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Probably in the minority here, but the more I see of Trippier, the less concerned I am at losing Walker should he go
Sounds pretty fair to be honestMartin Samuel, Matt Law, Neil Ashton and Andy Dunn on today.
They were quite positive about us this morning as far as not being legends as we were always playing catch-up.
Still saying the team could possibly break up, and that this will be a very difficult summer for Levy.
They all expect Walker to go to Man City, think we'll keep everyone else but doubt we'll sign anyone who will go straight into the 1st team as we will not match their wage demands.
Of course they said we'll struggle next season because of Wembley and that the "big clubs" will strengthen.
Exactly. How can it go from "oh it's Chelsea's title" 2 months ago and "a fore gone conclusion" to we've bottled it despite never being within 4 points of them with them having all the easy games and us all the hard games...I don't think any team that loses after nine wins on the bounce can ever be described as legends. We did brilliantly to narrow the gap on the runaway leaders, but the title was only ever a pipe dream. What our great form has done has pulled us away from the fight for CL qualification.
I don't care if Walker is replaceable. We shouldn't be selling players to rivals. Full stop.
agreed - sell him abroad. Unless Man City agree to finance our stadium in full, it does not help us by helping Man City improve their team. We are not here to solve their problems
Depends. If that money allows us to strengthen ourselves even more so then they are only playing catch up with us. I'm not 100% convinced he'd be a success there, the way that City defence is set up means the opposition will always be presented with opportunities.I don't care if Walker is replaceable. We shouldn't be selling players to rivals. Full stop.
Sounds like a discussion on here.Sounds pretty fair to be honest
FACTFact is they all hate us, why, don't know. They should all be proud of us playing and having English players though.
I don't care if Walker is replaceable. We shouldn't be selling players to rivals. Full stop.
Starting to feel a bit like we might've called Walkers bluff, I'd only worry about what signal it sends if it is to a rival.Walker doubling his wages can only tempt others to think again, he's quite close to Rose for eg, so I'd be worried about the signal it sends and knock on effect. Fook off Citeh.
I don't think Walker is going to improve City that much. Yes he would be a improvement on Sagna but not a fit Zabaletta. If you take our strongest XI, the most replacable or upgradable player is Walker at RB. If we get crazy money from City, we should sell him. If we sell him outside PL, the better. But I cant see it.
IMO, Trippier has more upside to his game & could improve really well. KWP as back up to Trippier could be on thoughts of Poch as well, given he signed a new contract.
If we are going to sell Walker for 40m & that is going to give us say Zaha or Barkley, so be it. We will improve the attacking options. I don't think it sends any message. If we sell any of Lloris, Dier, Toby, Kane, Dele, Eriksen, then I would be worried not for selling Walker.
Depends. If that money allows us to strengthen ourselves even more so then they are only playing catch up with us. I'm not 100% convinced he'd be a success there, the way that City defence is set up means the opposition will always be presented with opportunities.
I don't think Walker is going to improve City that much. Yes he would be a improvement on Sagna but not a fit Zabaletta. If you take our strongest XI, the most replacable or upgradable player is Walker at RB. If we get crazy money from City, we should sell him. If we sell him outside PL, the better. But I cant see it.
IMO, Trippier has more upside to his game & could improve really well. KWP as back up to Trippier could be on thoughts of Poch as well, given he signed a new contract.
If we are going to sell Walker for 40m & that is going to give us say Zaha or Barkley, so be it. We will improve the attacking options. I don't think it sends any message. If we sell any of Lloris, Dier, Toby, Kane, Dele, Eriksen, then I would be worried not for selling Walker.
It portrays us as a selling club. It's suicide.
And no matter what way you spin it, it improves them. He's a top quality player. Anyone who says otherwise is clutching at straws.
It portrays us as a selling club. It's suicide.
And no matter what way you spin it, it improves them. He's a top quality player. Anyone who says otherwise is clutching at straws.
Exactly. How can it go from "oh it's Chelsea's title" 2 months ago and "a fore gone conclusion" to we've bottled it despite never being within 4 points of them with them having all the easy games and us all the hard games...
Just some weak agendas and people trying to make a name for themselves.
Am not spinning anything here.
We are as much as selling club as Arsenal were selling club to United (Van Persie) and to City (Sagna, Clichy, Nasri , Adebayor). You may want to hear nice positive things like 'we wont sell to our rivals' etc... I have learned from Bale saga that everyone has a price & if they match the price we will sell the player.
Now IMO Modric & Bale were slightly different to Walker. Walker is not in their bracket. We took less for Modric & gave him to Madrid and Bale also went outside PL. But I dont think its same for Walker. Modric would have definitely improved Chelsea by miles. I cannot say the same for Walker to City. If you are talking about Lloris, Eriksen,Toby,Dele or Kane its different.
Think this way - City anyway are going to spend 40m on a right back from Europe - whether its Walker or Sidibe from Monaco or Auerier from PSG. Regardless they are going to improve on their current RB Sagna, who is a travesty. So, its not like we dont sell Walker, City arent going to improve.
Like it or not, our transfer policy is dependent on selling players & reinvesting. Atleast that is the model for last 5 years. If Walker is sold for 40m, I can see it going straight for Barkley or even Zaha. We promote Trippier to XI & KWP to back up RB.
As long as we dont sell any other player,IMO, this is not a bad thing. We deepen the squad with a attacking player and promote from academy (like we did with Winks when we sold Carroll & Mason) and hope it works out. If we buy Maguire from relegated (likely), then we boost RB & LCB options as well as he can play across the back line.
City may get Walker and Pep may improve him. But its still a tall order for him to improve their XI as City's squad is riddled with aging old men. It is not what we want but I dont think it is going to decrease our chances next season.