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I also know no c**t who remotely grudges it.

The figure getting mentioned isn't right. Theres another installment due next close season taking it up to 4m. There's also decent and achievable top ups equalling 2m and a sell on fee. I'm gutted to see the boy gone, but the price is something I'm toiling to grumble about.

You'll get your 13%.

Can't wait till Celtic sign him for 12m in 18 months and Hibs get more than Celtic offered via a sell on fee.

Well that's what he was threatening no? Fwiw I have zero problem with St Mirren getting a hefty sell on. But I'd wait to see what you actually get before you start working out who you'd spend it on. Petrie specifically stated that the sell on was nowhere near 33%. I would be unsurprised if McGinn was getting a share of the fee for example and that was coming out of either the overall fee or the "33%" rather than Hibs portion. Same with the VAT to be paid. Any of these things will reduce the amount St Mirren will get from a headline 33% on the fee.

The only reason it was peanuts was because you were getting f**k all when he moved to America. That's not the strongest negotiating position tbh.

It's numberwang.

I personally think that Celtic are attempting to manipulate the Scottish market. They are literally the only ones who have decent cash to spend. So they're using that cash to put as low offers in as possible for players who look like they'll be something special. The likes of Christie and Morgan are those players. They have then set the market as "its not realistic to expect big fees in Scotland, look at the amount we paid for xxxxx". Except the transfer market has went utterly mental over the last few years. Scottish player valuations have not remotely tracked this. Celtic could well find that they're now having to compete with clubs willing to spend more money than they will. Every successful Scottish transfer down south will increase the cost of doing business for them. I want Hibs to spend a chunk of this cash from Mcginn in Scotland for way higher a fee than either arse cheek would spend. That would set the market in a good way for everyone.

Apparently Hibs are not going to sell him to Celtic for reasons. Those reasons are unspecified but Hibs wanting and getting a higher fee appears to mean we're now on the enemy list. Boy's a slavering p***k in other words.

Nah, 50k bid for Griffiths. We should also make sure that it's clear that he only wants to sign for Hibs and its a bit cunty from Celtic not letting him get his dream move.

I'm not fussed about Allan. Mallan is absolutely fine in that position. Only way I'd have wanted to get Allan in was if we'd made the group stage of the Europa League. That's a bit more distant prospect than at this time yesterday... My thoughts about Mulumbu is that he'd be looking to play whenever he's fit. That might not be something he'd be getting offered in many places that would be a step up from Kilmarnock. If McGinn goes from Hibs we'd be offering him that level of responsibility and it would be in a squad that you don't have to wishcast too much to think could well be challenging for a trophy. I don't think he's ever won a thing in his career?

Any of those 3 would be excellent signings. Short term I'd see zero reason to not go for Mulumbu. Think Kamara is out of contract next season so he's maybe plausible. If we end up getting a good fee for Mcginn with St Mirren scooping up a hefty sell on percentage that can only help to make other sides be more willing to sell to Hibs. We will have demonstrated that we're in a financial position to demand a high fee.

Mulumbu might still be available...

There was interest in Kamberi, but Grasshoppers went a bit mental and asked for 2m for him when Hibs had an option for 100k. Maclaren I've no idea.

I rejected the valuation of a pint of Innes and Gunn in Milnes the other week. b*****ds wouldn't negotiate at all and insisted they wouldn't take less and that was the price. If only I had put out a statement I'm sure they would have caved. Diddy pub.

We go radge at Petrie. It's traditional. Edit; btw I do think we absolutely do need to sign a couple of players. Lennon not chucking the toys out of the pram yet suggests to me that there must be a plan though.

We've lost Mcgeouch, Maclaren, Barker and Allan from last season. We've signed Mallan and Agyepong who you'd say are replacements for Allan and Barker. We've got Slivka and Shaw already in the squad who've shown enough to get a chance imo. But I think something that people are missing is that we're not going to know our budget till we find out how far we are going in Europe, plus how much we end up getting for Mcginn (you'd assume). Each round we get through in Europe is probably clearing 400k for us. As of next Friday night we will have zero English clubs looking to sign players we're interested in, plus anyone they haven't ditched will suddenly be available on loan. There's a bit of an incentive to wait a wee bit yet imo. It could mean getting much better quality than we can atm.

I think I'm the only one who isn't that fussed. Really good penalty box striker but done f**k all outside the box. Add a quick striker to play beside Kamberi and put a bit of trust in Shaw at least till the January window I'd be happy with.

I'm not sure that the huge revenue pocketed by the owners in American sport is particularly socialist tbh. They artificially keep players salaries down to allegedly keep a more even playing field, but in reality it's to increase profits.

Desperate to leave.

Back of a fag packet calculation has us with around 1m banked from the 2 rounds of Europe. Win the next one and that would rise to probably around 1.7m. We've sold near enough 14k season tickets which is well up on the same point last season. We earned around an extra 1.2m from prize money from the league compared to the season before. "2m" is not 2m to Hibs. St Mirren get 33% and there's VAT due on the fee. We'd be getting around 1.1m for him. That's not even close to enough. We're under zero pressure to sell. Overwhelm us or gtf.

I've got literally no idea how work permits work here. Wasn't it Jason Scotland who was kb'd for one with Dundee Utd but got one for St Johnstone a few years back?

Aye, it's still a cross border transfer.