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No such thing as ‘we need to stop being a selling club’. United sold Ronaldo, Chelsea sold Hazard, Spurs sold Bale, Liverpool sold Suarez...
We haven't improved since we left UP, we have gone the reverse. Its bad decision after bad decision after bad decision.
With rice gone
We could buy of load of Roberto’s
Not sure about accuracy of account. Not being reported anywhere else.
The Athletic reported a while ago that when Moyes came in the first time he asked for a review of how the club was run and that improvements were made but then thrown away under Pellegrini, who I increasingly feel ran quite a corrupt regime even if I don’t think he did a bad job football-wise. We need to go back to that and have structures that manage the club even when managers change (and aren’t Sullivan and Co.)
That might be important than most signings we can make this summer.
To fund signings at present I feel we could sell Lanzini or Andrson, Ajeti, Balbuana, Hugil and if the price was right although I would prefer not to Diop. Diop would be a player who I could understand the argument to sell to rebuild, he is good but not irreplaceable to us, we however cannot attract players of Rice's calibre and so he is irreplaceable in the transfer market. Haller could go for the right money but I don't feel we will get anything like we paid so i would give Moyes a chance to do his magic and turn him into an Arnie for us. He will definitely get a chance as we know Antonio is fragile. I would also like to see Bowan in front of goal when the need arises rather than always out wide, I think he could be a good finisher. We have also saved some good wages with Zabaletta leaving and we also have Diangana coming back which will be like a new signing.
In my view with Soucek, Diangana and Bowan being like new signings for the season if we keep Rice and do a little business I think we could line up with a good squad.
May be worth keeping an eye on him as a successor to Fab. Thought he looked pretty decent when I saw him.
Not sure about accuracy of account. Not being reported anywhere else.
Apart from here
If someone with a twitter account claimed that they'd seen Martians land on their roof............
We can't sell players if clubs aren't interested in buying
Rice on the other hand is going to attract interest. As ASLEF says, we need to raise funds to spend, nobody wants the players we don’t want, so it may force us to sell Rice. Same goes for Diangana. Another young player we would like to keep, but the only one attracting interest.
That will be down to Moyes. It will either be ‘I would rather keep Rice & sign nobody & go with what we have’ or ‘let’s cash in & rebuild the squad’.
It’s going to be an interesting decision.
If true, and we've missed out on a young player courted by AC Milan, who was available for a pittance and in a position that we need strengthening, then it's very poor from the board, IMO.
The latest is Robinson, with comments like ‘the Dave’s can’t even muster up £2m’. Maybe Moyes is not that desperate for him? How many of these fans have watched that guy play week in, week out to know how good he is? Benrahma & Watkins the other two. Both failed miserably in the Championship final, & also the two pressure games that would have seen Brentford go up automatically. How would they compete in the pressure of the PL?
Not sure that’s who we want.
Wonder if we are one of them? He was at Everton as a youngster when Moyes was there, can play CB/CM, is 26, had a great debut PL season last year, 5 goals from midfield.
Would people take him as a CM option with Soucek, Rice (hopefully) & Noble?
I'd have him though.
£2m should be nothing to a PL team. Even if Robinson isn't Moyes' first choice, he's still available at a knock-down price and in a position that we need improving in. If AC Milan were interested then it's a good sign that he's a decent player, and frankly if he's good enough for Sheffield Utd then he's good enough for us.
And worst case, he'll end up in the U23s for a season. We spent more on Toni Martinez who barely even made the first-team bench.
I guess my point is that to me we can't lose on the deal. £2m should be pocket change for the 18th richest club in the world, so even if he doesn't turn out to be the player people think he is, then we've hardly lost anything. It would be a very low-risk move, IMO.
If I was John Lundstram I'd be looking at it as a midfield that I could walk into, given I've just had a blinding premier league season whilst West Ham barely stayed up. I think most footballers back themselves to get into the team - that's why so many players have wasted 18 months of their life sitting on the bench at Stamford Bridge.