The Toby-Martial swap makes so much sense all round. Both clubs end up stronger and with a want-away player off their books.
This is the one transfer i want to happen more than any other. This alone would make it a good window for us. If we can add maybe Grealish and a Sander Berge type...
The Toby-Martial swap makes so much sense all round. Both clubs end up stronger and with a want-away player off their books.
This is the one transfer i want to happen more than any other. This alone would make it a good window for us. If we can add maybe Grealish and a Sander Berge type...
We all want to watch a strengthened side and i agree that there must be some investment simply to stand still, but we will all benefit from a financially well run club. League position is correlated more to wages than transfer spend (meaning either high wages lead to squad stability or huge...
Mixed feelings. Sad to see him go as he has been a good servant to the club and has been immense at times, but all good things must come to an end and i think it is time.
Excited to find out who we have lined up
Will be very sad to see him go as he's mighty on his day. Equally sad to see him in physical decline. Upside is it must surely mean we have a decent replacement lined up that just needs funding.....
You are forgetting that by waiting we actually had a significant option value, in that had the purchase/bailout of Villa not gone through they would have been desperate to raise funds and we might have got him for 20m, so potentially an 8-10m saving as the cost of a few weeks of him training...
I would like to believe that, as I think Martial will be great for us, but if Toby hasn’t gone by the end of the window we have to write down the asset from a valuation of around £60m to £25, a loss of £35m!!! Not to mention the impact of having a disgruntled player / bad influence in the camp...
William to Manure paves the way for a Toby-Martial swap. We then give youth (Foyth, CCV) a chance, leaving everyone happy. 3 at the back leaves Kane isolated, and we saw how that worked for England in the WC.
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