Tuesday 26 July 2011

£8m or £5m for Long? Either way, a statement of intent.

To begin, I agree that anything above £3m represents one hell of a gamble for Shane Long. True he had a very good season for Reading last year but before that, he wasn't exactly setting the world alight was he? The guy is a very good Championship player but is likely to be found wanting in the Prem. So, you pay £8m now and you probably reckon on recouping £3m or £4m tops in 18 month's time.

But, with respect, that is beside the point. If Long bags 20 goals and secures an immediate return to the Prem, he is worth a £5m depreciation over 18 months. If the rumours are true, this is a spectacular statement of intent on behalf of Sullivan and Gold. True, they are probably reckoning on pocketing £8m from the sale of Parker and £6m from the sale of Cole, but that money is not yet guaranteed and £4m has already been invested in Nolan and a further £2m in Taylor.

At this rate, they will spending more to get out of the Championship than they invested on staying in the Prem. It makes you wonder if there was a strategy involved after all, based on reducing that absurd wage bill ready for launching a bid for Champions League football once we have occupied the Olympic Stadium.

Hang on, did I just write that? I'm going for a lie down!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Mate your a total cnut. Irons scum, hope u sink and rott in the depths of the leauges. Dick head! Champions leauge? U prick!

Hammersfan said...

Not quite sure what provoked that!

Anonymous said...

probably a spuds fan who now sees his 2 years of glory are over! Modric will be a cancer because you wont sell him. HAVE FUN!

USA Dave said...

Do you really think Cole is leaving? I dont. Cant see it happening anymore.

Hammersfan said...

QPR mate.

Johntan said...

Sugo are probably just doing what they always do aka bidding a price that seems like a lot but they know the other team want more so they ultimately wont end up having to pay out and they can say ''Oh look we tried to spend money but no one accepted our bids''. Sounds a bit negative I know but its true. Look at last year when they bid 15 million for Neymar when they new he wasn't leaving for less than 20. It's all so we buy into this sh!t of them being great fans and how great it is to have fans a owners. They really do take the urine don't they?

Hammersfan said...

Very negative mate! I could have written that!

Johntan said...

Negative but we all know deep down it is probably what is happening. I meen come on, this is West Ham we're talking about here it is usually safe to heir on the negative side. I have another extremely negative prediction up my sleave aswell but I shalln't utter it for fear the men folk might come after me with their torches and pitchforks. ;)

USA Dave said...

QPR is reportedly the new home for DJ Campbell, so I'm not sure Cole will be in the plans. It's odd in that he isn't worth another club paying 6 million for him in my opinion, yet I still see him as a better option than most strikers available for us. I think Sam will get him going.