Agree. This agency move could be a response to 1) what happens if we DON'T get promoted and 2) he has a good World Cup run with hte USA, scores goals as sub in first game, starts secoond scores again etc etc. Plus if we DO go up won't there be a number of players looking for new contracts?If Haji stays and helps us get promoted he will almost certainly go to the World Cup. If he went to a West Ham and didn’t hit the ground running he could easily be over looked.
Significantly over the oddsThey really going to be choosing between Wright and his back up?
Doesn't feel right and anyway anyone is going to have to pay over the odds for any of our players this window.
£30m minimum.Significantly over the odds
25-30m falls into that category doesn’t it
Fair£30m minimum.
Got to put it in the context of how much promotion is worth and how much of a threat to that the player’s departure is.Fair
We have significantly greater bargaining power this time.Considering Vik went for £17.5m (initially), any bid of +£25m and I imagine Doug will even throw in a 50th Anniversary Shirt (#1/1975) for free.
Haji is a good Championship striker, but he isn’t even close to Gyokeres’ and is wildly inconsistent.
His bargaining power is through the roof in the summer if a) we go up b) he was one of the leagues top scorers and c) he grabs a goal or two at the World Cup - that’s why he should stay in my completely unbiased humble opinion !No chance he'll be sold in January and he wouldn't want to leave with it being World Cup year. Too difficult to find a replacement and too much disruption to the team and the way we play. And like people have said if we were to get promoted his value would increase.
Think he played for Sunderland and Chelsea this season so can't play for another team other than them 2.Guiu?
Conservative valuations there I think?We are in a strong position with Haji, even if he does want a move, and judging by his last 2 games I would say he doesn't want to leave. However. he is still widely regarded as a talent, and our best player. We'd make a profit if he left in Jan or the summer. And we all know he will probably come good soon and start scoring goals.
If a club offered £12-15 million in January, and we had a striker (say £10 million) lined up. A CF. A proper CF, like Simms can sometimes be then I'd cash in.
What if we put in a cheeky £12 million bid for Josh Sergeant?
Who do they have on their books,which clubs do they have a relationship with?Haji just signed up with a new agency as per an instagram post earlier today.
Usually happens when players push for moves right?
I was of the opinion that a new one was already on the table?I don't buy this being down to agitating for a move.
One way or another, Wright's going to be looking for a new contract in the summer.
Surely no player will be offered a new contract until we know what division we are playing in next season?I was of the opinion that a new one was already on the table?
No year in our favour?When wright does something bad for us most of the time the crowd support him and chant his name. I remember Robins saying how important that was during his first season with us. I can't imagine West Ham fans giving him the same support if they are relying on his performances in a relegation dogfight. Unless he hits the ground running he will get absolute pelters from the stands.
Wright has 18 months left on his contract. For west ham to take him from us this winter would take a bid well in excess of his actual value. Not sure Doug needs to sell, didn't we turn down about a large bid for Rudoni from Southampton in the summer and that was before our fantastic start to the season. Obviously Doug knows it would be a massive risk to let our main striker leave, even with other strikers performing well this season.
Having said that if Wright wants to leave and makes that clear to the club (perhaps he thinks to secure his world cup place by having a good half season in the Prem) would we rather take the money now or risk having a moody/disinterested Wright? We need him performing and up for all the matches to get us over the line
Somewhere I've seen it reported or speculated?Surely no player will be offered a new contract until we know what division we are playing in next season?
It’s posturing in the media, 100%. Remember when Leeds were “interested” in Westbrook? Haji probably will want a new contract as will a few other players.I don't buy this being down to agitating for a move.
One way or another, Wright's going to be looking for a new contract in the summer.
He's not going to get to a top PL club so best case scenario is he goes to a team fighting relegation.I don't buy this being down to agitating for a move.
All of our front lines one or the other, sounds crazy.It’s posturing in the media, 100%. Remember when Leeds were “interested” in Westbrook? Haji probably will want a new contract as will a few other players.
Haji Wright hasn’t scored since Sheff Wednesday away so not sure why West Ham would want to sign him is slightly odd. From our POV, we shouldn’t sell unless it’s a ridiculous offer because why unsettle a team that’s almost destined to be promoted this season?
The report also said West Ham were looking at Simms which just strikes me as lazy journalism.
He's not going to get to a top PL club so best case scenario is he goes to a team fighting relegation.
What would you rather? Be the first choice in the team at the top of the league who are creating a ton of chances for you with a good chance of promotion or a team battling relegation where you'll get far fewer chances and a strong possibility of being back in the championship next year.
I would think it would take a lot to persuade any of the current first team to leave in the January window.
One of the less creditable rumours of recent times. Perhaps along with Balotelli.Remember when Leeds were “interested” in Westbrook?
It was never a credible rumour, was it? Look at Westbrook's career after he left us.One of the less creditable rumours of recent times. Perhaps along with Balotelli.
I could see why West Ham would want him, tbf. He's the quality to play at that level, I think, and all strikers go through peaks and troughs, so I don't think a minor drought would put a club off.
But to me it's not creditable because they know that they'd have to play massively over the odds for a key player from a promotion chasing team.
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