Four goal haul in Monday's friendly, Would love to know who we were playing.

Couldn't make the Blackburn game but a friend of mine said he looked very useful. Worth a punt, he will certainly be hungry.

I predict he'll turn out to be than Bennett

Couldn't make the Blackburn game but a friend of mine said he looked very useful. Worth a punt, he will certainly be hungry.

Was only on about 5 minutes if it's the same lad.

I've been impressed with him. Took his goal very well vs Penrith and seemed always to be actively looking for space, which is more than some we've seen. Saw him hold it up effectively as well as knock it round a man and run. See how he does - decent back up option if nothing else.

Four goal haul in Monday's friendly, Would love to know who we were playing.

Squad players v YTS

He got on the last 25 minutes at Halifax had a decent shot on target from edge of area that forced a save from their goalkeeper... looked useful with the ball at feet, as someone said always looking for space, and laid it off decently for players pushing up a la young Lee Miller. Clearly not the finished product but looks promising. Hopefully he'll harden up given the chance and turn out to be a good signing

That's two big buggas up front he must be 6"4 looking at photo

Be pumping a few balls in box by look of things with Bennett and this lad...good options up front just hope at least one of them kicks on like Wyke did ..was hoping Miller got a good run this year I'm guessing this pushes him down picking order

I'm going to predict Cosgrove will make 8 sub appearances and 2 Checkatrade Trophy starts before January.

Glad to see him get a contract. Hope he shows enough in those 6 months to earn a longer deal. Type of player who can only get better given the opportunity, best of luck to him. Could turn out to be a good signing, which I think Nabi will also prove to be.

That's two big buggas up front he must be 6"4 looking at photo

Be pumping a few balls in box by look of things with Bennett and this lad...good options up front just hope at least one of them kicks on like Wyke did ..was hoping Miller got a good run this year I'm guessing this pushes him down picking order

Him and the new goalie, dwarf KC.

Do they shove these kide in a gro-bag nowadays.

https://twitter.com/officialcufc/status/948972621311471617

Aberdeen seemingly after Cosgrove. According to ReluctantNicko on Twitter they’re interested!

https://twitter.com/bbccumbriasport/status/1201072357433057282?s=19

At a pessimistic lower end guess that would give us 400-600k.

bbc reporting that Stoke are after Cosgrove (denied by Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes) with a fee of 4 million allegedly reported.
By the look of it McInnes is stating that players dont need to be sold ( unless they meet the clubs valuation)
No wonder non of our board want to step down with all this speculation of our young players and Cosgrove.

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£4m doesn't sound much for Cosgrove. Couldn't get a game under Curle

Apologies, i hadn't noticed the other posts

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Isn't standard a 20% of the profit from the sell on?

As we sold him for next to nothing 20 or 40k that's a profit of £3,960,000 giving us £792,000.

Isn't standard a 20% of the profit from the sell on?

As we sold him for next to nothing 20 or 40k that's a profit of £3,960.000 giving us £792,0000.

Could be neigh on the same profit from selling Branthwaite if that is the case.

We should be doing this with Branthwaite - Aberdeen have stated that Cosgrove is going nowhere for less than 4m therefore meet it, better it or bugger off.

We should start the bidding with Branthwaite at 1.5m, make it public and see where it goes, that is peanuts for such potential.

Isn't standard a 20% of the profit from the sell on?

As we sold him for next to nothing 20 or 40k that's a profit of £3,960.000 giving us £792,0000.

Better than a kick in the testicles.

Don’t think there is a standard. TBF whatever % the club negotiated is good considering if Aberdeen had waited til the end of the season they wouldn’t have had to give us anything.

Lummy described the sell on as "eye watering"

I’ve heard it’s more like 40%, good work by somebody if true.

Lummy described the sell on as "eye watering"

Did I? Not sure I have used that phrase before, but hey I might have.

The message passed to Radio Cumbria was bigger than your average sell on, lets just hope its true.

Could a larger sell on % almost work as a disadvantage because it is distorting his market value?

Aberdeen won't sell him unless they get the return themselves that they think is worthwhile for them. If they think he's worth £4m to them and we've got a 40% sell on they'd be daft to accept a £4m offer because they'll be getting nowhere near that.

That might make his price too high for any potential buyers.

Even at 40% Aberdeen would bite anybody's hand off for £2.4m profit.

Chances are it would be paid in instalments anyway so unlikely to be a big immediate amount.

Yes Lummy, pre match on BBCRC a few months a go. If I am wrong i apologise. Would you say that the sell on clause is substantial?

Until he is sold, our sell-on is zilch

Though if he is, it will show Keith Curle's player dealings made a substantial profit :-) well done Keith!

I know I did say it was big, it was just the "eye watering" phrase

Around Melbournes's figure.

This really would be a footballing windfall if he signs for somebody for the amounts mentioned,
Signed for us we can hardly say we developed him the lad hardly played for us in and out team mostly out and then this like winning lottery

Apart from Hill, I’d say Cosgrove was our best player and he hardly played - in the last 5-7 years. Says more though about the rest that have played.

40% is a good sell on.

Don't talk bollocks, Mullen.

Until he is sold, our sell-on is zilch

Though if he is, it will show Keith Curle's player dealings made a substantial profit :-) well done Keith!

I think it was NC who concluded the small print...

Just as big a question as the sum of money is what clibbins does with the money. If he's projecting transfer income of £4m does he see that as covering losses for 10 years or will he release some of the funds for the first team? Cosgrove could go for £50m, not much use if we have to sit through many games like Cambridge.

Maybe a question for the fans forum? Will some of the transfer income be used for player acquisitions?

I would rather the money be used to pay off EWM and enable new owners to come in and tell the 3 old men to piss off.

The Aberdeen manager expects him to stay until the end of the season

Until he is sold, our sell-on is zilch

Though if he is, it will show Keith Curle's player dealings made a substantial profit :-) well done Keith!

I think it was NC who concluded the small print...

Aye but it was Keith who spotted his potential and signed him.

Until he is sold, our sell-on is zilch

Though if he is, it will show Keith Curle's player dealings made a substantial profit :-) well done Keith!

I think it was NC who concluded the small print...

Aye but it was Keith who spotted his potential and signed him.

Nah it was Dykes. Keith then didn’t deem him good enough until his hand was forced

I remember watching Cosgrove come on as a sub against Fleetwood early season, he looked dreadful, worse than Mark Beck. Good luck to the lad, would never have predicted him going on to play at a higher level.

I thought Mark Beck was OK!

£4m doesn't sound much for Cosgrove. Couldn't get a game under Curle

Im almost certain Cosgrove couldn't get a game due to the potential embarrassment for Curle after forking out £50,000 for Bennett. in the couple of games I seen Cosgrove play, he looked a better player than Bennett will ever be, but that isn't to hard to achieve I reckon.

I saw him play a couple of games in the checkatrade, and he looked the a shot in the first team. Unlike Nabi who was shocking.

Don't talk bollocks, Mullen.

I'm honestly not - he was the only player I see that had something about them, that could play at a higher level and score goals. I got stick about it then, when every man & his dog said he'd do nowt and Stockton would be a better player.

I'd maybe add O'hare, he was on loan though, but there's not many we have had recently that you can honestly say can play at a higher level.

Well watching Sportscene most weeks despite his goal record he doesn't look like a player who could cut it at Tier 2 level in this country. Still looks very awkward and that he couldn't trap a bag of cement. It's more of a sign of Scottish football that he has a decent record up there but if we were to get a nice cut from a deal it would be most welcome.

I think Aberdeen v Rangers is on sky sports tonight.

I'd say Rangers are lower Championship level so I'll see how he gets on.

I'd say Rangers are lower Championship level so I'll see how he gets on.

How many lower Championship teams would be top of a Europa League Group containing Feyenoord and Porto with a game to go?!

Gary Dicker was in the top 50 Scottish players in the Record at the weekend. I think that says it all!

Cosgrove was third best striker.

Dicker has been superb at Killie after his injury, ran the game when I was at Ibrox in March...