CONFIRMED David Brooks to Bournemouth

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GrayBlade said:
I fully understand that Brooks may have had his head turned by his new agent and that this move will make him financially secure probably for life. It’s the way if the world in football but nobody was going anywhere without ‘silly money offers’ a few weeks ago.

This is what irks me, we seem (on the face of it) to have yet again succumbed with barely a fight. Surely we could have played hardball for a week or three and maybe got other clubs interested to force his price tag up? Look how the Southend chairman played us for months with a player who would be out of contact in months. Brooks has only recently signed a 4 year contract.

Some may say that £12m is a lot of money and of course it is in the real world outside football, but let’s not forget it was reported that we got £7m for Kyle Naughton as part of the Naughton/Walker deal. That was for a defender, not an attacking talent who’d also only had one season in the Championship. And lest we forget, it was NINE years ago, just how much have average Premier League transfer fees gone up since 2009?

It just seems to me like our annual post season ticket sale kick in the nuts. Will Wilder be able to reinvest it all? Has any manager ever? It’ll be interesting to hear his views.
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How do you know we haven’t tried to get other clubs interested? Why is everyone assuming we’ve accepted the first offer?
 

Sean Thornton said:
Genuine comparison to TC? Really? Is there a link to that? I'll take some grapes to the hospital.
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Massively disagree to the op cop comparison to the next TC. Whoever has made this statement has either A, been on the wacky backy. Or B, smoking a hell of a lot of stronger shit. TC is and was the best player we've ever had imo. Brooks hasnt even scratched the surface.
 
You know football is broken when a player at a team with a great manager and atmosphere, where he's almost universally appreciated (adored by some) and plays in front of 25K+ against quality players and big teams (mostly, excluding Burton haha) week in week out with a chance to challenge for a title/promotion decides to fuck off so he can likely sit on the bench in front of 12K watching his new employers challenging for mid table a league up.
 
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Ricky said:
Well, other clubs keep players who want to move. Why can't we? It was only 5 minutes ago Brooks was very happy here.

If he wants to leave and Wilder's made the decision, I suggest Wilder's growing ego has played a part, as well as any possible benefit to his transfer budget. 'If you don't want to be here then off you go' is an inflexible stance that won't always be in the club's best interests. If we waited until July I think we'd get a better fee, let alone until January or the end of the season.
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Thanks for the reply. Personally I’m with the ego, if he’s wanting away then for the opportunity to double his budget, I’d agree with CW.
 
LJBlade said:
How do you know we haven’t tried to get other clubs interested? Why is everyone assuming we’ve accepted the first offer?
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It’s reported that this is their second offer and Wilder told us only a couple of weeks ago that none of his players wanted away.
 
Brentford appear to stronger when negotiating player sales.

Bournemouth have seen their £10m bid for Brentford defender Chris Mepham rejected, according to Sky sources.

The Cherries returned with a fresh approach for the young centre-back after having a £5.5m bid rejected by Brentford during the January transfer window.

But that too has been turned down, with the improved offer still not understood to be close to the Bees' valuation of the player.
 
bromtom said:
You know football is broken when a player leaves a team with a great manager and atmosphere, where he's almost universally appreciated (adored by some) and plays in front of 25K+ against quality players and big teams (mostly, excluding Burton haha) week out with a chance to challenge for a title/promotion decides to fuck off so he can likely sit on the bench in front of 12K watching his new employers challenging for mid table in the Premier League probably quadrupling his wages and earning a six figure signing on fee.
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You missed a bit ;)
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
Thanks for the reply. Personally I’m with the ego, if he’s wanting away then for the opportunity to double his budget, I’d agree with CW.
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Yeah if he's gone all Billy big bollocks best to get him out of the door I suppose before it starts spreading. Still hugely disappointing though.

The money needs to be put straight in Wilder's budget to make this situation slightly better.
 
PedroVerde10 said:
Brentford appear to stronger when negotiating player sales.

Bournemouth have seen their £10m bid for Brentford defender Chris Mepham rejected, according to Sky sources.

The Cherries returned with a fresh approach for the young centre-back after having a £5.5m bid rejected by Brentford during the January transfer window.

But that too has been turned down, with the improved offer still not understood to be close to the Bees' valuation of the player.
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Weren’t Bournemouth in for Brooks in January?
 

My first visit to this thread as I thought we didn't need to sell and the shutters were down as far as selling our better players was concerned.
Bournemouth ? fucking Bournemouth ? this has to be a piss take why would any player who has any ambition want to play his football in a seaside retirement village FFS. Same owd, same owd United, sell at the first paltry offer ................. £12m for a young lad who is already a full international for Wales another piss take. I can only assume this was Wilder's budget all along and that Wilder is like all the rest a lying cunt. I fucking knew I should have held back on the season ticket, I wonder if the owners will be offering refunds like Chansiri ?
The one thing you can guarantee with Sheffield United is that they will always let you down.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
That’s quite a gamble to take. Double your transfer budget or keep an unhappy squad player whos spoiling for a move.
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Then let him spoil for the move in the reserves. He realises he's acting like a kid and gets on with it. I think people these days forget that it's the clubs that have the contract for the player. Not the other way round. After some time to calm down. I've though about it.. and, fuck him. Let him go for the money. Whiff of Jordan slew. It's amusing really, he's happy one minute. New agent. Heads turned for the money. Gone down in my estimations and i lost a lot of respect for the kid. Utb.
 
Brooks' agent's job is easy, he just needs to put 3 scenarios to him:

1. Kyle Walker. Leave, become a millionaire overnight, and then go on to even bigger better things ie. £100k a week and a World Cup

2. Jordan Slew. Leave, become a millionaire overnight, fail to fulfil potential and drop down the leagues but you're still a millionaire.

3. Diego De Girolamo. Stay, suffer a horrific career-ruining injury, slowly disappear having never fulfilled potential or earned big bucks.

When it's set out like that it's an (unfortunately) easy decision for him.

I just hope the board disclose the figures this time in an effort to appease us fans
 
If he goes to Tottenham he wants his head read even more than he does for leaving us for Bournemouth.

If you're a footballer aren't you supposed to want to play football? No chance of that at Spurs. He can't always get past Mark Duffy and Billy Sharp on the team sheet here, is he going to push Dele Alli out?
 
bartman said:
So if Wilder is happy with the deal and is willing to let Brooks go will you issue an apology on this forum to McCabe with regards to this ? What about the Prince ?
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No, why would i ? History has taught us that we always take the money and run and most of it is not reinvested into either replacing the player or strengthening the squad. I would imagine ( and bloody hope) that Wilder has sanctioned the deal based upon promises from the owners of reinvesting most of it into strengthening. I don’t believe he would take any shit from either owner, if this is the case then ism happy with it, in wilder we trust.
 
nopigfansintown said:
Better in what sense.? If it's for the betterment of first team football, yes.
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The club isn’t just First team football though, but you’d like to think that a percentage of the money would go towards helping Wilders summer plans and beyond.
 
Shame that money rules a young players head. There is absolutely no way any player would pick Bournemouth over Sheffield United other ££££’s in their pocket.

Money means a lot, but you’d like to think a player would take into account a bit more than that,

Bournemouth F.C. playing in front of 12000 even in the Premiership, or Sheffield United playing in front of 27000 a league lower?

A traditional top tier club like Sheffield United or.....well, Bournemouth???
 
When CW signed his new deal it included an improved budget .If true add it onto this transfer fee and CW has a big budget to spend, we shall see.
 
mattbianco1 said:
Fuck me. This took me over an hour to catch up with the meltdown. Here's my two penneth...



Probably David Brooks



Maddison is more than double the player that Brooks currently is. And Maddison went for £20m not £24m..........................................ALL DEPENDS ON WHICH PAPER YOU READ,I WILL GO HALVES IN THE LEICESTER PRESS ITS 22M



So Brooks is better than Tadic? Anybody that thinks that should give their heads a wobble... not you Robbie. I think you're on my way of thinking??



Seriously? :rolleyes:............................WHY DO YOU WANT MORE OF THEM :eek:



I can see two sides to this comment. They probably ARE the best premier league club he could join at present because he WILL get game time and the do play good football.
However, like you say, there could be a hint of Jordan Slew in this if it goes wrong for him. Another promotion challenging season at BDTBL could see his stock rise considerably and his move to Spurs could be more realistic and more of a squad player than a bench warmer.



Adams is wank. He's a bog standard championship player. He's found his level. Granted he's worth more than 2m but he's hardly a world beater that your post suggests.



Apparently Wilder has the same agent (unconfirmed just what I heard).

But with regards to Adams and DCL, do you feel we would have won the league by holding onto them? Not a fucking chance.



Correct. See above. Adams and DCL were sold to aid the squad. We wouldn't have got promoted without their sales.



Not true. When sky say their "sources", it means something is happening. They don't put their name to anything bollocks.



Every club in the world bar a couple of elite clubs are selling clubs. Barcelona lost one of their best in neymar to a "bigger fish". Man Utd, biggest club in the world?? Couldn't stop Ronaldo (or Beckham) leaving for Madrid.



Again. He's probably going to the best of the bunch. Good club, good ambition, good style of play. And he'll get game time.



Quadruple like.



Well... considering that all but one of the clibs youve mentioned are premier league clubs its a little easier to hold onto your players. That said, if someone comes in for Zaha or Izquiedo or Neves etc. They'll be off.

And Wednesday?? Fack me. The best 2 players in Toulon last summer were Hurst and Brooks. We get £12m, the get 0p. Come back when the window has closed as to how many players they've lost.
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Rant over, move on. In Wilder we trust !!!
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FATTYFOULKE said:
Shame that money rules a young players head. There is absolutely no way any player would pick Bournemouth over Sheffield United other ££££’s in their pocket.
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If someone offered me my wage to go stack shelves in Tesco, I'd be off in a flash. Imagine if they offered me more than that, on a long term contract that they MUST adhere to.
 

All you've done is throw your toys out the pram tonight. Bet your Mrs is dreading you coming upstairs tonight. Chill out. Move on.
 

I actually don’t think its a bad move for him. They are a premier league club, yes with smaller crowds, but they stay up with relativ ease when you compare them with others around them. He has a chance to play and cut his teeth in the best league in the world.

If he can get some games it gives him more chance than going to places like Spurs who for every one youngster they bring through, lose 10 Brooks.

A great young prospect but he’s not the be all and end all.
 
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