Loan back next year - only thing that makes any sense? (1 Viewer)

Sorry for another thread...

Why would the club publicly turn down Spurs and then take a last minute deal from Norwich for reportedly less than being offered by Spurs? There's only 2 possibilities.

1. We have been offered a lot more money than Spurs ... or
2. Norwich offered us something else that no other club could

Spurs offer us 5m+, we say lets talk at the end of the season and include a loan-back deal.

So, what if Norwich to steal a prospect from under the nose of some big PL clubs offered us a guaranteed season-long loan back next year to jump the gun, regardless which league we are in. Surely the guarantee of him being with us next year would be worth pushing through a last minute deal?

Would still be good business for Norwich as they get a highly rated player from under the noses of a club they wouldn't have otherwise been able to compete with in a head to head situation.

Couple that with a nice sell-on clause and is that the only situation that is win-win for the club and also keeps TM happy....

pusbccfc said:

It's the sell-on clause which would have swayed it.
As I said on an other thread, a massive sell on percentage for a player like him may have swayed it.

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Why couldn't it be both? Massive sell on fee doesn't keep Mowbray happy or make sense if the initial fee is as low as has been suggested...