[blindreferee]

When we sold Maresca / Koumas / Davies etc, we had a half decent and competent recruitment team and scouting network - thats the major difference and big concern for me

I think though that if we get an offer of £20m + add ons the club will sell

[lewisant]

It really depends how much we need cash right now doesn't it. Because if he carries on at this upward trajectory there are only three outcomes;

- He leads us to promotion and stays another season
- The more realistic one - he goes next summer
- We take advantage of the despair in January and overcharge someone for him but potentially derail our own season

[johnny Cash]

Norwich sold Emi Buendia to Villa for £38m. This is the sort of bar I would be setting to even consider selling Felows this season.

Emi Buendia had over 15 goals and assists, only three players in championship history have done that.

[SmethDan]

A question how much could the Albion be allowed to spend on players  this fair play 3yr rolling thingy confuses me somewhat.From what I have seen in print we would be limited to what we can spend due to the losses the club  is making so the way I see it a big transfer fee will help balance the books but do nothing for us on the playing side.
Saying that I wouldn't sell Fellows this season he could help us win promotion and failing that his value is only going one way and that's upwards.

Good question. Sadly I am unable to give you a better answer than 'good question '. Hopefully someone with more awareness of all things 'finance' can furnish us with a better idea before either of us die of oxygen deprivation  .

It's still a good question. Or at least I think so anyway. Current status blue in the face and extremely light headed. Think I need to sit down before I fall down. It's getting very dark now.......

[gazberg]

At 20m guaranteed +, we have to consider selling. No one wants him gone but we can basically rectify Lai's reign of error in one swoop

[johnny Cash]

£20m would be about right for me. The issue I would have is timing. Unlike some I don’t see a player that will ever be a top top player or a £40-£50m one and so that’s why I think £20m is probably the limit.

However how do we use it with 2 days to go? On that basis I don’t think there is much risk in keeping him until at least Jan but it’s also not unreasonable to think turning down big money now could be seen as a mistake in the future.

[liverbaggie]

Set it at 40 mill, take it or leave it, theyll all go away, or when struggling for points around christmas offer us 30 mill
I dont want him to go

[KYA]

At 20m guaranteed +, we have to consider selling. No one wants him gone but we can basically rectify Lai's reign of error.

Yes, but the thing is we could get that and more this time next year.

[Groovephil]

Be surprised if we we sell now, Jan or next summer yes if we need the funds.

[BagAlbion123]

Looks like Soton have moved on to Kostic!

[gazberg]

Yes, but the thing is we could get that and more this time next year.

Not guaranteed to though. Also it's a long season, could get major injury etc


No one wants to see him go, least of all me, he was my tip for the top years back but some things we can't turn down

[BalisPen]

Norwich sold Emi Buendia to Villa for £38m. This is the sort of bar I would be setting to even consider selling Felows this season.

He'd just finished a season in the premier league with Norwich where he was their best player.

TF is brilliant in the second tier but the premier league is different animal.

What I don't want is for us to go up (touch wood and fingers crossed we do) and find he's another GD, KG and KZ and totally out of his depth.

So I would take £15-£20m now with add ons on top for appearances and International caps and a 20% sell on clause.

We need the money and this could really make us
contenders under the new regime.

We really need Chelsea to enter the bidding and EM has first hand experience of TF's talents after seeing him against Leicester last season when he scored.

Rumour is Mudryk is being shipped out, so we can dream.

[hardtobeat]

And there is the biggest tell on Tom. For all we think he is a superstar the real bidders for him are teams he was playing against last season, nobody from the top half of the Prem seems interested in making an offer, surely the best reason for keeping hold for at least another season as he has plenty left on his contract !

[WBAinDEVON]

this time last year he would have been sold for 5 million, its great for us to be able to refuse silly offers now

[Standaman]

It would appear the player is not pushing for a move and given we have 3 days left in the window I'm not selling at any price the clubs concerned are likely to offer. Even if they are prepared to overpay and £20m now is an overpay that money is devalued because if we went out in the market we would be overpaying for any of the players we were likely to bring in.

Had Southampton or anyone else turned up with £15m plus add-on's at the beginning of the widow they might have got the player, simply because the money would have been worth more to us then than it is now.

[halifax_baggie]

It would appear the player is not pushing for a move and given we have 3 days left in the window I'm not selling at any price the clubs concerned are likely to offer. Even if they are prepared to overpay and £20m now is an overpay that money is devalued because if we went out in the market we would be overpaying for any of the players we were likely to bring in.

Had Southampton or anyone else turned up with £15m plus add-on's at the beginning of the widow they might have got the player, simply because the money would have been worth more to us then than it is now.

Not so, the money is of course valuable to the club. as I've said before timing is of the essence, if we are planning well we will have already got contingencies in place to ensure we get players out and in before the deadline

[KYA]

As someone else pointed out the interest so far has come from promotion clubs could it be they thought they could get Tom on the cheap afterall to pay 10Million would be a no brainer they would know they could sell him at a profit 12 mths from now just like Burnley have done with O'Shea.
Tough Chedder pay the going rate or fade away.

[paulosull]

Wouldn’t sell this kid this season as he not only has 80 percent of goal assists after two games being played on right but he and Maja are forming some partnership which will also increase his value. Don’t see Jed or anyone else at club who are anywhere near his ability, his step overs and deliver’s are getting better every time he’s on pitch. The quality of chip to back post for Grant and the cut back for second show this youngster is only getting better heck come end of season we could have two players worth 50 to 60 million plus.

[WBArgo]

Under Lai £10 million would have been doable. Not anymore. I can see Patel holding out for over £20 million which is fair in this market.

[Barrington]

I would probably take £15 million plus add-ons and sell on fee.

Could have a great season and be worth more. Could fall away over the full season after a good start. Risk for buying and selling club.

The money would put us on a good financial footing.

[BalisPen]

Report quoting Dood stating Ipswich have bid £11m plus add ons.

Journalism has reached it's nadir.

[WoysWunderful]

Anybody else feeling a bit nervous on fellows future now apprently weve secured johnstone?

[gazberg]

Anybody else feeling a bit nervous on fellows future now apprently weve secured johnstone?

Not really, sounds like a striker was sacrificed to make it happen.


I think Fellows will be sold if offer comes in at around 20m but i don't think it's anything to do with MJ deal.

[Webby]

By the sounds of it from those ITK peeps, he's a down to earth lad who isn't like our other academy lads looking to move quickly onto other things/more money and his family fully trust us with the process.

Expect him to stay (unless 25/30m comes in)  ((which it won't)).

[halifax_baggie]

You just know that this sale is going to happen
£15million + add ins and %age of future profit
3 incoming- winger, striker and fullback/central defender
All to fail with 15 mins to go due to fax breakdown