York_Owl Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I went to a charity night where Hirst was a guest speaker and I asked him about this deal. He said it was all agreed. Wages, his car, his house, length of contract. Francis came in the dressing room, told him that they had received a fax from Man United making a formal offer and we would be turning it down. Hirst said he nearly fell through the floor, I suspect he would have been getting about five times in wages what we were giving him. He stayed loyal to his contract with us and the rest is history. Oh and one of our players was the go between hirst and fergie as no fee was agreed. Tapping up is of course something that never happens. Yeah I read Francis ripped the offer up in front of his face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamsandwich Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Dave Richards on the pitch "We will never sell David Hirst - we are not a selling club" wasnt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Row20 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 We were offered �5M + Adrei Kanchelskis who was an amazing winger who tore defenders apart, often cutting in side and embarrassing keepers with near post goals! BUT hindsight is a wonderful thing! Hirsty was at his peak, he could do nothing wrong, we had no obvious replacement for him and another striker of his quality would have cost similar to what we'd get in return for him! Why would any manager sell their star asset when everything was going to plan? Absolutely right. We were considered real top prospects then, so why would Francis have sold his prize asset to a club that at the time had been serial under performers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I thought he wanted Waddle as well for £2m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I always thought the amount offered was £4 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I always thought the amount offered was £4 million I thought it was a joint £5m for Hirst and Waddle. A substantial amount for the time considering Gascoinge was sold to Lazio for £4.5m in the same year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I thought it was a joint £5m for Hirst and Waddle. A substantial amount for the time considering Gascoinge was sold to Lazio for £4.5m in the same year. Could possibly have been a record fee at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Could possibly have been a record fee at the time Sorry. Lazio paid £5.5m in 1992. Rangers paid £4.3m three years later. Interestingly Gascoinge's transfer fees were consistant but when inflation is taken into consideration the amounts grew less and less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Sorry. Lazio paid £5.5m in 1992. Rangers paid £4.3m three years later. Interestingly Gascoinge's transfer fees were consistant but when inflation is taken into consideration the amounts grew less and less. Knew somebody would do the research for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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