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Colchester's tormentor in their 3-0 defeat against the Grecians has signed for Brentford for £1.8m.
Some clubs had considered that they might have to part with £4m so the London side will be delighted to pick the 21 year old for what looks like a bargain price.
Brentford have signalled their intent for the coming season.
Meanwhile we still need a recognised striker.
Upmthe U's
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Ollie Watkins to Brentford on 20:30 - Jul 20 with 699 views
I thought we could claim £40k for each year that an Academy graduate had under our tuition whilst they remain age 21 or under?
So I wonder what price for McCauley Bonne? According to transfermarket. co.uk his 'valuation' was £85k. Whilst in February 2015 his market value was £43k and as at October 2015 £64k. Don't know how they assess this when such ludicrous numbers are being paid for Watkins and Murphy.
But if Watkins can attract £1.8M we are not going to get somebody of his calibre on our low gates unless we do develop young players and/or sell them on at decent profit.
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Ollie Watkins to Brentford on 12:37 - Jul 21 with 632 views
If we got £85k for Bonne I reckon a good deal for us. Importantly transfer fees count as part of turnover in the fair play system so last year, with a couple of decent sales, our turnover was boosted and thereby gave us extra clout with signing players.