Lincoln City boss disappointed by Scott Loach sell-on windfall
David Holdsworth could not hide his disappointment at missing out on a major cash windfall following Scott Loach's cut price move to Ipswich.
Lincoln were due 15 per cent of the Watford goalkeeper's move to the Tractor Boys as part of a sell-on clause which took him to the Hornets in 2006.
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Cheap deal: Lincoln's share of the transfer of Scott Loach was a lot less than they previously expected
The Imps were hoping to bank a five-figure sum from the deal with the former Centre of Excellence star tipped to move for up to £1m despite having a year left on his contract.
But the club was stunned to learn the former England under-21 stopper had joined for less than £200,000 with the Imps now expected to bank £20,000 as a result.
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"Ipswich have certainly got themselves a bargain, there is no doubt about that," he said.
"I think everybody at the football club was hoping Scott would move for a significant fee.
"I would have put Joe Anyon in that price bracket so it's certainly a strange one.
"But there is not much we can do about it.
"Whatever the club can give me would certainly be a help, but everyone knows our situation.
"Whatever I get I will be grateful."
Comments
by snoddybag
Tuesday, July 31 2012, 8:56AM
“bbh11. You have to buy the paper that comes out on Thursday to get that sort of info.”
by bbh11
Monday, July 30 2012, 12:25PM
“Is it me or does there seem to be a huge lack of news on LCFC website and the Echo website. The Echo have no report on the game on Saturday and neither have any reports on the injury to Alan Power or Sam Smith or the situation with Josh Gowling.
With regard to the naming of the stadium I thought that with each entry people were required to say what they would call the stadium if they won, so the board could approve the entry, surely then the name would of been next to the number on the anouncers clipboard on Saturday?”
by Isambard_KB
Monday, July 30 2012, 11:42AM
“The 12th Imp should now either
a) sell the "rights" to the highest commercial bidder. The package might be worth a good few thousand to the right organisation
b) stick with Sincil Bank
c) name it The Keith Alexander Stadium at Sincil Bank for a year which would be well received and generate a bit of publicity
Up the Imps”
by Resurrection
Saturday, July 28 2012, 10:42PM
“Delighted for the 12th Imp winning today's name the stadium "Raffle" but what an anti climax with no 'name to the stadium being officially given it turned out to be more like a rollover of a 50/50 draw. Really disappointing. If anyone at the club or Echo can confirm if the 12th Imp are retaining Sincil Bank for this season it would be appreciated. How hard can it be?”
by mattyimp80
Saturday, July 28 2012, 12:00PM
“To be fair he was out of contract at the end of next season. A foriegn club could have agreed a pre contract with him from the 1st of January. Buying clubs use this as a great bargining tool to get players on the cheap with the selling club in fear of losing players for nothing. City also got a £50.000 transfer fee when he left and the £20.000 on top isn't a bad return considering he never played a competitive game for the first team as he never agreed a proffesional contract when offered one,he instead signed for Watford.”
by eatmygoal
Thursday, July 26 2012, 2:20PM
“But he was hot property hence the £35 price tag and further to that he is only 22 and been written off already as never being good enough.
England players are more expensive for 3 reasons. 1) the media hype them up. 2) Fans want English players. 3) most importantly you have to have a certain amount of Home grown players in your squad of 25 for the prem, and also for UEFA club competetions. Although interestingly England international Owen Hargreaves would not count as Home Grown but Spanish international Fabregas would”
by marineboy49
Thursday, July 26 2012, 1:02PM
“Andy Carrol never has and never will be hot property. As usual people in the media hyped him up to be something he is not, and even more worryingly people in football believed it.
Newcastle must have been laughing all the way to the bank with that one. His days at Liverpool were effectively over the minute Brendan Rodgers became manager, and quite frankly his England days should also be over, I have seen similar standard players in the blue square prem.
On the subject of transfer fees Eatmygoal, do you know why foreign players seem to be cheaper than English players? I know a lot of the fees take into account players ages which will have a bearing on sell on fees etc, but English just seem to be vastly over priced at times.”
by eatmygoal
Thursday, July 26 2012, 10:57AM
“"How do people come up with these figures?"
There is not a collection of people who randomly asign fees. Liverpool got in £50m for their star striker (Torres) and realised they needed a new striker. Andy Carroll at the time was banging in the goals, was hot property, young, and crucially English. Newcastle knew Liverpool were up against a time limit and the toon were going to lose their up and coming Mr Newcastle. So they asked for a lot.
Loach has had a rough season and several high profile moves did not come off the season before perhaps because of the high valuation. Ipswich offered new wealthy Watford a bit of money to take a 'keeper they are unlikely to use as they spend big on a new one and so they take the offer.
In football as ever, it is a case of timing.”
by marineboy49
Thursday, July 26 2012, 9:24AM
“I agree with Holdsworth, very disappointing to say the least. Where the money will go? who knows but in the grand scheme of things it'll be a drop in the ocean. How do people come up with these figures? 200,000 for an up coming decent keeper and the likes of Andy Carroll at 35 million!!! geeezzzz”
by juwarot
Thursday, July 26 2012, 9:19AM
“I can remember when £20,000 WAS a 5-figure sum.....”