Somerset Ex-TTB
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Sorry for starting another Freddy thread, but I want to congratulate Ron Martin on his current stance of holding out for more than £1.5m+
We all know that Freddy is worth probably closer to £2.5m if it wasn't for his contract situation, so my thoughts are why not hold out for that at the moment.
I am begginning to thinkt that Freddy may still be here at the start of the season, as it does seem that no other clubs are prepared to pay what RM thinks he is worth.
Now I know you are all going to say, that we will get nothing for him at the end of the season. What about this scenario.
Nobody buys him now, he stays. A little bit p****d but knuckles down and scores 15 goals by January.
This should help us be very near the top of the table pushing for promotion. Either Freddy then signs a new contract in the hope that we will be back in the Championship the year after, or RM then sells him for the £1-£1.5m that we are being offered now.
I am sure that come January, some Championship club pushing for promotion, or Premiership club fighting relegation will shell that out for Freddy despite him only having 6 months left on his contract as their need would be very great at that time, and they could not afford to wait for 2008/09 season.
This could all go pear shaped of course, and Freddy could sulk or get injured, or despite him scoring 15 goals we could of shipped 50 already at the back by Christmas.
I am convinced though, that this is the strategy that RM is playing, get big big bucks for him now, or what we are being offered now in 6 months time.
A very shrewd man is our Uncle Ron.
We all know that Freddy is worth probably closer to £2.5m if it wasn't for his contract situation, so my thoughts are why not hold out for that at the moment.
I am begginning to thinkt that Freddy may still be here at the start of the season, as it does seem that no other clubs are prepared to pay what RM thinks he is worth.
Now I know you are all going to say, that we will get nothing for him at the end of the season. What about this scenario.
Nobody buys him now, he stays. A little bit p****d but knuckles down and scores 15 goals by January.
This should help us be very near the top of the table pushing for promotion. Either Freddy then signs a new contract in the hope that we will be back in the Championship the year after, or RM then sells him for the £1-£1.5m that we are being offered now.
I am sure that come January, some Championship club pushing for promotion, or Premiership club fighting relegation will shell that out for Freddy despite him only having 6 months left on his contract as their need would be very great at that time, and they could not afford to wait for 2008/09 season.
This could all go pear shaped of course, and Freddy could sulk or get injured, or despite him scoring 15 goals we could of shipped 50 already at the back by Christmas.
I am convinced though, that this is the strategy that RM is playing, get big big bucks for him now, or what we are being offered now in 6 months time.
A very shrewd man is our Uncle Ron.