28 Aug 2016 18:40:02
Just had a message to say Burke gone to Leipzburg (spelling? ) for 13 mill.

1.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:13:44
Yeah on sky sports news now.

2.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:16:32
Gutted but wish him well. Guess we needed to balance the books.

3.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:19:46
Yup it's true he's gone to Red Bull Leipzig for 13 mil. Just watched them on TV actually v Hoffenheim, they were pretty dull.

4.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:20:09
And me, there a picture of him holding the shirt (photoshop? ? )

5.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:20:37
If invested wisely then that is good business. Gutted to see him go but every cloud has a silver lining. At least he will play week in week out there, so won't be a bench warmer and a waste of talent.

6.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:40:32
Gutted. I hope we have a winger and striker lined up. Wont be surprised to see britt go now. You can't believe this owner. PM said he thought fawaz would keep OB. Any outside chance we had of promotion is slipping away.

7.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:42:23
Gutted let's just hope the money gets reinvested well.

8.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:51:51
On the radio yesterday Montaniers post match interview he said he hopes to be signing a news striker Monday or Tuesday.

9.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 19:56:54
I'm furious! 13 million? Can you imagine if we had lascelles, Morgan, Burke and Antonio still?
I get you can't keep players if they don't want to play for the club any more, but if we do keep selling our best players we are always going to be a mid table championship side. We were kings of Europe for gods sake!

10.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:01:53
Must admit feel sorry for all the kids with BURKE Forest shirts.

11.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:10:14
13 million is not going to do much damage to our debt-getting to the prem will - that has become less likely now. what's done is done, let's hope PM gets to use all the cash.

12.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:14:36
and if we had kept Peter Davenport instead of selling him to Man Utd. We would have gone Bankrupt.

13.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:38:57
Very disappointed, can't help but feel Fawaz has let us down again! So we have 13m from Burke sale and an apparent 1m from Patterson sale, who wants to have a guess at how much of that will be spent before Thursday? I think 2 very good signings are needed now to even try and win back some of the Forest faithful. Let's keep our fingers crossed.

14.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:40:29
Belperred, think u need to get with the times! Every champ club a selling club and 13 mil for a 19 year old is good money. Don't get me wrong I'm gutted, but that's football today, so let's save the slagging off til thurs after we see who comes in because if money invested wisely then something good could come of this.

15.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:47:15
I think we all need to keep calm for a few more days. If what I hear is correct his head was turned and didn't want to stay, was acting a bit of a spoilt brat. Before we all start screaming and shouting, let's wait and see if we don't strengthen the squad and replace Burke before the window closes. I wish we could have kept him but we have to move on. I have positive thoughts about the next couple of days, I hope we are one of the clubs in for Asomoh Gyan.

16.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 20:52:42
Sad though it is, we have to live in the real world. Of course finding a way into the PL is what we all want. But if we still had those players, Belpered, we wouldn't have got out of ffp, and most probably be bankrupt and closed down.

17.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 21:03:35
With you on this belperred. Add to that Bamford and you have a good young base to a team. Darlow also. I know in the real world bills have to be paid but come on. Twisty plays a handful of games and boom. Gone.

18.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 21:13:55
I gather Leipzig is the feeder club for Bayern Munich.

19.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 22:01:12
No one is looking at what Burke is only what he could be!

He is a player that has only made 10 senior starts in his professional career and we got £13m for him. Yes he could be worth £50m in years to come but he could just as likely flop and be worth nowt. Look at how many players have fallen from grace in a season or 2!

Let's judge this on who we bring in before Wednesday and where we finish at the end of the season before we decide on if it was good or bad business.

20.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 22:08:26
Lascells, was slated for his positional play, Morgan was called a donkey and too slow. Bamford was desperate to go to Chelsea, Darlow was also criticised for his ability with crosses even Antoio was criticised for not tracking back and making us one dimensional.
The point i'm making is we always remember ex reds for their better moments especially if they do well after leaving us.
We are no different to every other club in the land, players are going to move. Look at Southampton a feeder club for Liverpool and Arsenal even though in Premiership, how many players they have produced and sold on in last 2-3 years.
we will be fine.

21.) 28 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 22:23:00
Looked a great prospect but 13M! that is a great cash out. Good luck to him and thank you for helping our club. Amazing sale and we can buy 3 players. Awesome.

22.) 29 Aug 2016
28 Aug 2016 23:59:39
This fee has put Burke in the top 20 most expensive teenagers of all time (Ronaldo to United was £12.25m) , which for someone with 10 starts is a great return. Let's wait to see if we can bring in 2-3 first teamers before exaggerating how bad a move this is.

23.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 07:06:31
I'm all for this move. I think it's a great deal on both sides, it'll be £13m to help balance the books with a few clauses. Look at the deals we did previously 6.5m for lascelles and Darlow? Maybe a bit cheap but we got them back for a full season for free, then reinvested that money into Assombalonga and Antonio, who we then made what £6m profit on? Assombalonga SHOULD fetch £12-15m if he's sold in the next couple of days I'd say £15m min. Again that's profit.

We are a championship team, we want to get into the prem but let's be fair, I would rather us stay in this situation of wheeling and dealing and gaining positive equity than how we previously worked and spending money which tbf still kept us in the championship just at a higher end.

Also just want to add that this is a fantastic move for Olly it'll put him on the work stage in a very good league. He's a fantastic talent and I wanna wish him all the best. He's a great lad by all accounts, and was a great servant. He'll go far and I hope to see him in the prem in a couple of years, hopefully with us!

24.) 29 Aug 2016
29 Aug 2016 09:00:20
Forever red. Diamand geezer and Polska. I'm not remembering what the players did at forest, I'm saying about the quality of the player now.
Lascelles is Newcastle United captain, wes Morgan is captain of current premier champions, bamford banged em in at this level for derby county and boro, Antonio has just been picked for England. i'm telling you now, ad Burke to that we would be a prem side. We aren't going anywhere if every time we have a player of quality we sell them. because then we are left with no quality players. We have signed an awful lot of crap for good money in the last 5 years and it seems to be for the sake of buying.