£8m bid for Clucas in - Nixon

Crewe claret · Post by **Crewe claret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:25 pm

Perhaps he failed the medical

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:25 pm

Failed medical?

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:27 pm

Can't see anything on Sky sports

Crewe claret · Post by **Crewe claret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:28 pm

Clucas perhaps he failed the medical if sky says the deal is close to collapse

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:29 pm

Cant find anything on Sky stating this?

Crewe claret · Post by **Crewe claret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:30 pm

They mentioned it on transfer update

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:33 pm

I can’t see it.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:34 pm

Fake news!... Relax

Long Time Lurker · Post by **Long Time Lurker** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:38 pm

Give him the Men of Honour 12 step challenge medical.

"Square that Bertie Bee rig and approach the goal posts"

"God dammit Clucas I want my 12"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCISxbO7rg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Crewe claret · Post by **Crewe claret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:38 pm

Wait untill the next transfer update, the presenter clicked on Swansea icon and said the proposed transfer of clucas to Burnley was in danger of collapse but did not give a reason

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:45 pm

Crewe claret wrote:Wait untill the next transfer update, the presenter clicked on Swansea icon and said the proposed transfer of clucas to Burnley was in danger of collapse but did not give a reason

SD has just read Right Whinger's post and withdrawn the offer.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 7:57 pm

Hearing he's upped his wage demands at the final second, which has scuppered the deal. I seem to remember that happening not so long ago with another player.

Right_winger · Post by **Right_winger** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:01 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Hearing he's upped his wage demands at the final second, which has scuppered the deal. I seem to remember that happening not so long ago with another player.

Good means we need to be looking at better than Clucas. Got a cheek not so long ago he was scraping about in the GHA looking for a contract.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:03 pm

If this is true what about Ryan Woods at Brentford?
One or two on here seem to rate him

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:13 pm

What happened to the player from Bristol City that we were supposed to be buying about three months ago?

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:18 pm

Joe Bryan at Bristol City who is a left back

agreenwood · Post by **agreenwood** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:19 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Hearing he's upped his wage demands at the final second, which has scuppered the deal. I seem to remember that happening not so long ago with another player.

Seems unlikely. He’s injured in the Championship. There won’t be a queue. He doesn’t have Alfie Mawson’s standing.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:21 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Hearing he's upped his wage demands at the final second, which has scuppered the deal. I seem to remember that happening not so long ago with another player.

all depends what we've offered him, if he wants more than 12 quid he can stay in Wales for me

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:21 pm

Still nothing on Sky Sports

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:24 pm

Pearcey wrote:If true then we need to move on sharpish. Maybe he wants too much money.

Local press been saying for days that Salary is not straightforward.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:27 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Hearing he's upped his wage demands at the final second, which has scuppered the deal. I seem to remember that happening not so long ago with another player.

You can almost hear some spiv of an agent I'm his ear: "listen, they're desperate, I'll get another £5k a week out of them.

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:32 pm

Bitcoin?

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:32 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:You can almost hear some spiv of an agent I'm his ear: "listen, they're desperate, I'll get another £5k a week out of them.

and someone representing our club,looking at his watch whilst patiently whispering 'tick tock, tick tock.

GrahamBranchsPerm · Post by **GrahamBranchsPerm** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:35 pm

Just dropped below 7000 USD - I'd hold for now, support at 6200, resistance at 7200. Best to wait, if it breaks 7200, buy.

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Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:37 pm

I sold my BTC to USDT a few days about at $7800.... will buy back at $5000 which should be the bottom giving me a 50% increase in my BTC holdings.

Heathclaret · Post by **Heathclaret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:37 pm

If he doesn’t want to sign, **** him. Let him stay in the championship and Swansea can pay his high wages.

Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:37 pm

The only justification for complications would be if, unlike the majority of the Swansea squad, he doesn't have a relegation clause. He might not be prepared to swap certainty for performance based reward. Pretty much anything else, and even in the above scenario, he can eff off for me.

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mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:40 pm

If he signs I will be right behind him

If he doesn't cos of money then I too say he can eff off

Easily replaced

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:41 pm

Duffer_ wrote:The only justification for complications would be if, unlike the majority of the Swansea squad, he doesn't have a relegation clause. He might not be prepared to swap certainty for performance based reward. Pretty much anything else, and even in the above scenario, he can eff off for me.

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Yep, he either wants to play for the team that just finished 7th in the Premier League and are in Europe, and let's be honest he's never going to get any higher than that, or he doesn't.

CnBtruntru · Post by **CnBtruntru** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:43 pm

If he wants to play Premier League and no one else wants him, he says yes or No, if he doesn't like what's on offer move on.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:49 pm

Is this not how negotiatons work?
He goes high, we go low. Bit early to be wound up.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:51 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Is this not how negotiatons work?
He goes high, we go low. Bit early to be wound up.

But it doesn't normally include, "he goes home" between the high and low.

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:52 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Is this not how negotiatons work?
He goes high, we go low. Bit early to be wound up.

Aren't they some of the lyrics from The Beatles single 'Hello, Goodbye. Might be appropriate yet.

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:52 pm

Maybe we should wait and see exactly what the problem is before we make judgement.

Duffer_ · Post by **Duffer_** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:54 pm

It's like being knocked back after you've gone for a sympathy date. He's not fit enough to make me work for it.

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EarbyClaret · Post by **EarbyClaret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:55 pm

OK as an Arfield replacement but bearing in mind that effectively means squad player not starter, Think we hold most (if not all) of the cards on this one. If we're after an effective, hard working CM/wide-player then Clucas hardly holds exclusive rights to that role. We might just as well move on and focus on another Championship standard player who's match-fit and could be in the squad on Sunday if required.

Bordeauxclaret · Post by **Bordeauxclaret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:02 pm

FactualFrank wrote:But it doesn't normally include, "he goes home" between the high and low.

Has he actually gone home or is it all conjecture at the moment?

Steddyman · Post by **Steddyman** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:09 pm

There is no news anywhere in the twittersphere corroborating the claims that the deal has hit a problem.

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:10 pm

This is a windup.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:11 pm

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Has he actually gone home or is it all conjecture at the moment?

That bit I was just kidding about, and I can only go off what I've been hearing. It's when you hear the same thing from several different sources that are normally reliable, that you think, hmmm - there could be some truth in this.

But at the same time, it's not gospel.

winsomeyen · Post by **winsomeyen** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:15 pm

FactualFrank wrote:That bit I was just kidding about, and I can only go off what I've been hearing. It's when you hear the same thing from several different sources that are normally reliable, that you think, hmmm - there could be some truth in this.

But at the same time, it's not gospel.

Frank, you are a one.

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:17 pm

POTTER COY ON CLUCAS

Swansea manager Graham Potter says he has not had an update on the future of Sam Clucas, who has been linked with a move to Burnley in recent weeks.

When asked about the midfielder, he said: "I've not heard anything."

Potter did say he needs a few through the door too, saying: "We need to improve the group and the team."

lrac · Post by **lrac** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:17 pm

Time to look elsewhere ?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:22 pm

winsomeyen wrote:Frank, you are a one.

Stop crying, you tart.

ClaretAL · Post by **ClaretAL** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:29 pm

I think this will go through, their manager obviously has to stay tight lipped, im sure if he wanted Clucas to stay rather than gain the money to strengthen, he would have come out with the he is going nowhere speech.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 10:08 pm

ClaretAL wrote:I think this will go through, their manager obviously has to stay tight lipped, im sure if he wanted Clucas to stay rather than gain the money to strengthen, he would have come out with the he is going nowhere speech.

I'm not sure a manager can really say that when the club has accepted an offer.

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:36 pm

Heard rumours of problems with his personality coming to light that the club aren't happy with. Could all be cobblers of course; sure we will find out tomorrow or Monday

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:46 pm

Surely to Christ, he'd have known, even roughly, what he'd be getting salary-wise. (If, indeed, its money that's the problem)
Players talk, agents have details about clubs and what they pay, so he'd have known we don't exactly throw money around left, right and centre when it comes to wages. In fact, he'd have known for a while.

Sounds flimsy to me.

box_of_frogs · Post by **box_of_frogs** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 4:19 am

Or he’s being a necky little git and asking to break the wage policy?

agreenwood · Post by **agreenwood** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 7:01 am

You don’t track a player for a year without knowing what their wage demands are or what sort of personality they are.

Could well be off, but wages or personality don’t seem particularly likely causes.