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http://the72.co.uk/93006/birmingham-city-preston-north-end-target-move-prolific-motherwell-striker/


Championship duo Birmingham City and Preston North End are set to battle it out to sign Motherwell striker Louis Moult in January, according to the Birmingham Mail.

Scottish side Motherwell would apparently consider a bid of around £650,000. Their rivals Rangers and Hibernian are also keeping tabs on the in-demand striker along with Birmingham and Preston.

Moult, 25, started his career with Stoke City but only ever made one senior appearance for the Potters. He had various loan spells at Bradford City, Accrington Stanley, Mansfield Town and Alfreton Town before joining Northampton Town on a permanent basis in 2012.

Moult struggled to establish himself in the Northampton first-team and left after a just a season to join non-league side Nuneaton Town. In the 2013/14 season, Moult scored 17 goals which earned him a move to Wrexham in 2014. He bagged 16 goals for them in the Conference (now the National League) in his one season with the club and moved up to Scotland to join Motherwell in 2015. He has scored 35 goals in 78 games for Motherwell.
 
Sounds like we would have 11.35 million change from th Hugill deal.
Sounds like a north end type deal !!
 
northender1881 said:
In a word:

Gamble
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Worth noting that most signings for PNE are a gamble to some extent but we have to trust the management team to pick the right players. Our transfer policy in recent times has worked a treat (baring the odd exception) and the only player brought in under the new manager has been a revleation.

Time will tell if we are after Moult but I believe we are watching more games, clubs and players than ever before and I suspect he is one on quite a big list of players at the moment.
 
£650,000 for a player who's never established himself in English league football? I'm all for taking gambles but £65,000 is more the price I'd be expecting.
 
Chip Barm said:
Worth noting that most signings for PNE are a gamble to some extent
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Every signing for every team is a gamble - nothing is guaranteed. Look at how much money Everton, for instance, spent over the summer and the situation they are now in.
 
If we sign a striker in January, which I think we should regardless of whether Hugill goes, I’d rather go for Devante Cole.
 
Mancunian White said:
£650,000 for a player who's never established himself in English league football? I'm all for taking gambles but £65,000 is more the price I'd be expecting.
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If we've got to a stage where Hugill's value is £12m then £650k probably is the new "gamble" level.
 
Chip Barm said:
Worth noting that most signings for PNE are a gamble to some extent but we have to trust the management team to pick the right players. Our transfer policy in recent times has worked a treat (baring the odd exception) and the only player brought in under the new manager has been a revleation.

Time will tell if we are after Moult but I believe we are watching more games, clubs and players than ever before and I suspect he is one on quite a big list of players at the moment.
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Probably also worth reminding everyone, is that Alex Neil did say that with the new scout on board we will be getting/ making a list full players who we go & watch that we might want to sign instead of signing players that are recommending to us. ( or words to that effect)


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Sid Snot said:
Yes, not much pedigree in there. Makes you wonder if there's a whole lot of undeveloped talent in there that AN can bring out of him.
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Change that to " might " and knock a " nought " off the price then I'd agree Sid......."Gambling" with 600 grand isn't really what we should be doing imho......
 
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If Hugill goes I’d have a try for James Collins at Luton. He’s 26, 6’2” and knows where the net is.
 
norky84 said:
Out of contract next Summer will be a factor in the value now. I hope we're still looking at Charlie Wyke personally.
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Charlie Wyke is not an Alex Neil type player imo. A focal point in an Alex Neil side needs to be mobile and play at a high intensity - something people take for granted in Hugill.
 
Nishtar36 said:
Charlie Wyke is not an Alex Neil type player imo. A focal point in an Alex Neil side needs to be mobile and play at a high intensity - something people take for granted in Hugill.
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See this lad Louis Moult on Sportscene up here every week which is basically the Scottish match of the day with extended highlights of every top flight game. he is much more mobile than Charlie Wyke and has bags of confidence and ability, averages a goal every 2 games over the last 3 seasons and in my opinion is worth a gamble at 500k ish.
If Hugill goes in Jan, i reckon this guy would be a worthy replacement.
 
It would be a bit hypercritical to begrudge

Aberdeen a decent fee - it's only what we would

do ourselves.

The managers doing alright i'd trust his chioce
 
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