Wigan launch £3 miilion bid for Ali Al Habsi

[YtarmyYtarmy]

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2 million short IMHO

[Lofthouse Lower]

Good offer. Sell.

[Bruce Rioja]

Will they chuck in Van Persie?

[SonsOfThunder]

Weren't we asking for 3mil plus appearance money? I wonder if this offer includes the latter.

[Turkish Trotter]

£3 million ?? Tell them we've thrown that piddling amount away over the last month of the season.
At least £5 million.

[Tombwfc]

If Coyle has opted to stick with Jussi, then it is a fair offer I think. 'Keepers rarely go for much more than £3mil anyway, and in this case Wigan want to buy, we want to sell and Al Habsi wants to go play some football.

[Lord Kangana]

£3m plus freeing up of his quite sizeable wages.

Seems a fair deal. Would be nice to squeeze a bit more, but we'll now see whether Coyle really wants to keep him.

[thebish]

£3m plus freeing up of his quite sizeable wages.

Seems a fair deal. Would be nice to squeeze a bit more, but we'll now see whether Coyle really wants to keep him.

we have already had a wedge out of them for loan fees haven't we? it all adds up...

[Lord Kangana]

We have. If its in addition, then effectively he was a try-before-you-buy deal that could garner us £4m. And, as I say, would give us another couple of million for the wage budget. Seems a good deal from where I'm sat.

[hisroyalgingerness]

Hadn't the pies already paid us a fee for the year.

We need to be realistic, and for a pro with 1 year top flight experience, a year expiring on his contract, after which he can go for nowt - £3m is as good a fee as we'll be able to command

[finlayson]

I would take 3 million plus either N'Zogbia/Rodallega

[SonsOfThunder]

I would take 3 million plus either N'Zogbia/Rodallega

As would any of us, in a heartbeat, but let's try to keep the discussion within the realm of possibility.

[Lord Kangana]

Well I for one won't settle for anything less than the pair of them.

[SonsOfThunder]

Well I for one won't settle for anything less than the pair of them.

Oh and the 3 mil cash. Can't be forgetting about that!

[Lord Kangana]

Make it £5m and I might consider it.

[TKIZ!]

I would take 3 million plus either N'Zogbia/Rodallega

As would any of us, in a heartbeat, but let's try to keep the discussion within the realm of possibility.

Think it's pretty realistic, both of them, £5m and a bag of Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe Pasties and they got themselves a deal

[Lord Kangana]

Carrs or the deals off.

[ChrisC]

Villa are looking for a keeper now Freidal has gone to Spurs and have shown interest if the media is to be believed. Bidding war on the cards maybe.

[Lord Kangana]

Anyone know his agent?

Lets start one.

[jimbo_bwfc]

According to Al-Habsi's twitter- well someone translated it, he was speaking in Elvish or the language of Mordor again- apparently said that we've rejected two bids of 3M from Villa and Wigan- that we're holding out for 5M but that if he's number 1 he'd be happy to stay.