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Being Scottish myself I was delighted when a young pro was given a run by Parky back in the day. I was, however not greatly impressed with the gangly
young lad who looked to be out of his depth.
I am absolutely delighted to see that I obviously know nothing when it comes to growing young lads still developing physically.
His work rate and effectiveness this season have been Premier League quality and his goal earlier in the week was as good a header as ive seen
from a centre forward at any level.Well done Olly and good luck for the future.

 

I’ve seen it too. Blimey. Obviously something led up to it, but Mcburnie isn’t holding back. He’s been in trouble for violence before hasn’t he? I think he’s got some issues.

 

His brother

 

Swansea want twenty million I can’t see anybody paying that as good as he is

 

We see it time and again that clubs over-inflate players with sell on clauses to cover what they have to pass on. If we said McBurnie was worth £15m, would we argue in today’s market?
(Please note - I do however agree these numbers are crazy!).

 

Give over, he and the board will have known the question wss going to come up in the forum so will have showed Ryan the relevant paperwork to give everyone an answer. He didn't stumble across a piece of paper on the floor and put two and two together.

 

Completely agree.

And I'm not even that arsed if he has success.

 

To say McBurnie couldn't attract 20 million is extremely naive.

It's one thing to question the valuation, but it's silly to assume nobody could possibly share it.

 

But all clubs want a goal scorer and he is that. His record speaks for itself. Still young and a bright future ahead of him. I don’t see why any lower Premier League club wouldn’t want him.

 

Which ever easy you look at it, Swansea are going to make a killing on a player they paid less than £300k for. Had he still been with us we'd have got a fraction of the amounts being banded about. Granted it was in the championship, but as a club, we just don't seem to command big fees for our players compared say to a Barnsley or a Peterborough.

 

True, but the issue is the prices received

 

Swans want £20m, Blades offer £10m. £15m with odd ons is the final price then.

 

If it is 15% of profit it is still going to dwarf the highest fee we have received for a player in many of years.

 

Crackers. But if you take a long term view, there are several clubs who've shown the benefit of yo-yoing for a couple of seasons.

 

Like it or not in a world where Bournemouth can sell their fifth choice centre half for £20m, or Southampton pay £20m for a centre forward who has played fewer than 40 games in four seasons, then £20m is the going rate if you want a striker who might score a few goals.

Last season Wolves bought Traore off Boro and a lad from Spain both for huge money, Fulham spent over £100m. It’s the way football is these days, probably in the scale of the TV deals not a lot different to City dropping £1.3m on Rankin 20 years ago or £1.4m on Wetherall.

 

Don't be ridiculous, if Park's said it's not happening, it's not happening.

 

Didn't a poster on here say they had a chat with Rupp who said he wouldn't be taking the McBurnie money? Or have I just imagined that?

 

Come on Park, you are smarter than that.

Don't need to sell = ramps up the price
Happy in south Wales = covering basis if he stays

They are text book responses to speculation.

 

Sensible move. But to be honest you were due an upgrade

 

With cream roof?