Right....So the papes propaganda actually influences other teams scouts and recruitment?
No offence but I’m not buying that...I can’t think of any team (I might be wrong) that bases their purchases on the scribblings of second rate journo’s from Scotland.
It just cheap throw away shite that’s been posted on here that long that it seems to have become fact.
Think Ross Wilson checks the papers valuations before making an approach?
I think what actually happens is that they have their ludicrous valuations, which just happen to be leaked to the press via a friendly ex player.
Next up, the media talk up only the superclubs being interested. Again, this is reinforced by their ring of ex players who have multiple platforms.
Then there's the phantom bid that's rejected as being too low from 'a London club' or 'Milan'. This bid is worth pyoor mullyins.
So far, the imaginary valuation has been reinforced 3 times, not only in the media, but in the minds of the soap dodgers and the minds of their board too.
Said board instruct their recruitment team or whoever that player is available for (ridiculous valuation). Sometimes they'll get a bite (Tierney, McGeady), other times they won't, but they inevitably have their placemen tell you that the 1 year contract extension is worth more to the club than the price they knocked back, because (overpriced Diddy) is integral to the team, will be better than a new signing, and can only get better.
Over the next season or two, the cycle is repeated until either they get a huge bid or the player leaves on a Bosman.