John Stones transfer saga

[DanEFC92]

When will it end

 

[davek]

'Sake Dave.
What sort of benefit ?

Paying down debt will benefit the board more than it will enhance the team.

 

[Elong]

Good post that mate, I was of the 'get 40m for him and imagine who we can get' brigade initially. You are right though, why should we except that our brightest young player will go this season or any other? We have progressed massively since it happened with Rooney. Nil satis

We have progressed both on and off the field since Rooney, indeed.

Bale was mentioned earlier, the worst thing Spurs ever did was sell him. So what if they got 80mil or whatever, they couldn't replace him. They're still in the same position in the league. But with him, they might have made the next step up.

 

[Connor]

Yeah, this deal isn't happening.

 

[ijjysmith]

When will it end

September 2nd mate.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank Chelsea for all the free press...should do wonders for our viewing numbers.

Played, John.

 

[toffeestillidie]

Paying down debt will benefit the board more than it will enhance the team.

Won't that also make us more attractive to a potential buyer?

I don't know why I'm even indulging this conversation, since there's no reason to believe Stones will be sold.

 

[BoysInBlue]

When will it end

13 days 21 hours 30 mins.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

We have progressed both on and off the field since Rooney, indeed.

Bale was mentioned earlier, the worst thing Spurs ever did was sell him. So what if they got 80mil or whatever, they couldn't replace him. They're still in the same position in the league. But with him, they might have made the next step up.

They were actually in the middle of doing that when they sold him...opps.

 

[BoysInBlue]

September 2nd mate.

September 1st at 18:00:01 actually mate.

 

[Elong]

They were actually in the middle of doing that when they sold him...opps.

Yep exactly! They could have built a team around him with Sky money, not Bale money.

The notion that every player has a price is crazy to me, some players are simply irreplaceable. I put Stones in that category at this stage.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Want happen I know but I'm bored.

Would you swap stones for Rooney + £5m if utd came in for him?

Yes, he would be the perfect fit for RMs number 10.

 

[ijjysmith]

September 1st at 18:00:01 actually mate.

So ended on the second.

And the 3rd. And so on.

 

[Foot Long Hot Dog]

Paying down debt will benefit the board more than it will enhance the team.

Oh yawn. Like they've done on innumerable occasions before eh....

Oh wait...

 

[Woolly Blue]

Paying down debt will benefit the board more than it will enhance the team.

Debateable

True if a sale was made significantly above "market value" but otherwise would be perceived negatively from a financial perspective.

Market value's a tricky one to tie down, but you might judge it as what you could reasonably expect to get for a player in any given transfer window. If at the start of this window, we'd have made it known that we'd be open to sell Stones I reckon we'd have got about 35 to 40 million

So, on a purely financial basis, it would make little sense to sell him for less than 40 million.