Kalas - Signed for Schalke04

[cidercity1987]

If he wants to stay in Bristol as is rumoured, Coventry is just about commutable, Stoke isn't especially with the traffic through West Bromwich.

[Merrick's Marvels]

13 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

If he wants to stay in Bristol as is rumoured

Who says? 

[cheese]

7 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Who says? 

Shhh, the grapevine, the rumourmill but, tellingly, not De Alien.

[Leveller]

8 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Who says? 

Those who pointed out his partner is from Bristol and they are building a house locally.

[Merrick's Marvels]

1 minute ago, cheese said:

Shhh, the grapevine, the rumourmill but, tellingly, not De Alien.

Yeah, thank gawd Dick de Alien (emphasis on Dick) hasn't said he's re-signing!  

[Silvio Dante]

8 hours ago, Leveller said:

Those who pointed out his partner is from Bristol and they are building a house locally.

I hope they’ve got planning permission and aren’t just starting work on the basis of an over inflated sense of self importance. Nobody would do that.

[Son of Fred]

10 hours ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

Who says? 

His Mrs

[REDOXO]

13 hours ago, Son of Fred said:

His Mrs

That usually does the trick! Ask Mrs Oxo!!

[Silvio Dante]

Nige asked about Tomas a couple of times in todays presser “If the doors open then it’s very draughty”. Stated not moving in where they were offer wise, hadn’t heard from TK personally for a number of weeks and he considers him gone but doesn’t rule out the prospect of him coming back.

[Club and Country]

40 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Nige asked about Tomas a couple of times in todays presser “If the doors open then it’s very draughty”. Stated not moving in where they were offer wise, hadn’t heard from TK personally for a number of weeks and he considers him gone but doesn’t rule out the prospect of him coming back.

At this point you do have to wonder what TK is holding out for/hoping for as it's clearly not been that forthcoming or he would have a club by now 

[Davefevs]

1 hour ago, Silvio Dante said:

Nige asked about Tomas a couple of times in todays presser “If the doors open then it’s very draughty”. Stated not moving in where they were offer wise, hadn’t heard from TK personally for a number of weeks and he considers him gone but doesn’t rule out the prospect of him coming back.

Later he said "he's gone, he's out of contract" also (paraphrased).

Said we wouldn't budge on what we'd offered.

Edited August 3, 2023 by Davefevs

[t_b]

56 minutes ago, Club and Country said:

At this point you do have to wonder what TK is holding out for/hoping for as it's clearly not been that forthcoming or he would have a club by now 

Perhaps he just wants the right offer.

He hasn’t really ever come across or been rumoured to be living a particularly flash or lavish lifestyle. Assuming he’s been quite comfortable on his £1.3m annual salary and has banked enough to survive a couple of months out of contract, he could be waiting to take advantage of free agent status post window closing and exploit a club for a little more when they’re desperate. 

[LondonBristolian]

3 minutes ago, t_b said:

Perhaps he just wants the right offer.

He hasn’t really ever come across or been rumoured to be living a particularly flash or lavish lifestyle. Assuming he’s been quite comfortable on his £1.3m annual salary and has banked enough to survive a couple of months out of contract, he could be waiting to take advantage of free agent status post window closing and exploit a club for a little more when they’re desperate. 

You may be right but it is a gamble, especially as he has not yet had a chance to prove his fitness after a year of injury. Players can find themselves in a situation where the “right offer” doesn’t arrive. 

[Davefevs]

9 minutes ago, t_b said:

Perhaps he just wants the right offer.

He hasn’t really ever come across or been rumoured to be living a particularly flash or lavish lifestyle. Assuming he’s been quite comfortable on his £1.3m annual salary and has banked enough to survive a couple of months out of contract, he could be waiting to take advantage of free agent status post window closing and exploit a club for a little more when they’re desperate. 

Likes his cars!!!

[Davefevs]

These were the exact words I tried to remember earlier:

"I’m not going to say definitely not because it’s not something that has been discussed at all. We’re not going to shift on the financial aspects of where we were on him and that was the reason it didn’t go ahead. I think the probabilities are very very low.”

[Rudolf Hucker]

1 hour ago, Club and Country said:

At this point you do have to wonder what TK is holding out for/hoping for as it's clearly not been that forthcoming or he would have a club by now 

Planning permission. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

19 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

Planning permission. 

Perhaps he could seek some advice from Tom Gorringe .

[Rudolf Hucker]

2 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Perhaps he could seek some advice from Tom Gorringe .

… who thinks that planning permission is for wimps. 

[lenred]

59 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Likes his cars!!!

I was going to say! 

[AshtonRobin21]

Ignoring Nige’s comments to the press this week regarding wage budget (don’t believe everything he tells the press), it’s a possibility that the following could happen:

We know that the offer to Kalas has been on the table throughout the summer, and I would expect our offer was around the £15k a week mark.

Therefore you would assume this money (wages) would be available for 1/2 further incomings. Especially if no fee is involved. 

Craig Cathcart (worked with Nige at Watford), Cieran Clark and Daniel Ayala are all still available as free agents.

[Street red]

On 29/07/2023 at 23:01, Leveller said:

Those who pointed out his partner is from Bristol and they are building a house locally.

Let's hope they've got planning permission

[Lanterne Rouge]

Perhaps when people say `he`s building a house` he is actually building a house like Petrocelli was endlessly doing..............................

[PHILINFRANCE]

28 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Perhaps when people say `he`s building a house` he is actually building a house like Petrocelli was endlessly doing..............................

Is he living in a trailer?

Perhaps he will sign for Rovers .

[Garland-sweden]

We want se him again in a Cityshirt.

[Kid in the Riot]

3 hours ago, AshtonRobin21 said:

We know that the offer to Kalas has been on the table throughout the summer, and I would expect our offer was around the £15k a week mark.

Much lower. 

[Ziderarmy]

4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Much lower. 

We’re not a charity and it’s good were now acting this way rather than throwing good money after bad like we used to. 

[Mr Popodopolous]

46 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Much lower. 

Closer to £10k than £15k would be my best guess.

[Port Said Red]

10 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Perhaps when people say `he`s building a house` he is actually building a house like Petrocelli was endlessly doing..............................

For the younger audience, this is a scene from the last episode of Petrocelli, but could have just as easily have been from the first.

 

[marcofisher]

14 hours ago, AshtonRobin21 said:

Craig Cathcart (worked with Nige at Watford), Cieran Clark and Daniel Ayala are all still available as free agents.

I hope we don’t sign any again journeymen like this on the way down. Would much rather look to the academy and strengthen elsewhere.

[Mr Hankey]

I think Ciaran Clark, depending on his fitness & wage demands, would be an outstanding signing for a season or 2.