Quote ="fanstanningley"Shenton dosen't dominate his position on the field like Senior or Gidley does.He still for mine has long way to go before he's a top centre.We are in a credit crunch and therefore cannot see GH parting with £200k plus Bailey.
IIRC the rumoured fee for Ellis who when signed from Wakefield(who was a far player than Shenton is now) was about £125k.
£120K looks about right to me.'"
Ellis was a completely different player to Shenton, and his overall fee was higher than that, based on the friendlies.
Wakefield offered Atkins to Leeds for £150k plus Kirke. Shenton is far better than Atkins and whilst I am not a lover of Kirke, you could argue he is worth more than Bailey at the moment.
Forget Senior and Gidley, they are not relevent as both will be out of the game in the next 12-24 months. its about the next generation.
Shenton is regarded by most in the game as the best English Centre other than Senior. If any centre was going to get a big transfer fee paid for them it would be him. You also have to make way for the fact that Cas do not need to sell. The only issue that could throw a spanner in the works is if Shenton demanded to leave, which would then put a buying club in a better position. Which is an issue Wakey had to deal with on the Ellis front, becasue Gareth told them he wanted to move.
