Kamil Conteh

Quoted from denni266

Mixed feelings on this one  if it was only 300k plus 20% . Think we could have done a bit better.

The question that needs to be asked when people say this is.. how?

Quoted from Mikey_345

The question that needs to be asked when people say this is.. how?

We couldn’t, simple as that. Hands pretty much tied. I think frustrations bare from his possible value had the buyout clause not existed, I’d guess at it being a lot more, probably even double the rumoured 300k. Difficult one though because without that BOC he probably doesn’t even sign in the first place.

Quoted from GrimExile

Yes I think that’s why I’m somewhat disappointed. Had he gone to a Championship side or a sleeping giant mentioned in my post I’d have understood, but I just don’t get why Bristol Rovers. In the overall scheme of things they’re not much bigger than us albeit in the league above. Time will tell.

I have no problem at all with him going to a L1 team, rather than a Championship side. Let’s suppose, as some have suggested, the Championship is his potential ceiling, then had we just sold him to a Championship club we may never get the benefit of a sell on clause. Selling to a L1 side, as a stepping stone to the Championship is the best outcome from our perspective.

Quoted from SouthLakesMariner

I have no problem at all with him going to a L1 team, rather than a Championship side. Let’s suppose, as some have suggested, the Championship is his potential ceiling, then had we just sold him to a Championship club we may never get the benefit of a sell on clause. Selling to a L1 side, as a stepping stone to the Championship is the best outcome from our perspective.

You make a valid point and I must admit I hadn’t thought of it from that point of view.

Quoted from jimgtfc

We couldn’t, simple as that. Hands pretty much tied. I think frustrations bare from his possible value had the buyout clause not existed, I’d guess at it being a lot more, probably even double the rumoured 300k. Difficult one though because without that BOC he probably doesn’t even sign in the first place.

Exactly. No clause, no player, no profit. It’s quite simple.

Quoted from Mikey_345

Exactly. No clause, no player, no profit. It’s quite simple.

It’s amazing how many people on here and FB just don’t seem to be able to understand that!

Middlesbrough aint daft - they held all the cards since he joined. We maybe will make a few bob  for sticking him in the shop window - but methinks they will benefit  financially in the end.

Bristol local press have said they have broken there transfer record which was 360k for a certain Andy Tilson ex town.
So i recon it’s about 450-500k plus sell on.

The amount of speculation on here regarding what we paid for him, what we sold him for, what the buy out clause is/was, what part of him Middlesbrough own, how long his contract was, how long he stayed here, how good/bad/sh1t he is, and on and on..... is mind boggling.

We identified him, lured him here, put him in the shop window and sold him on. Think it was a good bit of business myself.

I'm not really bothered now as he is no longer a GTFC player.

One thing no-one has mentioned is that the owners have always said since day one that if anyone employed by the club wants to move on to other opportunities, they will not stand in their way, whether that is ground staff or players.

Quoted from GrimExile

It’s probably me but am I the only one that feels that the Conteh transfer sticks in the throat just a little bit? We sign him on a 3 year contact and then within 6 months he’s buggered off. I know you can’t stand in the way of someone with ability and ambition wanting to better themselves, but he has gone to a Div 1 club who are no more than mid table and hardly considered to be a sleeping giant like for example Bolton, Derby or Portsmouth, all of whom are currently in Div 1. I guess that’s football though and maybe it’ll work out for all parties in the end. Let’s hope so. #UTM

I think it shows a lack of self belief from him more than anything else ? If he’d stuck it out until the end of the season he could have got a better club than that