Made me laugh out loud ....Huddersfield's offer for Pritchard

[Dubai Mark]

It made me laugh because now we know what its like to have the boot on the other foot.........we have made so many derisory offers to clubs over the years for players that are clearly worth much more than our offer, and Huddersfield have done it to us but with knobs on.

So, what would be a realistic value for Pritchard?

My thinking is, that he is way more ready for the Premier League and much more capable than Josh Murphy was when we sold him, he could I belive slot in to many premier League sides and impress.......Josh was reported at 12m I believe....so, for me Pritchard is an absolute minimum 15m with significant add-on's.........your thoughts ?

Oh, and as for Maddison......personally I believe we have a 20m player on our hands....you?

 

[Number 9]

*Jacob

 

[Canaryboy]

Value depends on whether either of his two injuries have left any lasting damage. I know that surgery is much more advanced these days, but that must affect transfer value.

I think his first 6 months out was an ankle related injury, and his 6 months out here was due to ankle surgery. 

If those were both the same ankle, then that would alarm any potential buyer and their would be a lot of scrutiny. 

Didn't stop West Ham spending £10m on Snodgrass, although that was a player with Premier League experience who had just had a great 6 months in the Premier League for Hull and Pritchard is unproven at that level. 

Leroy Fer has failed a few medicals in his time for a knee injury though, despite not being the slightest bit injury prone for Norwich, QPR, or Swansea! 

 

[hogesar]

We would be daft to sell for less than 15m but considering our previous im sure we would take around the 12m mark..

 

[Dubai Mark]

I had overlooked the injury history, but has certainly been testing himself since he has been back, well committed in the tackle when needed and looks like he has got to an excellent fitness level considering how long he has been back, a lot more to come from him definitely.  

 

[GJP]

Imagine we would sell for £10m and a couple more in potential add-ons - such as Prem survival for them. Plus we get his decent wages off the books.

Wouldn't surprise me if we did less than £10m if the add-ons were big.

 

[Dubai Mark]

I gert what your saying there GJP, plus I just have a feeling that the club are planning to release one of the obvious targets in this window and dare I say would prefer it to be Pritchard rather than Maddison or, even Nelson despite him clearly not producing more recently.

 

[morty]

According to The Sun and David Freezer, we have a starting point of 11m, probably rising to 15m with add ons.

I think I would wait and see what else comes along. Sorry, but he is better than Huddersfield and ACM's command a high price.

http://www.pinkun.com/norwich-city/huddersfield-up-pritchard-bid-to-11m-as-city-deal-looms-1-5348059

 

[GJP]

Well as things stand Huddersfield are a midtable Prem side and realistically AP is a midtable Prem player at best.

So if nobody else comes in you can be sure he'll have an agent telling him he should be in the Prem and Huddersfield is a good move for him.

 

[hogesar]

To let him go for that amount would be poor. It's not a really bad fee by any stretch but it doesn't look like a big January special - I can't see us getting much less than that in the summer.

He's also our best player. If we sell in this window then, despite some of the claims from the club earlier in the season and more recently - the playoffs certainly aren't a target.

 

[GJP]

I dunno. You get to the summer and our financial situation has become more desperate. Our negotiating position is weaker.

By that point AP might also have had enough and made it clear his heart isn't in it.

Because it's still early in the window it might drag a bit while both sides weigh up their options. It might get to the point where other things haven't gone our way and we think "F*ck it, we need that money".

 

[Fenway Frank]

Apparently we’ve turned down £11m

 

[GJP]

Moreover, whether we move nearer to or further from the play-offs over the next couple of weeks might influence us and player.

Same with Huddersfield and the relegation zone.

 

[morty]

Apparently we’ve turned down £11m

The power is all with us frankly. We have already stated we don't need to sell, and Pritch isn't really close enough to the end of his contract to really force anything either. 

We just need to bide our time, its more likely they will blink than we do, thats the beauty of having something someone else wants.

 

[OldRobert]

The power is all with us frankly. We have already stated we don't need to sell, and Pritch isn't really close enough to the end of his contract to really force anything either. 

We just need to bide our time, its more likely they will blink than we do, thats the beauty of having something someone else wants.

That depends on how truthful that statement really is.  Turning down a bid for a player who has a way to go on his contract is one thing, telling the other club that he's not for sale, bugger off, is surely how you approach it if you aren't really intending to sell (at least in this window).

 

[GJP]

We just need to bide our time, its more likely they will blink than we do, thats the beauty of having something someone else wants.

Huddersfield have money. We want money.

 

[Fenway Frank]

If this is going to happen, which I think it will, then we could do with a second club getting involved. Plenty of time before the window closes, it will probably go through at 11.45 on the last day ?

 

[morty]

If this is going to happen, which I think it will, then we could do with a second club getting involved. Plenty of time before the window closes, it will probably go through at 11.45 on the last day ?

Definitely.

 

[morty]

That depends on how truthful that statement really is.  Turning down a bid for a player who has a way to go on his contract is one thing, telling the other club that he's not for sale, bugger off, is surely how you approach it if you aren't really intending to sell (at least in this window).

We can't assume the club is lying to us all the time, can we?

Truth is, everyone has a price, even Coutinho.

 

[Din]

Have to say I'll be really quite angry if we sell Pritchard for £11m. We don't need to sell anyone, Farke keeps reiterating that Webber has told him that. Everyone seems to be saying that we'll likely get more money for him if we sell him this month than if we wait til the summer. I don't see why it should be the case that we're looking to get money for him at all? I get we have to cut the wage bill, but already this month it looks nailed on Jerome will go, good chance Naismith and Martin will as well, come the summer Tettey and Hoolahan's contracts will expire, Klose will almost certainly go, as will Oliveira if he doesn't leave this month. That is a hell of a lot of high earners of the wage bill already, plus it's pretty much accepted that Maddison is off in the summer latest, which will bring in a fair bit of money. Do we really have to get rid of absolutely everyone who's earning a bit of money? 

If we received an offer of £15m or more then I would understand a bit, but accepting £11m feels like we're so desperate for money. And yeah fair enough our parachute payments run out at the end of this season, but considering the money we bought in last summer, and the transfer fees/wages we'll bring in when players like Jerome, Nelson, Klose, Naismith, Martin, Tettey and Wes (and unfortunately Maddison) leave in the next few months, do we really need to sell Pritchard as well? I can accept us selling Maddison, because he's one of the most sought after young English talents in the country at the moment, and we could get a lot of money for him. Plus it's inevitable he will go onto bigger things eventually. Whilst Pritchard is too good for a mid-table Championship club, it isn't quite the same, and it feels like we could hold onto him if we wanted to, but it really doesn't feel like we want to, and are actually begging for someone to give us some money for him. We won't be able to replace Pritchard for the money we get for him.

I've been well behind this squad overhaul since it was announced, and even after we sold Murphy and Howson last summer I was still relatively content that we were going in the right direction. Mainly because we still had quite a few talented players still in the squad despite the sales of good players. If we lose Pritchard and Maddison, it doesn't feel like we've got anyone who can step up to replace them, and are we really going to sign players to replace them with players of similar ability? I highly doubt it.