I agree. If 55m is the sort of figure we are likely to be offered itd be ridiculous to sell. Wouldnt suprise me though if he was sold for somewhere around that figure in a deal heavily loaded with add ons that we will have to wait years to realise. Scary prospect.
Would rather take a 6 point penalty
You see I don’t think we could have possibly factored Branthwaite in as part of our financial planning for the year.
He could have easily sat on the bench for a year as a young developing player as opposed to being a generational talent, either way there is no way we factored in selling him for 10s of millions.
So we hit the jackpot. What ever our plan was I’d like us to show ambition and keep him. If that’s means selling DCL and Onana so be it.
Selling him is a lazy option and the fans of this club don’t deserve it. Youngsters deserve hope and a hero’s name to go in the back of their shirts.
No way I’m passively accepting it based on the above.
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I want to keep him and i hope nobody thinks im advocating selling and certainly not for 55m. I WANT us to sell Onana but selling DCL is pointless as the money we get for him will not give us the money to replace him. If branthwaites value is 55m and bids stay around that mark how much do you think Onana and DCL will be valued at? Its okay talking telephone numbers but if thats the value we can achieve for the best young CB around why are we getting massive offers for the other 2?
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £40m
Plus the 9 for administration? It’s far from just a PSR issue.
I know that mate, didn’t mean to come across as if I was having a go, was soap boxing really.
I think we just don’t passively accept that he needs to be sold. Our PSR losses were 19 and 16 odd million for each charge - I think we can raise that without selling Branthwaite.
We have to stop passively accepting we have to sell our best players, if we keep acting like a small club we will be treated like one.
Saying no and keeping his this summer, does nothing but benifit this football club.
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We aint selling him for 55m.
70m he will go for.
Lapeno77
Player Valuation: £30m
Arguably, selling him cheap and not raising enough funds for an adequate replacement would cost us more than 4 points.
Unless it's a silly bid, keep him.
I honestly dont even think we will replace him.
Tarks, Holgate, Keane, Godfrey, theres our CBs next season.
Be very afraid.
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Player Valuation: £30m
blueconverse
Player Valuation: £35m
Rodriguez can't be on that much can he? Can we sell BMD to finance him? I would genuinely cry if it somehow happened. We deserve to see him live.
i mean without being a bell here.
WE
all say do this do that etc as it’s what WE would do
but who ever it is will just cash in
