@menzinho I hope you're right 

£700,000 upfront (with the possibility of more in the future) is a huge amount for a club at our level. We're 5 weeks out from the start of the season and 8 weeks out from the transfer deadline. Obviously I'm very sad to see Langstaff go, but I'm very confident we can land a replacement with funds like that and still have probably significant money leftover to invest elsewhere.

£700K is not even covering the cost of the Nest, which was around £1million.

£700K is just not enough for such a quality player 

This is from the statement released by the club when Roberts was sold in 2022 which I expect will be echoed when the Langstaff deal is announced today or tomorrow. The money will be pumped back into the team.

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"We have always made it clear that revenue from player sales will be reinvested in the squad and have already commenced dialogue with our head coach, Luke Williams, to assess the impact of Callum’s departure and how it may affect our ongoing recruitment plans."

 

We also have to think strategically about the long-term image of the club to prospective signings. This is presumably a life-changing deal for Macca: he'll earn enough to buy himself a nice house and have enough in savings to make him comfortable for the rest of his life. We shouldn't stand in the way of that, and it's no small thing being able to say to prospective players "this is a great place to play, and if you develop well and we get a good offer, you'll be able to set yourself up for life."

If this does happen I will cry and then I'll get my pre-prepared Twitter thread up for replacements. Only when it is confirmed he's sold

I can see why some fans are upset. It appears that the club waited for the early bird prices, made Macaulay Langstaff the captain, and then knowingly sold him. Assuming this is true, I find this business practice shocking. Regardless of the potential price, this behaviour is negative and affects our fan base.

An offer of £700,000 is far too low. What happened to the £2,000,000 bid that was reportedly turned down?

There are some inconsistencies here, so it might be nothing. However, it would be beneficial if Langstaff stays. I understand that money can be reinvested, but the entire situation with the captaincy and the rejected bid, coupled with potential movement after the cheaper season tickets are sold and the reported numbers are high, seems misleading. This is not what you’d expect from a club that claims to understand its fans.

Macca will only depart if the club chooses to sell him. If Notts has accepted a bid for him as low as £700,000, I would be quite upset, regardless of any potential add-ons. There’s no urgency to sell him, so Notts might be making a significant error ahead of what looked like a promising season. We’ve allowed Kyle Cameron to go out on loan, which is fine. However, selling Tiernan Brooks, who was earmarked as our future number one without giving him a chance, and the potential sale of one of our top players, is quite negative.

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I agree, I was thinking on the same lines last night 

Waiting for the season ticket renewals to be almost complete would appear to be a cynical move by the Club if it's true that Macca has been sold and for a very low price too. 

To me if it's true, that price is an insult.

macaulay langstaff will be sold at some point, ahead of a season that has given some promise makes things feel a bit false if he is to leave notts like this. i would not blame langstaff but i would feel notts made a mistake in the process of conducting the sale. you dont make someone likely to leave become the captain.

lets hope that this is all just false news, but i feel that the negatives of the information might just be something that grows. its a shame because things seemed very promising until now.

I've heard that medical has been completed by Macca at Milwall with the fee as many have said on this thread to be around the £700k mark with add ons included and will be announced tomorrow at some point.

It's obviously disappointing to see Macca depart, especially considering he was given the captaincy thought for sure he would have stayed given that responsibility. Maybe the whole giving him the captaincy was to run the price up but that wouldn't make sense considering the fee of £700k doing the rounds is lower than the £2million many of us were expecting to be the region. 

The offer might not even amount to £700,000; it could be more. However, I suspect it will likely end up being labelled as undisclosed. A competent reporter in the Notts area might be able to make an educated guess about the fee. This is, of course, assuming that the deal is finalised and set to go ahead.

Poor timing by the club if true but personally i do feel it’s good business to sell now and I can understand the fee as he is unproven at the level. If he is a success, I suspect the add ons to be substantial and I would expect a sell on clause to be included.

I doubt he will be successful as it is a whole different level against far superior defenders, and I hope I’m wrong but I can see him only getting a dozen or so goals.

I’m now more bothered about the holes opening up in our squad that need filling fast. 

Well first of all let’s see if it’s true, if it is the £700,000 is very disappointing and I agree that the club have probably deliberately delayed to get the season ticket sales in the bag.

However let’s not jump the gun, I await official confirmation.

I very much doubt most of the negative comments are true. I'd be amazed if we turned down an offer of £2m and even more amazed if we received one. For that money, you can pick up a proven player (free agent, £20k pw salary for 2 years). 

I really don't think Notts under the current owners would play games like that regarding ticket sales either. They have always said they are not looking to sell unless the deal is right. They can't control when a club makes a bid or when Macca decides it one he's interested in.

If he goes, good luck to him. 

1 hour ago, Simon Clark said:

They can't control when a club makes a bid or when Macca decides it one he's interested in.

If he goes, good luck to him. 

Notts can control the narrative when he's has 3 years left on his contract. Of course we don't want an unhappy player, but the interests of the club has to come first.