27 Jun 2014 06:41:06
twitter says that the Luke Shaw deal to United is close with him having a medical in the north west 'very soon' and a transfer fee has been agreed between the two clubs.

If the deal is anywhere between the £30-40 million mark with a good structure (less add ons, more guaranteed payments) then I say sell him for sure that's crazy money.

1.) 27 Jun 2014
Good bit of business. Steady player with masses of potential, but seems to have got a bit ahead of himself recently.
Fingers crossed the funds will be reinvested to stable the ship, I'm hopefully optimistic now Koeman's on board though!

2.) 27 Jun 2014
Looks like £30 million, according to several reports. Probably paid over 2 years, which is typical. No indications of any clauses but they are likely as well.
Most transfer fees are constructed like this. paid over time (which is what "up front" means) with clauses as well.
No surprises. A fair fee.

3.) 27 Jun 2014
Newspapers were reporting Southampton turning down a £34million offer at the weekend and now we've apparently settled at £30million? Not that I claim to know anything about the true figures but my guess is the press have no idea so don't take their word as gospel.

4.) 27 Jun 2014
The £34 is prob worked out over international apperances, international goals eetc. 30 is more likely 20 -25 up front with some add ons and they pay the 25% to bournemouth

5.) 28 Jun 2014
The "up front" means a sum of money paid over a period of time, it does not mean one lump sum.

The differences in total amounts reported are another indication that fees are paid in a staggered manner.

Liverpool offered say £30 million over 2 years plus clauses. Saints demanded say £27 million over 18 months.