big dick sanchez 0 Posted July 17, 2007 We had Dickson''s replacement lined up and ready to sign until Hucks let the Etuhu cat out of the bag only for the selling club to put a halt on it asking for more knowing we had more money.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dame to Blame 94 Posted July 17, 2007 [quote user="big dick sanchez"] We had Dickson''s replacement lined up and ready to sign until Hucks let the Etuhu cat out of the bag only for the selling club to put a halt on it asking for more knowing we had more money....[/quote]Right and where did you hear this rumour? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InLambertWeTrust! 0 Posted July 17, 2007 Why the hell would Hucks do that? He wants the best for us surely? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lobster catcher 0 Posted July 17, 2007 Thats the biggest load of rubbish i have ever heard put a name to the rumour and i still won''t belive it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom NCFC 0 Posted July 17, 2007 [quote user="big dick sanchez"] We had Dickson''s replacement lined up and ready to sign until Hucks let the Etuhu cat out of the bag only for the selling club to put a halt on it asking for more knowing we had more money....[/quote]To quote from most teenagers around the early 21st Century......... Whatever! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlyBlyBabes 0 Posted July 17, 2007 The situation was well known before Hucks'' outburst.No legs for this convenient rumour, methinksOTBC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted July 17, 2007 Pffle Sanchez, utter piffle! If the deal has been agreed for the fee the sellig club cant just change their mind and hold out for more.. otherwise everyone would want 100 million form chelski wouldnt they?jas :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big dick sanchez 0 Posted July 17, 2007 Fine don''t believe me, I have heard a few people say it now (drinkers connections), would not bet against it. The club would probably have known before Hucks and it would not be too big an assumption that they were lining up an immediate replacement like Earnshaw and Cureton.I will conceed this is definitely rumour more than a put money on it fact. This is a talking shop right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
big dick sanchez 0 Posted July 17, 2007 [quote user="jas the barclay king"]Pffle Sanchez, utter piffle! If the deal has been agreed for the fee the sellig club cant just change their mind and hold out for more.. otherwise everyone would want 100 million form chelski wouldnt they?jas :)[/quote]I think Chelsea have paid over the odds for players in the past due to their wealth. If I was a selling club I would hold out for more from them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anderz 0 Posted July 17, 2007 big dick sanchez: I''m going to go against the grain here and agree that there is an element of chance in what you''ve said being true. Transfer dealings are all about maneuvering of figures and clauses to maximise personal gain. Unless a deal if reached and signed, it''s plauisble for a selling Club to call off negotiations or to up their price. Transfer negotiations aren''t as straightforward as yesteryear where gentleman''s Agreements were entered into.Hucks could well have scuppered a deal without realising by ''outing'' Sunderlands bid before a fee had been reached, especially in today''s world of agreements being reached with players before transfer fees are agreed. We''ll probably never find out whether this rumour is in fact true or not, but it''s not beyond the realms of possibility that it is true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 0 Posted July 18, 2007 I think what people are missing here is that they may well have known that Etuhu was moving on but not for how much.Huckerby came out quoting a price and its a possibility that this alerted the other club to the amount of money we are getting in. Any idea of who this replacement is? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canary cherub 1 Posted July 18, 2007 What an utter load of bilge, just the sort of thing people come up with after too many [B][B] Hucks mentioned the £1.5m release clause, do you really think it was a secret? Anyone in football could find out, they only have to ask his agent.As for a replacement, Grant seems to be saying just the opposite. He said he was gutted because his plans to build the midfield round Etuhu have gone out of the window. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,351 Posted July 18, 2007 [quote user="mystic megson"] He said he was gutted because his plans to build the midfield round Etuhu have gone out of the window. [/quote]And that would have been incompetence of the highest degree according to most posters on here.I am gutted that Etuhu is gone but it''s been a bit good watching some posters trying to stay on both horses mid-stream [;)] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites