Newton 0 Posted May 27, 2014 Reports are that Arsenal are ready to pay £15M for David Marshallhttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/david-marshall-set-become-fifth-7175577? We sold him for £500K Any one know if we inserted a % sell on clause in the contract when he left and if we did at what level ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeiranShikari_2 0 Posted May 27, 2014 No idea but I bet we didn''t. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 830 Posted May 27, 2014 Christ! £15m! Ruddy has done so much more to warrant that sort of fee, Marshall has had one good top flight season and he''s worth £15m?I hope we did put a clause in, but our board were so incompetent back then i''d be suprised if we did! If we had say 20% of the profit, that''s be nearly £3m into the coffers, not too shabby!Perhaps we''re massively undervaluing Ruddy who is younger and has more top flight experience? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrs miggins 0 Posted May 27, 2014 bl00dy hell, they''ll regret spending that much on him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 830 Posted May 27, 2014 Adding to that, he conceeded 74 goals last season! I understand it isn''t just him, but how is he even considered any better than Ruddy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 830 Posted May 27, 2014 Following on actually, do Everton have a sell on clause in the Ruddy deal? Answer - probably. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557 Posted May 27, 2014 No way in hell that Arsenal will sign Marshall for £15m. Wenger likes keepers who are good with the ball at their feet and quick off the line, neither are aspects of Marshall''s games. Also, Marshall doesn''t even count as a ''home-grown'' player. It''s the annual ''Arsenal to sign keeper X'' story - which have never one been right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Move Klose 303 Posted May 27, 2014 We signed him in the Neil Doncaster days, very doubtfull they were savvy enough to put a sell on clause in the deal. Doncaster & Munby couldnt run a bath let alone a football club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paul moy 235 Posted May 27, 2014 That makes my favourite, Fraser Forster who I''ve always rated above Ruddy worth 20 million + then !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rudolph Hucker 0 Posted May 27, 2014 Another question might be why we NEVER sell a player for big money.The likes of Swansea and Southampton do and that is money to reinvest in players we just don''t ever have. We just move players on.For me this is just a failure to speculate to accumulate and we never build up player assets. The last example I can think of when we did was Dean Ashton.On the other hand we are very good at spunking away money on mediocre players.Along with frittering away our Premier League status this poor recruitment is a major area we need to improve in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigFish 1,975 Posted May 27, 2014 Good point Rudolph - we haven''t had a top drawer player since Ashton and the best of our home grown talent is Chris Martin. Why, indeed? Next year could be the chance to turn this round, if we can move on some of the deadwood and perhaps, just perhaps, some of the youngsters prove to be up for the job. Roeder decimated the palying staff, but this also shows waht a poor judge of a player Lambert was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Move Klose 303 Posted May 27, 2014 We sold Earnshaw for approx £3.5m and replaced him for £800k Jamie Cureton. I feel now times will change, we now have a number of players who would be in demand and could get nice fees for and we dont have to pay off debts with the fee received. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rudolph Hucker 0 Posted May 27, 2014 Lambert spent very little and got 100% from his players. On top of that we were a team unit which makes ordinary players much better. Players were also clearly much fitter.Hughton spent a lot, and our team wasn''t as good as the sum of its parts. He devalued expensive strikers by his tactics and froze out other playing assets.Worthington wasted money post relegation. It is Neil Adams and David McNally''s first and biggest task not to let this happen again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syteanric 1 Posted May 27, 2014 if Arsenal pay 15 million for Marshall then I''m shagging Liv Tyler.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,703 Posted May 27, 2014 [quote user="BigFish"]Good point Rudolph - we haven''t had a top drawer player since Ashton and the best of our home grown talent is Chris Martin. Why, indeed? Next year could be the chance to turn this round, if we can move on some of the deadwood and perhaps, just perhaps, some of the youngsters prove to be up for the job. Roeder decimated the palying staff, but this also shows waht a poor judge of a player Lambert was.[/quote]What!?Lambert achieved back to back promotions with a squad that was mainly players he had signed from the lower leagues, and quite a few were former non-league ones.If you ask me, the ability to pick out players such as those shows excellent judgement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites