Rumours are Britt has had 2 bids accepted

No issue with Britt the fella, however he's just not lived up to expectation - like many footballers - & now he's in the wind down phase of his contract he's just not really on his game (when we are trying to push for a playoff place & can't be done with players not on the same page)

It's not just, or even, the goals from Britt that has disappointed its the ratio of good / average / poor performances - the good were few & far between. When he signed I did wonder if his injuries would cause him to be less effective & injury prone though he's been fine on that front - it just seems to be motivation - nice contract: relax & put in just enough..

Problem with contracts is they reward up front & leave the less than motivated to be able to coast through it Özil style..
 
BobUpnDown said:
No issue with Britt the fella, however he's just not lived up to expectation - like many footballers - & now he's in the wind down phase of his contract he's just not really on his game (when we are trying to push for a playoff place & can't be done with players not on the same page)

It's not just, or even, the goals from Britt that has disappointed its the ratio of good / average / poor performances - the good were few & far between. When he signed I did wonder if his injuries would cause him to be less effective & injury prone though he's been fine on that front - it just seems to be motivation - nice contract: relax & put in just enough..

Problem with contracts is they reward up front & leave the less than motivated to be able to coast through it Özil style..
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The stakes are high when you invest a lot of money in a key position footballer.

Britt is clearly a good bloke but we were expecting more from him in terms of goals.

He hasn’t been a complete dud but you don’t feel he has been good value.

There has been a lot worse over the years though, Boersma, Ashcroft, Davenport, Alves, Boyd to name a few.

I think ‘could have done better‘ is how I would describe Britt.
 
If he is still here on Tuesday we can kiss goodbye of any chance of a transfer fee and he will leave 6 months richer for playing very little football. He cannot loose.
 
From the clubs finances point of view. How have we let our record buy leave for free. Was there really no takers in the summer for £3-5m?
 
LeeMiller said:
From the clubs finances point of view. How have we let our record buy leave for free. Was there really no takers in the summer for £3-5m?
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Who would pay £3-5m on top of his high wages? Nobody has that sort of money and his record with us has been pretty poor the last 2 seasons
 
Unless he is going to go to China it is his wages rather than any transfer fee that would have suitors off on the summer I imagine
 
Sometimes it just dosnt work, think shevchenko or Torres....
not that Britt is in that league, but you know what I mean.
if he moves on, which I think is best for both parties, I wish him the very best of luck and hope he finds a club he gels better with .
 
Duffman said:
Do we know for a fact how much Britt is on a week? Lots of figures bandied about but is it actually known what keeping him at the club till his contract expires will cost us?
If we sign a replacement I can see us letting Britt go with no fee if someone picks up his wages between now and the end of his contract. The sad thing is there are not many of the type of clubs Britt will attract who can pick up all of his salary for the next six months - hence my question about his actual salary. The deal for Diédhiou would have to see us paying a fee and signing Diédhiou on a permanent basis (500k) which would help Bristol City pay Britt’s wages I suppose.
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Can amortise a fee too, so a saving on this P&L year
 
I think we’ll take whatever we can get. Getting his wages out of the club will save us close to £1m. Fortunately we don’t really have to worry about goal bonuses. Wouldn’t be surprised if he leaves on loan.
 
Train Guy said:
If he is still here on Tuesday we can kiss goodbye of any chance of a transfer fee and he will leave 6 months richer for playing very little football. He cannot loose.
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Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret said:
If we had bought him for 3 or 4 million it would have been a good deal. 15 million though. Jesus.
He gets far too much stick because of it. Both him and Tav missed a ridiculous ly easy chance this season. No one mentions Tav. Britt had about 15 threads.
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Tav didn't cost £15m
 
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I heard it's a bid of £1,950,000 plus 50k for the 3 year old barn door we had installed that has no Mark's on it .
 
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