John Stones transfer saga

[flibbyflob]

They wont .
We wont.
You think we'll just roll over at the 2nd bid thats up to you.
The same board had a bid for Baines & Fellani combined....Manu got one of them for how much ?
The lad will be worth double that in another 12 months,whats the hurry ?Any how sooner he stays ...at any price.

I have no idea what the figure is we would take but it is nice to know that we won't be taking £20m-£25m for him, it will have to be a lot more than that. Eventually he will go, no idea if it is this summer or next or if we would be lucky to keep him longer. At least we will get a bloody good fee for him when he does go.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

I find the old "the club want to sell" argument very tired to be honest.

The club technically want to sell any player that is contracted if the bid is good enough. That goes for 99% of teams in world football. If someone offered £500m for Messi now, Barcelona would look at it seriously and a good part of them would want to sell the player as a result.

So of course Everton would want to sell Stones for say £50m. We'd be stupid not to - as that is above and beyond his market price now and probably as much as he'll ever be worth.

The issue isn't that for me - the issue is whether we need to sell.

I'm not one of those who thinks the money we get from transfers disappears - it generally doesn't (except for Arteta, which was robbed from the squad. Fellaini/Rooney was reinvested etc.). My concern is that despite massive money flowing into the game in England, we are average on wage spend and massively below average on transfer spend. With that being the case, we should at the very least not need to sell players if we don't want to.

If we do need to sell to buy, then the only explanation I have is that some pretty serious level fraud is going on behind the scenes. If we end up selling Stones for anywhere near £30m, that would be frightening to me, as it'd indicate we couldn't afford to stand our ground and say no.

So if we sell for £50m it's just the way it is, but if we sold for £30m it'd be an indication of serious internal fraud?

Absolutely laughable nonsense

 

[Connor]

"Chelsea are preparing a bid"

Translation: I have no clue whats going on but this is going to generate clicks, ad views and Social Media shares.

 

[blulouie]

I have no idea what the figure is we would take but it is nice to know that we won't be taking £20m-£25m for him, it will have to be a lot more than that. Eventually he will go, no idea if it is this summer or next or if we would be lucky to keep him longer. At least we will get a bloody good fee for him when he does go.

Its all relative mate.I'm the last person wants to see him leave.But if he completes a full season then goes on to play in next yars Euro's he'll still have over 3 year left on his contract and there will be much bigger suitors than Chelsea .The fee would be astronomic , Chelsea know this, as its the only chance they'll get to buy him is now.Sod them.

 

[Tubey]

So if we sell for £50m it's just the way it is, but if we sold for £30m it'd be an indication of serious internal fraud?

Absolutely laughable nonsense

Yes, as we'd be selling a player below his value for no apparent reason.

 

[Goat]

He will never be worth as much as he is now ever again.

People who are saying he will double in price are very wrong.

Hes a superb talent, with bags of potential, but hes a CB and his price will never increase.

 

[blulouie]

So if we sell for £50m it's just the way it is, but if we sold for £30m it'd be an indication of serious internal fraud?

Absolutely laughable nonsense

Think he's got a really good point there mate.

 

[blulouie]

He will never be worth as much as he is now ever again.

People who are saying he will double in price are very wrong.

Hes a superb talent, with bags of potential, but hes a CB and his price will never increase.

Sideshow Bob ?....lets think before we speak.

 

[Goat]

Sideshow Bob ?....lets think before we speak.

John Stones will never play in a World Cup Final.

Or smash in Free Kicks like sideshow Bob.

And I dont recall saying how much he was worth.

Lets read before we type.

 

[stamullenblue]

Every player has his price. If we stick to our guns on this our valuation will not be met in this window and stones will stay ... For me he is worth the same as sterling as he is a better player and has a better attitude ... 50 million plus should be our starting point .... !

 

[Connor]

He will never be worth as much as he is now ever again.

People who are saying he will double in price are very wrong.

Hes a superb talent, with bags of potential, but hes a CB and his price will never increase.

His price will go up next year if we're selling in the Premier League.

TV Money goes up quite a bit. Yes it may not matter to the Citys, Chelseas and the likes but it does to us and knowing there's more money in circulation means we can demand more.

 

[Goat]

His price will go up next year if we're selling in the Premier League.

TV Money goes up quite a bit. Yes it may not matter to the Citys, Chelseas and the likes but it does to us and knowing there's more money in circulation means we can demand more.

Its a good job we are the only club aware of the increased TV deal, imagine if other teams knew, we would be SCREWED.

 

[stamullenblue]

He will never be worth as much as he is now ever again.

People who are saying he will double in price are very wrong.

Hes a superb talent, with bags of potential, but hes a CB and his price will never increase.

This is clearly a wind up ?

 

[Connor]

Its a good job we are the only club aware of the increased TV deal, imagine if other teams knew, we would be SCREWED.

I seriously hope they don't find out, it would be a crying shame if other clubs found out about this secret.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Just tell them to fck off or put £50M on the table.........

This is the tactic I'd take. I'd set a deadline of a week and tell any interested party, £50m or sod off, and any bids after this week will be rejected out of hand. Now that's a powerplay.