Stoke City have rejected a £12m bid from the Cherries for Jack Butland, reports the Daily Mail. The Potters are said to value their keeper at £20m and the opening bid form the Cherries falls far short of that. So will the Cherries go back in with an offer that is closer or that meets Stoke's valuation?
There is no doubt that AFCB do want a better keeper for next season but the bid for Butland seems to have come at a strange time. The cub could have gone in for him far earlier than this. And why the low bid when it has been reported widely the kind of figure that Stoke City are after? It seems to be a thing this transfer window for clubs to offer prices well below the asking price - well at least if you are Arsenal or AFCB. Does it do these clubs any good?
Perhaps AFCB are just testing the waters to see if Butland will say anything and if he would prefer a move to AFCB over Villa if the Cherries do up their valuation. Whatever the case, this week could see some real movement in the transfer market at AFCB. The tension has been building and it may just be that AFCB are trying to start the movement of layers now having waited for other clubs up until now. Time is pressing and there may be other targets that AFCB are keen to attract.
In other news, the Daily Mail says AFCB have agreed a £4m fee for Luton's Jack Stacey.
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Bournemouth had not been favourites to land Butland. Aston Villa are 6-1 on with the bookies on the SkyBet August transfer window site. So what is going on? There is interest from Villa for Tyrone Mings and while Aston Villa have been in talks over the defender they have not been quick to put in a bid that would match AFCB's price. Is there a bit of a game going on? AFCB surely knew that their bid for Butland was too low, are they just warning Villa that they could go and get the keeper and start to mess up Villa's plans if they don't play ball with Mings? Whether Bournemouth are waiting on bids for some of their own players such as Nathan Aké from Man City and/or Spurs before deciding if Mings can go to Villa is another suggestion being put forward.
There is no doubt that AFCB do want a better keeper for next season but the bid for Butland seems to have come at a strange time. The cub could have gone in for him far earlier than this. And why the low bid when it has been reported widely the kind of figure that Stoke City are after? It seems to be a thing this transfer window for clubs to offer prices well below the asking price - well at least if you are Arsenal or AFCB. Does it do these clubs any good?
Perhaps AFCB are just testing the waters to see if Butland will say anything and if he would prefer a move to AFCB over Villa if the Cherries do up their valuation. Whatever the case, this week could see some real movement in the transfer market at AFCB. The tension has been building and it may just be that AFCB are trying to start the movement of layers now having waited for other clubs up until now. Time is pressing and there may be other targets that AFCB are keen to attract.
In other news, the Daily Mail says AFCB have agreed a £4m fee for Luton's Jack Stacey.
Re Tyrone Mings. Villa have always conducted fair business. Don't hold us to ransom. We are solely responsible for his upturn in form and the faith we had in him. Behave with some class not desperation. One day you will need a favour from us. Don't burn your bridges. U TV.
ReplyDeleteyou lot are definitely playing a game, Mings has played 17 games for you and you slap a 25m price on him, your not being fair on him for starters, especialy if your still not going to use him properly, and 12m for butland, get real cherries, up the villa
ReplyDeleteFair price for Tyrone I would say. Nice doing business with you utciad
Delete12m for the best keeper in in English fa Everton paid 28m for the flying pig
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