Big Dilemma For Nigel

Nigel Adkins has indicated that there may be a face or two in by Saturday, but its hard for him to make plans.

Im sure that Nigel Adkins would like to get his players in and signed as early as possible, to give them time to bed in with their new team mates, however the real question that has to be answered is the Oxo one.

How can Adkins really plan for the following season till he knows whether the squad will contain Chamberlain or not, this affects him in two ways, one would be a positional question ie if Chamberlain stays he doesnt need to consider buying a new wide man and can strengthen in other areas whereas if he goes he does.

But it isnt as simple as that, presumably if Chamberlain stays there will be less cash for players than if we trouser a large amount from Arsenal et al, although this doesnt sound too bad initially, it would of course affect the standard of target that Adkins would go for and could be the difference between splashing out on someone like Nicky Maynard or going for a less expensive option.

So for Nigel its a tricky problem and one that he would want to see solved sooner rather than later, of course he would want to keep Chamberlain in an ideal World, however in many ways he would perhaps be relieved if the situation was taken out of his hands with Chamberlain departing now, meaning that Adkins knows exactly what the task is ahead of him and exactly what money he has to spend on it.    

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