Nebbiolo
Valuation: £108 million
Assuming he goes, and City stump up £20m for him, Moyes has a budget of £25m or so (maybe more). What next? Who should he bring in?
Senderos: £5m (plenty of experience, intelligent and young)
Moutinho: £20m (as above)
Defour: £17m (not sure on his pedigree tbh)
Elm: £5m (young, hungry and so far untainted)
Someone else?
I'm going out on a limb and saying Moutinho could probably be had for the £20m and Senderos will cost us £5m. Both are affordable in the wage department too. The bonus withy Moutinho is he can, and does, play on the right side of midfield. maybe he's wasted there, but there is no reason to assume he wouldn't switch with Arteta at times anyway.
My list ain't the most imaginative, and I'm sure others can do better.
But the fact is, by the end of the week we should hope to have shifted Lescott.
Senderos: £5m (plenty of experience, intelligent and young)
Moutinho: £20m (as above)
Defour: £17m (not sure on his pedigree tbh)
Elm: £5m (young, hungry and so far untainted)
Someone else?
I'm going out on a limb and saying Moutinho could probably be had for the £20m and Senderos will cost us £5m. Both are affordable in the wage department too. The bonus withy Moutinho is he can, and does, play on the right side of midfield. maybe he's wasted there, but there is no reason to assume he wouldn't switch with Arteta at times anyway.
My list ain't the most imaginative, and I'm sure others can do better.
But the fact is, by the end of the week we should hope to have shifted Lescott.