Village Idiot Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 To be honest, you probably have a pretty good rep among agents as a springboard club. Remy, Debuchy, Cabaye, Ba... Hell, your board doesn't even put up much of a fight when selling (unlike Spurs, for example). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 To be honest, you probably have a pretty good rep among agents as a springboard club. Remy, Debuchy, Cabaye, Ba... Hell, your board doesn't even put up much of a fight when selling (unlike Spurs, for example). The trouble is that it becomes more difficult to "showcase" your talent in a struggling team. Players are better off going to Swansea these days. The only thing we can offer them now is the big stadium with 52k but the numbers are dropping and the atmosphere is dead so that is no longer much of an attraction either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It depends. For players like Sissoko and Cabella, their value is still much higher now. Its the likes of Tiote which has been completely found out in this league that has their value dropped below their initial cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 It depends. For players like Sissoko and Cabella, their value is still much higher now. Its the likes of Tiote which has been completely found out in this league that has their value dropped below their initial cost. We should still get more than the £4m or so we paid for Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Bakary Sako of course on a free from Carver's boyhood club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Sako's been great every time I've seen him, would definitely take him here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Yeah I like Sako tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Villa seem to be in line to get him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Not sure he would go there from wolves. It's not burning hatred but they don't like each other I don't really know of any dislike between us and Wolves. Mind you, I doubt that would impact where a player goes in any case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I doubt Bakary Sako cares that much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 This used to be my favourite thread on these boards. However nowadays it's seems kinda irrelevant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Dosen't matter how much we spend or who we sign, the players are sold the club as a springboard to better things. the mind-set is all wrong before they ever pull on the shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Dosen't matter how much we spend or who we sign, the players are sold the club as a springboard to better things. the mind-set is all wrong before they ever pull on the shirt. Sevilla have been run like that for a decade, and they have a few trophies to show for it. It can be done, but it requires to reinvest the profits of sales decisively, and to reinvest them well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Dosen't matter how much we spend or who we sign, the players are sold the club as a springboard to better things. the mind-set is all wrong before they ever pull on the shirt. http://ct.fra.bz/i52/5/3/23/f_324a8099b9.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Dosen't matter how much we spend or who we sign, the players are sold the club as a springboard to better things. the mind-set is all wrong before they ever pull on the shirt. Sevilla have been run like that for a decade, and they have a few trophies to show for it. It can be done, but it requires to reinvest the profits of sales decisively, and to reinvest them well. Same with Southampton really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Think you mean 'S'hampton' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Think you mean 'S'hampton' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Southampton and Sevilla haven't been run like that though. Southampton, at least, have been run to succeed and do what they do to succeed. We do what we do to tread water. Teams like that and Porto especially have hundreds of worldwide scouts and have players bought or at least lined up before the current one leaves. We have about ten scouts and replace players 18 months later, the models are completely different. Edit- I see VI does allude to that with Sevilla actually Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Benfica too. Even Spurs. Sold but reinvested. We would've sold Bale for £25m 4 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 True, I'd imagine our scouting network is far far far behind many other clubs. And our youth development is farcical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Youth development This club, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Benfica too. Even Spurs. Sold but reinvested. We would've sold Bale for £25m 4 years ago. Tbf, didn't Spurs nearly sell him to Birmingham on the cheap? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
number9shirt Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 The previous clubs mentioned show this type of model can work (especially Porto who may well dump Bayern out of the champions league tonight). unfortunately we lack the aptitude on every level needed to pull it off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1221871/Spurs-flop-Gareth-Bale-January-Birmingham-boss-Alex-McLeish-eyes-3m-defender.html Pretty sure he had some ridiculous statistic where he wasn't on a winning Premier League side for like 30 games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/birmingham-city/6395277/Birmingham-target-Tottenham-defender-Gareth-Bale.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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