Albion settle on Hall deal with Spurs

12:00pm Friday 11th January 2013 in Sport By Andy Naylor

Seagulls agree Hall deal Seagulls agree Hall deal

ALBION have ended their dispute with Spurs over Grant Hall’s move to the Premier League club.

The Seagulls have reached an undisclosed compensation deal with the North London giants following the departure of their centre-half prospect. Hall, 21, (pictured) rejected a new three-year contract offered by Albion before his contract expired last summer.

The Seagulls were entitled to compensation for his development, since he is under 24, and Spurs were keen to thrash out an agreement, rather than allowing the matter to be settled by a tribunal.

They had been tracking Hall's progress since last season in the development squad.

The former Lewes defender briefly broke into Albion's first team a year ago but feared a lack of opportunities this season with Gordon Greer, Adam El-Abd and Lewis Dunk ahead of him in the pecking order, together with Tommy Elphick prior to his move to Bournemouth.

Hall has been featuring regularly in Tottenham's under 21's team.

Vitalijs Maksimenko makes his Albion debut for the development squad at Millwall today (1pm) after the Seagulls secured international clearance to field their new Latvian defender.

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BobbyZamoraIsALegend says...
12:19pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Wonder how much we got??

Will be interesting to see Vitalijs Maksimenko and how he fits in. LB/LM??

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Freeloaders says...
12:19pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Big shame.Give me this lad over Dunk & Elphick any day.They really do feel this lad could play prem-league football in the not to future.

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Old Scrote of the Amex says...
12:22pm Fri 11 Jan 13

The lad was good but was going to struggle to get into the team regularly any time soon, and it'll be even longer before he plays regularly at Spurs, if at all. Still, I hope we got a decent wedge for him.

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Old Scrote of the Amex says...
12:29pm Fri 11 Jan 13

I also guess (although it IS only a guess) that he was offered a better contract by Spurs.

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supergus says...
12:34pm Fri 11 Jan 13

i heard it was £1.5 million

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Freeloaders says...
12:38pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Old Scrote of the Amex wrote:
The lad was good but was going to struggle to get into the team regularly any time soon, and it'll be even longer before he plays regularly at Spurs, if at all. Still, I hope we got a decent wedge for him.
The lad is already playing regularly in their under 21's.They have not just given us all that money for nothing,just because they feel like being nice.Many people in the game feel the lad has a big future ahead of him.Unlike Dunk & Elphick.If you read the story above you will see they had people tracking the lad last season.Along with many other clubs.At this point they all said,"Dunk & Elphick leagues one & two at best.

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Hovite says...
12:39pm Fri 11 Jan 13

supergus wrote:
i heard it was £1.5 million
£1.5 million to us in compensation? or he was offered £1.5 million over his 3 year contract period with Spurs?

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supergus says...
12:42pm Fri 11 Jan 13

the compensation was £1.5 million not 100% but thats what i've heard

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Nathan L says...
12:44pm Fri 11 Jan 13

supergus wrote:
the compensation was £1.5 million not 100% but thats what i've heard
you are right that was the figure frequently quoted by the media, how close we got to that remains to be seen.

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Freeloaders says...
12:47pm Fri 11 Jan 13

I also understand it was just under £1.5 million.So a nice little bit more to put towards that striker ha.I think there will be news very soon from the club now this is done.

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supergus says...
1:04pm Fri 11 Jan 13

this guy on twitter Transfer King says its £1.25 million

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Old Scrote of the Amex says...
1:20pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Not sure where everyone is getting these figures. Undisclosed usually means any figures bandied about are educated guesses at best, and made up nonsense at worst.

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VegasSeagull says...
2:18pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Another good start to a tread, keep it up guys.

As Fereeloader says, what ever we go for him it's extra cash that can go towards getting our striker.

I wonder if there were any add-ons to the final deal. Any extra payments if he goes on to play 100 matches, gets sold on for big money or plays for england or what ever.

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pablobrowno says...
4:23pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Does Freeloader now have a legitimate voice?

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dave from bexill says...
5:01pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Freeloaders wrote:
Big shame.Give me this lad over Dunk & Elphick any day.They really do feel this lad could play prem-league football in the not to future.
This is I what I heard also and Albion would hardly have offered such a lengthy contract if they hadn't rated him so highly. Did well, the few times he made our first team. Suppose he though his prospects and finances were even better at Spurs. His choice and time will tell, but what is done is done.

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VegasSeagull says...
5:02pm Fri 11 Jan 13

pablobrowno wrote:
Does Freeloader now have a legitimate voice?
Everyone has a legitimate voice.

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Gee Jay says...
6:10pm Fri 11 Jan 13

I would be surprised if the fee was over £1m or anywhere near.
If it was, then I think the Albion will have done very well for a player who was number 5 in the pecking order of a Championship side.

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tinker111 says...
7:00pm Fri 11 Jan 13

Gee Jay wrote:
I would be surprised if the fee was over £1m or anywhere near.
If it was, then I think the Albion will have done very well for a player who was number 5 in the pecking order of a Championship side.
NO 1 in gus eyes but fans saw more than that

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