by Stranded »
29 Jul 2025 12:05
Brogue 200k transfer fee being reported. Clearly too rich for us

Nice to see we can't compete financially with a club whose statue our fanbase had to pay for...
Were we 100% definitely even in for him?
Also hes from that part of the world, so every chance even if we have/had matched or even bettered terms he may want to live somewhere between Stoke and Manchester - so playing for Vale would make sense.
Whilst we do seem to be trying to do things cheaply, not every player will make a decision based purely on the financials.
Was an interesting interview with some guy from Wrexham who said that whilst they offered Paul Mullin decent wages for him to join in the National League, the clincher was the fact he could also live near home (Liverpool) and if they had been based on the South Coast, there is no way he would have joined.