2014/15 Transfer Speculation

If he does go now and we want some decent cover, there are some young Aussie attackers who might be available on loan. Ryan Williams at Fulham was recently on loan in League One, and Eli Babalj hasn't been playing for AZ Alkmaar, with some suggestion in the Dutch media that he is free to leave.

"AZ hopes to take this month leave of Mikhail Rosheuvel and Eli Babalj . Both players have been told the club that a departure is negotiable , reports The Telegraph Tuesday morning . . . For Babalj is a definite departure still not addressed . The Australian striker has two seasons yet to make a second impression in AZ , but still wants the club let him alone . It is unclear whether there is interest in the target man."

Google translated from here.

The $2million might just be a negotiation starter, and shows the Chinese club that we believe he's important to us, so if you want him that badly, then you'll have to part with a little more than you're initial offer.

Easier to drop from $2m to meet someone halfway and still be on a win, that go in too low, and miss out on something extra.

It's a German website, consider yourself korrekted

Burns agent said something about the timing of it comming just before the game against china.

I think we absolutely cannot let Nathan go at this point. Even if we were to say get 1.5 million for him, it is highly unlikely we will find anyone in this transfer window to take his spot as attacking lynchpin. He is absolutely central to the system Ernie has got us playing, and I think there's a very high risk that any replacement would not fit into this system immediately. This is the season that we are closest to winning the league that we have ever been, and we don't want to compromise that by getting rid of our top scorer and maybe bringing someone else in who takes a couple of months to settle into the system. And I don't think we have anyone in the team right now who could step into Nathan's place.

If we have a great season, he scores a bag of goals, I'm sure there will be offers for him at the end of the season. He can invoke his buy-out clause and head overseas, we can (hopefully) have won the league or come close, and everybody's happy. So it does not make any sense to release him now.

Nathan's poser is that the CSL starts in March and ends Nov.  There is a limited transfer window in Aug I think, otherwise he will need to wait until Dec when teams reshuffle and recruit.

He may finish golden boot of the A-League in April but won't be looked at until Aug earliest and more likely end of 2015 (after the start of the A-League).

Who knows what the offers will be available at the end of our season. 'A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is what Burns is thinking . IMHO, the 'Nix are being a little unreasonable. It is a bit of work to scout and sign new players, but with this cash you could pay out Kenny's contract, open up a foreign spot and sign another striker and still make a profit.

Problem is,   it takes time to scout and sign a new player,  with Brockie now gone and if Burns were to go we aren't really in a position to pay out Kenny's contract as we will need him to cover. 

I believe it is an Agent talking the deal up,  it good cause it keeps the Nix in the press however I don't think much will come of it.  Im sure the Socceroos camp arent encouraging agents and scouts to be in contact with players prior to a quarter final clash

I'd be interested to know what percentage of transfer rumors actually eventuate. My guess is it would be a very small number

What is the most any HAL club has received from a transfer fee? Rostyn Griffiths @ AU$1.3m?

Yes that is currently the largest Transfer Fee

Completely disagree re: we're being unreasonable. This is how negotiations work. They low ball us, we go much higher; then we meet in the middle. He's a player that is integral to our team and still under contract for another 1 1/2 years.

If we let this club roll over us in regards to transfer fees, then we set a bad precedent going forward.

I wonder how much we'd have to outbid M City to tempt Franjic to come this side of the tasman for the rest of the season?

To paraphrase the poets and scholars that are One Direction:

Everybody wanna steal our Burns
Everybody wanna take his heart away
Couple million and we say "naaaahhh"
Find another one cause he belongs to us

Song here.

There has been a few comments in Oz, that this Shanghai deal is an attempt to throw a spanner in the works of the Australian camp just before the vital Australia vs China Asian games semi final. 

Burns agent has also criticised the Chinese for leaking this rumour and trying to destabilising the Aussie team. It does make you wonder about the timing.

In the first rumour his European agent complaint about rumours and destabilizing, second article his Aussie agent complaints about that the price is to high. It is all good and entertaining while the mid-season break for us but Burns should talk to his agent/s to shut up and focus on getting game time for the Socceroos. Ange should tell to his players to focus on winning and not gossiping about other players, very unprofessional.  

As a I said before, I would not sell Burns, maybe it is some cash now, but imagine if his going too shoot another 10 goals this season? We get that cash on long term, if we win things and are a flash club.

It's hardly a pure 'rumour' when his agents have come out and confirmed it, is it?

Thanks, make sense.

The way I read it was that the second agent mentioned was negotiating on behalf of the Chinese club with Nix and not for Burnsy.

Actually, isn't it against FIFA regs to negotiate contract terms with a player without first agreeing to a deal with his club, unless there's less than 6 months to go on his contract?

How do we know that negotiations haven't been going on with the nix?

No one has denied anything.

Bygolly, give Bonevacia an extension!

Bravo

Yes.

I agree with both valeo and with AMac.

Ernie did not just find a striker, he also got him to play to his system and for others to fit in around him. There's been a lot of work done by all concerned to get there, and I would like The Nix to reap some on-park benefit of this investment (let's win the damn league). While I perhaps sympathise with Burns thinking that he is denied a crack at a huge big pile of money being offered to him as salary by Shanghai, not many clubs were actively offering him that much when Ernie gave him a lifeline. Sorry, son, we bore the risk and we name the price.

To extend my argument, Burns is worth a lot more to us now than he would be a the end of this season, let alone next season. This is what we think the value of him to us is now - because this is how badly we want to win the league, to please the long-suffering Nix fans, and put some gate takings in our pocket (whatever's left after FFA takes it's cut).

Sell Burns and bring back Rojas as a marquee..

I doubt that Rojas could match Burns at the moment, not enough game time.

One word: Facilities

Bonevacia :(

It's also well known that this rule is virtually never adhered to. 

Absolutely agree that this is not unreasonable. He's under contract to us, end of story, we set the price whether it's 100 bucks or 100 million bucks. If they don't like it, then walk away, or wait until he comes off contract. 

What is concerning is this contract that Burns has that he can leave after one year for a "small fee". I didnt see clubs banging down Burns's door (didn't Newcastle say no because they thought he was medically stuffed? at the end of last year. I can see Dome thinking we have never had a transfer fee on my watch so hell whats the harm? The question is who else has this little gem written into their contract?

If a certain Dutch midfielder didn't he sure as heck will be asking for it next time around.