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It could depend what kind of December we have, if we are right in the mix I would say selling anyone would be unlikely.
 
"Pearson doesn't score enough goals or setup enough goals for teams to be interested in him yet, when clubs are chucking money around for midfielders they are wanting Premiership rejects or players who score goals and set them up like Lansbury or Hourihane.

Pearson I think will always be under the radar for a lot of clubs because his style will never turn him into a "big name" player, you don't hear pundits raving about him which attracts the money clubs attention.

I think we operate in a real niche with our transfer policy." Ron Burgundy

I'm getting really hacked off that the forum doesn't work for me no matter what device/browser I use!!

I agree with Ron. Does anyone really rate Pearson apart from us?
 
Strongbow said:
Panicking clubs tend to look for offensive options in the window and Pearson is one of the best defensive midfielders in the division so I'm hoping they look elsewhere.
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Ron Burgundy said:
Pearson doesn't score enough goals or setup enough goals for teams to be interested in him yet, when clubs are chucking money around for midfielders they are wanting Premiership rejects or players who score goals and set them up like Lansbury or Hourihane.

Pearson I think will always be under the radar for a lot of clubs because his style will never turn him into a "big name" player, you don't hear pundits raving about him which attracts the money clubs attention.

I think we operate in a real niche with our transfer policy.
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Ooyyy Ron I already said that earlier ........🙂🙂😉
 
sports rehab said:
in his interview with the LEP
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https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/footbal...ue-still-my-target-as-preston-owner-1-8874716

Not in the above interview.

Ridsdale – advisor to North End owner Trevor Hemmings – said: “The reality of football is that every player at every club is for sale. “It depends on the price and the ability of the club to replace that player. “In August we were very lucky when the owner said that if we couldn’t replace 
Jordan satisfactorily, he was prepared not to take £8m. “When we get to January, the first question is whether we have found a replacement and the second is will anyone come in for Jordan?

Read more at: https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/footbal...are-planning-to-keep-hold-of-hugill-1-8821018
 
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kbd_pne said:
There will have been other factors too, such as the fact that the proper, serious bids only came late in the window so we wouldn’t have had time to replace him, but it’s true that AN’s desire to keep hold of Hugill in the summer played a big role in Hemmings’ decision to turn down £8m and the subsequent transfer request.

That situation may change though with his contract starting to run down and his refusal to renew here. I know PR said at the forum we can keep him until he’s OoC if we want, but I suspect that is more of a negotiating tactic than anything else.

IMHO there’s no way they’d waive multi-millions for a player who wants out. They didn’t even waive 600k for Bailey Wright who’s contract was running down and stated they had no choice but to cash in, so I doubt they would risk not getting £8m.

Hugill will go in January or the summer, and personally I hope if he goes next month we sign a further striker in addition to Moult to replace him.
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I think it was more down to not being able to bring a quality replacement in quick enough, rather than Neil not wanting to sell him. But if the bid had been too good to turn down, I'm led to believe £10 million plus, we would have sold him.

If Hugill does go in January, I would expect another striker to sign as well as Moult.
 
Wouldn’t let Pearson go for anything less than 15 mill. Hugill id let go for 12. Two players who leave it all on the pitch and are often the difference for us.
 
norky84 said:
I think it was more down to not being able to bring a quality replacement in quick enough, rather than Neil not wanting to sell him. But if the bid had been too good to turn down, I'm led to believe £10 million plus, we would have sold him.

If Hugill does go in January, I would expect another striker to sign as well as Moult.
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I don’t know what we would or would not have accepted but I was told Neil was absolutely desperate not to sell him in the summer and the owner backed him in that stance.

We’ll have to wait and see for January. I think his all-round game has improved massively but he needs to score more. 6 in the league so far, the same as the likes of Bradshaw/Madine who aren’t all that. Will someone bid 8 figures? Not sure.
 
Ron burgundy said:
Mods can you sort out mine and Bhagwan's quote function?
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The forum bug is stopping it working correctly

A quick workaround for it is this

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ive used bold in the first bracket to stop it actually quoting, so dont use bold 🙂

This is how it will work:

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norky84 said:
I think it was more down to not being able to bring a quality replacement in quick enough, rather than Neil not wanting to sell him. But if the bid had been too good to turn down, I'm led to believe £10 million plus, we would have sold him.

If Hugill does go in January, I would expect another striker to sign as well as Moult.
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direct from someone present at the interview.... a senior LEP editor
 
norky84 said:
I think it was more down to not being able to bring a quality replacement in quick enough, rather than Neil not wanting to sell him. But if the bid had been too good to turn down, I'm led to believe £10 million plus, we would have sold him.

If Hugill does go in January, I would expect another striker to sign as well as Moult.
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This would be an absolute must. It's a much needed 1 now (looks like Moult), if Hugill goes then it goes to 2.
 
europne said:
In reality he Hugill hasn't set the world alight this season, he's worked hard, he's scored a few, but he's looked pretty ordinary at times too, but maybe the offers won't come in, all interesting stuff.
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I think that is very harsh.

The games he's struggled in is when there was next to no creativity from midfield.

To some, his contribution to the team won't be noticed until he's not in it anymore. Really hope we can afford to keep hold till the summer - at least.
 
ralphypne said:
I think that is very harsh.

The games he's struggled in is when there was next to no creativity from midfield.

To some, his contribution to the team won't be noticed until he's not in it anymore. Really hope we can afford to keep hold till the summer - at least.
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Its not harsh mate it's total nonsense the guy is talking.
He's been a top performer all season, it's a shame we've been unable to convince him his future is better served at deepdale but he's been class all season. What some people see or expect from a player is beyond me.
 
California_PNE said:
Its not harsh mate it's total nonsense the guy is talking.
He's been a top performer all season, it's a shame we've been unable to convince him his future is better served at deepdale but he's been class all season. What some people see or expect from a player is beyond me.
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Steady on. I’m a real fan of Hugill, he’s a 100% plus player, he never gives up, but his performances don’t match up to the silly money price tags that were being thrown around, he’s a hero yes but he’s not a hugely skilful superstar.

The real test will be to see if those bids do come in or if the clubs involved have moved on to new targets.
 
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