aftershock 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 No big loss IMO I agree, was never that keen on him. Just hope we don't keep selling players to free up money to buy new players, then the deals for the new players keep falling through. We'll end up with an even more threadbare squad than we have just now. Can't see why anyone would join us right now unless they were struggling somewhere else. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 good luck to thomson cant beleive we've sold him & for 2m:-( Agreed. That's an absolute steal for Boro! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,680 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Am I the only one sick to the back teeth of all this. The Eagles deal/no deal has made us look like a laughing stock yet again. I must have mug printed on my forehead for buying a season ticket. At this rate it looks like another summer of signing no one. So much for all the guff about money being made available....... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmidd 0 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Am I the only one sick to the back teeth of all this. The Eagles deal/no deal has made us look like a laughing stock yet again. I must have mug printed on my forehead for buying a season ticket. At this rate it looks like another summer of signing no one. So much for all the guff about money being made available....... Eh? Money must be available or else why were we in talks to sign him? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northampton_loyalist Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 ET reporting that 12k was the offered deal. Enjoy Wigan, Eagles. or Bolton 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,721 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 CHRIS EAGLES will jet out to Singapore with Burnley - and leave Rangers high and dry. The Clarets wide man left Gers chiefs stunned when he rejected an offer believed to be worth �£15,000-a-week basic - and demanded five grand MORE. Rangers had agreed a fee of �£1.5million with the Turf Moor outfit before opening contract talks with the player. They were confident he'd be jetting to Australia with them for their pre-season tour next week. Now he'll head to Singapore with Burnley boss Brian Laws and his squad after rejecting an offer which would have seen him double his Clarets wage. SunSport can reveal the bumper financial deal which was sensationally snubbed. I understand that Gers chief executive Martin Bain tabled a deal worth �£15,000-a-week to the 24-year-old. That's twice as much as the �£7,000-a-week the ex-Manchester United kid currently earns. He was on �£14,000-a-week when Burnley were in the Premier League last season but those terms have been halved now they're back in the Championship. Rangers felt the package they were able to offer would be good enough to land the winger. But former England Under-21 starlet Eagles demanded an extra five grand to take his weekly wage to a whopping �£20,000. Rangers were left stunned with his hardline stance, especially given he'd have earned bonuses on top of their basic offer. But after a stand-off Eagles and his advisors refused to buckle before walking away from the move yesterday afternoon. The official Burnley website released a statement which confirmed Eagles "had decided a move to Glasgow Rangers was not in his best interests. A fee had been agreed but he was unable to agree personal terms." Gers will now look elsewhere to bolster their squad before they jet out on their pre-season training camp in Sydney. But the loss of Eagles has been a hammer blow to boss Walter Smith and his plans for the new campaign. He's desperate to find an attacking wide player and saw Eagles as the perfect fit. Smith personally got involved in talks with Eagles at Ibrox on Wednesday afternoon. He was hopeful an agreement could be reached - but quickly realised Eagles was NOT certain to sign. Last night it emerged there was interest from Sunderland. But Eagles has just 12 months to run on his Burnley contract and looks set to let that run out. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Why didnt we keep Novo??!!! Small increase in wages yet would still have been lower than what we offered Boyd and Eagles yet a good all round player who would always give 110%. Baffling! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 850 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 RE the Thomson sale, its a surprising one that I didnt think would happen. I know quite a few on here rated him and like him but he didnt over impress me but I still thought he would improve. Its just concerning how low our numbers are, if Edu, Davis or McCulloch pick up a knock or are suspended then we have nobody! Im hoping Bougherra doesnt move on and I could see a place for him in the midfield if need be. Weir, Webster and possibly Wilson are fine at the back so Bougherra in midfield is an option, he is capable of driving runs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers4Life 0 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 RE the Thomson sale, its a surprising one that I didnt think would happen. I know quite a few on here rated him and like him but he didnt over impress me but I still thought he would improve. Its just concerning how low our numbers are, if Edu, Davis or McCulloch pick up a knock or are suspended then we have nobody! Im hoping Bougherra doesnt move on and I could see a place for him in the midfield if need be. Weir, Webster and possibly Wilson are fine at the back so Bougherra in midfield is an option, he is capable of driving runs. If either get a knock we just use the kids, after all is that why murray park is there to rare the tallent of the future! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gers4Life 0 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I'm scunnered that even gauranteed champions league football , hasn't swung it our favour, its pissing me off the wage demands of some players 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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