Quote from: Chris Smith on December 27, 2016, 06:42:01 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 04:20:10 PMI like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body tooI disagree, it sends a message that we are not going to sell players unless it suits us and is consistent with what he said after clubs triggered release clauses in the summer. That's my argument, though - it should suit us if that really is the amount under discussion.Like I said, I like Amavi, but 25m would be utterly insane.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 04:20:10 PMI like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body tooI disagree, it sends a message that we are not going to sell players unless it suits us and is consistent with what he said after clubs triggered release clauses in the summer.
I like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body too
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 07:29:38 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on December 27, 2016, 06:42:01 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 04:20:10 PMI like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body tooI disagree, it sends a message that we are not going to sell players unless it suits us and is consistent with what he said after clubs triggered release clauses in the summer. That's my argument, though - it should suit us if that really is the amount under discussion.Like I said, I like Amavi, but 25m would be utterly insane.It seems like that, but I bet if we were trying to buy him from France again now and we were a top flight side we'd be quoted something similar.
Quote from: LeeB on December 27, 2016, 07:42:20 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 07:29:38 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on December 27, 2016, 06:42:01 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 04:20:10 PMI like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body tooI disagree, it sends a message that we are not going to sell players unless it suits us and is consistent with what he said after clubs triggered release clauses in the summer. That's my argument, though - it should suit us if that really is the amount under discussion.Like I said, I like Amavi, but 25m would be utterly insane.It seems like that, but I bet if we were trying to buy him from France again now and we were a top flight side we'd be quoted something similar.Does buying all those players from France before our currency got junked via Brexit count as Randy's one moment of financial astuteness?
Quote from: LeeB on December 27, 2016, 07:42:20 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 07:29:38 PMQuote from: Chris Smith on December 27, 2016, 06:42:01 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 04:20:10 PMI like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body tooI disagree, it sends a message that we are not going to sell players unless it suits us and is consistent with what he said after clubs triggered release clauses in the summer. That's my argument, though - it should suit us if that really is the amount under discussion.Like I said, I like Amavi, but 25m would be utterly insane.It seems like that, but I bet if we were trying to buy him from France again now and we were a top flight side we'd be quoted something similar.All this talk highlights for me the truly staggering price that it's going to cost to rebuild once we're back up.
It's difficult but you simply have to keep your best players at all costs.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 27, 2016, 04:20:10 PMI like Amavi, but if anyone offers us 25m, we should be biting their arm off, and then starting to hack away at the rest of their body tooThis, Paulie. Good player, but 25m could be far better utilised I reckon.