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Postby Nigels Tackle » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:05 pm

sell both / one of sterling and kdb to fund mbappe and/or haaland?
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Postby everyonehatesus » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:18 pm

Absolutely not, the team are on a 20 game winning run and even though the games are tightly packed the team are dealing with it amazingly. Why chuck a big spanner in the works.
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Postby nottsblue » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:23 pm

Have we not the funds to buy outright?
If we get Haaland and/or Mbappe then it should be to replace Aguero. Not Sterling or KDB
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Postby Foreverinbluedreams » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:25 pm

No
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Postby sheblue » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:28 pm

Hypotheticaly speaking I would sell Sterling if it meant we would definitely get Haaland.
But probably not Kevin.
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Postby Mase » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:37 pm

I’d sell Mahrez, 100%
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Postby Harry Dowd scored » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:56 pm

Mase wrote:I’d sell Mahrez, 100%

Plus Mendy
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Postby johnny crossan » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:58 pm

Anybody over 29 can go, their best is behind them - for the avoidance of doubt that's Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Walker, Aguero, Gundogan, Mahrez ,Carson, and of course Bendy even though he's only 26 plus Garcia.
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Postby john68 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:24 pm

johnny crossan wrote:Anybody over 29 can go, their best is behind them - for the avoidance of doubt that's Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Walker, Aguero, Gundogan, Mahrez ,Carson, and of course Bendy even though he's only 26 plus Garcia.


There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle and we would be silly to lose some quality coupledwith experience.
I also think you should refrain from biting down hard whilst your tongue is in your cheek :-)
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Postby nottsblue » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:39 pm

john68 wrote:
johnny crossan wrote:Anybody over 29 can go, their best is behind them - for the avoidance of doubt that's Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Walker, Aguero, Gundogan, Mahrez ,Carson, and of course Bendy even though he's only 26 plus Garcia.


There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle and we would be silly to lose some quality coupledwith experience.
I also think you should refrain from biting down hard whilst your tongue is in your cheek :-)

Indeed.
Have we not just had 5 great years from Fern after 29
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Postby johnny crossan » Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:31 pm

nottsblue wrote:
john68 wrote:
johnny crossan wrote:Anybody over 29 can go, their best is behind them - for the avoidance of doubt that's Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Walker, Aguero, Gundogan, Mahrez ,Carson, and of course Bendy even though he's only 26 plus Garcia.


There's many a good tune played on an old fiddle and we would be silly to lose some quality coupledwith experience.
I also think you should refrain from biting down hard whilst your tongue is in your cheek :-)

Indeed.
Have we not just had 5 great years from Fern after 29
Alright then but Baldy has to go
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Re: would you....

Postby CTID Hants » Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:41 pm

Nigels Tackle wrote:sell both / one of sterling and kdb to fund mbappe and/or haaland?



(A) we won't land both

(B) do we need to sell to fund Haaland, I seriously doubt it, but if we need to sell, then 3 or 4 other fringe players would be a better option rather than the two you've 'randomly' chosen.

(C) kdb is from the same mold as Sheringham IMO, his vision/creativity/pass won't diminish in his early 30's and he would still be one of the leagues best players if he loses his pace.

So would I? No.

But you crack on your with banal campaign against Sterling you have become a total and utter fucking bore.

When was the last time you actually posted something positive Mr Tickle????
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Postby carl_feedthegoat » Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:46 pm

If it HAD to be one or the other then Id have to toss a coin as either Mbappe or Haaland would take us to the top and I couldn't choose between sterling or KDB.

I think it would be heads we win and tails we win.

Cant we just bin Mendy and Mahrez ? that's an easier choice.
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Postby aaron bond » Sun Feb 28, 2021 12:29 am

Mahrez is the obvious choice to sell to help raise funds for Haaland or Mbappe. We never should have bought him in the first place but he’s clearly a level down from Bernardo, Sterling, Foden etc. and we probably could get a reasonable fee for him.

Mendy needs to go also but I honestly don’t know who would pay anything for him. Getting rid of him would be to clear his wages from our books (and his ongoing medical bills).
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Postby Pretty Boy Lee » Sun Feb 28, 2021 5:21 am

I don’t think Mbappe will stay at any club more than a few seasons, so I’d not sell Kev or Sterling for him.

Haaland is the one I want, but I don’t think we’d need to give up our main guys for him. Sell a few fringe and get another sponsor in.
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Re: would you....

Postby zuricity » Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:22 am

No , not at all . Drop the price at least to about 30 mill and then think about either of them . We have youngsters coming through that will fit into the system without having to pay outrageous prices breaking up the pay structure at the club - for players that might not actually "work" in the PL. Both would struggle to score against packed defending , just like our current batch of players.
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Re: would you....

Postby Outcast » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:38 am

It's a stupid kindergarden question!
For starters PSG Qataries will never sell to UAE owned club.
That's a fact that won't change. Just forget Mbappe..
Who's going to pay you over 100m for either Sterling or Kevin? Barcelona are skint, Real after Mbappe, can't afford multiple galacticos! PSG (see reason above). Bayern, not sure they'll pay over 100m. That leave us with premier League, I cannot see us selling to any of our domestic rivals.

The club has budgeted to go over 100m to buy desired striker next transfer window. We can afford Haaland without selling Sterling or Kev, as long as we're willing to bend over to his agent.
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Postby Wooders » Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:45 am

If the question is in theory if it meant getting haaland or mbappe I’d in theory be on board with the sale of sterling to fund it
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Re: would you....

Postby zuricity » Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:47 am

Outcast wrote:It's a stupid kindergarden question!
For starters PSG Qataries will never sell to UAE owned club.
That's a fact that won't change. Just forget Mbappe..
Who's going to pay you over 100m for either Sterling or Kevin? Barcelona are skint, Real after Mbappe, can't afford multiple galacticos! PSG (see reason above). Bayern, not sure they'll pay over 100m. That leave us with premier League, I cannot see us selling to any of our domestic rivals.

The club has budgeted to go over 100m to buy desired striker next transfer window. We can afford Haaland without selling Sterling or Kev, as long as we're willing to bend over to his agent.


We should not bend over to his agent. Simply tell Haaland to dump his agent and then think about it . His dad made a stupid choice with this agent .

Haaland is good and would have been spotted inspite of the agent . He doesn't need him .
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Re: would you....

Postby BlueinBosnia » Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:37 am

I wouldn't sell anyone except fringe players for Mbappe. I think he's a phenomenal player, but would bust our wage structure, and, if a scenario arose where we wanted to shift him on, we'd have to take a big hit (especially considering the only places he might go are Italy and Spain, with Italian clubs being notably spendthrift and the Big Two in Spain having to tighten their purse strings).

We should go all-out for Haaland, and if that means selling one of our starting XI that we have a more-than-competent back-up for, then so be it. However, I don't think it's necessary. We could probably fund the (excess of the) transfer fee by selling 75% of our players currently out on loan, if we can't afford it outright without selling anyone.
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