Friday, August 29, 2008

Will we sell striker today?



Forget the long running transfer sagas of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Barry. Today sees the biggest transfer news of the season.

By 2p.m. EST, I will have decided along with 30,000 of my fellow Ebbsfleet United members whether our club should transfer one of our players.

And it will be the first time ever that such a decision will be made via thousands of supporters voting on the internet.

We have to decide whether our club, which plays in England's Blue Square Premier League and won the FA Trophy in May, should accept a £140,000 offer from an unnamed club for stiker John Akinde.

As members of MyFootballClub, we paid £35 ($71.35 at the time) to provide a £700,000 takeover pot, take control of The Fleet,and receive an equal share in the club.

Since then members -- from 122 countries acorss the globe -- have voted on a number of major decisions affecting the club, including the price of season-tickets to watch Ebbsfleet, but this is the first time a transfer will be decided by us.

We basically have had 48 hours to decide whether we should sell the highly rated 19-year-old striker, who has played fewer than 20 games for Ebbsfleet.

He has already been watched by Chelsea scouts and we have already turned down an offer for Akinde from League One side Peterborough.

Our coach Liam Daish and our board has recommended the striker should be sold to allow him to play at a higher level.

Players who have recently turned professional like Akinde are unlikely to be earning more than £200 ($367.12) a week.

To see how we decide, stay tuned!

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