QuoteA mate who is residing in cork at the moment, said that they are saying down there that they are getting €300 grand for him.
I see Reading are after Alan Bennett. Cork Supposedly want 450k.
A mate who is residing in cork at the moment, said that they are saying down there that they are getting €300 grand for him.
Absolutely brilliant player. Would make it anywhere. Will be a huge loss.
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Thats 300 sterling.Originally Posted by Terry
I think they offered 100k so far, can't remember if euro or sterling.
Reading are a Premiership club now so should be realistic.
100k for league's top scorer.
300k for slightly above average centre half.
And reading should be realistic?
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Jason Byrne only went fot that because of Shels financial situation. Sure in the summer he was worth 3 times that.
Reading are a Premiership side so stands that they should pay more especially considering how we were exploited previously.
They being a Premiership club may indicate they CAN afford to pay more.
The players value depends on how good he is. In Bennetts case, if they offered 200k (sterling or euro) I'd bite their hand off.
200k euro would not be enough to replace him as he has developed very good partnership with Dan Murray. Winning the Setanta Cup could bring in almost 200k.
I doubt the difference between Cork winning the Setanta this year or not is Alan Bennett !
I don't think it's unreasonable for Cork to look for £450k. He is a decent player who Reading obviously feel can maybe offer them something.
You are always the ones going on about EL clubs putting an end to stupid transfer fees by putting realistic price tags on their players.
Do you think Reading would get a centre half who they felt might offer them something from the Championship or League 1 for £450k? Not a chance. If they're not prepared to pay it then they can go and get someone from the lower leagues for £1-2m.
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Come on Dodge, give a little more, a most excellent centre half, you're being Cork negative again.
Apart from the boys ability I think Reading owe us a few bob anyway, don't you?
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Its about 8 weeks wages.
Are your new investors on-board yet?
a) he's younger
b) he's not "decent", he's one of the best in the league
c) our club is not falling apart at the seams.
500,000 plus 20% sell on claus + a friendly with garaunteed appearances for doyle, benno and long.
yes.
our reasonable success over the last few years was built on the devine-horgan-murray-bennett-murphy axis giving us one of the most watertight (and goal-scoring!) defences in the country. losing 2, or potentially 3 of the back four would be a disaster.
Last edited by GavinZac; 17/01/2007 at 11:42 AM.
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I don't think he's that good.
I hope you get a fortune from it but English couples don't pay over theodds for our players
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it comes down to finding a meeting point between reading's valuation of the player, and our own valuation of the player.
if reading were willing to pay 1million for leroy lita, and susequently find doyle to be worth more than five times that, what makes you think they would not be willing to up a bid to HALF the cost of lita when the reward could potentially be just as good as doyler
our own valuation takes into account
his vital importance to keeping the back line together
the potential for financial security which means we dont have to sell him
the potential for a good season
the potential of other star players getting sick of losing our best players
and the potential that giving in cheap again could harm future transfer fees
the keyword if you havent guessed yet is "potential", and reading must now realise the potential gain they could make from this transfer.
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Amazed that people dont rate Benno.
We've had the best defence in the league for the last two season. There is a reason for that like.
On all our European travels opposition fans and Irish people living in the cities who come along to the games usualy ask about Benno before any other player
Oh no not them again
What would Cork accept for him? I reckon 450K stg is over the top but clearly 100 is fairly low. What middle ground would Cork be prepared to accept?
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comparisons with Doyle are way off the mark here btw, strikers almost invariably go for more than defenders, so it's a bit much saying that Bennett could have the same impact as Doyle.
Last edited by bigmac; 17/01/2007 at 1:23 PM.
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i think a friendly would sway the deal a fair bit - with the new stand up, an 8000 capacity crowd at on average €20 a ticket plus merchandising etc could rake in the club €200,000. who knows, RTE could show some interest and throw some money at it, which would make getting sponsors for it easier.
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RTE better ****ing not show any interest ina friendly with Reading.
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don't blame RTE, blame their target audience. at that point doyle, long and benno would probably be internationals at that point anyway with Reading's fan-****ing-tastic 3 month training scheme
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