What is Smith worth?

[Fosse69]

Some clubs just hoover players up so that others cannot have them.

[Iron Curtain]

I'm interested to get peoples opinions on what Smith is worth.

 

With over a billion pounds being spent in this transfer window, we are seeing a lot of the extra premier league money trickle down into the lower leagues. The best example I have is Leeds paying £3m for Keemar Roof from League two Oxford earlier in the window.

 

Now he scored 26 goals in 49 matches in all competitions during the 2015-16 campaign... but prior to that he bounced around a few 9 game loan spells scoring 1 or 2 goals in each. Leeds have since released an article saying that he is struggling in the championship.

 

So given that Keemar went for £3m (with a premium on attackers I would suggest)... what do we think we should be asking for Smith?

[cheshirevaliant]

With less than a year to go on his contract, I don't think we would get much at all for him. Hopefully, we can sign him (and Streete, who I've been hugely impressed with so far this season, after not really seeing what all the fuss was about previously) up on longer term deals. I think it makes sense for all parties.

[Howjy04]

He's worth a 5 year contract.

[stupers]

He's not worth much without a contract extension. Hopefully they will be upcoming in the next few weeks.

[valiant_593]

It's simple to me. At the minute not a great deal. Sign up for as long as possible, he continues to impress and clubs have to pay a premium price because of his contract.

[robf]

At the moment, that's not a question for us, it's a question for a transfer tribunal. If he moves and is out of contract, the tribunal will set the fee. However, we have been hard done by before at these events (£45,000 for Dave Hibbert who had been with us for ten years as a youth teamer!).

 

That is why I keep banging on and on about getting him on a new contract ASAP. With a new contract you can do what Oxford did with Roofe and *only* sell him for a significant fee.

 

Without a contract, he can move wherever he wants and we are at the whim of a tribunal as to how much we are paid...

[werstayinup]

Get him signed up and he could clearly be worth 1m in the future,he is the biggest prospect we have had in a long long time,so if he signs a 2.5yr extended deal then we could get 1m plus(and this is where i think smurf will be canny) a 10-15% sell on or more

[Michael]

Didn't Walsall just sell a defender for 1.5m? Why shouldn't we be able command figures like that.

[robf]

Didn't Walsall just sell a defender for 1.5m? Why shouldn't we be able command figures like that.

 

Because Rico Henry was one year into a three-year contract. Walsall had recognised his potential and signed him up on a new deal. They could name their price and Brentford paid up £1.5m to tempt Walsall into selling.

 

This is precisely what myself and others are trying to point out. Get Smith on a contract and we could command a fee like that.

 

But let his current contract expire and we could receive only what the tribunal decides - what do Vale want - a £50,000 tribunal fee or £1.5m?

[valiant58]

He has potential but I love it when we start getting carried away after only a few games.

 

John stones and Nathan smith the future England partnership????

[bookworm]

He's worth a 5 year contract.

 

he's definitely worth a longer contract and so is Streete,, much better them playing for us than languishing in some premiershit reserve side.

[hamilboy]

He has potential but I love it when we start getting carried away after only a few games.

 

John stones and Nathan smith the future England partnership????

 

Excuse me i think you are forgetting remi streete john stones indeed unless of course rob page is manager of england by then.

[Emile]

Even with his contract situation he is worth a million. At this present time our best asset although alnwick and Forrester will be up there soon enough.

[NellyTheValiant]

He has potential but I love it when we start getting carried away after only a few games.

 

John stones and Nathan smith the future England partnership????

 

Carried away? Not me, he's better than Stones.