I would seriously look to sell baines in the window, get about £16 mil for him and use that to bring in De Bruyne for £10-12 mil and £3-4 mil on a backup LB with Oviedo becoming the first team LB. That would leave the rest of the felliani money for another 1-2 players like Fernando and Bruno Martins Indi, we could use that money to seriously rebuild the squad with young talent would rather that than keep hold of a 29 year old LB whose backup has proved just as effective (minus the set pieces)
De Bruyne on a permanent would be a great signing but we've got to be realistic, we need a CM, a Striker and a Winger and more than likely we'll only have about 15M + whatever we get for Heitinga. It'll be hard to get 3 top players with only 15M, Roberto will have to be very creative in january to do that.
I know people love the idea of swap deals. But they do not happen in England, and probably never will.
Id do a swap of de bruyne for baines plus a few million extra, baines is tremendous, but de bruyne has a hugely greater upside, hes 7 years younger, still not at his peak, and provides us with something we lack presently, and the position is in greater need.
I'm not against selling Baines as much as I would have been last year. As some have mentioned, Baines is not as much of a focal point under Martinez (compared to Moyes). If we got a reasonable offer for him (£15m), I would not be upset if we sold him. I'd be happy with what Roberto decided.
Well it's pretty much last chance saloon to sell Baines for big money. Now or never.
Phil Bird @PhilBirdBFC 6m
Bad news for Blackpool. Tom Ince set to move to Ajax in January for just £500,000.
Club not happy with player or manager!
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Tom Ince is leaving the country? To Holland? In January?Phil Bird @PhilBirdBFC 6m
Bad news for Blackpool. Tom Ince set to move to Ajax in January for just £500,000.
Club not happy with player or manager!
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Sounds mad and I think John Merro bull****s a lot of the time but if its true that is crazy!