I reckon £4m should do it.
Him, Ruiz, Zamora and Dembele up front would be fantastic.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 21:57, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

I would imagine the fee will be around the 4mil mark.
But don't be surprised if the 'quoted' fee is higher, I know from chatting to the City chairman years back, that when the club bought Tony Thorpe from Fulham (during the Keegan era), the quoted fee was a million, but the reality was they sold him to us for half-a-million, Keegan saying, 'I can't be seen to be losing money on a player'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 22:03, Reply)

We did that with West Brom and Greening.
Said we signed him for £4m but we actually took him on loan and then at the end (when his contract at West Brom expired) signed him on a free. Then West Brom do some loss of earnings financial wizardry and get £4m out of the taxman or something, I don't understand, and we get a free player. My mate's head of marketing and brand management and fills me in on all this stuff.
(Barry from Eastenders is, despite the words written above, not a woman, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 22:10, Reply)

Sounds like it happens all the time.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Tue 30 Aug 2011, 22:14, Reply)