stuartmccallsfall 4 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Wolves are closing on a £7million deal for Burnley striker Steven Fletcher. Sportsmail revealed Wolves' interest earlier this month when they opened the bidding with a £5m offer for the Scotland international.Yet Burnley, who have also had inquiries from Birmingham and West Ham for the 23-year-old, value Fletcher at £7m. It represents massive profit for a player Owen Coyle bought from Hibernian for just £3m last summer but Burnley need the cash for rebuilding and their efforts to bounce back at the first attempt from relegation.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1281991/Wolves-homing-deal-7m-Burnley-striker-Steven-Fletcher.html£7M for Fletcher. That is just crazy. Why would they not rather go for Boyd? Mental Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,540 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 cause fletcher actually looked very decent in a shocking piss poor burnley team last season7million isnt much to an EPL team, especially if it can keep them in the league, and wolves need goals and goal creators, fletcher will do that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdunsmb 43 Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Played well and scored a fair amount of goals for an awful Burnley team and is only 22/23. £7m is not too much at all for an EPL team if you look at Emlander for £12m or Bent for £16m for example.Still seems a bit high, but the budgets EPL teams get is crazy and they will get big money for Doyle this summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermac 115 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I'd say he is worth 5 million I rate him improved greatly since leaving Leith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethemighty 186 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Its amazing he went from a 3mil player to 7 mil in one season, even though he scored, what, 8 goals?Just shows what a piss take the EPL is when it comes to player valuations. How long until the EPL bubble bursts with a collective debt of some £3.5 BILLION!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 In a "Normal" league, paying anything near £7 million for a player like Fletcher would be considered sheer lunacy.The EPL however is not normal, when it comes to the amount of silly money that it generates from Television.Blackpool getting in to the EPL handed them a £90 million bonanza,so paying £7 million for Fletcher might be considered good business if he scores 10 goals that would keep a club in the EPL, even by the skin of their teeth.The wages and transfer fees that abound in the EPL are very short on normality and pretty well full of lunacy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNuts 552 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 5m Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_1 1,136 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I think Flecther is a very good player and has improved since move to Burnley, but I wouldn't pay any more than £5m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose andy 1 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 Good player but wouldnt pay more than 5 million Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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