transfer record - how soon until it is shattered...

[Lillehamring]

with the new owners flashing the cash, sven on the payroll, 3 millions for waghorn, and an 8.5 million player taken on loan, it feels like only a matter of time before the ignominious record of ade akinbye is resigned to the history books...

but how long till its busted

[C-man]

I'd pay £5.1m for Curtis Davies right now.

[scatdoctor]

January?

[Ashley]

When we sign C.Davies, K.Naughton or ??? In January? Not that I'd pay 5+ mill for Naughton but you catch my drift.

[Guest BlueBrett]

I'd pay £5.1m for Curtis Davies right now.

Me too! How good did he look today!? I thought Akinbadbuy was 5.5 though?

[Lillehamring]

oh, there was a poll attached to this, where'd it go?

[haraven]

Hard to say, either in January or if we get promoted then the summer of 2011. Prices were inflated at the time of Akinmuscleby-that-shall-not-ever-score, still they seem to be rising again now.

I think sometime medio 2011, not before is my guess.

[ajthefox]

I'd say the summer at the earliest, I think unless we are close to the play-offs in january I don't think a massive buy would be all that sensible.

[Babylon]

It won't be.

[Trav Le Bleu]

In the current climate I doubt it. Naughton may have been bought for approx £5m (as half of a £10m for 2 players, but who's to say the other player wasn't rated at 6 and him at 4? ), but that was before the economic crisis. I'd be happy with buying players rated £2-3m, which would probably equate to players worth twice that a few years back.

[cc_star]

Probably January, clubs don't want to let players go then so you have to over pay.

I hope there aren't wholesale changes, or that the squad gets too bloated, we need to get rid of a player for everyone we sign, starting with Lamey

[ajthefox]

I might add that it doesn't help when rumours are flying round of how much we have to pay.

I'll bet we payed a little more for Waggy because 10 million was banded about.

[Jimmy]

I can't see us paying £5m for anyone whilst in this league

[Guest bennytwohats]

In the current climate I doubt it. Naughton may have been bought for approx £5m (as half of a £10m for 2 players, but who's to say the other player wasn't rated at 6 and him at 4? ), but that was before the economic crisis. I'd be happy with buying players rated £2-3m, which would probably equate to players worth twice that a few years back.

Does the current economic climate really affect the football transfer market? I'm not sure to be honest, and i think players are more expensive now than ever, a few powerhouses seemed to have pulled players values up significantly (e.g Milner), people like fergie coming out and saying the market is over-inflated.

In any case, the twice as much as they were 2 years ago must be nonsense?

[Jakemoore]

The transfer record will be smashed within the next two years I think that a certainty.

[Benjaldinho]

Wednesday morining with the announcment of David Beckham coming to the Walkers for 5.8 million!!!!

[Leicester_Loyal]

Won't be broken this season in my opinion. Maybe when we get into the Premiership, but even then I'd be unsure at paying 6M+ for a player, he'd have to be brilliant.

[Lillehamring]

Won't be broken this season in my opinion. Maybe when we get into the Premiership, but even then I'd be unsure at paying 6M+ for a player, he'd have to be brilliant.

but if 8.5M is the going rate for curtis davies, who can't even get on villa's bench, what would 6M get you?

[Leicester_Loyal]

but if 8.5M is the going rate for curtis davies, who can't even get on villa's bench, what would 6M get you?

I think Villa payed over the odds for him. Reckon someone could get him for around 6M

[MPH]

If we get the option to sign Davies in jan we should take it. Its extremly rare that players of his ability become available to a team in the championship

[muzzy1981]

Completely different climate to when we Ade f***ingsh**buyi. Players were going for silly money then. I do thin kit's a shame that he is our record signing but irrelevant.

[The Doctor]

Does the current economic climate really affect the football transfer market? I'm not sure to be honest, and i think players are more expensive now than ever, a few powerhouses seemed to have pulled players values up significantly (e.g Milner), people like fergie coming out and saying the market is over-inflated.

In any case, the twice as much as they were 2 years ago must be nonsense?

well the economic climate may not have affected the price of footballers but it will have affected how much what clubs are paying is actually worth. The pound's value has dropped over the past two years and i think it's quite possible that drop is 50% so what we are paying now would be of the same value as twice that was pre-reccession (sp).

e.g. Club X pays Club Y £10M for Player Z two years ago, value of pound drops by 50%, that £10M is now worth the same as £5M was before the economic downturn.