TOPIC: Whats Dempsey worth?

No add ons or installments, straight upfront payment, how much do you think he is worth?

One billion dollars.

very good Mike!

500k

TheLazyLewisGuy wrote:
He's worth another season in power for Jenkins and Nixon.

£3.5 millon.

But the Chuckle Brothers would take a straight £250k (cash) to keep the wolf from the door.

More than Grimes at Exeter went for to Swansea...

now x 3 (in a years time)

Worth keeping

1-1.5 million, mad christmas panic buy by championship side maybe 2-3 million

Less than Antony Griffith

Heard he's off to Barnsley..so we may soon find out,"undisclosed" I bet so we'll probably never find out

These undisclosed fees are very shady if you ask me. Why can't thinks be all open once the deal is done?

I believe you can find out at the end of a financial year (I think?) but why not have it undisclosed - we'd be held to ransom be everyone after making a good sale. It makes sense to me. But I do understand the worry whilst we have certain people in charge.

At a vague guess maybe clubs don't want people to know if they're splashing the cash in case other clubs/players then take advantage of it and start asking for bigger transfer fees/wages.

At the minute I'd say £500k-£1M depending on how desperate the other club is and how resistant we are to bids (so probable £500k).

His value will rocket this season if he can emulate last season and/or improve upon it. Consistency is huge in player value so proving he's not a one season wonder will probably double his value.

In an ideal world he'll stay this season and get us promoted and we get a lovely fee at a tribunal next year

I wouldn't sell him until we get a bid of 5m, a lot of teams are now not scared to bid high for lower league talents nowadays, selling early for 500-1m is a losers option.

cufcmike wrote:
Seriously made me laugh... Brilliant!

I always look at the way players handle a football... Potts always seemed quite erratic, talented yes but a Championship player at the very very best...

Dempsey always looks assured in possession, out of possession he's good as well... But he travels at speed with the ball, knows when to pass and shoot and can be intricate when needed! I reckon he could play in the Prem and as CCU said he should go for way more than the £1.75m Swansea paid... I think he did the right thing signing and a good six months I'd say a sizeable £2m+ is realistic! After all we know how desperate the big sides are for bringing in young English talent!

Edit to add any offer over £100k and the custodians will probably be gyrating at the thought of lining their pockets a little more... They're not savvy businessmen and this is worrying when Dempsey is a potentially massive financial asset which could shape the club for years!

Let's put it this way.

If he was to be sold this summer to another club, it would no doubt be for the expected paltry 250k - 500k.

If that club were to then sell him on in a year's time, I guarantee it would be for into the millions.

So can anyone join the dots and explain why we shouldn't cut out the middle man, and give him an asking price of what he's actually worth...instead of taking the usual approach of snatching off the hand of whoever makes the first bid, effectively lining that club's pockets for them?

Edit: 'Because we're in League 2' isn't a valid reason in my opinion..

Bluesmad wrote:
Is that even allowed?

In all seriousness. We got £1m for Jansen nearly 20 years ago. I think Jansen and Dempsey have a similar goals to game ratio, albeit they play in different positions. Players transfer fees have massively inflated since then. I would say at the very least £2m.

DrMantisToboggan wrote:
Yes,i see goalkeepers do it often.

OP said no add ons but for a player at the foot of the league there is no such thing as no add ons. I would be amazed if we got more than 250k for him up front but with appearance money, goals money, % of future transfers could easily rise to 2m. I hope he he doesn't go to Barnsley, league 1 is not high enough, club like Burnley would be good for him

He'd fail the medical at Burnley as soon as they saw that his Mother&Father; are not related.

ChampagneSupernova wrote:
It's because we're in league two like or not, the championship is a proving ground and if he still shines there that's when his value sky rockets because it's less of a risk to take for the big money crew. Also if we put a too higher price tag on his head it would be unfair to him and could inhibit his prospects, the value of anything is determined by what the buyer is prepared to pay.

Wukkie wrote:
He'd fail his medical when they realise he hasn't got 6 fingers and 6 webbed toes!

We got around £250k-£300k for Potts plus a hefty sell-on clause, and he's been poor for months, so we'd be looking at £500k and a similar sell-on I reckon. Let's be realistic, he was the best player in an awful team. At present we won't be getting the mega bucks you're suggesting and a good sell-on will, if he's as good as we think, be more beneficial long-term. That would then push the overall amount towards or over the £1m mark.

Currently nowt.

Potentially loads.

Depends how he goes, and how we go, the next 6 months.