According to the Daily Star.

Everton more interested, but Spurs also fancy him, apparently.

And we'd "rather sell this summer than have him walk away for nothing in 2018"

Shades of Ings, I feel. Though you never know, he may sign a new contract.

Is he good enough for a team like Spurs though?

"Daily Star"

Interestingly, I've just found out that the author of the piece, Rhys Turrell, is a Brighton fan.

Might be filling the paper with crap about BFC, who knows? That's conspiracy theory 101 that though, and I usually don't bite

Andre said last week that they'd put talks on a new contract to one side until the end of the season

If it is anything over 10M sell him

brexit wrote:If it is anything over 10M sell him

And who would you replace him with for 10m? I wouldn't even start negotiating at 10m. We don't need to sell.

brexit wrote:If it is anything over 10M sell him

Considering we paid £10 million for Hendrick & £13 million for Brady I'd say we'd get at least £15-20 million in the current market.

Spijed wrote:Considering we paid £10 million for Hendrick & £13 million for Brady I'd say we'd get at least £15-20 million in the current market.

Is it just me who is thinking that 13 million for Brady was about 5million to much?

ClaretTony wrote:Andre said last week that they'd put talks on a new contract to one side until the end of the season

This time next week then

Steve1956 wrote:Is it just me who is thinking that 13 million for Brady was about 5million to much?

No I am sure there are 1 or 2 more on here who judge a player's value after a handful of games.

claretdom wrote:No I am sure there are 1 or 2 more on here who judge a player's value after a handful of games.

I'm not judging him mate,all players are overpriced but one free kick dosent add up to 13 million...yet.

claretdom wrote:No I am sure there are 1 or 2 more on here who judge a player's value after a handful of games.

You must have very large hands.

FactualFrank wrote:You must have very large hands.

As well as a bit more patience than those with little hands.

claretdom wrote:No I am sure there are 1 or 2 more on here who judge a player's value after a handful of games.

It can be done after 10 minutes apparently. To quote the song "When you read you begin with ......, when you sing you begin with Doh Re Mi"

>>>He is so awful, with no first touch, no control, no natural goalscoring ability etc (as described by various posters on this site) that it is inconceivable that these reports are true.<<<

In reality, he is a player with 9 Premier League goals to his credit despite not starting all the time and who has caused problems for a number of very high quality defenders even when he hasn't scored. He has grown as a player and, as far as we can see, as a person. He will continue growing as a player next season too.

Unless we get an offer for silly money that turns his head AND we can identify a replacement with the same growth potential I would love to see him stay.

brexit wrote:If it is anything over 10M sell him

With add ons we have ended up paying £9M for him, i would want at least £20M for him.

Is he going to trap that bag of cement first before he goes?

Everton have heard that he can trap a bag of toffees.

Hence the reported interest

Lukaku swap?

If we sell Keane for £20 million (net £15m) and Gray for £10million we will be banking approximately half the cost of effectively replacing them!

No doubt Grays agent will be drumming up interest,though I cant possibly see anyone paying 20mill for him,though with market prices beggariing belief maybe we could end up mugging some big time club of a largish wedge.

We need to get him to sign a new contract. Andre is improving all the time and his all round game has improved this season.

If he keeps improving the way he has, then next summer he could be worth around the £30 million mark.

If he gets the service he will get the goals. We will do well to keep hold of him. He will be looking at 35k plus p/w

Daily Star..oh really

Mods please close this thread.

Steve1956 wrote:Is it just me who is thinking that 13 million for Brady was about 5million to much?

I would hope so

A lot to come from RB, will defo come good.

If we sell him for £10m, who says that's all we will spend to replace him? Who says we won't add another £10m to that for the right player???

Never been his biggest fan, due to certain elements of his game not being strong enough, but I can see when a player has improved over the season, and he definately has. If the deal was £10m, I'd be inclined to keep him. Even if we were to bring in a proven PL striker, he'd be a great impact sub with his pace and strength.

But having said that, as much as he has improved, he's not at the level of Spurs or even Everton,just yet.

Would love to see AG in a free flowing attacking team, he has things to work on but so do all of our players but he offers a big threat when he isn't starved of service. I'd love him to stay with us for years to come but if he doesn't sign in the summer then you would expect him to be sold.

He's a real player. Rough and raw in places sure but definitely a Premier League striker who'll only improve. Can imagine West Ham possibly coming in for him for about eighteen million.

I would like him to stay however i think he is a southern guy and he would want to return to the south especially as now he is on the celebrity girlfriend bandwagon.

bfcjg wrote:I would like him to stay however i think he is a southern guy and he would want to return to the south especially as now he is on the celebrity girlfriend bandwagon.

He's from Wolverhampton, hardly down south !

bfcjg wrote:
I would like him to stay however i think he is a southern guy and he would want to return to the south especially as now he is on the celebrity girlfriend bandwagon.

Fair point I think he relocated to London though. However I still think he would prefer the London scene. I wish he'd stay though.

As pointed out he's from the Midlands and pretty sure both him and his girlfriend don't have to always meet down south!

Hoping he signs a new deal.

brexit wrote:If it is anything over 10M sell him

What, and lose 10 million on what we paid for him ?

Sell for 10 million - apparently incompatible with Defour

Brady and Gray will develop, mature and improve next season, and the season after that.
I hope they're both still playing for us as they progress.

I think Andre's future needs to be sorted asap, and so the fact contract negotiations will only start after the season ends is a bit if an alarm bell rather than a positive story for me - I can't imagine the club would have chosen to delay them.

If Andre is staying, then we're looking for a second striker who can play behind him, provide us with a target option but also supply Gray. If he goes, we're probably looking for a very different sort of forward, who can play off Vokes or Barnes in an Ings type role and possibly some pace out wide to give us the option of playing 451.

Im a huge fan of Andre and i don't think he's easily replaced - his record this season is good and with the right service i do think he'd be a terrific asset next season. But - he does drive us towards a fairly rigid, direct 442 system and if he does leave it gives an opportunity to build the team around a more fluid set up next season.

Steve1956 wrote:I'm not judging him mate,all players are overpriced but one free kick dosent add up to 13 million...yet.

Actually that one free kick is probably worth £100 million

Andre and his agent hold all the cards. Not rocket science to see why talks are being held back.

Bordeauxclaret wrote:Andre and his agent hold all the cards. Not rocket science to see why talks are being held back.

Agreed.

brexit wrote:If it is anything over 10M sell him

Thank God you're not running the club

Pstotto wrote:Lukaku swap?

Absolutely no chance, why would he come to sit on the bench with his Belgium team mate

Sounds like some nice juicy rumours... wonder if that would help with "the on hold" contract negotiation... nice eye watering wage and a release figure that leaves the club feeling raped anyone?

Gray is the type of player we should be looking to keep and extend his contract, he's not the finished article, but we need to look at building a squad that is capable and has different attributes, Grays been pace and power. Sounds like he's willing to sign a contract, which is great news.
I do wonder though if he gets fed up with the lack of supply, and the method of the supply, I think if we, or any team could get the ball to him in the right way, Gray running onto through balls along the floor, and not knocked high, he'd blossom even more.

I don't think he enjoys playing in a Dyche team tbh, you can see he gets p*ssed off with no service and 3 defenders around him.