Yesterday evening it was being reported that Rangers had returned with an increased offer for Millwall centre-half Jake Cooper.
We’ve been linked with the 23-year-old for a bit now in this transfer window as Steven Gerrard continues making tweaks to the playing staff and if the deal came off, he would be the third centre-back signed by the former Liverpool and England midfielder since he took the job on.
Cooper was impressive last season in the English Championship as Millwall missed out by a few points on a potential Play-Off shot at the Premier League and the Daily Record reported that after being knocked back in our original approach, we’ve returned with an offer they believe to be around the £3million mark.
With David Bates leaving and the expectation that Bruno Alves and Fabio Cardoso will move on this summer, we definitely need at least one more experienced option for the heart of defence and this lad appears to be a more than suitable answer to that question.
A good judge of things is usually how opposition fans react to transfer speculation, and it appears that for some £3million starts to sway thoughts, but plenty think they should hold out for more given his development potential over the next few years.
£5million might swing it if you can put much stock in fan reactions.
Not for a player who will develop with us and be easily worth double that in a couple of years. Won’t get anyone better for 3 years
— Lucas Ball (@LucasTBall) July 10, 2018
Double it and we would have to seriously think about it
But i cant see it happening Harris has clearly said No one is for sale #Millwall— Martin Morrish (@MartinMorrish3) July 10, 2018
Another 2 million then Millwall night talk .
— Dave (@DaveMckeller) July 10, 2018
Worth much more than 3miion in today’s markets.
— benmfc (@benmfc) July 10, 2018
Harris said no one leaving in Summer
— Je suis Gammon ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? (@MrHedgepig) July 10, 2018
Could get Amos , Bradshaw , And Rose on the wing for that £3 million.
— Dave (@DaveMckeller) July 10, 2018
That didn’t work out too well for Reading. That being said, there’s probably a big sell on fee back to them. We probably had to pay them more just for staying up with him.
— Dave Le Râve (@d_greenleaf82) July 10, 2018
Was rejected
— Ben Hewitt (@BenMillwall) July 10, 2018
Everyone has a price. “Not for sale” just means a club ain’t selling at the player’s value. An over-the-top bid is considered. £3m isn’t that.
— Richard Harris (@rharrisoneal72) July 10, 2018