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John Stones transfer saga

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Let's just say, hypothetically, we sell for £35m.

We bring in a replacement defender to go alongside Jags, and we have Galloway as the third defender - thus getting game time and progressing him.

Then, we spend the rest of the cash on a quality attacking midfielder, and a backup striker.

Would people accept losing Stones for that?
 
ToffeeTownMilto said:
Let's just say, hypothetically, we sell for £35m.

We bring in a replacement defender to go alongside Jags, and we have Galloway as the third defender - thus getting game time and progressing him.

Then, we spend the rest of the cash on a quality attacking midfielder, and a backup striker.

Would people accept losing Stones for that?
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it would depend on the quality we got in, lets face it are defensive record last year wasn't that good, if it made us better unit all round , the manager would have to think about it
 
ToffeeTownMilto said:
Let's just say, hypothetically, we sell for £35m.

We bring in a replacement defender to go alongside Jags, and we have Galloway as the third defender - thus getting game time and progressing him.

Then, we spend the rest of the cash on a quality attacking midfielder, and a backup striker.

Would people accept losing Stones for that?
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No because after we pay barnsley their cut, we'll have enough for about 3 players. We already need 2 defenders, a playmaker, backup striker and a winger. And we're already struggling just to get a backup CB never mind trying to tie all them up with them knowing we have the dosh to squeeze out of us
 

ToffeeTownMilto said:
Let's just say, hypothetically, we sell for £35m.

We bring in a replacement defender to go alongside Jags, and we have Galloway as the third defender - thus getting game time and progressing him.

Then, we spend the rest of the cash on a quality attacking midfielder, and a backup striker.

Would people accept losing Stones for that?
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No, a chunk of the fee would go to Barnsley, some of it to paying off Lukaku. We'd be left with maybe 25 mill. Out of that we'd need 2 CBs. Unless we unearthed a gem, we'd have to spend big to get anywhere close to Stones. Most likely we'd overpay for some up and comers or experienced premier league like Dann so you could almost waste that whole budget just on two inferior players. We might end up left with 5-10 mill for a creative player, absolutely nothing in today's market.
 
makes me laugh this thread.

Shock that young defender who has just made it to the first team may want to go and join the champions of the country, where he sees an english central defence pairing rather than two expensive mercenaries, and thinks to himself, i want some of that.

IF he wants to go then good on him, chelsea clearly will play him considering their first choice two are english. He will win a lot more with them than with us.

Difference would be us using the money and signing in players with it to allow us to compete in the future rather than cry about selling young talent.
 
stamullenblue said:
Not bashing anyone - are you saying I am wrong ? Love us to keep stones and sign more quality players which I hope happens - just worried it wint happen that way
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"If we had a proper board the sale of stones would be bearable . The proceeds were then spent on making us better I could deal with this. Stones goes and we will get evans and some other looser as back up and the rest of the cash will vanish as usual. This is what hurts !!!"

that definitely is criticism agains our board that :D speculative bashing, but thats ok. it's your opinion
 
Ashtonian said:
makes me laugh this thread.

Shock that young defender who has just made it to the first team may want to go and join the champions of the country, where he sees an english central defence pairing rather than two expensive mercenaries, and thinks to himself, i want some of that.

IF he wants to go then good on him, chelsea clearly will play him considering their first choice two are english. He will win a lot more with them than with us.

Difference would be us using the money and signing in players with it to allow us to compete in the future rather than cry about selling young talent.
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Isn't the future here and now,with regard to competing,or do we keep selling our best young players,we have to lay down a marker,and tell them to do one.
 
Ashtonian said:
makes me laugh this thread.

Shock that young defender who has just made it to the first team may want to go and join the champions of the country, where he sees an english central defence pairing rather than two expensive mercenaries, and thinks to himself, i want some of that.

IF he wants to go then good on him, chelsea clearly will play him considering their first choice two are english. He will win a lot more with them than with us.

Difference would be us using the money and signing in players with it to allow us to compete in the future rather than cry about selling young talent.
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So you think all the funds would be handed to RM from the deal? I doubt it very much we should hold him till we get the best price if we need to sell that is - Remember the Rooney affair - we gave him away!
What for - Tim Howard, Phil Neville, Darren Gibson, all coming the other way - one has been steady TH, PN, was good for one season, never an EFC captain, but made him undropable, and unfortunately Gibson has been injury prone- not the best bit of business was it??? 27 million in bits, and pieces followed by a feeder club for Unt rejects
 

I suspect the club has known for a while this was going to happen - why were they looking at Dann, Ogbina, Evans?
To sit on the bench?
 
McBain said:
Is it abit underhanded though? How would you react if you found out things were being said that you didn't say?

Has he come out and said anything?
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....who knows what's been said. It's all a bit of a game. You ask how I would react, it's the newspapers who are saying he is keen to talk with Chelsea. I would think that goes with territory. I would be chuffed if Chelsea was after me and hoping the clubs are able to agree a fee.
 

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