Originally Posted by Grim Fandango:
“Those players have had considerably more first team experience though, albeit in a lower division. Keane's also an important player to Burnley, whereas McNair is just an also ran at our club and highly unlikely to start any games this season. I think we're sensible to take the 5, and the extra for Love is a fine bonus.”
I'm not complaining about the fee, as you say, he's not exactly a big player for us.
I was simply using it as an example of why I don't think that we'll play hardball with any of our surplus players.
I'd be surprised if we get anything like what we paid, for Schweinsteiger. I think that getting the wages off the books is more pressing than squeezing an extra couple of million out of any prospective buyer.