orchard
Player Valuation: £60m
What presumptions? Are you saying he's not got a year left? And he hasnt been injured for most of the last 2 years with one thing or another?
Of course only having a year left on his contract is relevant to whether we try and sell him now, in case you missed the last 15 years Everton aren't the sort of club that's got an endless pot of gold to dig into and potentially a £?m asset will be worthless in 12 months time and we can't as a business let that happen.
Baines is just turning 30 he's far from nearing the end of his career, besides being one of the fittest players we've ever had at the club, I don't know why your trying to write him off so easily.
His ability to recover has already fallen down a few times. This time last year we were being told he'd be ready for the World Cup, then due to various setbacks he couldn't even make the Everton squad for another 5 months , and as soon as he did he broke down again, and has done a few times since then.
I think your logical is well out if you can't see all that as indisputable to be honest, but it seems you're to blinded by a few good games and a winning goal. As Ive said time and again he's a good squad player but given the circumstances now would be the ideal time to sell him really.
Unless he's been written off by the medic's, selling him with only one year left would be odd.