Matt Wilson just confirmed we have accepted £10m and its expected to be completed in time for tomorrow.
I think we brought him for £13m, the reality is he may of had a £17m clause but nobody in the right mind would pay that because he has barely played a game in the last year or so, so i think we have done well to get £10m, if Albion were buying him now for £10m i wouldnt be happy based on a few good games in the world cup, i would look at his form over the last two years and its too good at all.
Not going into the was he / wasnt he injured debate, aside from his first few games whatever the circumstances he has contributed nothing to us, shame as he clearly has a lot of talent and i imagine he will up his performance levels on a bigger stage at Monaco, like he did in the world cup, but he very rarely did it for us when we was actually on the pitch.
Whether he was used incorrectly by Pulis, rushed back by Pardew, etc, etc the fact remains including his initial transfer fee and wages since (£80k a week rumoured) we have spent over £20m on him, we have managed to get back £10m with this transfer fee so we have lost around £10m which has to go down as quite possibly the worst transfer in our history for the time on the pitch, actual contribution, etc.
I dont blame all that on Chadli but i will be delighted to see this deal finally go through for all parties, he was never going to play in the championship and it just needed to be completed once and for all.
