“This is just paper talk as he's been called up for England. They made up a figure that clough needs (based roughly on our gates being down x ave ticket price) and just stirring. It would be interesting to say NC is under pressure to sell seeing as how the club hasn't released its accounts yet for the last trading year.”

“Told you that Derby will sell him”

“It's no surprise nor secret that premier league clubs are interested in Will, and i think we all fully expect that Will Hughes won't be a DCFC player next season.

But £4m?? Come on! The going rate for young british player with potential is around the £10m mark, and i for one will be very disappointed if the club don't show some backbone and hold out for such a figure. Hughes is tied down to a long contract, so there's no need to sell - his value will only continue to rise.

The 'need' to raise £1.8m is absolute nonsense, as Stu says: it's mere paper talk”

“Yet again silence from DCFC, like it was with Shackell, it's a done deal ... so who is next, is there anyone left?...Oh yeah Mason Bennett.”

“So, you don't think Clough signed a good enough replacement for Shackell? Players get sold in football, money gets made. It isn't that they get sold, it is how much and what happens to the money. Clough proved all the miserable prognosis wrong when he signed (IMO) a better, younger version of Shackell in his stead. Why is there a perceived God given right to an open ended wage bill and a limitless squad WIKLOW?”

“We have to choose, either we go to the premiership or we make money. If we sell our valueables, bye bye premiership. Its a shame. What happened to our pride?”

“1) Davsl - so? You said they would sell him. Have they? No. There will always be specaultation around promising players. You claiming you were right is utter tripe.

2) It seems Barca have been watching him too.”

“If he can put together a consistent run of games together his value should increase. The media hype will only help keeping the value go up.

I'd sell him and try and get a couple of solid championship players instead.

Dan”