MINIBARCELONASAINT Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 Not too sure if I could've posted this elsewhere, feel free to lock or remove if you don't deem it worthy. The u-18 player who scored 4 goals past us in Notts Forest win against our u-18s in the FA Youth Cup last week has gone to Chelsea for a fee of £1.5m. I'd like to hope we could demand a much greater fee than that if we had a boy with this talent and judging on the Chamberlain fee, I think we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 The difference with this kid is that he'd never played a first team game, so his value is never going to be huge - there's no justification for it to be huge. Forest couldn't really reject £1.8m for a 15 year old who has never played a first team game - they need the money too. With us, Chamberlain had been in the first team setup for a year or so - and was a key part in our promotion playing almost 40 times over the season. This is why we could demand a much higher fee for him. (and we're financially sound, so we dictate, which helps) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 Very surprised that he's not been given a chance in the first team looking at how they've done this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 He was quality last wednesday, had all the attributes to make a very good striker. If he can add a passing aspect and better movement to his game he'll be a good Prem striker. Good in the air, good finisher, good strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIBARCELONASAINT Posted 1 February, 2012 Author Share Posted 1 February, 2012 The difference with this kid is that he'd never played a first team game, so his value is never going to be huge - there's no justification for it to be huge. Forest couldn't really reject £1.8m for a 15 year old who has never played a first team game - they need the money too. With us, Chamberlain had been in the first team setup for a year or so - and was a key part in our promotion playing almost 40 times over the season. This is why we could demand a much higher fee for him. (and we're financially sound, so we dictate, which helps) I agree on most, but he's 18 and had made two substitute appearances in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 I remember a lad we had in the Youth squad many years ago by the name of Peters?? Scored goals for fun and look a bright prospect. Lost his way, ended up at Brentford and from there to obscurity You can never tell at that age Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 The difference with this kid is that he'd never played a first team game, so his value is never going to be huge - there's no justification for it to be huge. Forest couldn't really reject £1.8m for a 15 year old who has never played a first team game - they need the money too. With us, Chamberlain had been in the first team setup for a year or so - and was a key part in our promotion playing almost 40 times over the season. This is why we could demand a much higher fee for him. (and we're financially sound, so we dictate, which helps) Yes but didn't Arsenal offer £4m for Shaw before he made his first team debut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 His contract was up at the end of the season Forest offered him a new terms twice but he rejected them. When you get to the stage of offering highly rated teenagers (inc Morrison) £10 to £15k a week starting salary the likes of Forest are going to struggle to keep the talent especially with this new compensation system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 The difference with this kid is that he'd never played a first team game, so his value is never going to be huge - there's no justification for it to be huge. Forest couldn't really reject £1.8m for a 15 year old who has never played a first team game - they need the money too. With us, Chamberlain had been in the first team setup for a year or so - and was a key part in our promotion playing almost 40 times over the season. This is why we could demand a much higher fee for him. (and we're financially sound, so we dictate, which helps) I thought he had a couple of sub appearances recently? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 He was playing for Cotterill, zero chance of making even an empty bench if his Portsmouth tenure was anything to go by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itchen_block4 Posted 1 February, 2012 Share Posted 1 February, 2012 Easier to sell him than to sell a first teamer who might help to keep them up. Silly move from a football perspective, but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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