The Peter Whittingham Saga

[Worsley Red]

.........tweeted at 22:08 tonight by one of the Guardian's sports journalists, Daniel Taylor. Ties in with Chippers' earlier tweets.

 

[Tnewton_1988]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Good news if true but i won't believe anything until its been offcial by Forest.

 

[Kier]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

I doubt this will be enough to get Cardiff to sell even with their financial worries. We will need to bid in excess of 2m I would have thought to force their hand.

 

[Worsley Red]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

I'd be fairly confident it's true - he's normally pretty reliable. What comes of it is anyone's guess, though...

 

[Gary]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

I doubt this will be enough to get Cardiff to sell even with their financial worries. We will need to bid in excess of 2m I would have thought to force their hand.

We could be saving ourselves 500k > 1m if they accept a smaller bid though. It's not worth rushing in with wallets blazing.

 

[RICH1977]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

its a step in the right direction, hopefully we will go in with a higher offer as theres no way cardiff will accept it.

 

[challenger]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/21/nottingham-forest-peter-whittingham-cardiff-city

 

[Harrison]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

he's in a similar position to pratley with 12 months left on his contract, cardiff should accept this

 

[NFFC Johan]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Please accept, you blatently need the money!

 

[fil]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

this could be enough to get him there is not loads of money being splashed about and Cardiff need the money so it might be enough

 

[Raymondo Ponte']

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Burnley bidded 1.75 mill tho ???

 

[fil]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

oh ok i didn't know Burnley had made a bid
i suppose alot depends on the player himself, and who he wants to play for
i think Cardiff will definitely sell him but who to is anyones guess

 

[RufusTFirefly]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Burnley bidded 1.75 mill tho ???

My guess is that this means that one or both stories are inaccurate. Or that burnley were offering players or magic beans instead of cash.

 

[City Ground]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Hopefully us because Burnley are crap ;/

 

[Strummer]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Burnley have their "parachute" money, so I suppose a £1.75m bid isn't out of bounds for them; I suppose we would have to match whatever Burnley bid, and then - if the bid is accepted - it's up to the player.

The other issue then is money, and I would worry that Burnley might offer him more cash (they'd have to offer some incentive for someone to go and live in a dump like Burnley!)

 

[yak]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

tbh would you want to go burnley?

 

[adam09]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

One word, begins with D and ends with Erisory...

 

[FBS]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

It's a decent bid as he on;y has 12 months left on his contract. If Cardiff accept that bid then I think he will be coming our way.

 

[yam]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8761853.stm

I know, lets offer £250,000 less than the one bid that's already been rejected.

OK as a toe in the water exercise but unlikely to succeed, having said that the TAP did well in this kind of thing last year.

 

[Gary]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8761853.stm

I know, lets offer £250,000 less than the one bid that's already been rejected.

OK as a toe in the water exercise but unlikely to succeed, having said that the TAP did well in this kind of thing last year.

BBC = Press.
Daniel Taylor = Press.

There's no way of knowing how much either club has offered, or whether either have tabled a bid at all? Or if Peter Whittingham even exists?

 

[sebs]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Or if Peter Whittingham even exists?

i would like to confirm now that i am a believer.

 

[Special Agent Dale Cooper]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

This is bullshit

 

[luker1980]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Someone on another site is speculating that the the Burnley bid was actually about 750k with add ons and clauses making a total of 1.75m. apparently this is the first cash up front bid that is close to there valuation.

Also when it comes to the choice between Forest or Burnley, Whittingham was on loan at Burnley when he played for Villa. So there may be some degree of loyalty there.

 

[sebs]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

This is bullshit

are you doubting my faith?? i'll have you know that there are plenty of peter whittingham references on the bbc sport website. for example: "Peter Whittingham got the first in an early sign that Derby's offside trap would be exposed, then he set up Chopra for his first strike since August." Caericon, 10,9-29

 

[earthworm]

Re: £1.5m bid tabled in writing today for Whittingham

Also when it comes to the choice between Forest or Burnley, Whittingham was on loan at Burnley when he played for Villa. So there may be some degree of loyalty there.

Or not, he's witnessed 1st hand that its a dump!