' Cardiff City want £15 Million '

Cardiff have told interested parties that they will have to pay £15 million for David Marshall

Saturday 21st June 2014.

Marshall is wanted by Arsenal..

by Alex Martin
SENIOR WRITER

Football News 24/7


The Gunners are on the lookout for a new goalkeeper having lost both Lukasz Fabianski and Emiliano Viviano. The former left on a free for Swansea City while Viviano returned to Palermo after a disappointing loan spell.

£15 million price tag

Arsene Wenger seemed keen on adding Marshall to his squad and believed he would come at a reasonable price after Cardiff were relegated from the Premier League. Arsenal reportedly launched a £6 million bid for the 29-year-old, which was swiftly rejected by the Bluebirds.

Cardiff have since told interested parties that they will have to pay £15 million to secure the services of the Scotland international, believing his impressive displays between the sticks last season justify the price tag.

His homegrown status will inevitably add to the valuation as well and probably goes a long way to explaining Arsenal's interest.

Cardiff believe the price tag, coupled with the promise of being a star player, will be enough to retain Marshall's services for next season. Cardiff are looking to yoyo straight back up to the Premier League and Marshall will be key to that.

' Reserve football for Marshall at Arsenal '

Although a move to Arsenal will no doubt be tempting, Marshall is unlikely to supersede current first choice Wojciech Szczesny. The Polish international got a joint-highest 13 clean sheets in the Premier League last season and Wenger is confident he can become Arsenal's long-standing safehands.

- Arsenal bid for David Marshall rejected


Signing for Arsenal will place Marshall firmly on the bench with only League and FA Cup games given the graze off. He could be given an opportunity to impress should Szczesny get injured, but that is purely circumstantial.

Other targets

Arsenal are reportedly keeping their eye on Malaga goalkeeper Willy Caballero and current free agent Guillermo Ochoa, who was ever so impressive against Brazil for Mexico.

However, the most interesting prospect for Arsenal fans is Wenger's interest in Liverpool outcast Pepe Reina. The Spaniard seemingly has nowhere to go this summer with neither Liverpool, Barcelona or Napoli ready to take him on.

He looks set to leave Anfield this summer and he should jump at the chance to sign for the Gunners. Reina would push Szczesny all the way for a starting spot and the sight of serious competition would certainly push the young Pole to improve.

I'm not sure why we are giving medel and Marshall silly price tags unless we really are intending to keep them.

8m and I'd wish Marshall well.

I'd take 6m for medel and 8m for Marshall. If we can get more than that for 2 players in the championship then we are laughing. Add 8-10 for caulker. Reinvest 1/3rd of that on top of what's left in the squad and I'm sure we'd go back up. Daehli is going to piss the championship.

I'm not sure why we are giving medel and Marshall silly price tags unless we really are intending to keep them.

8m and I'd wish Marshall well.

To get better deals for them.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

I'm not sure why we are giving medel and Marshall silly price tags unless we really are intending to keep them.

8m and I'd wish Marshall well.

To get better deals for them.

Makes us look a bit silly though. Especially when they are sold for less. No one is going to pay 11m for Medel or 15m.

No way would anyone pay 15m for him but I guess it's just us telling teams that we don't want to get rid.

I'm not sure why we are giving medel and Marshall silly price tags unless we really are intending to keep them.

8m and I'd wish Marshall well.

To get better deals for them.

Makes us look a bit silly though. Especially when they are sold for less. No one is going to pay 11m for Medel or 15m.

Not really, you tell someone an £8 million player is worth £10 million and no less so when they bid £8 million you accept it and they feel they have saved money. Specially with the way Medel is playing at the moment someone will probably want to buy him. I expect he will go for £6-8 million after the World Cup hopefully.

As for Marshall we don't need to sell him and he doesn't want to leave so why not demand a high price. If someone really wants him they will pay stupid money, just look at how much Allen and Henderson went for before.

But doesn't that then make Dalman look silly. We know how our fans twist things, unless medel is sold for what we paid he will always be deemed a liar now, same with Marshall.

Medels world cup form has certainly boosted his value, I'm hoping for around 5m now, although 6m would be great.

I'm not sure why we are giving medel and Marshall silly price tags unless we really are intending to keep them.

8m and I'd wish Marshall well.

Marsh hands down best keeper in the prem last season he should have first team football or nothing he doesn't deserve to play second fiddle to anybody

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

No its not.These clubs are awash with money and it wouldn't be the first time a club paid over the odds for a player.

No way would anyone pay 15m for him but I guess it's just us telling teams that we don't want to get rid.

very true plus i don't think he wants to leave anyway

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Says the ones who put a £15 million price tag on Joe Allen
And then wanted £20 million+ for Michu the one season wonder

I'm not sure why we are giving medel and Marshall silly price tags unless we really are intending to keep them.

8m and I'd wish Marshall well.

To get better deals for them.

Makes us look a bit silly though. Especially when they are sold for less. No one is going to pay 11m for Medel or 15m.

Whenever have these new lot ever worried about looking silly?

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Says the ones who put a £15 million price tag on Joe Allen
And then wanted £20 million+ for Michu the one season wonder

Err it may have escaped your notice but we only got £15m for Allen was his release clause. Rodgers would have paid more if he needed to. No one will pay £15m for a Championship 'keeper who conceded 90 odd goals in his one PL season, regardless of how many saves he made. If for no other reason than the teams with that sort of money for a keeper, dont really need one and if they did would get far better value elsewhere.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Says the ones who put a £15 million price tag on Joe Allen
And then wanted £20 million+ for Michu the one season wonder

We didn't put a price tag on Allen, that was his release clause. We put a price tag on Michu (who had TWO successive superb seasons not one ) because we didnt want to sell him and thus did it to put off interested parties. We dont need to sell, we are the most profitable club in the Premier League with not as much as a fiver owed to anyone.

These prices you guys are spouting is futility at its highest. They will want to leave, you need to get them off your wage will and you are £150m in debt. Keeping them isnt really an option.

£6m for Medel and £8m for Marshall seems right, slightly over the odds on both but about right.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Football is a funny old game,if you got 15 mil for Allen,anything is possible

I wouldn't sell him for £15m as he is a top goalie who we could keep another 10 years (he and his family are settled and happy living here) and think how much we could waste over that period before finding someone as good if possible. Also, think how much a good striker costs and how often we were kept in EPL games by Marshall against teams with very expensive strikers.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Football is a funny old game,if you got 15 mil for Allen,anything is possible

We got £15m for Allen as he was key in implementing the change in style for Liverpool. He is case specific. Ue wasn't worth that to anybody else.

Marshall isnt key in implementing the overhaul of a major football club, he is just a decent keeper.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Says the ones who put a £15 million price tag on Joe Allen
And then wanted £20 million+ for Michu the one season wonder

Err it may have escaped your notice but we only got £15m for Allen was his release clause. Rodgers would have paid more if he needed to. No one will pay £15m for a Championship 'keeper who conceded 90 odd goals in his one PL season, regardless of how many saves he made. If for no other reason than the teams with that sort of money for a keeper, dont really need one and if they did would get far better value elsewhere.

All we are doing is trying to get as much as possible for one of better players, you do it regularly and its fine, we do it and its lunacy.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Says the ones who put a £15 million price tag on Joe Allen
And then wanted £20 million+ for Michu the one season wonder

Err it may have escaped your notice but we only got £15m for Allen was his release clause. Rodgers would have paid more if he needed to. No one will pay £15m for a Championship 'keeper who conceded 90 odd goals in his one PL season, regardless of how many saves he made. If for no other reason than the teams with that sort of money for a keeper, dont really need one and if they did would get far better value elsewhere.

All we are doing is trying to get as much as possible for one of better players, you do it regularly and its fine, we do it and its lunacy.

It's lunacy because no one out there will pay anywhere near that. I may be proven wrong of course, but I highly doubt it.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

Says the ones who put a £15 million price tag on Joe Allen
And then wanted £20 million+ for Michu the one season wonder

Err it may have escaped your notice but we only got £15m for Allen was his release clause. Rodgers would have paid more if he needed to. No one will pay £15m for a Championship 'keeper who conceded 90 odd goals in his one PL season, regardless of how many saves he made. If for no other reason than the teams with that sort of money for a keeper, dont really need one and if they did would get far better value elsewhere.

All we are doing is trying to get as much as possible for one of better players, you do it regularly and its fine, we do it and its lunacy.

It's lunacy because no one out there will pay anywhere near that. I may be proven wrong of course, but I highly doubt it.

If no one wants to pay that, he stays our keeper. We have had nothing but trouble with goalkeepers pre-Marshall. Weve had some terrible keepers, we get one we are happy with and we wont sell him on the cheap. Its not difficult really.

Nice one. We dont have to sell him. He hasn't asked to leave I believe. And he was the best keeper in the Prem last season so why not 15 mill ? He is only worth what skmekne is prepared to pay for him. So if we get 15 brill if we dont sell we still got the best keeper in the country.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

That's the point unless somebody offers stupid money he's not going to be sold.

We don't want or need to sell him so there's nothing stupid about it.

If no one wants to pay that, he stays our keeper. We have had nothing but trouble with goalkeepers pre-Marshall. Weve had some terrible keepers, we get one we are happy with and we wont sell him on the cheap. Its not difficult really.

Again, its not Championship manager. In this day and age you cant really keep unhappy players at the club once a reasonable offer is received. I think if you are all honest with yourselves, they both dont want to play championship football regardless of their press soundbites. £6m for Medel and £8m for Marshall, if either is refused then you can bet your bottom dollar you are going to have some unhappy and disruptive players and agents on your hands.

Who in their right mind is going to pay £15m for Marshall?

Blatant posturing bordering on nonsensical lunacy

That's the point unless somebody offers stupid money he's not going to be sold.

We don't want or need to sell him so there's nothing stupid about it.

You are £150m in debt and they both carry Premier League wages and harbour Premier League desires, of course you have to sell... Everyone else also knows this, hence the stupidity of it. You are just pissing off your own players.

Someone said who would pay 11 mill for Medel ? Well we fooking did didnt we. And secondly if Chile stay in the world cup and Gary shines then his value may go up.

Someone said who would pay 11 mill for Medel ? Well we fooking did didnt we. And secondly if Chile stay in the world cup and Gary shines then his value may go up.

He was taken from Sevilla in La Liga though. He has since had a bit of a disaster season and finds himself in the championship. Nobody is going to be paying £11m i guarantee it, even if Chile win the World Cup. Cant remember many Greeks going for £11m plus after winning the Euros?

Someone said who would pay 11 mill for Medel ? Well we fooking did didnt we. And secondly if Chile stay in the world cup and Gary shines then his value may go up.

its not going to do any harm, thats for sure!

Someone said who would pay 11 mill for Medel ? Well we fooking did didnt we. And secondly if Chile stay in the world cup and Gary shines then his value may go up.

its not going to do any harm, thats for sure!

Yeah apart from more debt and unhappy players as well as depreciated player values. Well thought out