Ex Player Ex-Player Thread

Agreed!, Could be worse, it could be Lyle Taylor, who is refusing to play anticipating the next big pay rise. I don't really blame any footballer trying to earn as much as possible in what is a short career. But I'd rather they were all just open and honest about it.
Think we were linked to him once but I think he could be like Toney went to Newcastle did nothing and was loaned out he Tony probably a mid table championship striker so Taylor could be shooting himself in the foot.
 
Currently watching Brentford V WBA. Brentford winning 1-0 heading to HT. Fosu is playing with Baptiste on the bench. Does anyone know if there were promotion add-ons included in the deal for the two?
 
Interesting one indeed. I notice Sofia already have Graham Carey, the ex Plymouth winger. And they've also had Viv Solomon-Otobor who is ex Birmingham.

Must be an agent link somewhere.

Whilst I am sure there are many football agents who routinely work between specific countries, I do wonder whether John Inglis, by far and away the worst player I have ever witnessed on a football pitch, is at all involved in this mini-exodus to Bulgaria.

After leaving Pittodrie he moved to Levski Sofia and has made an extremely good name for himself as a player agent in 20 years since, still living in Bulgaria. He's with the Stellar Group, and whilst he appreciably represents bigger clients than Marvin Johnson and Graham Carey, I do wonder if he's "the missing link". (He certainly looked like it when playing for Aberdeen).
 
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Harvey Bradbury released by Millwall after spending a season with their U23 squad.
Made 3 sub appearances on loan at Morecambe in Feb/March.
 
Following on from the player watching of our ex-Yellows, affter the DE takeover and subsequent seasons under the model of ‘buy cheap talent, make it better, sell for more, we’ve sold the following players for the approximate sums (others departed such as Chey Dunkley and Curtis Nelson who went up a division but on frees. Canice Carroll, Cameron Norman, Kane Hemmings and Liam Sercombe all left for small fees, but I’m looking at the notable £500k+ sales).
  • Kemar Roofe to Leeds United for £3m
  • Callum O’Dowda to Bristol City for £1m (+add ons)
  • John Lundstram to Sheffield United for £700k
  • Marvin Johnson to Middlesbrough for £2.5m
  • Ryan Ledson to Preston North End for £500k (best estimate)
  • Joe Rothwell to Blackburn Rovers for £150k (best estimate)
  • Gavin Whyte to Cardiff City for £2m
  • Shandon Baptiste to Brentford £2.25m
  • Tariq Fosu to Brentford for £750k
Whilst we all chuntered that Baptiste was worth more and the like, with talk of our of our former players recently it does make me wonder how many of those would be commanding the same fee now? Is anyone going to bid £2m to buy Gavin Whyte in 2020 or stump up £2.5m for Johnson? Ledson and O’Dowda haven’t kicked on as well as they should have either. It makes you think that we 1. Made good business at the right time 2. Did a far better job of developing players than the club they went on to.

Not all fall in that category though. Roofe is having a successful if a bit weird career in Belgium, Lunny has taken to PL life rather well and Rothwell appears for Blackburn regularly.
 
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