Crystal Palace chief Steve Browett hits out at Saints over Nathaniel Clyne offer

7:00am Tuesday 24th July 2012 in Sport Photograph of the Author By Adam Leitch, Chief Sports Writer

Palace chief hits out at Saints Palace chief hits out at Saints

Saints look set to have to go to a tribunal to agree a fee for Nathaniel Clyne after Crystal Palace co-owner Steve Browett said the club were ‘taking the mick’ with their offer for the right back.

Clyne is a Saints player after agreeing a four-year deal at St Mary’s following the expiry of his contract at Selhurst Park but Palace are entitled to a compensation fee due to his age and his development with the club.

It appeared a compromise had been reached when Clyne completed the formalities of his move but Browett says that is not the case and is angry with Saints for their offer.

Palace had been reported to value Clyne at about £4m, but it is thought that was a negotiating position and a fee of around £2.5m would be agreed.

However, it now appears inevitable that the clubs will be heading for a tribunal to settle the dispute with negotiations having broken down.

Browett told Crystal Palace fan’s website cpfc.org : “I don’t know what the ‘reported’ compensation offer was for Clyney but I know what the real offer is and yes, Southampton are taking the mick.

“We think that we have developed one of Britain’s finest young defenders through our academy and then given him great experience playing first-team football. He’s certainly got the ability to be a very good Premier League player and we will not be accepting their offer but going to tribunal.

“It’s a no-brainer for us because what they have offered is so low.

“We got £750,000 for Bostock, who had played one league game, whereas Nathaniel’s development is way in advance of that and so should be the fee.

“It’s annoying that it can’t be sorted out sensibly. Nevertheless the compensation should be far more than they have offered.”

Comments(26)

bully0046 says...
7:13am Tue 24 Jul 12

OLD NEWS AGAIN LEITCH!

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Saintsayer II says...
7:43am Tue 24 Jul 12

Why wouldn't anyone try to get him as cheaply as possible? Lets face it in the bad old days we got robbed blind by some clubs

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lambo83 says...
7:59am Tue 24 Jul 12

More fool them for not getting him signed up to a long term contract.

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ghk230473 says...
8:10am Tue 24 Jul 12

23 Jul 2012 22:02:59
Southampton are being linked with a move for Dame N'Doye, top scorer in the Danish top division for the last two seasons. Linked previously to Reading and Everton. Odd move but could make sense if Barnard and Forte (Notts County) leave as is thought

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Over the Edge says...
8:24am Tue 24 Jul 12

Nice one Mr Cortese, good bit business, get a talented young player, who is out of contract, sign him for 4 years and then argue the price through a tribunal later, whilst the player is settling in, looking forward to seeing him play.

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slodgey says...
8:25am Tue 24 Jul 12

wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs

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ghk230473 says...
8:33am Tue 24 Jul 12

slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
Now, now don't get lemon!
Why let his contract run out if they wanted him so much?
Shaw is on contract and if others want him they will have to pay money that matches how much we want to keep him.

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Ciaran says...
9:01am Tue 24 Jul 12

bully0046 wrote:
OLD NEWS AGAIN LEITCH!
Seeing as the interview was only put online at 6pm yesterday by the Palace site, it's hardly old news, is it?

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BPC1981 says...
9:37am Tue 24 Jul 12

Palace fan in peace..... Just to clarify, Palace have been trying to get Clyne to sign a new deal since we came out of administration. The Palace owners were willing to make Clyne the top earner at the club, and the deal reportedly on the table was a very good one. He just decided to run down his contract, as he wanted a crack at the Prem. Good luck for the season, you have yourself a very fine right back.

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andysaints007 says...
9:52am Tue 24 Jul 12

bully0046 wrote:
OLD NEWS AGAIN LEITCH!
Don't read it then idiot!

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Shoong says...
10:20am Tue 24 Jul 12

Ok, let's pay a fair price but £4 Mill?

No way.

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billythesaint says...
10:38am Tue 24 Jul 12

I'll laugh if the tribunal let's him go for less than we offered! It's a nice change to be signing cracking young players for a steal instead of selling them to the 'big clubs' for peanuts because we're desperately skint. And @slodgey..that is karma. Fool.

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mbetts says...
10:38am Tue 24 Jul 12

slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
I know Luke too, and Elvis! Anyone can spout whatever crap they want on the internet, IT'S AMAZING!

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Chipster says...
11:24am Tue 24 Jul 12

slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
Wum, Skunt or Pond life, you choose?

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SFC1976 says...
11:26am Tue 24 Jul 12

Thats football I'm affraid and if we can get a very good right back for a knock down price all good who wouldnt do that.As for us being mugs don't blame us for Palace not being a big enough club to hold on to him. Luke Shaw is on a 4 year contract so if Arsenal do want him they can either put up or shut up we do not need to sell so either we get the right money or he will be going nowhere.

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SFC1976 says...
11:28am Tue 24 Jul 12

Chipster wrote:
slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
Wum, Skunt or Pond life, you choose?
Lose you best player for a max 2mill who is the mug??????

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ecuk268 says...
11:29am Tue 24 Jul 12

mbetts wrote:
slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
I know Luke too, and Elvis! Anyone can spout whatever crap they want on the internet, IT'S AMAZING!
You know Elvis?? Wow!!

Is it true that he's living on the Moon with Princess Diana?

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Jannersaint says...
11:37am Tue 24 Jul 12

This palace chap is a bit of a numpty. No good complaining or making comparisons to bale and Walcott and chamberlain fees. They were in contract so there is no comparison. A tribunal doesn't pay market value or a player it compensates development costs hence low values. Bostock was a big award at 750k. I doubt we will be paying much more.

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Jesus_02 says...
12:43pm Tue 24 Jul 12

“I don’t know what the ‘reported’ compensation offer was for Clyney"

An obvious lie. does he not read papers. What was the offer then? If Saints where taking the Mick and negotiations have broken down why the big secret.

I dont think Cortese will go much on negotiating using the media

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Costa Baz says...
1:03pm Tue 24 Jul 12

slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
If you do actually know Luke Shaw, I doubt if it will be for much longer, after your deliberate attempt to turn the Saints fans against him.
Numpty.

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rocketone says...
1:31pm Tue 24 Jul 12

ecuk268 wrote:
mbetts wrote:
slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
I know Luke too, and Elvis! Anyone can spout whatever crap they want on the internet, IT'S AMAZING!
You know Elvis?? Wow!!

Is it true that he's living on the Moon with Princess Diana?
Silly how could they be living on the moon, no council housing there!
Everyone knows Elvis was riding Shergar across the Fratton pitch, just no one was there to see it!

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OSPREYSAINT says...
4:09pm Tue 24 Jul 12

What these teams need to realise is that we are prepared to pay a fair price fir new Players, but we won't be held to ransom and we won't be ripped off by greedy agents.

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OSPREYSAINT says...
4:13pm Tue 24 Jul 12

slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
Who are you, need to know as you cold be a Skate hoaxer.

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OSPREYSAINT says...
4:14pm Tue 24 Jul 12

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
slodgey wrote:
wait till chelsea or arsenal come in for luke shaw, its gonna happen , i know luke and he is desperate to go to arsenal, then you will get your karma, and palace will get a fee of 2 million + for clyne, mugs
Who are you, need to know as you cold be a Skate hoaxer.
cold = could ! fat finger syndrome? No, just plain incompetent on a keyboard these days.

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slodgey says...
11:24pm Tue 24 Jul 12

karma , say no more,

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lambo83 says...
12:14pm Wed 25 Jul 12

slodgey wrote:
karma , say no more,
Hypothetically (you'll need to google that or ask your teacher when the school holidays are over) speaking (or typing, to be pedantic (refer to earlier comment about asking google / teacher)), IF he is desperate to go anywhere else than sod him, it won't ruin our season, we won't think twice about him.

Just like we won't think twice about some illiterate, grammatically incorrect, 'in the know' cyber warrior such as yourself slodgey.

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