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John Stones transfer saga

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Ferdinand was proven quality..

And Stones is not?

Look, hyping up players like Ledson, Galloway and Garbutt is one thing, but come on. Stones is past that bracket. It's clear that he's going to make it. He's got the talent, he's got the physique, he's got the right attitude.
 
Could we even spend £34million if that's what we ended up receiving? It's alright saying we could sign 3/4 decent players with it, but could we add another 3/4 decent sized wages to the wage bill? Doubtful.
 

To be honest if we could sign Perisic and Yarmalenko plus a sh*t hot centre back and a cheapy/up-and-coming centre back with the Stones money, I'll drive him to Stamford Bridge myself.

We won't do that though as we need to get the wage bill down, and Naismith, Kone, Hibbert, McGeady aren't going anywhere.
 
Could we even spend £34million if that's what we ended up receiving? It's alright saying we could sign 3/4 decent players with it, but could we add another 3/4 decent sized wages to the wage bill? Doubtful.
No chance, because losers like Kone, McGeady, Hibbert and Naismith are all on about 35k a week. Shocking.
 
Van Dijk, Terence kongolo, Gibson, Ashley Williams, Craig Dawson, inigo Martinez.

Right well all but tow of this are untested in the Premier League, even though Martinez and Van Dijk are highly rated. Ashley Williams is 30 and decent, and Craig Dawson is ok.

We've got one of the best defenders in the league at the moment, why let him go when we don't need to?
 
And Stones is not?

Look, hyping up players like Ledson, Galloway and Garbutt is one thing, but come on. Stones is past that bracket. It's clear that he's going to make it. He's got the talent, he's got the physique, he's got the right attitude.
Er, no. He was only just first choice last season.

Ferdinand had played champions league semi finals etc etc. Not even close.
 

Unfortunately everyone has a price, Stones has played 44 games for Everton and a £30 million profit is good business by anyone's standards. Yes he has potential but so has Barkley, last summer he was being sold for big money and a year later after a poor season there is not even a Dail Mail rumour about him leaving!
I'd sell but insist on a year long loan back, gives the likes of Galloway another season to develop, invest the money as we alway have done and move on
 
Supporters tend to see things in a completely different light from players who in reality, save the very very odd exception, are just employees who in the blink of an eye will go to where they can earn more, push themselves more or even to massage their ego
The most dangerous type of person to run a huge multi million pound business, which is what a PL club has become, is a supporter whilst some will argue that supporters view will give them an advantage the reality is in terms of hard nosed business decisions they can't or perhaps more to the point aren't able to stand back and make the really difficult business calls
When people talk of £40 million or more that's not going to happen either now or indeed 2 or so years. defenders are always cheaper than forwards and indeed top midfielders.
Did Chelsea get £50m for Luiz? T very much doubt it was even €50M more around £35 million with fees to agents included
This transfer will, if it happens be around £30 M but will only happen if the player wants to go
 
Right well all but tow of this are untested in the Premier League, even though Martinez and Van Dijk are highly rated. Ashley Williams is 30 and decent, and Craig Dawson is ok.

We've got one of the best defenders in the league at the moment, why let him go when we don't need to?

Maybe he does want to go though ??? I don't think he does, but he will want to go at some point.
 

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