From the Brucester's very own Wiki page....

"The deal came close to collapsing when Norwich asked for a transfer fee of £900,000 after initially agreeing to accept £800,000, leading to Bruce refusing to play any further matches for the club, which he felt was jeopardising his dream move."

Even if true, that's very different circumstances. That's a classic Robert Chase move. Give the evaluation, Man Utd agree too easily and he tries to squeeze an extra 100k out of it at the risk of killing the deal. I'd say Bruce was in his right to do that if the initial fee had indeed been agreed.

Posted By: Legacy Fan on August 3rd 2021 at 13:42:00

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Kane not turned in for traynun again. I think that's utterly abysmal. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 10:44:12
- He was out of the country and will now also have to isolate apparently (n/m) (Other Football) - Jumbo1, Aug 3, 19:34:55
- He is coming home........ (Other Football) - usacanary, Aug 3, 14:39:25
- Have Man City even made a definite bid? (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 3, 11:39:16
  - Lord only knows. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Aug 3, 11:46:43
- Steve Bruce went on strike in the middle of the season to force us into letting him leave. (Other Football) - Adster, Aug 3, 11:04:40
  - Wasn’t that Dave Watson ? (n/m) (Other Football) - colincanary, Aug 3, 11:32:23
  - nice tale (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 3, 11:19:49
    - He refused to play so we sold him straight away. FACT. My source: (Other Football) - Adster, Aug 3, 11:29:30
      - Not douting yr source, but that's not my definition of "going on strike" (n/m) (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 3, 11:42:15
        
        From the Brucester's very own Wiki page.... (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 3, 13:42:00
        
        the chronology appears to be (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 3, 14:28:34
        
        Dec 18 - Fashanu ends O’Neill’s career with appealing challenge. (n/m) (Other Football) - bobble, Aug 3, 21:47:40
        
        We still chanted Judas at him for years though (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 3, 14:11:09
- It depends what he’s been told by Levy (Other Football) - Duck, Aug 3, 11:00:33
  - Doesn't really matter though really (Other Football) - CWC, Aug 3, 11:48:28
  - I take your point Duck, I think it's widely believed such agreements we hold with Max and (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Aug 3, 11:08:56
    - Well, we won the league so surely Max can't leave, probably ever (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 3, 11:10:16
      - Ha, no just more of a stay this year and help us do x and if a bid come in of X you can go (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Aug 3, 11:28:25
  - If it wasn't written on a piece of paper and signed then it means f all? (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Aug 3, 11:07:42
    - That’s the same (n/m) (Other Football) - Duck, Aug 3, 11:20:12
      - Oops (Other Football) - Duck, Aug 3, 11:22:08
        
        Yeah, take your point. Wonder if he has evidence of the verbal contract. (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Aug 3, 14:00:53
    - A verbal agreement is a contract (n/m) (Other Football) - seminated_woolly, Aug 3, 11:11:20
      - My first real job was in a purchasing department so to be pedantic... (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Aug 3, 16:26:31
      - But very difficult to prove (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Aug 3, 11:12:22
        
        Correction (Other Football) - Old Git, Aug 3, 12:52:58
        
        Correction 2 (Other Football) - usacanary, Aug 3, 19:10:30
        
        I seem to remember that contracts require consideration (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Aug 3, 16:39:10
        
        Love it. (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Aug 3, 14:01:39
- Tbf it’s prob the only way levy will listen (n/m) (Other Football) - loz, Aug 3, 10:55:45

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