Sexydadbod Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Ignore, it's from the mirror. The same newspaper that said a few days ago that Man City are plotting a 200 million bid for Messi despite Guardiola stating that he hopes Messi stays at Barcelona for the rest of his career. The mirror also made an article stating that Messi may want to come to the premier league to prove he can do at at Stoke. Pathetic newspaper. The only reliable newspaper in relation to transfer news is the Guardian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth's left foot Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Load of ****. This stuff happens all the time, the agents are after their big slice of the pie and it just happens that Derby along with other clubs have a source (grass) who stirs the pot. Will needs to knuckle down and own games before he gets a move to the top league, he knows that we are close to making that final step and he has time on his side. Having transfer windows has made Newspapers resort to printing this stuff to fill its pages, how many of their transfer rumours actually pay off? FWIW I think Will will be sold in the summer if we don't go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 He still has a fair bit of time left on his current deal so it's good to see we are addressing it now instead of 6-12 months before the end when it will be too late. He is within his rights to ask for more money, he will either get it or move on. He was never going to be here forever and we coped well enough without him last season when he popped his knee. I certainly don't want him to go as he is brilliant, but we have to be realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Saul Pimpson said: Rubbish. The only reasonable answer is for us all to boo Hughes at tomorrow's game. And Johnson. And Mel. And Keogh. Especially Keogh, if he was a leader huges would know he can never leave! Boooooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodgeyRam Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 2 hours ago, eddie said: And you know this how? Mel said it at a pub evening last season. 1 hour ago, Tamworthram said: He may have made the decision (as the man with the money it's hardly surprising) but it doesn't mean he didn't consult. The impression I got is that Clement had very little input into that transfer. I may be reading into the lines that aren't there, but that's the impression I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 1 minute ago, PodgeyRam said: Mel said it at a pub evening last season. The impression I got is that Clement had very little input into that transfer. I may be reading into the lines that aren't there, but that's the impression I got. Well, looking at how Brad Johnson is performing, I would say that it seems to have been a very astute piece of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramarena Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 It could be a load of old cobblers. It could be true, but being taken completely out of context to add some drama! We may have started negotiations on a new contract, put our initial offer on the table and Hughes and his agent have said come back with a better offer. Which Mel will do after stepping back to consider his next offer. Standard negotiations, nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodgeyRam Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 7 minutes ago, eddie said: Well, looking at how Brad Johnson is performing, I would say that it seems to have been a very astute piece of business. Wasn't having a go at Johnson, quite like him in that defensive midfield position. Just that we broke our transfer model (or at least signalled to the wider world that we would break it). Still think £6 million was too much for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Bit of a non-story for me. Hughes has (allegedly, it's The Mirror) turned down the initial contract offer - fair enough, I imagine this is usually the case in most contract negotiations where the club offers a bit lower than they're willing to pay (again, as I think any negotiator worth their salt would do) and Will's turned it down, knowing he'll get a better offer. The fact clubs are interested, well I think Will's always been on various clubs radars, but leaving him to develop at Derby which was the best place for him. He won't be with us much longer I don't think, couple of seasons at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Just now, PodgeyRam said: Wasn't having a go at Johnson, quite like him in that defensive midfield position. Just that we broke our transfer model (or at least signalled to the wider world that we would break it). Still think £6 million was too much for him. Please name the players you would have liked to have promoted from the U21s or purchased in order to replace the absolutely vital Bryson and Hughes, both confirmed as being pretty much out for the season by that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninos Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Well I'm worried Don't care if it's true or it isn't true or whatever but we need to get him locked in ASAP and he should be the clubs highest wage earner now because he's our biggest asset by a long shot. Now it's out there and it's in the DET the premier league vultures will be all over us and I'm betting it's Liverpool that will come knocking. Where there's smoke there is usually fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Ninos said: Well I'm worried Don't care if it's true or it isn't true or whatever but we need to get him locked in ASAP and he should be the clubs highest wage earner now because he's our biggest asset by a long shot. Now it's out there and it's in the DET the premier league vultures will be all over us and I'm betting it's Liverpool that will come knocking. Where there's smoke there is usually fire. That's not a concern. They'll never get past the adverts before the next transfer window closes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodgeyRam Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, eddie said: Please name the players you would have liked to have promoted from the U21s or purchased in order to replace the absolutely vital Bryson and Hughes, both confirmed as being pretty much out for the season by that time. Butterfield was a fine choice, fitted in with our style of play. A loan would've been fine as well, there are plenty of midfielders available. Still don't mind Johnson, more the fact the way we went about signing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 When did Mel do a pub question and answer last season? My memories bad mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 14 minutes ago, PodgeyRam said: Butterfield was a fine choice, fitted in with our style of play. A loan would've been fine as well, there are plenty of midfielders available. Still don't mind Johnson, more the fact the way we went about signing him. A loan? Joey Barton, I presume? Your insistence that there were 'plenty of midfielders available' just implies "Anyone but Johnson". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 2 hours ago, eddie said: And you know this how? It was in the DT at one point. We were alerted to his availability the night before, and the whole deal was complete from start to finish in under 24 hours. BJ wasn't even in Derby until three and the window shut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 3 minutes ago, cannable said: It was in the DT at one point. We were alerted to his availability the night before, and the whole deal was complete from start to finish in under 24 hours. BJ wasn't even in Derby until three and the window shut. So it was a case of 'strike while the iron is hot' or not replace Hughes at all then? Also, what was in the DET? @PodgeyRam is suggesting that it was without Clement's say-so. Was that in the DET? If so, link please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Must be a load of ********. Any contract extension offered to Will will make him the clubs top earner - it couldn't be any other way. Unless the people running the club are complete idiots - which, judging by nearly everything they've done so far - they are not. At all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 I don't think Clement went "oh dear god no Mel please don't sign a promoted sides POTY midfielder to replace the two who just got crocked" and Mel just went ahead anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralRam Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 Don't blame him if he goes to be fair. If we didn't make him amongst our top earners I can see why he wants to **** off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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