Why go in waving our big wads, when we might be able to wait for the Bulls to just crumble, then we can get Bateman as a free agent?
Similar to when Everton paid Rangers £5.5 million for Jelavic, only for the Scottish club to go t!ts up weeks later, when Jelavic could have walked off on a free and saved any buying club the large transfer fee.
What if there are other clubs interested who will swoop in under our noses and pick him up?
If Jelavic was available on a free transfer do you think he would have gone to Everton...? No chance, he would have ended up with his pick of clubs and there were a few big clubs that wanted strikers and would have been willing to pay wages Everton can't.
What if there are other clubs interested who will swoop in under our noses and pick him up?
If Jelavic was available on a free transfer do you think he would have gone to Everton...? No chance, he would have ended up with his pick of clubs and there were a few big clubs that wanted strikers and would have been willing to pay wages Everton can't.
But they won't......Nobody else in the British game at this time has more financial clout than us - Maybe the equal, but not more.
Why waste cash on an unproven entity, when we could have him for free in a few weeks time?.....If somebody else does steal in before us then so be it, but it would save us a few quid.
So if nobody else in the British game has more financial clout than us then whats the point in saving money and missing out.
Wigan saved money by not signing Adrian Morley when we signed him on a bumper four year deal.
Hull saved money by not matching our bid for Michael Monaghan.
Warrington have been first at the table for these players going back to Gleeson (even Westwood maybe?) putting the money down and saying we want this guy and we are going to do what it takes, if that means we pay a bit over the odds so what if we can afford it? Let Bradford have a few bob.
There's a time and place for being a tight fist watching the pennies, but when we're in a competitive market trying to jump ahead of our rivals to win the title now is not it.
rumour ive heard doesnt want to travel so he is going to huddersfield
haven't you heard he is looking at house sharing with sinfield, gallen and rangi chase in stockton heath my mates dads brothers cousins best friend saw them looking at houses there.
