Well he points to 'players we want to keep ' so if we get a megabucks offer we could still choose to sell and he wouldn't be breaking his word.
That was always the case i think.
I agree. I'd also add that I think Kane genuinely doesn't want to leave us. Another potential benefit of homegrown talent.I don't think he'll be selling Kane tho, megabucks from RM or not. I really can't see it.
I don't think he'll be selling Kane tho, megabucks from RM or not. I really can't see it.
I don't think he'll be selling Kane tho, megabucks from RM or not. I really can't see it.
“Renowned”?!
Sorry no more than anyone else outside Utd and the oil clubs
Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years
SPURS - 5
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008
LIVERPOOL - 6
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009
ARSENAL - 10 (almost 11)
Sanchez - City, TBC, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007
Statements like this always make it seem inevitable that they will be for sale, just not now.
Id rather us make noises about signing players that can progress us and keep us in the top four.
“Renowned”?!
Sorry no more than anyone else outside Utd and the oil clubs
Sales to richer clubs in last 10 years
SPURS - 5
Walker - City, 50m, 2017
Bale - Real, 85m, 2013
Modric - Real, 33m, 2012
Berbatov - Utd, 31m, 2008
Keane - Liverpool, 21m, 2008
LIVERPOOL - 6
Coutinho - Barca, 142m, 2017
Sterling - City, 44m, 2015
Suarez - Barca, 75m, 2014
Torres - Chelsea, 50m, 2010
Mascherano - Barca, 18.5m, 2010
Alonso - Real, 30m, 2009
ARSENAL - 10 (almost 11)
Sanchez - City, TBC, 2018
Vermaelen - Barca, 15m, 2014
Song - Barca, 15m, 2012
Van Persie - Utd, 24m, 2012
Nasri - City, 24m, 2011
Clichy - City, 7m, 2011
Fabregas - Barca, 30m, 2011
Toure - City, 16m, 2009
Adebayor - City, 25m, 2009
Hleb - Barca, 11.8m, 2008
Henry - Barca, 16m, 2007
We (by which I mean a lot of us) have a bit of a chip on our shoulder about how the media describes us.
Firstly - who cares? They'll write what they feel like to sell their product. They do the same to every club - there is no bias against us.
Secondly - in the same period you've outlined, both Arsenal and Liverpool have spent way more money than us, and both have won more major honours than we have. Until either or both of those things change, the media won't change its tune.
Liverpool won the league cup once during that period and so did we.
Arsenal has won 3 FA cups but that kind of selling is unsustainable and it really is showing now as they slip further behind City, Chelsea, United, us and Liverpool. Consider that they have not seriously threatened for the prem title in the last 10 years.
Keeping our best players is going to be more important than buying players.
No, neither do i. But my point is that he could sell say, Rose, for silly money and say he was sold because the club chose to sell him. And so this statement doesn't really tell us much.
Anyone under contract who wants to stay will stay, no doubt.
Fair point on Liverpool. Though if you go back to the previous decade they won much more, compared to us.
I actually love how we are progressing recently, and where we are as a club - and I'd rather this than being Arsenal or Liverpool. Was just trying to offer a justification as to why the media talk about us the way they do.
I agree. I'd also add that I think Kane genuinely doesn't want to leave us. Another potential benefit of homegrown talent.