Frankie 8,562 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Cardoso has had his contract terminated. Another £1.3m plus wages plus termination fee down the drain. A poor show. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/fabio-cardoso/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie - 4lads Blog 922 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Frankie said: Cardoso has had his contract terminated. Another £1.3m plus wages plus termination fee down the drain. A poor show. https://rangers.co.uk/news/headlines/fabio-cardoso/ So that was right from pod few weeks ago, which makes Waghorn sell on even more baffling Or perhaps it isn’t really true & we are trying to save face...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,185 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 20 minutes ago, pete said: Disagree we should walk away if it fails. If we don't think he's worth 450-550K then we were wasting our time because we are never getting him for less. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,185 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 23 minutes ago, Stevie - 4lads Blog said: So that was right from pod few weeks ago, which makes Waghorn sell on even more baffling Or perhaps it isn’t really true & we are trying to save face...... The probability of that would depend on who gave you the info. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannochsidebear 2,405 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Why are we automatically assuming there will be a termination fee that we will have paid to the player? I dont believe there should be, as the player knows he wont get any game time this season as he isnt in the plans, and if he wants to play football he has to move on. Terminating his contract allows him to negotiate freely to get a sign-on fee elsewhere and a decent wage as there is no fee to pay to us. Either we hold on to him for a fee and keep paying his wages in the meantime, or he gets to leave for free, we get no fee but dont need to pay him anymore wages. That works for both parties. Usually when there is a mutual termination that means the player has a deal lined up with another club but they dont want to have to negotiate with us over a fee. If it turns out we have paid him to leave, it will show we have learned absolutely nothing about these deals since the Martin Bain era. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragosani 69 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Wow, surely we could of offered his as a freebie with maybe a sell-on clause (even if its only 10%). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, buster. said: Paper talk of a second 300K bid going in for Lafferty. If true, it would be a waste of time, we'll get the same response. If Gerrard wants him in, we'd be better to make an offer that at least has a chance, around 450-550K. Lafferty was signed on a free transfer after being released by Norwich (??).....What makes him worth £450k+??? He wasn't particularly outstanding with out before, why should that be any different now?? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie - 4lads Blog 922 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 53 minutes ago, buster. said: The probability of that would depend on who gave you the info. Obviously I can’t burst to that but if I said it was official I’m sure people can join the dots! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,185 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 19 minutes ago, Darthter said: Lafferty was signed on a free transfer after being released by Norwich (??).....What makes him worth £450k+??? He wasn't particularly outstanding with out before, why should that be any different now?? Last season, Lafferty started 36 games (League and Cup) and scored 19 goals. ie. he scores goals at this level, didn't have any significant injuries and you know what you are getting. Those goals include 3 in the league against Celtic (one in a significant 4-0 win), which was more than we as a team scored against them in 5 matches. I think that merits 500K if the manager wants the player. There is an argument regards age, lack of sell-on value and if we could source a younger 'better player' for a price we could afford then fair enough. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthter 542 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, buster. said: Last season, Lafferty started 36 games (League and Cup) and scored 19 goals. ie. he scores goals at this level, didn't have any significant injuries and you know what you are getting. Those goals include 3 in the league against Celtic (one in a significant 4-0 win), which was more than we as a team scored against them in 5 matches. I think that merits 500K if the manager wants the player. There is an argument regards age, lack of sell-on value and if we could source a younger 'better player' for a price we could afford then fair enough. That's all well & good in a team with Hearts expectations. However, we have seen time & time again, players who have been doing well, come into a Rangers team & fail miserably (for many reasons). £200-300k is a good offer for a player like Lafferty, who is in his last years of contract, and playing for a team like Hearts. They simply don't have the clout to demand more. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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