Marc Guehi

[Phil’s Barber]

Agree. As much as I love MG, he's not going to be as hard to replace as some.

As someone else mentioned we'd ideally make those signings before selling to keep the prices reasonable

Absolutely!

In real terms you could’ve bought Huijsen, Murillo and Lacroix for a combined total of £38M and still have £32M left over for El Hadji Diouf and Rayan Cherki.

 

[Jim_Cannon]

where do Sky get their supposed football 'experts' from - clueless.

4 of them discussing the MG bid, and one says he's a great player but it's a lot of money. Is he a primary defender in a back 4. Another pipes up that he's good in a back 3 but we are yet to see him excel in a back 4!!!

Well he and Andersen were probably the best CB pairing outside the top 4 for 2.5 years and he has excelled for England in a back 4.

Yes, he is slightly small for a CB but to assume he can't play in a flat back 4 is ridiculous.

A lot of these experts don’t watch enough games outside the big teams.

 

[cROYdonrogers]

If it was £70m in some realistic fashion difficult to turn down. I think the player was less keen on Spurs than Newcastle though.Reports say Liverpool might be interested. Clearly that’s more appealing to him.
Won’t be £70m at end of season though. All a dilemma.

 

[pssguy]

If it was £70m in some realistic fashion difficult to turn down. I think the player was less keen on Spurs than Newcastle though.Reports say Liverpool might be interested. Clearly that’s more appealing to him.
Won’t be £70m at end of season though. All a dilemma.

You cannot be sure of that. There may be more suitors then
No-one offered 70m last summer and all the experts said his price would only go down. But that does not seem to be the case if this report is true

 

[cROYdonrogers]

You cannot be sure of that. There may be more suitors then
No-one offered 70m last summer and all the experts said his price would only go down. But that does not seem to be the case if this report is true

Genuinely hope you’re right. My guess is a staged £50m to £55m.

 

[Dubai Eagle]

Genuinely hope you’re right. My guess is a staged £50m to £55m.

Maybe that's true, (maybe its not) but if you "factor in" that with him staying, continued presence in the PL for at least another season is much easier to achieve (given our current position) if he then goes in the summer window we have more time to effect a structured replacement plan.

 

[Badger11]

Maybe that's true, (maybe its not) but if you "factor in" that with him staying, continued presence in the PL for at least another season is much easier to achieve (given our current position) if he then goes in the summer window we have more time to effect a structured replacement plan.

I thought Glasner was quoted as telling Parish not to sell at £70m (Newcastle bid) as he will get 50m in the summer and the 20m loss was worth it to stay up?

 

[doombear]

If it was £70m in some realistic fashion difficult to turn down. I think the player was less keen on Spurs than Newcastle though.Reports say Liverpool might be interested. Clearly that’s more appealing to him.
Won’t be £70m at end of season though. All a dilemma.

I'm in the camp that believe Levy made a £70m bid confident that we would reject so he can tell his fans he tried to get a top class CB in but failed. It would have been interesting to see what Levy would have done if Parish had said "ok, you can have him at that price".

 

[MrRobbo]

I'm in the camp that believe Levy made a £70m bid confident that we would reject so he can tell his fans he tried to get a top class CB in but failed. It would have been interesting to see what Levy would have done if Parish had said "ok, you can have him at that price".

Agree, never felt real.

Especially as De Ven is now fit and Romero is back in training.

 

[NMPalace]

You cannot be sure of that. There may be more suitors then
No-one offered 70m last summer and all the experts said his price would only go down. But that does not seem to be the case if this report is true

with 12 months left of his contract i think we will do well to get more than £40m for him. I'd be amazed if anyone was prepared to pay £50m. Once you are in the last 12 months of a contract your value nosedives very quickly.