Redski Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Id say lets move on now. At the end of the day they will lose out, NOBODY including premier teams will pay what they are asking for. Henandez was only around 5-7 million for Man United, he was a full Mexican International and by golly he can score. Forget Maynard!! I can understand they want the best deal possible for their club but this is just plain stupidity, you can tell by the way they are handling this proposed transfer that they are complete amateurs. Maynard clearly does not want to be a Bristol City player as he wont even sign a contract with them, instead he would ravour let his own fans and chairman sweat on a deal that would make him the highest earner at the club. I do find it funny that you call Steve Lansdown an amateur when he has built one of the most successful financial advisory companies in the UK from scratch earning himself a reported wealth of £750m in the process. Clearly anything but an amateur when it comes to money.
red_fox Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Let's all move on shall we! Bristol City reject £4.75m bid from Leicester for Nicky Maynard Friday, July 08, 2011 Bristol Evening Post Follow.BRISTOL City turned down an offer of nearly £5 million for star striker Nicky Maynard, according to sources at Ashton Gate. Championship rivals Leicester City see Maynard as the man to spearhead their push for promotion next season and have tabled three bids for the 24-year-old Cheshire-born forward. .And the Evening Post has learned that Leicester's latest offer, made on Wednesday, totalled a massive £4.75m after add-ons. Leicester director of football Andrew Neville and manager Sven Goran Eriksson were today considering their next move and a new and improved bid is not out of the question. But City have stood firm so far and there seems little sign that their resolve will weaken and Maynard be sold to a rival Championship club. Given that the Robins announced a club-record annual deficit of £11.8m for the last financial year and expect to lose a similar amount this year, majority shareholder Steve Lansdown could have been excused for cashing in on City's most saleable asset, especially as Maynard is in the last year of his contract and is stalling on signing a new deal. In what can be seen as a clear statement of intent, City's major investor has instead demonstrated his commitment to winning promotion to the Premier League by resisting Leicester's advances. A source inside Ashton Gate said: "We have received three separate bids for Nicky and each one has seen an improvement of about half-a-million pounds on the amount to be paid up front. "The third offer was a substantial one and, once all the add-ons were taken into account, was worth £4.75m in total. "That is big money and other clubs in our situation might have been tempted. "But Steve Lansdown is committed to delivering Premier League football and is not in the business of selling our best players. "Leicester can keep coming back in with improved offers, but the answer will still be the same. We do not want to lose Nicky and we certainly do not want to sell to a rival Championship club." Unless a Premier League club shows an interest before the transfer window closes at the end of August, the situation will only change if the player himself decides he wants to leave Ashton Gate.It is understood Maynard has assured Robins manager Keith Millen he wants to stay and it seems the striker's agent is the driving force behind recent events. Aware that Maynard's value will decrease now that he is in the final year of his contract, City cannot afford for their prize asset to become a free agent and leave for nothing at the end of next season. Instead of selling, they are focussing their efforts on persuading Maynard to sign the new contract that has been on the table since the end of last season. Negotiations are continuing between City directors and Maynard's representatives and chairman Colin Sexstone is confident the striker, signed from Crewe Alexandra for £2.25m in July 2008, will commit his future to the club. There seems no doubt that Maynard has emerged as Leicester's main transfer target and former England manager Eriksson was hoping to tie up a deal before embarking upon a pre-season tour to Sweden on Sunday.
Happy Fox Posted 8 July 2011 Author Posted 8 July 2011 Other targets that spring to mind that are realistic to get Leroy Lita Luciano Bechicco Billy Sharp
VampLCFC Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Rob Tanner and Ian Stringer both reporting that BCFC have turned down another bid of £4.75m this morning!! How much higher will we go?? Why not bang £5.5m in, take it or leave it, final offer
stix Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 If a prem club come in for Nicky a deal will be thrashed out and I'd expect us to get a similar deal to what you have offered. We can however afford to accept less if needs be as we won't be selling to a team in our league. As proved with CMS players don't always go to the highest bidder. why does not selling to a team in the same league mean being able to settle for less money? Makes no sense to me....certainly not business sense anyway.
Sniffer-Clarke Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 BC have lost money big time in the last two seasons,if they can afford to turn an offer down of £5mil plus for a player whos in the last year of his contract i would say thats very risky.
SouthLondonFox Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Got to admire their ambition, but does anyone seriously think Brizzle will be playing top flight football any time soon?
Redski Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 why does not selling to a team in the same league mean being able to settle for less money? Makes no sense to me....certainly not business sense anyway. We want to be able to compete with the teams in our league not sell our best players to them. If we sell NM to you We'll be much weaker and you'll be much stronger. If we self to the prem we'd be weaker and yoI'd be no better off. Same reason Man City would sell Given to Villa but not Arsenal.
Monkeh BCFC Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Other targets that spring to mind that are realistic to get Leroy Lita Luciano Bechicco Billy Sharp Lita is off to swansea and you want nothing to do with him he is horrid excause of a footballer Bechicco isn't good enough for you you want a better player then that Sharp is decent but would take 4 million for donnie to listen,
Ric Flair Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 We are playing a dangerous game here, he's not worth this sort of money but because of the repetition of our increased bids I think Brizzle know they can squeeze another £1-2 million out of us and that's just silly. Tell them to fook off, they can keep Maynard and we'll get someone better and cheaper. I'd go abroad, i'm amazed that Sven hasn't put more bids in for overseas players. We are paying serious rats for championship players, which i'm pleased about in one sense but it's almost getting out of hand now. £5 million would get us the best striker from any Eastern European club and there are plenty of quality out there. Fook it, i'm going internet scouting.
Carlos9 Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Got to admire their ambition, but does anyone seriously think Brizzle will be playing top flight football any time soon? Agreed. We are in the same league, but we are worlds apart in quality.
Ric Flair Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Lita is off to swansea and you want nothing to do with him he is horrid excause of a footballer Bechicco isn't good enough for you you want a better player then that Sharp is decent but would take 4 million for donnie to listen, Doncaster wouldn't be able to turn down that sort of money for Sharp. I admire your resistance with Maynard, it's certainly made me respect you lot a little more. Daft to reject it, but fair play to sticking by your statement.
Babylon Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Let's all move on shall we! You lot really are plonkers aren't you. Until he signs a contract the ball is in his court, if he says no to your contract then he will be gone, whether it's to us or someone else. Your clubs rhetoric means absolutely nothing as it's the players decision. And so far he's made no comment about wanting to stay and hasn't signed a contract. You manager ""If Nicky signs a new contract it obviously gives us added security. We don't want him to go into the last year of his contract and we'd have to assess the situation again the closer we get to the end of August." If we're the highest bidder in this league he'll be coming here end of story.
lestajigs Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Why dont we just table a 5 million bid!! Then if it's not gonna happen move on to someone else
Monkeh BCFC Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Got to admire their ambition, but does anyone seriously think Brizzle will be playing top flight football any time soon? not until our new ground has been built (Should be done by 2013) then you'll see us investing the kind of money you are at the moment, Ashton Gate is a dive now and not fit for prem or even champ football, we're building out inferstructure before a prem push
Hack Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Other targets that spring to mind that are realistic to get Leroy Lita Luciano Bechicco Billy Sharp No thanks, I am sure we have better in mind.
Babylon Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 We want to be able to compete with the teams in our league not sell our best players to them. If we sell NM to you We'll be much weaker and you'll be much stronger. If we self to the prem we'd be weaker and yoI'd be no better off. Same reason Man City would sell Given to Villa but not Arsenal. But you're no Man City, unless you actually buy some decent players the chances are you won't be anywhere near the top with or without Maynard.
Monkeh BCFC Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 You lot really are plonkers aren't you. Until he signs a contract the ball is in his court, if he says no to your contract then he will be gone, whether it's to us or someone else. Your clubs rhetoric means absolutely nothing as it's the players decision. And so far he's made no comment about wanting to stay and hasn't signed a contract. You manager ""If Nicky signs a new contract it obviously gives us added security. We don't want him to go into the last year of his contract and we'd have to assess the situation again the closer we get to the end of August." If we're the highest bidder in this league he'll be coming here end of story. and thats what you don't understand we are willing to take that gamble if you knew a little more about Lansdown and Sexston you'd know why we are willing to take it
Monkeh BCFC Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 But you're no Man City, unless you actually buy some decent players the chances are you won't be anywhere near the top with or without Maynard. last season we finished 15th which is the first time we finished outside the top 10 since we got promoted
artursteppe Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 I do find it funny that you call Steve Lansdown an amateur when he has built one of the most successful financial advisory companies in the UK from scratch earning himself a reported wealth of £750m in the process. Clearly anything but an amateur when it comes to money. He is running a club that is losing ( conservative estimate ) £10M every year. That ain't that impressive. He may be able to run other types of business, but he doesn't seem to know much about football business.
Babylon Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 and thats what you don't understand we are willing to take that gamble if you knew a little more about Lansdown and Sexston you'd know why we are willing to take it I'm not saying you should accept out offer, fair play for turning it turn. But many of your lot make out you will let him run his contract if he doesn't sign. That's nonsense, I don't care who you owner is, he's not an idiot. If our offer is still on the take in 3 weeks and he's still not signed... I think you might be calling us up.
shade Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 He is running a club that is losing ( conservative estimate ) £10M every year. That ain't that impressive. He may be able to run other types of business, but he doesn't seem to know much about football business. i may be wrong, but isn't football (at lower levels) a horrendous loss making business?
Babylon Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 last season we finished 15th which is the first time we finished outside the top 10 since we got promoted Big wow... you don't get promoted for finishing 8th, 9th, 10th. So you'll admit you are actually on a downwards curve then?
SouthLondonFox Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 not until our new ground has been built (Should be done by 2013) then you'll see us investing the kind of money you are at the moment, Ashton Gate is a dive now and not fit for prem or even champ football, we're building out inferstructure before a prem push In which case the comments attributed to a "source inside Ashton Gate" are utter bollocks. Maynard will have moved on and forgotten all about you by the time you mount your push for the Prem. Personally I think this has got way out of hand and I really couldn't give a monkeys whether we sign Maynard or not, all we've done is shown that we'll keep coming back with more cash when we get turned down, and that sets the tone for future bids for other players.
Redski Posted 8 July 2011 Posted 8 July 2011 Agreed. We are in the same league, but we are worlds apart in quality. I doubt we'll be in the premier league anytime soon but no-one would have predicted Burnley, Stoke, Blackpool, Norwich, Hull etc... Answer as for being worlds apart didn't we beat you on aggregate last season and as I've said before your squad is currently no better than last year.
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