Niculae to Werder Bremin

[RiG]

He's going knowhere unless someone comes up with the spondoolics

Oddly the P & J says we will take the best offer we can for him.

[Jay_7]

While I appreciate what he's brought to the team, we just are not getting the best out of him.  Niculae needs to be playing with quality players, receiving quality ball delivery.  ICT are not doing that.

The amount of interest being shown by other teams should push his price up by a sizable quantity, even better the money we receive can go towards some quality players.  My only concern is that any deal is likely to only happen after Euro 2008 is finished - Might be cutting it a little fine in order to bring in new faces  :007:

[CaleyD]

Put plain and simple, the club see Niculae as nothing but a potential Cash Cow (IMO).

If those in charge at ICT were capable of seeing beyond the ends of their noses then we'd have players tied up on longer contracts so we weren't losing them for free, selling them on the cheap at the last moment or retaining their services to improve results/league position and generating income in that fashion.

It's all fair and well saying "lets sell Niculae and bring in some cash, but who's going to do the business for us up front next season?  It looks like Wyness is off and Bayne wants away....if Niculae goes then that leaves us with the deadly force that is Rory McAllister  :029: 

That's not a prospect that exactly fills me with delight, and I wonder just how much the club have thought about what relegation might cost us if we go down that road!!!  You can bet it will be a **** sight more than whatever we may get for Niculae.

[Alex MacLeod]

Million quid parachute payment? :tic01:

[Kingsmills]

Million quid ? I thought that the parachute payment from the SPl was ?250,000 year one and ?125,000 the following season.

[CaleyD]

Think Alex was cheekily suggesting that if we got a million quid for Niculae it would be a "parachute payment"  :015:

[Caley Mad In Berks]

It's all fair and well saying "lets sell Niculae and bring in some cash, but who's going to do the business for us up front next season? 

I'm with you on this one CD. We should be signing Marius up for longer, not trying to get rid of him.  I admired the board for showing some ambition in getting Marius in the first place. Now they should be trying to keep him!

[Guest TinCanFan]

I like Niculae, I really do.  He's obviously got great skill and class but the impression I get is that he's not as good as he thinks he is.

[clacher_holiday2]

I agree with CaleyD's take on this 100%, we have to try and keep him.

[Kingsmills]

I agree although I suspect that instead we will accept the first reasonable bid we get, if any.

[Scarlet Pimple]

Let's hope the bid is a good one , but not from the Old Firm.

Imagine if Marius was  taken by them and left to rot on the bench ...then it woul be the Old Squirm not the Old Firm. Hmmmm :011:

[tm4tj]

Or even if they were to sign Scarlet himself, would that then be the Old & Infirm bench. :023:

The rumour season will be in full flow soon, it could be a very busy pre-season.

[Scarlet Pimple]

Or even if they were to avoid signing the Manfer would that be seen as NOT TheMann for the Job...'cos he's a cheeky moonkey.

And ah'l hiv ye know that there is naething infirm aboot  ma wee brain ....eh?

Squirm yer way oot o' that, then.

And foreby, you cheeky wee sprog, awa hame tae yer mammy and get yer wee nose wiped, the noo. :003:

[MissICT]

I don't mind where he ends up as long as we get a fair bit of money!!

[caleyblue]

according to papers today sporting liosbon keen to take him back if a deal can be agreed with ict

[MissICT]

Is there any news on how much he would be sold for?