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I do not know what offers he received from Prem clubs and what pathways they indicated open to him to play 1st team football. I shall bow to your greater knowledge on these negotiations.

Yes Wissa at the reported £8M was a bargain, but his salary demands and expectations to play 1st team be considerably higher than a young player from Exeter who we could pick up for less than £2M. We need both options moving forward. VJ was the bargain of the century, almost like winning the...

I agree with the points you make but hope we can find a way around, buy and loan being a possible option, of not missing out of the next Ollie Watkins. We know that a player developed in the championship and ready to make the step up to the Prem will cost £20M to £30M, whilst getting him a...

My point is that none of the players I referenced could have stepped from lower leagues straight into premier league. However after a season or two in the championship they could progress to the premier league. So how do you square that circle? Not fish in that pond and miss out on the huge...

A top player in league 1 or 2, such as Watkins, Sawyers, Henry, etc are not going to join us to play in our B team. I don't think investing 1 or 2 million in.potential or maybe players as you term it is wasted investment. We only need a Watkins in every 15 players to make a return on our...

We have been successful in recruiting talent from Leagues 1 and 2 who have been oven ready for Championship but feel Prem would be a step too far initially. With restrictions/competition on recruiting overseas talent I wondered if club are considering recruiting from lower leagues with a view to...