Sky Sports: Bolton agree fee with Newcastle for Nolan

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:54 pm

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:

They really are, proper dickheads!

aye, but they're not the ones who accepted it

£3m, ouch

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:55 pm

f*ck me

i know he's been predominantly shite for 2 years but he's worth 3 joey bartons, and they knocked back £5 million?

well the morons are having their way

megson next

then gartside

and we'll be managed by jimmy phillips in league 1 soon enough

still at least all the JCLs then will be happy with 3rd round of the FA Cup and not expect top 6 every year

£3 million is effectively £1 mil tops in the market of two years ago

and he's going cos he's fed up i bet, and megsons given in to his mate, which i can sort of understand given the full peice here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 858772.stm

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:55 pm

FD wrote:Anyone else think it's a coincidence that we decided to give him the operation this week instead of whilst he was suspended?

I was just wondering if there was another reason he didn't go to Dubai, aye.

burnden58 · Post by **burnden58** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:56 pm

Fee reported as 4.4 mill on Skysports.

Think this might be a good move for Nolan to move his career on. Unfortunately he's gone stale with us.

I'm sad to see him go. Been a great servant to the club and I will remember him as one of the top players this club has had in my 40 years of watching.

Good luck Kevin. I think we may miss you more than we think.

chester white · Post by **chester white** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:56 pm

Gutted. I know he's not been in the best of form over the last couple of season but still gutted.

Going off the snippets of information I've picked up from here, I can only presume that for £3million Nolan has stated he wants to leave. And TBH I don't really blame him. Bad business for us though. The Nicky Butt rumour seems very plausible, but doesn't fill me with much confidence.

FD · Post by FD » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:56 pm

CrazyHorse wrote:I'd say that saying he'd better have good security or should emigrate because we may theoretically not sign a player when it really isn't anything to do with Gary Megson is along the lines of a witch hunt, yeah.

I apologise that I wasn't clearer. What I'm saying is that if the "fans" chant "Megson, you're a wanker" when we lose a 2-0 lead away from home...they are going to go absolutely apeshit if we sell our captain to Newcastle, fellow relegation rivals who have just lost 2 of their most important players to injury.

adamworthy2002 · Post by **adamworthy2002** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:57 pm

Doesn't mean he will leave, the club were he is captain to join a club in a worse position to be just a squad member.

BWFC_Wyles · Post by **BWFC_Wyles** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:58 pm

As much as I have banged on about his form over the past few years, I'm absolutely devastated! He and Davo are the epitomy of the Whites....this is a dark day!

eddybwfc · Post by **eddybwfc** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:59 pm

We were saying we need to improve our midfield. If we dont sign velesso, our midfield will go worse... what a joke

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:59 pm

FD wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:I'd say that saying he'd better have good security or should emigrate because we may theoretically not sign a player when it really isn't anything to do with Gary Megson is along the lines of a witch hunt, yeah.
I apologise that I wasn't clearer. What I'm saying is that if the "fans" chant "Megson, you're a wanker" when we lose a 2-0 lead away from home...they are going to go absolutely apeshit if we sell our captain to Newcastle, fellow relegation rivals who have just lost 2 of their most important players to injury.

Ahh. Penny's dropped. I see what you were saying.
No apology required squire - just me being dumb.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:59 pm

officer_dibble wrote:f*ck me

i know he's been predominantly shite for 2 years but he's worth 3 joey bartons, and they knocked back £5 million?

well the morons are having their way

megson next

then gartside

and we'll be managed by jimmy phillips in league 1 soon enough

still at least all the JCLs then will be happy with 3rd round of the FA Cup and not expect top 6 every year

£3 million is effectively £1 mil tops in the market of two years ago

and he's going cos he's fed up i bet, and megsons given in to his mate, which i can sort of understand given the full peice here - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 858772.stm

Spot on there for me now Dibble. Though like i said before i'm struggling to find the will to care. We have the makings of a good team, a steady manager doing a good job, well placed for a top half finished, and building for the future to boot. But the ungrateful knobs don't want it, and so we probably deserve to go the way of Charlton. Of course even then it'll be Megsons, Nolan and Gartsides fault.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:00 pm

FD wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:I'd say that saying he'd better have good security or should emigrate because we may theoretically not sign a player when it really isn't anything to do with Gary Megson is along the lines of a witch hunt, yeah.
I apologise that I wasn't clearer. What I'm saying is that if the "fans" chant "Megson, you're a wanker" when we lose a 2-0 lead away from home...they are going to go absolutely apeshit if we sell our captain to Newcastle, fellow relegation rivals who have just lost 2 of their most important players to injury.

Yeah, I didn't take it that you were handing out pitchforks, just commenting on their inevitable appearance.

But then of course half those who shout first and think later are probably in this pic. So it'll be interesting, if the transfer goes through, to see the reaction. Probably divisive, which fits the pattern. As does being damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

FD · Post by FD » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:00 pm

"Bolton have agreed a fee of 4.5 million for Kevin Nolan"

Sky Sports News.

The way its being reported on SSN is that the deal will be completed by the weekend.

It is happening.

eddybwfc · Post by **eddybwfc** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:01 pm

FD wrote:"Bolton have agreed a fee of 4.5 million for Kevin Nolan"

Sky Sports News.

Yeh, just heard it.

Nobbys Belly · Post by **Nobbys Belly** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:02 pm

4.5m on skysports now. Assuming he goes (we haven't really given him any reason to want to stay over the last 2 yeras) Does anyone have any clue as to who we might look at realistically getting this close to the end of the window?

Abdoulaye's Twin · Post by **Abdoulaye's Twin** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:03 pm

Nobbys Belly wrote:Nobby cant go, with him and Hunt both on there wya out, who will we berate and how do i get a new avatar?

Tell me about it, I've felt lost since the Twins left

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:07 pm

FD wrote:
CrazyHorse wrote:I'd say that saying he'd better have good security or should emigrate because we may theoretically not sign a player when it really isn't anything to do with Gary Megson is along the lines of a witch hunt, yeah.
I apologise that I wasn't clearer. What I'm saying is that if the "fans" chant "Megson, you're a wanker" when we lose a 2-0 lead away from home...they are going to go absolutely apeshit if we sell our captain to Newcastle, fellow relegation rivals who have just lost 2 of their most important players to injury.

Yet if he he comes out tomorrow, and states that he has let Nolan go to Newcastle, but has completed the signing of Velesso, a potentially world class midfielder on every top teams wanted list, to play along side a young exciting attacking midfielder in Davies. He'll be a hero.

Worth waiting and seeing, surely.

Post by **DJBlu** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:08 pm

I think its a 2 finger salute to all the boo boys.

Oh well, Shame you couldn't be as good as 2 years ago Kevin but good luck if you do go, get that form back and you'll be at the club that will get you the look in for England.

Trust me it will happen. This guy is gonna prove a point.

18-4.5 - 13.5mil

was it 18 Sporting wanted and we offered 14?

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:08 pm

Tombwfc wrote:like i said before i'm struggling to find the will to care. We have the makings of a good team, a steady manager doing a good job, well placed for a top half finished, and building for the future to boot. But the ungrateful knobs don't want it, and so we probably deserve to go the way of Charlton. Of course even then it'll be Megsons, Nolan and Gartsides fault.

Oh come on Tom, we're selling a player, not leaving our home after a century or selling the naming rights to the highest bidder. Bolton Wanderers will continue, and the management will not deliberately sell a player just to make a petty point.

As for "we probably deserve to go the way of Charlton", I had you down as a reasonably analytical fella, not a cross between Rita Hayworth and Marvin the Paranoid Android. It's a player leaving. Like all Bolton fans, you've seen it before, and you'll see it again.

FD · Post by FD » Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:09 pm

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army wrote:Yet if he he comes out tomorrow, and states that he has let Nolan go to Newcastle, but has completed the signing of Velesso, a potentially world class midfielder on every top teams wanted list, to play along side a young exciting attacking midfielder in Davies. He'll be a hero.

Megson claimed (and I saw him say it with my very own eyes) that money wasn't a problem and if we asked for it then Davies would give him the money.

Anyway...

NEWCASTLE United have made a £4.5million bid for Wanderers skipper Kevin Nolan, The Bolton News understands.

The club have not yet decided whether to accept the offer for their long-serving midfielder. More to follow.

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