Gray rumour

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:47 pm

"Big-spending Wolves could make a shock £20million move for Burnley striker Andre Gray .

Eyebrows have already been raised by their Championship rivals over the transfer cash being spent"

£20 million, he's yours.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:50 pm

Chatted about this with some Wolves fans recently.

They're adamant they're going up with all this money they've been spending and tossing themselves silly about being Mendes' shop window for his clients.

If Gray wanted to go backwards in his career then I'd send him on his way for the right money, but I doubt he will.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:50 pm

Could...but won't I'd guess.

ksrclaret · Post by **ksrclaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:53 pm

I think Wolves will crash and burn this season. Bringing in a load of expensive foreigners rarely works out well in the slog that is the Championship.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:53 pm

I think Dyche will keep him to help us stay up another season. It makes sense.. sell if we can replace him. But we can't. So we keep him.

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:53 pm

Would he get a game before Bull and Mutch?

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:57 pm

its Wolves, tell them he has a Portuguese Aunt and he's 30million

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:58 pm

I think we'd be totally irresponsible if we refused £20m to be perfectly frank.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:00 pm

We simply cant let him go. Is Wolves his local team?

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:00 pm

£20m if they didn't think he was going to sign a new deal would be more than enough.

However it then requires our recruitment guy/team to pull their fingers out.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:00 pm

boatshed bill wrote:I think we'd be totally irresponsible if we refused £20m to be perfectly frank.

And replace him with who

Sold Keane for 30 million with no chance the full amount will be used to replace him .

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:01 pm

boatshed bill wrote:I think we'd be totally irresponsible if we refused £20m to be perfectly frank.

Don't bring me into this.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:02 pm

We would sell him and replace him with Agyei or another Juke. We need to keep our better players to progress, selling a goal scorer is one way to seal your relegation.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:03 pm

He may chip in with 10 goals this season, but I doubt that would be enough to keep us up.
I honestly believe we are going to struggle to stay up this season, we just don't have the finance. Take what we can and hope for the best?

Blyclaret · Post by **Blyclaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:06 pm

I know his our main goal threat but
20 million
We can't refuse that
Niasse .......Afobe to name two replacements

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:10 pm

KRBFC wrote:We would sell him and replace him with Agyei or another Juke. We need to keep our better players to progress, selling a goal scorer is one way to seal your relegation.

Like when we sold Andy Gray, Lafferty, Blake, Ade, Jay, Taylor and Fletcher?

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:11 pm

Blyclaret wrote:I know his our main goal threat but
20 million
We can't refuse that
Niasse .......Afobe to name two replacements

Vokes 10 goals in 21 games
Gray 9 goals in 26 games

Longsidejono · Post by **Longsidejono** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:16 pm

Wilson from Bournemouth
Shane long

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:21 pm

boatshed bill wrote:Vokes 10 goals in 21 games
Gray 9 goals in 26 games

I think you're one of the best posters on here, but I can't take too much from that. For a start, Vokes is a target man and Gray is someone who scares the life out of the oppositon's defenders with his pace. They aren't like for like.

Chalk vs Cheese

Blyclaret · Post by **Blyclaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:24 pm

And with him in last year of contract
Rumours that he's not signing another one

Holtyclaret · Post by **Holtyclaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:24 pm

I think gray will get better and better, through his career he shows he's a fast learner but £20 million, wow. I'd love him to sign a new heavily incentived deal.

Niasse, Austin, long, Wilson afobe etc could be available or a nippy crackerjack from abroad.

Btw, only realised £19million from Keane sale and I'm sure we have cb lined up, prob just waiting for selling club to do their business.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:34 pm

Blyclaret wrote:And with him in last year of contract
Rumours that he's not signing another one

Does it matter if he keeps us up?

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:37 pm

Reminds me of Middlesbrough last season, and we all know how that fared

Commy · Post by **Commy** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:50 pm

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FulledgeClaret · Post by **FulledgeClaret** » Sat Jul 29, 2017 11:51 pm

If Wolves offer 20m and Gray goes we could spend the 20m and hijack Leicesters bid for Iheanacho according to the link he is only on 10k a week at city so 30-40k might just get him.
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claretdj · Post by **claretdj** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:10 am

£20m? Sell, Sell, Sell.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:36 am

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Like when we sold Andy Gray, Lafferty, Blake, Ade, Jay, Taylor and Fletcher?

We are a selling club, always have been and probably always will be. I understand that, we sold all the players above when we needed the cash, we weren't a PL club when we sold any of those players, completely different scenarios to the ones you mentioned. The cash we need now is not transfer fees but the PL TV windfalls, the way we get that Is staying in the league, selling your best striker before a PL season is suicide IMO.

CFS · Post by **CFS** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:03 am

Wouldn't need a replacement just get the lad nouha dicko part of the deal.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:05 am

We would need a replacement - and we can't afford it. That's why it looks like we're keeping him until next season. No problem at all from me. I've said from day one how much I rate him. In 12 months time, you'll be glad we kept hold.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:19 am

I'd like him to stay.

£20m? Off ya pop lad.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:39 am

all ********,gray is staying put, dyche knows full well he is needed here, no intention of selling him on, and the wolves talk is a joke.

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:41 am

Depends what Andre wants

But he needs Premier league football.......

Wokingclaret · Post by **Wokingclaret** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:42 am

Unlucky with the offside yesterday so he could have had two goals

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:47 am

CFS wrote:Wouldn't need a replacement just get the lad nouha dicko part of the deal.

Yeah swap a 25 goal a season Championship striker with one who cant stay fit let alone score goals in the Championship. Sounds like a great way to improve.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:50 am

It's a decent price for a player with only a year left. It's a poor price if we've not got someone in mind that is attainable, and affordable, who might deliver at least as much as Gray would.

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:54 am

FactualFrank wrote:I think you're one of the best posters on here, but I can't take too much from that. For a start, Vokes is a target man and Gray is someone who scares the life out of the oppositon's defenders with his pace. They aren't like for like.

Chalk vs Cheese

True, but Gray also scares the linesmen with the amount of work they'll have to do flagging him for offside every 30 seconds.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 3:24 am

Vegas Claret wrote:its Wolves, tell them he has a Portuguese Aunt and he's 30million

I think Derek Dougan is ahead of them.

Inchy · Post by **Inchy** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:51 am

I wouldn't sell him unless we have someone lined up who is able to hit the ground running. We have not replaced Keane yet and whoever we get will have already missed out on a Dyche pre season

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:51 am

He is from the midlands but would be a bizarre transfer. Unless we have a plan to bring in another striker. I'll shout out again at Vincent Jansenn at Spurs. He'd be an ideal link for our strikers.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 6:56 am

Just lazy story.Wolves have cash.Gray is from Wolverhampton.Therefore he's a Wolves target.Why leave for a team of chancers?
Money is great but sometimes the reality doesn't match the promise .
Wolves are miles off being a decent Championship team let alone promotion contenders

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:46 am

We can't sell without a replacement. Doubt he will want to go backwards. How much willl another proven PL goal scorer cost ? Clubs pay a premium for them. We should keep him until Jan and then cash in.

fatboy47 · Post by **fatboy47** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:47 am

Nothing whatsoever in this.

Gray will be hanging on, as with Ings, for a big payday next summer, and however big a gobsh1te he may be, he won't be screwing that up by dropping a division. Never going to happen.

But if you don't understand that we'd take anyone's hands off for that kind of cash then you've not followed Burnley for long.

Blyclaret · Post by **Blyclaret** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:48 am

But Gray won't sign another contract
So if somebody is willing to pay a big wad plus pay him better wages
He will go no matter what division they are in ......e g. Assombolonga

Diesel · Post by **Diesel** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 7:55 am

Cliff Richard?

SkiptonClaret · Post by **SkiptonClaret** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:21 am

Don't need him to sign another contract but we do need him to stay this season. Imagine a strike force of Vokes, bruiser Barnes and the old lad from Stoke...in the Premier League. Wow.

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:23 am

Total bullshit. No way Gray will go back to the Championship. Biggest worry about selling Gray would be the lack of pace up front and whether or not we would use the money to replace him. We haven't managed to replace Keane yet, in fact we've only spent half the Keane money on our total transfers so far.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:28 am

SkiptonClaret wrote:Don't need him to sign another contract but we do need him to stay this season. Imagine a strike force of Vokes, bruiser Barnes and the old lad from Stoke...in the Premier League. Wow.

Well said Mr Positive!

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:35 am

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote:Well said Mr Positive!

Wait while he gets round to his player ratings next season he's already got Walters in his sights with his highly amusing age and grey hair comments on Walters.

You would think that if you disliked a clubs board manager and players and got no enjoyment from how things are you would realise you were at the wrong club and maybe should find one which you can enjoy

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:38 am

Or alternatively find something else to do with his time on a Saturday afternoon! Can only imagine his moods when we were in the lower leagues!

taio · Post by **taio** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:42 am

SkiptonClaret wrote:Don't need him to sign another contract but we do need him to stay this season. Imagine a strike force of Vokes, bruiser Barnes and the old lad from Stoke...in the Premier League. Wow.

He's called Walters.

Cheer up you miserable ****.