How much evidence is there of bumping up prices based on club wealth

Once you're beyond Chelsea and similar. I keep thinking about this - if a club thinks a player is worth 500K would they really get away with asking ?1m because there's a rumour that someone is investing in the buying club. Surely the buying club just says - get lost you were happy to sell for 500K last week. I could be way off here, but I keep thinking about it and there's just somthing slightly preposterous once you get beyond basic supply and demand (and Chelsea being willing to pay anything just to stop others buying). Sure a selling club could try it on, but I can't see it really having impact. (and I'm not talking here about being gazumped by another higher offer).

Posted By: camcan on July 15th 2008 at 11:57:55

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How much evidence is there of bumping up prices based on club wealth (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 15, 11:57:55
- i think ipswich were held to ransom over norris (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 15, 11:59:05
  - but then it is a case of Karren Brady hardball (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 15, 12:01:05
    - The worst thing about it was, Roeder offered the 750k, she had a proper benny (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 12:15:50
      - He was worth more than 750K however (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 15, 12:20:10
        
        We were the only ones interested, and he'd been out for 2 years with a bad injury (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 12:25:18
        
        we matched the 1 million by the end of the month (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 15, 12:39:05
        
        And when we did they said no (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 12:54:55
        
        "Brady had no real intention of selling" (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 15, 13:00:57
        
        Are you willing to accept that he'd have been on 15k to 20k here? (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 13:08:19
        
        If wages were a problem why were we bidding? (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 15, 13:15:44
        
        Maybe we did, but at our price (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 13:20:16
        
        actually (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 13:22:40
        
        but what is a player worth? (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 15, 12:25:02
        
        A player is worth exactly as much as Phrankin says he is, to best suit whatever point he's (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 15, 12:29:34
        
        no fact mate (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 15, 12:37:16
        
        IGNORE LIST IGNORE LIST IGNORE LIST IGNORE LIST (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 15, 12:41:50
        
        unlucky bruv (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 15, 12:43:34
        
        but is that phrankin wrath value or pharnkin pinkun value/ (n/m) (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 15, 12:32:12
        
        amen, brother. Amen (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jul 15, 12:30:11
        
        The silly thing is, we were the only ones interested (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 12:27:39
        
        that's really what I mean (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 15, 12:30:13
        
        "as opposed to one of sullivan's slappers"....allegedly (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Jul 15, 12:34:14
        
        didnt say she was... (NCFC) - camcan, Jul 15, 12:37:17
        
        well put (NCFC) - pants, Jul 15, 12:32:39

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