LancsGordoRoad
Vital Champions League
I wouldn`t preclude the likes of May signing for a L2 club. Look at some of the guys Wrexham & Stockport signed. We`re talking about pro-footballers, for most, if the money`s right, they`ll sign.True, agree maybe with that one. But it does seem from the start Alfie would have been a very, very long shot to drop to L2. It does also appear, that we had no other irons in the fire. No alternatives if Alfie didn’t sign, which happened as soon as there was an interested party from the league above. So it was Alfie May or bust.
JCH however (I believe) was and is a complete non-starter. He has turned down (twice) big offers to remain at Peterboro where he is a star, scores for fun and much loved. And that’s big LEAGUE 1 offers. I wonder how much money he’d want to drop to a mid-range L2 side? Especially if, as suspected, there are numerous high L1 and low Champ teams will be vying for his signature.
I just hope we target a few top quality but realistic players rather than 1 star.
None of us knows what budget the Gallinsons are prepared to sink into signing players. My guess, and that`s all it is, based on believable efforts to tempt May, JCH etc to sign for us, is that our (24/25) budget to attract the right player/s is possibly a lot higher than some might think.
"Realistic" for me, is a top calibre player/s, with the caveat that any players we recruit are genuine competitors with a high battle factor. "Top quality" or "Star", doesn`t matter for me, not mutually exclusive, as long as they fit the caveated profile.