Cox being watched by WBA + £2m bid by Leicester

[Berniman]

Pook is likely to command a big transfer fee. I reckon this talk of scouts watching Cox are a cover for clubs to steal MP from us for pittance hapeney.

I would snap their hands off for that figure!

[Arriba]

Source?

a friend

[jonny72]

Either way he's only 21 now, but yes it is 24.

He'll be 23 next summer though, but as you said it is under 24 so we're safe.

In which case, why sell him unless we get a stupid offer? Sure the tribunal would most likely screw us but surely they could go below a million if we've been getting offers above that?

Promotion to the Championship would be worth a lot more than we will ever get for a single player.

[Colin Todd]

I wouldnt want to wait for a compo tribunal to stich us.  It would be a massive gamble with long odds that cox staying another season could help get us to the championship bearing in mind results this season with him. Even if we get rid of half of the squad and replace them its still a massive gamble.

I'd much rather we just sold him for £2m, at least we know where we stand with that.  Althoghth the ideal scenario is he signs a 5 year contract with a £10m release clause obviously.

Anyone who knows the name John Bostock will know why tribunuals are a bad idea.

[suttonred]

I wouldnt want to wait for a compo tribunal to stich us.  It would be a massive gamble with long odds that cox staying another season could help get us to the championship bearing in mind results this season with him. Even if we get rid of half of the squad and replace them its still a massive gamble.

I'd much rather we just sold him for £2m, at least we know where we stand with that.  Althoghth the ideal scenario is he signs a 5 year contract with a £10m release clause obviously.

Anyone who knows the name John Bostock will know why tribunuals are a bad idea.

Bostock is an unproven 16 year old though, and the deal wasn't as bad as Jordan made out. There were lots of add on's on top of the 6-700k up front, so no comparisson really, saying that we have been stiffed before.

[Simon Pieman]

When he goes for £1.5m can we have a protest?

[Colin Todd]

Bostock is an unproven 16 year old though, and the deal wasn't as bad as Jordan made out. There were lots of add on's on top of the 6-700k up front, so no comparisson really, saying that we have been stiffed before.

True, they are at different stages in their development.

But
-Bostock was England U16 captain and star player by all accounts
-He had played in their 1st team in the championship at 16
-Palace had trained him since he was very young
-Young British talent of his age have gone for £5m + in recent years (walcott, Ramsey)

-Cox has never represented England at any level to my knowledge, and only played 1st team games in league 1 (bar a handful of sub appearances for Reading)
-We will have only had him for 2.5 years when it went to tribunual, they are ruling on compo for the training he has recieved not his market value now

I'd be surpised if we got more than £500k + add ons through a tribunual.

[DiV]

We'd had Sean O'Hanlon for a similiar amount of time at a similiar age and we got 75k for him.

[suttonred]

We'd had Sean O'Hanlon for a similiar amount of time at a similiar age and we got 75k for him.

  Yes but he isn't very good!

[herthab]

a friend

I'll treat as cast iron then.....

[Arriba]

I'll treat as cast iron then.....

well you asked.i'm not going to go into detail on a public forum am i?
and i have nothing to gain by making stuff up either.

[nevillew]

I'll treat as cast iron then.....

A cast iron source pan ?

[herthab]

well you asked.i'm not going to go into detail on a public forum am i?
and i have nothing to gain by making stuff up either.

I've just been told the same thing by a friend (Seriously) so I now retract my doubt.

[Arriba]

he's as good as sold, but stfc hope to keep him on loan here.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

he's as good as sold, but stfc hope to keep him on loan here.

Which would be a good move considering he'll still be playing for us and we'll have money in the bank.