Re: Downing in Birmingham talks
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I.P.F
Put it this way: If we're serious about getting promotion this year, then Midlesbrough will be serious rivals. If Downing's not good enough for them, then why is he good enough for us?
I don't necessarily disagree with you but one answer to the question is that they have premier league parachute payments, we don't.
Another is that if he stays at boro, presumeably he stays on the hefty contract he already has - in other words, they are happy to get rid because he's on premier league wages - it's not that he's not good enough for them, he's too expensive for them now that they've been relegated.