SaintJames
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Bill, football is a small world to those on the inside. Agents talk and there's not a chance in hell that each and every fee we have received isn't known to clubs when they bid! Charlton know full well that Joel's value doesnt lie in his price today but his value to Charlton in around 12 months time when he makes a major impact in their team and his value 18 months after that to a bigger club. We most definitely are not under valuing this boy imoI feel that we maybe over valuing Joel a bit based on half a season in L2. A £1M price tag is probably too rich for L1, and at the moment he's still a punt for a championship club, so they will also no doubt be worried about shelling out that much.
What we are seeing here though is the flipside of the argument against announcing transfer fees. The argument for this is usually that if other clubs no how much money we've got it weakens our hand when buying, but in this case as a selling club, other clubs knowing we've got a bit of cash in our back pockets, will help us fend off stupid bids and make it far more likely that a player's true value will be arrived at.