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Even if it is £60 million, what is the point. We would get closer to challenging at the top by keeping him then we would by taking the money and re-investing.
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Mr Pink
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Only Torres went to a domestic rival, and lets be honest Chelsea arn't even a rival really, they are, and were at the time, well ahead of Liverpool.
Name me a top player they've sold recently to a rival in the PL? ie a team finishing near them in the League.
$hoguN
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No they haven't. Ajax are a shadow of the club they once were, Porto won't be winning the CL again any time soon.
Even moving on to Arsenal, they have spent a shed load the last couple of years, but in reality their sales have cost them a real chance at winning things year after year.
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If selling Lloris meant that the profit we would make could be used to balance the losses we most likely will have from joggin on the deadwood. Then I'm all game.
Though it will be shame to see him go. I honestly think in the stage of his career he is too good for us.
And the opportunity to rid us deadwood and upgrade the first 11 is too tempting.
Though it will be shame to see him go. I honestly think in the stage of his career he is too good for us.
And the opportunity to rid us deadwood and upgrade the first 11 is too tempting.
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So did I
I think it is painfully obvious that Levy has no intention of actually challanging for top 4 or anything above that for the next 5 or so years until the stadium is built, to be honest, so he has no problem selling our best players.
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Not sure whether you're suggesting that you'd understand selling Lloris to Man Utd or whether you'd be outraged by it? (Not a dig, but a genuine question as the first half of your post suggests Outrage and the second half suggests Understanding.)
I'd definitely be in the Outraged camp myself. You might be able to gradually catch the teams above you by selling your best players to them and re-investing the proceeds in new players, but IMO we'd get there a whole load quicker by not selling our best players in the first place.
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Is a goalkeeper really worth that much money though?
We bought him for what, around 15 million? I don't see that he's improved THAT much since we've bought him (he was quality then as well), and I think we could buy a quality replacement for around 10-15 million. If United paid us, say, 40 million for him then we could take 15 of it to buy a quality replacement and then 25 million to fund other purchases (like Martial for example).
Mr Pink
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Well if the Lloris quotes are accurate, and arn't being wildly misrepresented and taken out of context, they're quite disrespectful in truth.
Contracted to 2019, Club captain, and openly talking about United's interest and being watchful of De Gea's situation.
Feck me.
Contracted to 2019, Club captain, and openly talking about United's interest and being watchful of De Gea's situation.
Feck me.
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$hoguN
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Look at Utd after Schmeichael left. Replacing great goalkeepers is almost impossible. The net loss to our first XI would be huge
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which quotes?
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Does Bale still play for Spurs?
Does Modric still play for Spurs?
I'm not talking about rumours to specific clubs or specific deals - once these players start getting seriously linked with leaving, and start giving press interviews where they hint heavily at leaving, they're gone.
Mr Pink
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In the Lloris thread. Which is were I should of posted come to think of it.
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Ditto
Arsenal lost RVP to Utd, Nasri to City, both were crucial players at the time
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Would we? Depends if you invest it wisely. There are a lot of good keepers out there. Buy 3 20 million players for the spine of the team and we should be stronger
Mr Pink
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Yeah but they're in a better position to cope by attracting a better caliber of player than we can in order to replace. Having regular CL makes that possible - and that has to be the aim for us.
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We all know he will leave at some point, but not necessarily this summer- just like Modric.
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