If anyone were to ask me what Crauwels would be worth, i'd say max 2M. maybe some more should he get into a bidding war. But 2.5M is a stretch for me unless if he fits perfectly for your training schedule. anything above that could be considered over the top.
Exactly, i agree completely about your price estimation of Crauwels, cfr. 2M.
So i tried to negociate with this manager, and said him i would be prepared to offer 2M.
He almost laughed it away, meaning he found the offer to be too low.
But honestly, I still think 2M is a correct valuation of Crauwels, all things considered, cfr. skills, age, nationality,..
But he apparently wants to hit a home run selling this player.
After his previous attempt to sell him at 3.25 M, he now has put him again on the TL with an asking price of still 3M, which i think is still a high price for this particular player. Would he have been already NT material, ok i could agree with that, but right now there is still quite some training to do on him, to be able to be an NT player, and given his age of 28y, there is not very much room left to get him ready in time. Or you would have to sacrifice everything to train him, with all the negatives that could bring along. And i think there are currently very few BBBL teams (if any!) who are prepared to do that.
So in short, i would be prepared to buy him for a correct price, but not for the price he is currently asking, that's for sure.
In the past i have seen too many teams almost going under by buying a specific player they absolutely wanted, and thus by paying an excessive price. So don't let your emotions get the overhand, it might cost you more than you'd want to.
Last edited by Eagle at 11/4/2014 11:02:08 PM