10 Jun 2026 16:15:44
Why are we penny pinching with these transfer sums? Other clubs just agree the stated sums and then the breakdown of the paymets. We go in offer £2 and then start from there then get done when lesser established clubs agree the fee and then its done. Were going on about Shea Charles. Nobody had heard of him till he scored against Arsenal and now he has become a better option because hes not better than Hackney hezs cheaper.
You get what you pay for dont see many other clubs queing up for Charles and knowing are recent dealings with Southampton we will pay more than for Hackney with a player a lot less talented. Come on Blues give us a team to be proud of not a team buying second rate alternatives. Disheartened toffee for another season. ????
10 Jun 2026 17:00:38
Is that not business 101? You offer what you perceive the value of the product to be. That triggers negotiations and both parties try to come to an agreement.
Comparing Charles to Hackney is futile as the two of them are completely different profiles of midfielders.
Shea Charles was schooled in arguably the best youth system in the country and the best manager in the world for the past couple of decades thought he was good enough to hand him a debut for the PL Champions. He has had the opportunity to learn from 2 of the best DM's in the PL, in Rodri and Fernandinho.
On his loan move to Sheffield Wednesday, he earned their player of the year award and he was capped by his country as a teenager and has gone onto have over 30 caps.
Hackney has spent his entire career at Middlesbrough, apart from a single loan at Scunthorpe, and I imagine nobody had heard of him until this season either.
Hackney is an all-action box to box midfielder and Shea Charles is a technically gifted 6, who is tactically intelligent with very good composure, progressive passing and positional awareness.
Shame that the lad from the North West signed for Southampton for 10.5m a year ago, isn't it really? Shame we don't have scouts. But maybe we can buy him now for £40m like Dibling so we can sit them on the bench alongside each other!