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Player Valuation: £500k
With the impending transfer of Joleon Lescott to Manchester City drawing ever nearer, the only matter still up for debate being the price we get for him, I feel to make my stance clear on the issue of his departure.
Now, Lescott is a good player, his partnership with Jags last season particularly bore fruit however I won't mind seeing him leave considering the money being spoken. I may have been worried losing him to city but as we had Joey Yobo sitting on the bench most of last season who can fill the void i would be happy to see us grab the opportunity to take a huge leap forward in europe this season.
The defence may seem a little threadbare, especially when Lescott goes, but people seem to forget we have the astonishingly ugly yet superbly versatile Phil Neville who would be more than capable of partnering Yobo in Jagielka's absence. Also, don't forget we have a young prospect by the name of Jack Rodwell whose style echoes that of a young Rio Ferdinand, whom I witnessed develop from a tentative defensive midfielder into a commanding Centre Back when I held a Wham season ticket for a few years. Jack will no doubt fulfill his dream of being leading the toffees defence one day.
Onward to my main point, Bill and David are doing a fantastic job of hiking up the price we get for Joleon and I'm confident they won't do anything silly like accept makeweights in the deal, meaning we will get £20-22million for Lescott. The smartest thing to do with this money will be to hold on to it until the end of the transfer window when Sporting have realised Real's Jorge Valdano has no intentions of following up his admiration of Joao Moutinho with a bid. Then Table an offer of €22.5million (£20m) for the skillful Portuguese triggering his buy-out clause, he has already expressed a desire to join us.
We will then be a creative force to be reckoned with in the Europa League.
Now, Lescott is a good player, his partnership with Jags last season particularly bore fruit however I won't mind seeing him leave considering the money being spoken. I may have been worried losing him to city but as we had Joey Yobo sitting on the bench most of last season who can fill the void i would be happy to see us grab the opportunity to take a huge leap forward in europe this season.
The defence may seem a little threadbare, especially when Lescott goes, but people seem to forget we have the astonishingly ugly yet superbly versatile Phil Neville who would be more than capable of partnering Yobo in Jagielka's absence. Also, don't forget we have a young prospect by the name of Jack Rodwell whose style echoes that of a young Rio Ferdinand, whom I witnessed develop from a tentative defensive midfielder into a commanding Centre Back when I held a Wham season ticket for a few years. Jack will no doubt fulfill his dream of being leading the toffees defence one day.
Onward to my main point, Bill and David are doing a fantastic job of hiking up the price we get for Joleon and I'm confident they won't do anything silly like accept makeweights in the deal, meaning we will get £20-22million for Lescott. The smartest thing to do with this money will be to hold on to it until the end of the transfer window when Sporting have realised Real's Jorge Valdano has no intentions of following up his admiration of Joao Moutinho with a bid. Then Table an offer of €22.5million (£20m) for the skillful Portuguese triggering his buy-out clause, he has already expressed a desire to join us.
We will then be a creative force to be reckoned with in the Europa League.
I was getting worried incase i accidentally sounded like an extra from Coronation Street. Cheers.
