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not enough

Lots of variables in an ever difficult process. Hypothetical for now as we don’t know players’ intention. I’d expect those with the grasp on development football and particularly those involved in this player would argue club haven’t moved enough to protect their asset. In reality, it’s more than signing of a contract which you’ve correctly said can’t be forced. Any development monies are questionable despite set fees as the terms of future incomes are negotiable. I’ll rely on club accounting. David Turnbull was David Turnbull minded.

I really dont understand this logic. Even if we had played Max from the beginning of the season, he was still out of contract at the end of it. So even if a club had come in for him in January, how were we going to extract a transfer fee larger than the one we will get as a development fee? Chances are we still get in the region of £400k for him and still only get the benefit of 6 months first team action out of him. The best we could have hoped for is not to get a bid in January and benefit from 12 months first team football. Like others have said repeatedly on here, you can offer a young player an improved / longer term contract. But you cant make them sign it. They are not all Motherwell minded like David Turnbull.