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It's Stephen Robinson.

I would be looking for nearer one million for Gallagher. We definitely need to be signing a centre forward if we want to looking at Europe next season, we simply have no one to fill that position that’s going to get the goals we need to stay in the top three. Is European football actually worth much financially ? not sure but we certainly gain financially by finishing higher up the league and it would surely also attracts better players for next season, certainly if we are playing in Europe.

That article has the usual whiff of made up shite. However, 500k would be lowball for our best player at the moment, who also has a year and a half on his deal and is a Scotland international. We’re in a position that we don’t need to accept a bid unless it meets our valuation (which I’m sure has gone up since July), but I’m at peace with us selling him if that valuation is met. To get 750k for someone we just signed for free half a season ago would be some business. We seem to have some promising prospects in Hussein and Devine, with Hartley, Dunne, Mugabi and Maguire in the meantime. We also don’t seem to have a problem signing good defenders. And that’s Manzinga in the photie.

Not much wrong with that sentiment in theory but I don't think we have any up and coming strikers in the youth ranks. others may know different, as I don't get to watch the youngsters. Jamie Semple was a striker now converted to midfield, but I wouldn't have thought he'd fit the bill for the vacant role. As far as Declan Gallagher is concerned this media rumour won't surprise any of us. At 28 he's due a chance to better himself but maybe not this window and certainly not at £500K. If that is indeed the figure we're looking for then we're seriously underselling ourselves.

Just putting this out there, but what if Robinson has done some scouting about and the players he wants don’t want to come to Motherwell and the ones who do are not good enough? Also this squad over the last year is the third best team in the land and that includes 6 months without our best player.