They’re selling him because he’s not playing and another club is offering their money back.
They have the best chance of staying up out of the bottom 3, I wouldn’t take their relegation as a given.
Even if they were, Giles is a good Championship player. If they were preparing for relegation, why get rid?
They are taking a £500k loss less than 6 months after making him their record signing. Obviously only the Luton management know the full reasons why but it certainly seems on the face of it that they need to sell him
Because they have a perfectly good championship player in Doughty who does the exact role just as well and is probably on less money.
Reported as £5m by Sky, not that the nuances particularly matter in regards to the OP
Been widely reported elsewhere as being £4.5 million but as you say it's all guesswork
I know everyone is spaffing hard over Hull atm but I'd be fuming if we spent £5 million on Ryan Giles.
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He has tbf improved a lot since we had him (or, at least, Middlesbrough worked out how to use him!)
Luton employing the model we would need if we got promoted. Hoover up the best championship talent so that when you get relegated you can bounce back until you can slowly consolidate your position. We’ve already started the cycle thanks to the Gyokeres and Hamer cash. That said I don’t see Sheaf going to Luton. We don’t need to sell so we should be able to price them out of it.
You’re arguing something different now. I agree that a bid for Sheaf doesn’t make financial sense for Luton right now and is unlikely to happen. My point was that if they did decide to go for him (and they could likely afford it if they really wanted) then Sheaf wouldn’t think twice about leaving.
The idea that he would turn down more money (which they would inevitably offer) and more PL football in a better side to stay here instead is fantasy.
tbf, in this window he might, given the relative positions of the teams. I'd agree entirely were this the start of a season and we were in our respective divisions.
Currently he's also maybe in a Gyokeres-type position, where staying for the next few months enhances his reputation, if the alternative is potentially swapping places with us.
I think fans have difficulty taking an objective view on whether players would want to join/leave us. A couple of months ago when we were crap, people were fretting that no-one would even dream of joining us; now we’re on an unbeaten streak and our players wouldn’t even leave us for a PL team. The reality is that most players want to play at the highest level and/or get paid as much as possible. That’s it really.
You have a point, although he doesn’t have anything like the same leverage as Gyokeres and O’Hare given his contract.
Don’t forget everyone that now and again he misplaces a pass so he’s not all that!
Jokes aside, we really were spoilt with Hamer and Sheaf in midfield. No wonder Liam Kelly looked decent end of last year with those two playing alongside him.
Sheaf is ten times the player he was when we first had him. Hats off to the coaching staff.
Jokes aside, we really were spoilt with Hamer and Sheaf in midfield. No wonder Liam Kelly looked decent end of last year with those two playing alongside him.
Sheaf is ten times the player he was when we first had him. Hats off to the coaching staff.
Didn't necessarily dislike Giles I just thought McCallum was so much better
Wonder if Giles has an attitude issue or is just good at impressing scouts or something. Never seems to stay anywhere more than half a season.
On loan it was lack of defensive quality wasn't it. Did well with Middlesbrough, and maybe not surprising he'd struggle in first go in top flight.
Wolves kept him forever, so not sure loans count as possible attitude problem, and we took him back of course.
Just other than Boro never seems to fit in. I dunno, just weird to go from record signing to first out the door.
Kelly was good on his own merit which is sadly quite forgotten. He also played a lot when Sheaf was out, and that coincided with our best form.
Not sure it was our best form but he was our best player in some of those matches when Sheaf was injured. I think some of the comments people make about Kelly are very unfair given what he has contributed.
If Alex Scott is £25m and Adam Wharton is £18.5m+ (rejected) with age on their side, then I’d be looking at only anything £18m+ for Sheaf who is about to enter prime and proven.
Alex Scott is a joke of a player. Won’t be at Bournemouth long.
