Transfer rumours

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Might as well start a new thread as DA looks to rebuild his squad.

AFC top goalscorer Nick Haughton may want to move on after AFC got relegated. He scored 19 goals the season just ended so knows the league and is a regular goal scorer. Aged 30 he may look to move on and get a 2 year deal somewhere. He's out of contract as well.

[Redalert1970]

Nick Haughtons wage way out of our league I'm afraid
Friend of mine at work who watches Fylde says he's on 3k a week

[marky No.1]

Nick Haughtons wage way out of our league I'm afraid
Friend of mine at work who watches Fylde says he's on 3k a week

Just my humble opinion, I would rather pay a goalscorer £3K a week, than 3 other "strikers" £1K a week who don't score goals.

I think his "19" goals were in 23/24, depends which info is correct

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Nick Haughtons wage way out of our league I'm afraid
Friend of mine at work who watches Fylde says he's on 3k a week

Just my humble opinion, I would rather pay a goalscorer £3K a week, than 3 other "strikers" £1K a week who don't score goals

Exactly......BUT it always amazes me when a claim about knowing a players weekly wage is made.

I find it difficult to accept that the player and his club would divulge such sensitive information as it could have an effect on other players in that squad who feel that they are worth a similar financial deal. Imagine the unrest it could have in a squad.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nick-ha ... ler/341889

3K a week for a proven goal scorer is possibly the going rate and could be well below the average AND let's not forget that we need a proven striker. If we had had one we would still be in the EFL.

[Billy bodger]

Nick Haughtons wage way out of our league I'm afraid
Friend of mine at work who watches Fylde says he's on 3k a week

Just my humble opinion, I would rather pay a goalscorer £3K a week, than 3 other "strikers" £1K a week who don't score goals.

I think his "19" goals were in 23/24, depends which info is correct

It was 23-24 season he got 18 goals 43 league games. (+1in cup He got 12 in 23 league games 24-25.

He was more prolific in National League North with 26 goals in both the 21-22 & 22-23 seasons.

[nobbyshrimp]

It’s a tough balancing act with wages. Houghton has been brill with AFC and will be snapped up but I’m not sure I would be paying that because football is such a gamble. You pay it, you bring him in, everyone’s on an high but then he gets nobbled and out for 6mths……you’re fooked! We’ve seen it many many times, more than a lot of clubs have and Dereks no fool, he knows this.

[KenH]

It’s a tough balancing act with wages. Houghton has been brill with AFC and will be snapped up but I’m not sure I would be paying that because football is such a gamble. You pay it, you bring him in, everyone’s on an high but then he gets nobbled and out for 6mths……you’re fooked! We’ve seen it many many times, more than a lot of clubs have and Dereks no fool, he knows this.

I agree, we seem to have been plagued by long term injuries over the past few years. We'd not have been relegated if we'd had Angol fit and playing regularly for the first half of the season. We've lost Ray for virtually the entire season. Then more latterly, we've lost McAdam and Hendry. In prior seasons, we've suffered the same. Remember that first season in L1 when Robinson brought in two expensive strikers who both went down with long term injuries in their first couple of weeks. As a poor club, we just can't afford an expensive striker as we can't afford a big squad to duplicate/triplicate positions in case of injuries. Derek has rightly gone for quantity over quality but even then, he could barely get to his preferred team of "22". If he'd paid for a marque striker, we may have been down to only 18 or 19 players and could well have found we couldn't even fill the bench with injuries/suspensions, etc. on numerous occasions. An "older" striker is a ridiculous gamble if they cost the same as 2/3/4 other players and are clearly at greater risk of injury or poor performance due to their age.

[RapidShrimp]

Nick Haughtons wage way out of our league I'm afraid
Friend of mine at work who watches Fylde says he's on 3k a week

Just my humble opinion, I would rather pay a goalscorer £3K a week, than 3 other "strikers" £1K a week who don't score goals.

I think his "19" goals were in 23/24, depends which info is correct

We weren’t paying Stockton £3k a week when we were in League One, and our budget has decreased year-on-year since then.

You always need back-ups, so it’s the differences between having a bench and not having a bench.