Maddison valuation clues (aka West Ham thread)

“The manager made the acquisition of a top midfielder a priority at the start of the window and the club held interest in Bournemouth’s Harry Arter, Fulham’s Tom Cairney, Norwich City’s James Maddison and Stoke City’s Joe Allen. They proved out of reach, but West Ham were cautiously optimistic about signing Dendoncker for £20m, only for the deal to break down when Anderlecht decided not to sell.”
(bottom of article - Guardian link - User Posted Link )

So if this is to be believed, West Ham were interested and were prepared to pay £20m for Dendoncker but Maddison was out of reach. I wonder how much above £20m would be considered out of reach?

Posted By: Tressells Broadbrush on February 1st 2018 at 18:58:31

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Maddison valuation clues (aka West Ham thread) (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, Feb 1, 18:58:31
- 20bn (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 1, 20:12:26
- Their valuation also would play a factor though. For example they didn’t go higher than (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 19:20:35
  - Fair enough, so ‘out of reach’ is a bit misleading then (n/m) (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, Feb 1, 19:29:30
    - I read it as not available for what they were offering (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 19:31:40
      - Although having said that in this market I’d be disappointed if we accepted less than 25m (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 19:34:07
- I would like to think £25million (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Feb 1, 19:14:06
  - *screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech* 😳 handbrake turn (NCFC) - Tombs, Feb 1, 19:32:56
    - These Premier League clubs have more money than (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Feb 1, 19:44:18
- Maybe financially 'out of reach' but Could also (NCFC) - neverblue, Feb 1, 19:10:04
  - Guess so, but suspect in Madders case (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, Feb 1, 19:16:15
    - or maybe they think he his value has the potential to appreciate even further (NCFC) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 1, 20:00:34
    - Cor. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we genuinely had no intention to sell. Don’t think I’ve (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Feb 1, 19:25:22
    - Having already sold Pritchard I never thought we'd sell Maddison this window (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Feb 1, 19:21:59
      - Would agree that both Pritchard & Maddison this window was very unlikely (NCFC) - Tressells Broadbrush, Feb 1, 19:33:47

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