From what he's said to a Danish outlet, it seems the player was being sought by Newcastle (and possibly Spurs). He is wanting to move to a bigger club and as he says, given his age it needs to be soon. I suspect he may well be on his way in one of the next two windows.

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Hopefully he stays.

Just because a player is wanted in one window doesn't mean that he will be wanted in the next one. Other players may break through and catch the eye of the bigger club or a better player who was previously unavailable becomes so.

I don't want to sell anyone at the moment.

One more point

Agreed, but unless we are seen as a club that will let players go at some point, then the younger talent out there may not want to come to us. It's a fine balancing act. We played this window well by slapping on high values which the bigger clubs were reluctant to bid at or near.

However, the bigger clubs are beginning to learn. Arsenal wouldn't pay our asking price for Zaha but promptly offered that kind of figure for the disaster that was Pepe. In this recent window clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal, etc. have had to pay the price demanded by the smaller clubs for players who've performed in the PL. There are too many players who\ve come from the European leagues for big money who have failed to make the grade.

So, there has to be a premium on players who have done it in the PL for smaller clubs. If a big club come in with a big enough offer for one of our star players, I can well see the board accepting it.

Edited by doombear (06 Sep 2023 11.25am)

Far too much can be read into this sort of short interview. Nothing in it is outside of what you might expect . Yes there were rumours, but nothing happened, so just rumours. Would he want to play for for a top club ? What player would not seriously consider such an option? And yes if it’s going to happen it better be soon. He will be close to thirty when his contract ends, So he never thought going to a big club was going to be the subject of a simple transaction.

We overvalued Wilf for far too long ,no one wanted his sulky Sarah attitude.

I suppose the good thing for us is that we are a big Premier League side now. There aren’t many team’s better than us other than the few usual suspects. Even less in each European league and if he does go it will be for a large fee unless like Zaha he runs his contract down. It’s a good position clubs like us are in that have brought cheap(ish) and can sell on for much higher amounts. Well done Parish and Dougie! The Saudi league may be the better payers but do players like Andersen feel it would enhance their career going there? I doubt it?