City admit £6m Saints snub (From Daily Echo)
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City admit £6m Saints snub
7:20am Saturday 29th December 2012 in Saints News
JACK BUTLAND
BIRMINGHAM City have admitted for the first time they rejected a £6m offer from Saints for goalkeeper Jack Butland last summer.
The 19-year-old could well have to leave Birmingham in the January transfer window in order to keep the club out of administration.
He is being chased by several teams, most notably Liverpool, who are understood to have already been in talks with the Midlands outfit.
Acting chairman Peter Pannu has admitted the cash-strapped club may not be able to resist the temptation to cash in on their prized asset.
“I can’t say that we are in a very wonderful situation, I would be lying if I said that,” Pannu said.
“This is a very tricky question (player sales). What I can say is that – and I might be blasted for this by the fans – no one is for sale and everyone is available. As at any club.
“Give me a £15m offer for Jack Butland, can I say no?
“I have rejected £6m from Southampton (in the summer) but I rejected it when our finances were OK.
“As the time is ticking, I might not be able to reject it if I get something similar.
“I do have a responsibility to keep the club running.”
Butland is not the only player facing a possible exit, with a handful of other high earners troubling Birmingham’s wage bill, most notably Nikola Zigic’s £50,000-plus a week wages.
Comments(13)
SaintMax
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7:52am Sat 29 Dec 12
OSPREYSAINT
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8:21am Sat 29 Dec 12
SaintMax wrote:.. and overpriced.
We do need to invest in a goalie, but is this bloke still too much of a rookie?
alanrr
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9:08am Sat 29 Dec 12
..needs games though and possibly english/portugese/ja
panese lessons
sarfhamton
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9:44am Sat 29 Dec 12
Rising_Son
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10:01am Sat 29 Dec 12
sarfhamton wrote:Too English! Don't let our resident xenophobe, Saintlysoul, hear you say that.
Too young, too expensive and too English
loosehead
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10:19am Sat 29 Dec 12
sarfhamton wrote:Do you mean the way he plays? or what's wrong with being English?
Too young, too expensive and too English
theocelot
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11:42am Sat 29 Dec 12
up saints
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11:52am Sat 29 Dec 12
lowemustgo
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12:17pm Sat 29 Dec 12
A big goalie that strikers respect is worth a lot of points.
Not sure if Butland is that man?
Too many goals have been scored against us from the opposition's only cross of the game.
KD has been a brilliant servant of the club in good times and bad - We should swap either Gazza or Boruk in the process.
upwherewebelong
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4:06pm Sat 29 Dec 12
Fatty x Ford Worker
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7:01pm Sat 29 Dec 12
theocelot wrote:2 million and chuck in all 3 of ours as part of the deal!
£4m bid. nothing more. play thier finances like everyone did with ours.
ctsaint
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9:33am Sun 30 Dec 12
Our keeper should be worthe 7-10 pnts per season , pretty sure none of ours fit that bill.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant says...
7:52am Sat 29 Dec 12