Adver News: Austin back in Burnley's sights

[News Monkey]

Austin back in Burnley's sights
           

  BURNLEY are back in the race to sign Charlie Austin, the Swindon Advertiser understands.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/8819306.Austin_back_in_Burnley_s_sights/?ref=rss
           

[Spencer_White]

Looks like £1.2m from Burnley.

Fucking rubbish. Half a million short of his value.

Thanks a fucking lot Charlie Austin and your agent.

[welshred]

Looks like £1.2m from Burnley.

Fucking rubbish. Half a million short of his value.

Thanks a fucking lot Charlie Austin and your agent.

Oh great, do you have a reliable source that states that is the exact fee?

[Spencer_White]

Sky Sports News.

There are add ons. But we really didnt need a deal with add ons. Clubs were prepared to pay the cash up front now.

First time Fitton and co havnt got good value for a player in my opinion. Very dissapointing. A transfer request and private deals behind the clubs back look to have cost us big time. 

[Bob's Orange]

Sky Sports News.

There are add ons. But we really didnt need a deal with add ons. Clubs were prepared to pay the cash up front now.

First time Fitton and co havnt got good value for a player in my opinion. Very dissapointing. A transfer request and private deals behind the clubs back look to have cost us big time. 

What if the add ons could take the deal to 2.5 million?

[mrverve]

Sky Sports News.

There are add ons. But we really didnt need a deal with add ons. Clubs were prepared to pay the cash up front now.

First time Fitton and co havnt got good value for a player in my opinion. Very dissapointing. A transfer request and private deals behind the clubs back look to have cost us big time. 

No surely not, are you saying that Charlie Austin knew of Burnleys interest before putting in the transfer request? Thats tapping up isn't it?  

[welshred]

Sky Sports News.

There are add ons. But we really didnt need a deal with add ons. Clubs were prepared to pay the cash up front now.

First time Fitton and co havnt got good value for a player in my opinion. Very dissapointing. A transfer request and private deals behind the clubs back look to have cost us big time. 

How do you know that clubs were prepared to pay all of the cash up front?

Sky Sports News is well known for shoddy journalism, especially when it comes to lower league clubs. Don't believe everything you hear, or read.

[Spencer_White]

How do you know that clubs were prepared to pay all of the cash up front?

Sky Sports News is well known for shoddy journalism, especially when it comes to lower league clubs. Don't believe everything you hear, or read.

OK - Fact - Ipswich had a bid accepted, and then he was allowed to go to Ipswich to have a medical and discuss terms, which is the proper way to do it.

Burnley did not have an acceptable bid. But Austin has requested to talk to them. He's gone up there, had the medical, discussed terms, and then the bid has been accepted. A 100% back to front transfer from which the club has very little bargaining power. An absolute disgrace.

'Dont believe everything you hear' ? Hows about dont insult my intelligence?

[REDBUCK]

I agree, it's a little suspecous even more so given that Eddie Howe is no in chanrge of Burnley

Still onwards and upwards - A new era dawns tomorrow.

[stfcinbmth]

Burnley did not have an acceptable bid. But Austin has requested to talk to them. He's gone up there, had the medical, discussed terms, and then the bid has been accepted. A 100% back to front transfer from which the club has very little bargaining power. An absolute disgrace.

Surely if Burnleys bid didn't match our valuation or compare with Ipswich's bid, then we could have told them in no uncertain terms to fuck off, wether Austin wanted to go there or not

[welshred]

Surely if Burnleys bid didn't match our valuation or compare with Ipswich's bid, then we could have told them in no uncertain terms to fuck off, wether Austin wanted to go there or not

Of course we could. He wouldn't have been allowed to talk to them unless they made a new offer that the board accepted.

[Nemo]

Ah, Stfcinbmth. At the risk of being vaguely positive on this, I guess Poole are cock-a-hoop? Have no idea how their finances are but the rumoured sell on fee would probably dwarf what they got for him originally, no?

[Spencer_White]

Surely if Burnleys bid didn't match our valuation or compare with Ipswich's bid, then we could have told them in no uncertain terms to fuck off, wether Austin wanted to go there or not

No. I still thought Austin might have stayed even after the transfer request. But having accepted Ipswich's offer I dont think there was any way back from there, he had to go.

Even if there are add ons, we needed that money now, not in 2 years time. At a minimum we need to get 1 striker now, and then 4 new players in the summer.

[Peter Venkman]

I too heard its £1.2 million up front but with add ons that will match the Ipswich bid in total, around £500k based on goals, appearances and caps etc.

[Barry Scott]

No. I still thought Austin might have stayed even after the transfer request. But having accepted Ipswich's offer I dont think there was any way back from there, he had to go.

Are you deluded Spencer? He was widely being acknowledged as unhappy and he requested a transfer. He had zero intention of remaining here and if he had remained here, I can't imagine... I think he'd have left for fuck all in the summer with club morale at an all time low.