Sage in or out

[RedandBlueSash]

That’s fine. You are perfectly entitled to your opinion and ultimately we all have opinions on the game otherwise we wouldn’t be on here. I respect yours but I have a different one. Mingueza has been pony for us so far but may come good. Khalali has been out of his depth so far but may come good. I don’t regard Sarr as a viable midfield option but maybe I am wrong.

Your point about not being able to afford to finished article is kind of the exact point people are making. We had something like the finished article in Lacroix and Munoz. We sold them and replaced them with players who may be as good in time but aren’t right now. Hence the squad is worse and has gaps

Maybe but if we don't sell for profit we defeat the entire model which allows us to advance as a club of small means. If we don't sell at all, we lose £75M and that sort of thing definitely gets us relegated eventually.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Assuming the club has a choice with regards to selling a player or keeping them. It seems that for a club our size, in order to attract players we have to put a reasonable release clause into the contract.

Odd when it's every player's dream to play in the Premier League. Earning an extra £50,000 a week is even more of a dream.