Seemingly Blackburn will not pay him off but will take a payment to cover wages etc of £250,000 for a year loan
How does that work? We pay a part of his wage each week as normal in these deals AND a lump sum 250k to get him for a year. That'll be around the full 8k a week he is rumoured to be on!!
What's that per week for around 10 months? Over 5k so not a chance it'll happen
Why not? Surely managers call how budget spent? Clearly he is number 1 target
Because we haven't paid out that sort of wage for 15 plus years and are nearer half that for top end.
I'd rather two players for that wage.....on permanent deals.
Pipe dream unless the weekly wage equivalent comes down.
Can't see us spending 250k for a year honestly think about it.
Can't see us spending 250k for a year honestly think about it.
If Lennon knows what's available then are you saying he will not be allowed to spend 250 or 5 k per week in on player ?
Surely if we had bid 250k for berry ans with his wages on top what is the difference
Where's this coming from?Seemingly Blackburn will not pay him off but will take a payment to cover wages etc of £250,000 for a year loan
I seriously doubt he would get agreement in that instance.
HUGE difference with Berry as we'd own that ****.
A guy i know who does business with a number of English clubs called me this morning to say that since they cannot sort a pay off they are willing to deal on this basis.
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Yes that's fair point, I was more trying to say that if manager has the funds it's his call. I think we would end up having first fall in Stokes and it would all tie in
I agree its probably the managers call but he'd have to think about harmony in the squad. Someone coming in and costing the club double what they are will cause resentment. Even George Best didn't get on with everyone and then there was Steve Archibald! But don't mention wee fat Joe!
Matchwinners like Stokes was on 21 May will always command a premium.
Good shout and something that crossed my mind at ER on Sunday as Lewis did his lap of honour. It was quite emotional and it hit me how it will feel when he leaves or when Super leaves and so on...And I had only a week before had the weirdest "argument" with him over me saying thank you to him for all he has done but most importantly the cup win last year - him saying thank you back profusely and me saying to him to stop that and just accept the thanks from me. He's some laddie and I love him for it. But there's the rub...we will all feel sadder at any of them leaving and more excited by talk of their return but we need to be sure that it is right for the club and not just loyalty or love.I was going to start a thread on this very subject.Are we, as Hibs supporters, maybe putting too much faith in these players?Yeah they'll never have to buy a pint in Leith ever again, they'll always have a place in our hearts.But. Football is a team sport and individual players will move on for all sorts of reasons.Stokes is a 2 goal hero but should we burst the bank, perhaps to the detriment of the rest of the team, for him?Should we keep heroes beyond their sell by date?Should we just keep the fond memories of that day ... and like the players move on and look to get new heroes in and new memories?
If we pay £250,000 for a one year deal and he does the business, we're back to square one in 12 months. Some club wil offer him more money and he'll likely move on. Can't say I'm too enthused about paying a quarter of a million for a 12 months loan.
Guess it's cash or career. For Stokes if he wants money Hibs ain't his best bet, if he wants to play and enjoy it, Hibs are likely his best bet.
[MENTION=7776]westsidehibs[/MENTION] said Aberdeen were interested mateI wouldn't have thought that there were too many clubs in England these days willing to take a gamble with a player like Stokes, who let's be honest, has been a complete flop in English football. His best days have been in the Scottish game with Falkirk, Hibs and Celtic. I'm still hopeful we can get him but that Sun report doesn't look too promising. His girlfriend lives in Edinburgh so that hopefully will make it more likely he will choose to come to Hibs.
Yeah Kenny Millar saying he needs us more than we need him and interestingly he mentions other strikers are available.
We need him just as much, if not more. And we won't get a better striker than Stokes. People go on and on about Moult but Stokes is a far better striker than him.
Hibs are obviously happy to scrape the barrel at the end of the window.
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