The 'Magnificent' David Turnbull Discussion Thread

[Lobey_Dosser]

The likelihood is that there would have been a gentleman’s agreement on an acceptable transfer fee when we prevented Turnbull doing a Hastie. The club have played fair by the most talented player to come through the system in decades. It’s the way we have to be if we want to continue enticing  the best young kids to sign for us. 

Regarding timing, there was absolutely no way a player of David’s ability was going to stay at Motherwell beyond this summer. He is just too good for us. So surely,  it’s better a deal is a agreed now than transfer deadline day?

From the outside, all parties appear to have conducted themselves impeccably. The challenge now is to invest the money wisely in the coming years by identifying and developing  the next Marvin, Moult, Kipre, Turnbull etc. 

[Wellfan1984]

5 minutes ago, robsterwood said:

True Celtic got 6.2 mil for sale of van dyke as sell on from Sthampton. They could get another massive windfall from selling on and add on frm Turnbull.

If we have a sell on that is % of profit then we would get that % from Celtic's sell on if it happened.  For example ssy...

 

Motherwell sell Turnbull to Celtic for £3m plus 15% sell on profit

Celtic sell to team x for say £8m plus 10% sell on we would get 15% on £5m

Team x then sells for £20m to y - Celtic get 10% on £12m and we would get 15% on that payment...

 

... rinse and repeat. 

[Yoshi-1991]

Actually feel so fucking deflated. What the fuck is the point in Scottish Football.

[Kmcalpin]

1 hour ago, Well Well said:

shareholders will be rubbing their hands whilst the fans will be shaking their heads

So the shareholders are not fans?

[fizoxy]

FWIW Burrows also mentioned the 3m+ figure on the twitter, and has been answering some tweets, so not exactly hiding.

but this all still fucking blows.

[well_said]

I am sick of seeing our best players going to Celtic for less than their true value,

Joe McBride

Dixie Dean's

Brian mcclair

Andy Walker

Uncle Phil

Scott McDonald

Apart from Vic Davidson we've  had some right roasters from them

John Fallon', Paul Wilson, Tony shepherd, Barry John corr and Jim o fucking o Brien. and not forgetting Joe Chalmers. I am sure there will be more but that's the ones I can think of at the moment.

 

[texanwellfan]

I really hope we are just using them as bait 

[underboyleheating]

All over bar the shouting...

[MrBeee]

I think it's as good as done and if it is I hope to fuck they have some cracking signings lined up cause that's our best player and best goal threat away.

 

 

[postiejim]

Just now, underboyleheating said:

All over bar the shouting...

Absolutely Sickening ........

[Kmac]

I can’t wait to see how we go about utilizing this new found wealth to bring in 5 nobodies  from the conference league south 

[Andy H]

Alan Burrows

@Alan_Burrows

Replying to @Rogue_74 @CDalzell1987 and 3 others

I don’t know. However £3m + is a fantastic amount of money and would be a huge gamble for the Board to turn down. What if he got a serious injury? What if the player himself wants to go? Ifs and buts I know, but if you are being realistic, there is no way the club could reject.

[Pepper]

So no release clause, it was the board's decision to sell after all.

[texanwellfan]

5 minutes ago, underboyleheating said:

All over bar the shouting...

I’m sorry but selling ur best player to another team in the same league is fkn crap   I’m pretty sure we could have got the same or more from an English team

[steelman1991]

5 minutes ago, postiejim said:

Absolutely Sickening ........

Yip - the wagon's are circling. 

[texanwellfan]

Our last hope is that he turns them down. C’mon Davie. 

[Yoshi-1991]

1 minute ago, texanwellfan said:

Our last hope is that he turns them down. C’mon Davie. 

The only way that happens is for a better offer he's caught wind of.

[ML1]

3 minutes ago, texanwellfan said:

 I’m pretty sure we could have got the same or more from an English team

Surer than the folk who have been trying to drum up a buyer from down there for the past couple of months ? Maybe you should take the lead in selling James Scott , i seen £13m to Southampton with a sell on mooted further up the board 

[steelboy]

We don't even know how much we are getting yet.

[The African]

If we can get £3 million from Celtic, surely to God we could get it from someone down south?

[grizzlyg]

Main issue is he has signed for Celtic subs bench but if fee is correct we pay off debt, invest in academy and why don't we try and get Louis and Cedric on loan to cushion the blow

 

[MelvinBragg]

When the Chief Executive, who is a Motherwell fan, says that the club have been working for weeks for the best offer they can get for Turnbull and this is it and some fans think there is a better offer out there, I despair. 

Do I want it to be Celtic who offered most for Turnbull? Not at all. Do I believe the club when they say it's the best deal on offer? Why would they lie? Why would Motherwell fans on the board accept a deal that wasn't the best on offer? 

If we receive £3m for a guy that has started 30 games for Motherwell, that has to be a good deal...

[Kmcalpin]

Just now, The African said:

If we can get £3 million from Celtic, surely to God we could get it from someone down south?

Maybe. If teams from down south are genuinely interested and are prepared to top Celtic's offer then they will now have contacted the club. If they haven't then that tells us a lot.

[texanwellfan]

I would have taken the risk of keeping him at Motherwell till another reasonable offer came in from an English club. 

[Pepper]

The thing that annoys me is why have we accepted the offer so soon into the transfer window? 

Even if there are no concrete offers on the table from England just now doesn't mean there won't be in the near future. Things move quickly and as players move and the deadline approaches, offers are often made out of the blue.

As Burrows himself tweeted, yes it's a risk, but I think it is one most fans would have been willing to take. The worst that could happen is we see David Turnbull in a Motherwell shirt again.