Player: Jimmy Kebe
Team you are managing: Reading
Team who are buying: Blackpool
Offer: £4.8m
Year: 2011/12
Other Info: Its January, I'm top of the championship, but my form's slipped somewhat and I'm only one point above second place Blackpool. The offer is 1.5m initial fee, then 3,300,000 over 18 months. Seems like a good offer but(!) the board are only giving me 20% of transfer fees at the moment. My other wingers are Sisi and Jobi McAnuff on the right, Zezinho, and Jordan Obita on the left. McAnuff can play both wings. Should I sell and bring in a cheap replacement, or wait till my finances are better, secured Premiership football and can attract better players?
Player: Craig Tanner
Team you are managing: Reading
Team who are buying: Sunderland
Offer: £1.1m (+30% of profit from next sale)
Year: 2011/12
Other Info: (I'll post a screenshot of him if someone lets me know how)
Craig's a 17 year old acm with 4 star potential at championship level, and only one star current. I don't use an acm, and have sebastien maier as a young player in that position anyway. I'm probably going to sell, as my club needs the money. Should I accept, or haggle a bit, possibly making that clause go up to 50? I already have a strong, relatively young midfield, with Veratti, Adam Vass, Modise, Maier, and Pannewitz. But does Craig Tanner turn out to be a beast? or is that wishful thinking?
Side note: should I sell Jordan Obita at the end of the season, or would he be able to handle the jump up to the prem? he's rated 4.5 stars potential, and I've never struggled to find class value wingers in FM which I could replace him with. IF I do decide to sell, what should I look at parting with him for?
Thanks guys