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Wolves blast ‘bid’ for Celtic’s Balde
Thursday 14th August 2008, 11:30AM BST.
Wolves today shot down suggestions they have offered Celtic defender Bobo Balde £27,500 a week to come to Molineux as a ‘complete non-starter’.
A report in Scotland today claimed Wolves have smashed their wage structure to almost match the Guinean international’s near £30,000 a week salary at Parkhead.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy is keen on Balde, but ended speculation on signing him three weeks ago when he said the club ‘weren’t in that pay league’.
And chief executive Jez Moxey reinforced their stance when he said: “It’s a complete non-starter.
“We have had no contact with Celtic on this issue whatsoever. It’s completely out of our wage structure.
“What we want to try to communicate is that we just do not do this sort of wage – we don’t pay that sort of money to anyone.”
Balde has a year left on his contract and has been offered a free transfer by Bhoys boss Gordon Strachan. But he has so far refused to go, and is believed to have turned down offers from Sunderland and Birmingham of £15,000 a week.
Wolves believe they are being used by a third party to attract interest in the player.
Chairman Steve Morgan, however, said Wolves may make one more signing before the transfer window shuts.
“If we could wave a magic wand and maybe get in another one or two then we would, but it’s not a case of bringing people in just for the sake of it,” he said.
“They’ve got to be the right players. And if we don’t, we still think we’re in good shape anyway.”
Morgan has revealed the management structure at Wolves is stronger than it was 12 months ago. He kept faith with Moxey and McCarthy when he bought the club from Sir Jack Hayward and believes they are a stronger unit now.
“I was lucky enough to inherit a good team here,” said Morgan. “I very much stand by that. If anything, everyone is even more together over the last 12 months.
“The new generation have come in and the backroom team is younger than it was.
“There are a lot of fresh faces in there now.”
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Dont do it wolves stick to your guns,because having one big earner might upset the rest of the squad.
Offer him a competative salery and a bonus an promotion but knowing greedy footballers he will want both a big salary and a big bonus.
Bring back Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen
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I very much doubt we offered that sort of offer for an ageing CB. I doubt there are any Wolves players on more than £10k a week, so £27.500? I don’t think so! Some reporter desperate for a story me thinks!
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£27500 a week for a player that gets a free transfer from one of the weakest leagues in Europe. Well done Mick, don’t pay big money for a Celtic reject.
Lets be honest he’s not worth it.
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great news he isnt that good anyway. We should try & get Alan McMahon off M’borugh great cb quick & very solid.
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Load of BALDErdash!!!!!!!
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What is worrying is that when we get promoted then this is the type of salary that we will need to pay players to ensure we stay in the Premiership
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Judging by that picture i think £27,000 a week is cheap for someone who can use mind control on the ball.
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Thank god !!
Would of been a complete waste of money and he is just after the money and nothing else
.. Like Henri Camara !!
Get a young quick solid centre half in at wolves and i will be happy !!
About £750k to £1.5m for a decent one !!
Or even someone in on loan for a season ..
J.EVANS from MAN U or C.GUNTER from TOTTENHAM !!
Someone like that !!
Anyway glad to hear wolves arent paying stupid money for old codgers just after a big pay off and not bracking the wolves wage structure !!
GET A CENTRE HALF IN !! UP THE WOLVES !!
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Why bother with him. Why not get go back in for Berra or what about Gerrard from Walsall, Dann or Ward from Coventry.
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Shittu wanted 14 grand a week..we offered 1million plus potter and 10 grand a week and at the last min he said he could get more money at Bolton.
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Overpaid Fool, needs a reality check. offer him £2.50 a match and all the pies he can eat, seems fair.
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We will not have offered that money. Imagine what our star players would say.
Interestingly I have just read that Wolves/Moxey tried to get Gleeson to sign up before he went to Stockport and in his words bullied him. He is a player like Lee Collins who should be ready to play for our first team and we should not be offering them cheap contracts!
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Well Kenny Miller was on something like £18k a week when he was here, he was our biggest earner… so i wouldn’t be surprised if some of our players that were linked to the prem are on money similar to that, maybe a little less. I reckon Ebanks-Blake and Kightly are on more than £10k
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11 – Where do I sign? Steak and Kidney please.
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Bobo – I know what your saying. If I was good enough id play for nothing, the love of the club and the game. Over paid wasters arn’t really wanted.
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FORGET IT Bobo
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At that salary there are plenty more defenders better than Balde to choose from.
However, if thats the going salary required to sign a quality Central Defender then its a question of ambition at Wolves.
Quality Centre Back urgently required at the end of the day.
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SEB is on £8k a week. As revealed during his court case a few weeks ago.
He is our top earner with Kightly
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I think he would be a great signing, id offer him £30 thousand to see him in a wolves shirt
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Can’t see any truth in the story at all, especially judging by morgans speech yesterday, it goes against everything he said, there are a lot better players out there that will cost is less money, that aren’t looking for one final payday to boost their pension fund. I said it yesterday and ill say it again, stick to your guns Morgan and Moxey!
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I think we ought to gamble on Gerrard from Walsall…
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They have spoken to Davenport but he also wanted to much money!! I think Gerrard at Watford would be a good signing.
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I think I am going to take up Football. It may well kill me but think of the fun I would have along the way with all that money. I dont earn that in a year.
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I agree with all of you on this ..
Get A.GERRARD from WALSALL ..
would be a cracking buy and would do wolves great !!
GET A CENTRE HALF IN !! UP THE WOLVES !!
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if he were to sign a two year contract that would be 2.86 mil .
why dont we pay 2 mil for berra and that wud mean we cud pay him 8200 a week over 2 years. and berra has a future?
i think wolves are being a bit simple minded here.
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Don’t blame you for coming out and quashing this load of rubbish! He’s not been worth those wages for the last 2 years. Was a good player a few years ago, but that’s just stupid money for someone who wouldn’t improve your team.
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BALDErdash!!!!!!
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I don’t believe some of the comments I read on here at times.
People have slagged off Stearman who spent all of last season in this league and is currently being played in a position he’s not used to yet, but then we get these “get Gerrard from Walsall in” comments!!
He’s not guaranteed to be any better than we have already, it’s Anthony NOT Steve.
My mate goes to watch Walsall and he says that although he’s a good player in their league he might not make the step up.
I agree we need to sign a CB but I would think MM is aware of this too, I don’t think we should “panic buy” as we have in the past, we might just have to wait until January.
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Who do they think we are? albion? John Hartson all over again and he probably would of just taken the pies offer! Gunter, Bera or Johnny Evans but I really fancy getting Riggott in on loan, class act!
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I don’t want this clown down here, we already have one who plays at the back Neil Collins!
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Bobo`s a clown
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13) E.Blake is on £8250 it was revealed at his court case
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28. Yorkshire Wolf
Who has ever slagged of stearmen then !!
Everone knows stearmen needs time to adjust from rb to cb because he played rb all last season at leicester and also that he needs to gel at the back with craddock !!
People are saying we need another centre half because if STEARMEN or CRADDOCK get injured or have a suspension ..
We have COLLINS the CLOWN and MUPPETT D.WARD and they are both rubbish .. Thats why people are saying get a cb in ..
Get my point mate ??
GET A CENTRE HALF IN !! UP THE WOLVES !!
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I wouldn’t want anyone called Bobo any way. Sounds like something off ‘Little house on The Prairie’. Or was it Boo Radley ?
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I don’t think we are but, why would we break the wages structure for a has been SPL player when that level is really no better than the CCC.
If we want to break the pay structure, do it for another Paul Ince or Denis Erwin, at least they added a better class that made a difference.
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i said some months ago when balde’s name was being mentioned, in the last 18 months he has played maybe 1 or 2 games when there is no one else available and he picks up £30000 a week. he only has another season to go so celtic are trying desperately to get his wages of the books.he’s happy to sit and do nothing.
last year he turned down 2 english premier league teams on lesser wages so there was no way he would come to wolves even on the silly money quoted. we can’t afford those type of wages.
he would be an ok addition but is prone to errors in important games. so no great loss.
we could have had berra if we had acted quickly and bid 2 million as hearts had wanted. berra will go to another team within 18 months for 4-5 million mark my words.
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GET GERRARD FOR 500K
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24 agree, i was at walsall for the pre season froendly and A gerrard looked like a real prospect. maybe young but fits the criteria.
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I HAVE TO AGREE WITH ALL ON THIS ..
GET A.GERRARD FROM WALSALL FOR ABOUT £500K AND HE WOULD BE GREAT AT WOLVES !! £500K SNIP ASWELL !!
GET A CENTRE HALF IN !! UP THE WOLVES !!
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If defence is not sorted before the transfer window shuts then I reckon we are looking at play offs at best
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Good to see wolves fans agree for once.
we dont want him here over paid over rated hasbeen
nice one happy post 7 thats not bad coming from a baggie fan mind you you have to have s.o.h suporting that lot.na mate good luck for the season hope you can beat the drop then we can join you in the top flight.
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no7 happy baggie THATS A CORCKER…LMAO
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Why break the wage structure for an old man,stick to the youth policy i say
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PLEASE…. just buy Gerrard from Walsall then you won’t have 20 posts from THE MIGHTY WANDERER” on every page telling you to.
It would be worth half a million to shut the fool up !
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7 Its not mind control Happy – it’s the reporters ‘hot air’ that’s keeping ther ball up.
17 Sandwell I would agree that the club would need to pay the money required BUT paying BooBoo that would mean Kite’s agent seeking a meeting as well as SEB and so on.
This Wolves management have done well thus far in transfers so let’s leave them to it. However they should and probably do understand that we do need a central defender or life is going to be difficult. Unless yourr the baggies last year, promotion is gained with a strong defence first.
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A friend of mine works for Deloitte and recently they audited Wolverhampton Wanderers, he reviewed all of the players contracts, and there are no wolves players at all anywhere near 20k a week, let alone 30k a week.
The wolves players contracts are quite heavily incentivised, based on appearances and goals and the clubs finishing position.
Wolves wouldnt be able to afford 30k per week. Their standard contracts for players have nothing like this in them. They are based upon age, and each player is put into a category based on his age, position etc, and there is a range of basic wage for each category.
This is utter nonsense, trust me wolves fans.
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44. Happy_Baggie
Shut up fool and get a sponsor !!
UP THE WOLVES !!
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33 The Mighty Wanderer.
If you care to actually read my post, I said “I agree we need to sign a CB” all I’m saying is we might have to wait if the right player doesn’t come up between now and the end of August and I don’t necessarily think that Gerrard at Walsall is the messiah some people on here seem to think he is.
Only my opinion but I thought that’s what these boards were all about?
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We do need a centre half before the 31st I know that much.
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Note to Bobo and agent – tough luck guys
we have had one rip-off merchant partnership in Henri ‘the rat’ camara and willie mackay (oh dear what has happened to mackay today hahahahaha).
Well done jez
Now please invest in Berra and Gerrard as backup (gerrard might be worth a trade for a couple of players – d.ward, elliot, collins – plus a bit of cash)
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PHEW!!!!!
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This story has at least encouraged some of the funniest humour ive seen on this page in along time.
See, Happie Baggie, (7) and his mind control comment. Most amusing.
We can do better than this player. I still think there is a young CB at one of the big clubs who isnt getting a game and could do with a season at the Wolves…
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