Sentence examples for bids for players from inspiring English sources
Manchester United are again linked with whopping bids for players across Europe this morning.
But the West Ham vice-chairman, Karren Brady, stressed the club had turned down bids for players and the focus is on improving, not dismantling, the squad.
"I worked very hard on several targets and we made a number of bids for players, but for various reasons - some of which were outside the club's control - we were unable to secure our targets.
Sunderland, if Moyes did not know it already, is not the easiest place to persuade players to relocate to, and stories are emerging of bids for players coming in too late and deadlines being missed.
I worked very hard on several targets and we made a number of bids for players, but for various reasons – some of which were outside the club's control – we were unable to secure our targets.
He stressed that the club had not received any bids for players and would not impose any time limits on the contract negotiations.
"You have the whole season to bid for players.
"Ours is just for fun," he said, explaining that the owners start the season by drafting rather than bidding for players.
But after a 234-day work stoppage, the union got the owners to scrap that demand, fearing that it would greatly reduce how much teams would bid for players.
Owners from Singapore, Mumbai, Bangkok and Dubai gathered after the Dubai tournament final – in which Roger Federer (who is not playing in the IPTL) beat Tomas Berdych – to bid for players past and present, as well as key members of the WTA Tour.
