we got that full back in return and his new deal was just to get rid of that daft clause. Unless I'm falsely implying a cause and effect between your two statements, why would they need to get rid of the clause in order to be able to sell him..? Wasn't his new deal a vastly better one than the previous contract he had (remember reading something to the tune of a 16k wage rise)? I just mean that with the £1m clause thing to speak to him, it could get annoying if clubs offer it just to speak to him so offered him a new deal to get around it. And all the payrise has done is probably brought him in line with their other players because I bet he was on a pittance in Premier League terms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 So we get another £1.8m we're never gonna see only to be another squad member down? Yay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Byker Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Swansea's bid accepted, according to BBC Football: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14104170.stm Swansea City have had a bid of around £2m for Newcastle United winger Wayne Routledge accepted, BBC Sport understands. Newcastle last week rejected the Swans' initial £1.5m offer but Swans boss Brendan Rodgers increased the offer. "We've had a couple of bids that have gone in," said Rodgers, who is hoping to make his fourth summer signing. "We think he would fit into our style and excite our supporters. We will wait to see if we can agree a deal." Routledge spent the second half of last season on loan at Championship side Queens Park Rangers, where he helped them win promotion to the Premier League. But the 26-year-old, who has two years remaining on his current Newcastle deal, has failed to agree personal terms on a permanent return to Loftus Road. The former England Under-21 international has also been linked with a move to big-spending Championship club Leicester City and Nottingham Forest. Routledge was loaned to QPR in January - only a year after leaving Loftus Road to join Newcastle for an undisclosed fee. He scored five goals in 20 appearances as he played a significant part in Rangers' march towards the Championship title last season. Swansea, who beat Reading 4-2 to seal top-flight promotion in a thrilling Championship play-off in May, have already added striker Danny Graham, defender Stephen Caulker and goalkeeper Jose Moreira to his squad. Rodgers is a long-time admirer of Routledge and the Swansea manager has admitted he wants to add a winger, another striker, a goalkeeper and a central defender to his squad before the transfer window closes on 31 August. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 That South Wales newspaper that always gets quoted says that Routledge is stallling on a pay off from us - and that his wages are prohibitively high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonImms Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Meh, thought he was shite tbh. Reckon wez've done quite well to get £2mil for him tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I assume the 2m is just to allow Swansea to speak to him, yeah? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Would have preferred he'd stayed, can't imagine his fee will go in the transfer kitty or his wages in the wages kitty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 £2m? we can buy Consuela some lemon pledge for the training ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Guys, help me out. Remember that story from around January(?) that we'd released Routledge on a free to some Championship club. Well, that's as far as my memory goes and I'd like to know a little more. Where did the story come from? What happened to it? etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 £2m that could go towards buying N'Zogbia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Guys, help me out. Remember that story from around January(?) that we'd released Routledge on a free to some Championship club. Well, that's as far as my memory goes and I'd like to know a little more. Where did the story come from? What happened to it? etc. Metro... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 £2m that could go towards buying N'Zogbia nowhere near enough, we need to find the money to pay all of his wages upfront as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 £2m good price me thinks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Wonder if he'll agree to go to Swansea? I would imagine he's a London lad so would prefer to live somewhere a bit more cosmopolitan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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