South London Press are a reputable organisation. Story is real

13 minutes ago, Piethagoram said:

South London Press are a reputable organisation. Story is real

Making a bid means absolutely nothing unless it is accepted. Bids are being made for players in the transfer window multiple times a day.

Anyway, £2 million is an insult.

Don't care if the source is reputable or not, it is still click and bait transfer gossip.

Notts have the upper hand, as others have pointed out, bids don’t mean much. If the club knows there’s interest, they can safeguard their asset by fostering competition to sell to the highest bidder. That being said, I’m not entirely convinced that Millwall would splurge such a large sum on a single player. The reported amount might not be entirely accurate, who can say?

@Robbie "The South London Press has also had confirmation that a bid has been made."

It's not "click and bait transfer gossip" when the source is reputable

The fact that Will Evans being seen at the San Sirrel, would suggest if Macca goes, a possible replacement has already been lined up?

Well, the press is sometimes duped into publishing stories, but it’s more credible than the previous link. Also, it’s all a matter of ‘maybe’, so I think we just need to rein in our excitement and take things as they come. If Macaulay Langstaff departs and Will Evans is brought in as his replacement, that would be a sensible move. But first, we need to take a step back and assess things as they occur. For now, I’m treating it as speculation.

Agree Millwall isn't a particularly attractive club. Having said that, Millwall are a club that bounce between the Champ and L1. Pretty much every Notts fan would take that as the status quo for Notts. 

From a Notts' perspective, you don't really care on the identity of the bidding club, only the figure. 1 million + would be enough, for me. 

 

@Super_Danny_AllsoppI would go take £2m+ ( 50% of profits on any future transfer fee). Remember Gateshead are seemingly due a cut of any transfer fee too

As I seem to recall Luke Williams once saying, a bid means nothing. We could make a bid for Jamie Vardy but it doesn't mean he's coming.

And, if this is genuine, would he want to join a club which is playing games and trying to unsettle him? Why else would a club inform their local press that they've made a bid for someone? 

Sounds like they want to put stars in his eyes, and get him a cut price because he asks to leave. Maybe a sign of how he would be treated if he joined them,

Macaulay Langstaff has 3 years left on his contract, Notts have a great chance of getting promoted this season if he stays for at least another year.

It just wouldn't make any sense at all if Notts sold him to a league 1 club now or even a championship club.

I believe Notts should stand firm and hold Macaulay for at least another season, if Notts do get promoted, Macca may want to stay anyway & I'm sure Notts would offer him an extension to his present contract.

I say to Notts. Please don't sell him! We need him more than we need his transfer fee. He will potentially earn Notts much more by him staying.

I think the initial approach from Millwall has been turned down, although I don't know if that'll be the end of their interest.

The thing to bear in mind is that Notts are in a win-win situation. Langstaff is either our player at the beginning of September or he's been sold on and the club has a significant amount of money to put back into the squad. A like-for-like replacement would obviously be difficult, but when you think of some of the bargains Notts have landed under the current ownership (Langstaff himself, Scott, Crowley, Roberts, Rodrigues for example) it's pretty exciting to think about what we could do with the money we'd have.

Macca is much more than being the best striker in league 2. Notts have a player who has a phenomenal work rate.

Macca never stops running and we see him all over the pitch. He regularly has two players marking him, giving space to other Notts players.

In and around the penalty area, Macca is taking all the attention toward himself and allows other Notts attackers to ghost into the penalty area unnoticed.

This has been a feature for the last two seasons. Langstaff is much more to Notts than just an outstanding striker. He's an outstanding team man too.

I’m interested to see how things develop. Macaulay Langstaff will undoubtedly have a price tag, and Notts has its own aspirations. If Notts can retain him for this season, I believe we have a solid chance at promotion. However, finding his replacement through our recruitment process shouldn’t be too difficult. Let’s wait and see what transpires. Apparently, the chief scout on X has confirmed the bid. Does anyone know if this is accurate?

Macaulay Langstaff is a refreshing presence, a born striker that the club has been on the lookout for years. At last, Notts has a gifted striker who could make a significant mark if he stays for a few more seasons. However, I recognise that at his age, he will have his own aspirations.

 

3 hours ago, Robbie said:

This has been a feature for the last two seasons. Langstaff is much more to Notts than just an outstanding striker. He's an outstanding team man too.

Just kind of following on from this, it’s funny when I hear a few opinions about Macca and they almost down play how good he is because he scores so many from close range and because we create good chances. I guess it generates a sort of illusion that anyone could do what he does.

But he’s always in the right place, his ability to create half a yard and anticipate where the ball will land is no fluke. He’s just got it, it’s natural for him. We’ve had countless strikers over the years who you could spend ages and ages coaching and they still wouldn’t get the goals Macca can.

I've seen a few more stories today, one saying Macca is "expected to leave before the window closes". Maybe he will but I wouldn't be as confident as some of these journalists are. No mention of Macca being asked of course, in the last actual interview with him he said how proud he was to be named captain and how he's looking forward to leading the team next season...