Jacob Ramsey

[Mister E]

Sell Bundia and Bailey; recoup £25-30m and the job's a good 'un.

[eye digress]

Sell Bundia and Bailey; recoup £25-30m and the job's a good 'un.

Agree, I would have thought we'd be better off selling those who book values are nil and are unlikely to contribute, rather than Ramsay. But maybe we do not have the choice?

[London Villan]

Buendia wasn’t on our UEFA A list that we need to make a profit on sales from.

[algy]

Sell Bundia and Bailey; recoup £25-30m and the job's a good 'un.

We can only really do that if (a) someone’s willing to pay those fees for them and (b) they’re also willing & able to pay their wages

Think you can see from the situation with say Asensio at PSG, or Manchester United’s increasingly long list of players they no longer want, or us with Dendoncker that this isn’t as trivial as it seems.

My guess is:

- we’re going to have to take the hit with Dendoncker. Nobody in their right mind is going to pay him anything like we have been. Best to cut ties at the most favourable terms for us and let him look for somewhere on a free, where he’ll be willing/able to take a significant pay cut.

- Buendia I’m starting to feel might be similar. He’s not good enough for anyone to splash a serious wedge of both wages & transfer fees on, and the best we’re going to get is for him to be loaned out so he’s at least off the wage bill.

- Bailey is one where we might get a bit of a fee for as he’s genuinely… he can be good. Though I’d worry that if we don’t get rid this summer, and he doesn’t start to look amazing for us again, he’ll slip in to the Buendia category of basically not being good enough to justify what he’d cost someone.

This is kind of why I’m less bothered about us selling Barrenechea or even JJ. It’s not a case at the moment where we can pick & choose who to flog on, I think we’re just going to have to accept that literally every player has a price at the moment.

Not that I want us to sell him. I love a homegrown player - it’s what I’d dreamt about as a kid and I love seeing people live out my dreams. But I think there’s an inevitability about it with the rules as they are - mistakes in the transfer market are heavily punished with the financial rules as they are, and there’s only a very select group of clubs that can afford to ignore those (the scab 6 basically)

[eamonn]

If he does go, I guess leaving the money aspect aside, he may feel that his career is best-served with a fresh start.

JJ was a sub for our three most important games of last season - the second leg against PSG, Palace at Wembley and the last day at Mould Trafford.

[PeterWithesShin]

Probably a similar scenario with Doug, if they don't sign a new contract we'll move them on.

[PaulWinch again]

Probably a similar scenario with Doug, if they don't sign a new contract we'll move them on.

Yep that’d make sense.

[Dante Lavelli]

Probably a similar scenario with Doug, if they don't sign a new contract we'll move them on.

Good point. Part of our strategy for growth is selling players. Jetisoning from the B team will only raise so much, so occasionally we have to sell from the A team.

Anyone not signing a contract basically volunteers themselves to be sacrificed.

Adds a bit of leverage too when a contract is offered.

[pauliewalnuts]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1955379658473816437

[alan_clarke]

Hope we don’t regret this one….

[Tuscans]

https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1955379658473816437

Agreement almost done for £40m package as clubs are finalising the deal and then… here we go. ⚪️⚫️🔜

[cdbearsfan]

I like him, would be sad to see him go but probably rather him than Watkins or Martinez. Bring in Asensio and a centre-half with the money and we aren't any weaker than last season.

[cdbearsfan]

Maybe wait until Saturday evening to finalise the deal, mind.

[kippaxvilla2]

We will probably replace him with Barnes.

[brontebilly]

Awful news. Great signing for Newcastle after a tough summer. Ideal replacement would have been Grealish who we let go to Everton. 40m barely scratches the surface of what JJ could be worth.