You see I disagree, we are under no requirements to sell and due to the fact he's got a 5 year contract he is contractually obliged to fulfill it. If we told him flat out he's going nowhere this summer there's sweet fuck all he could do about it. In fact we could keep him next summer too before the power started to shift to his corner but even with 3 years left on his contract we could still get maximum profit.
are people blind? if the quote is accurate he's openly talking about the possibilty of moving this summer, not specifically the future after this summer.
United play sly games. Fergie will talk up a player call him "fantastic, a real talent yadda yadda". They then make an offer far below the players value just to show their interest officially and hopefully plant the seed in the targets head.
Yes.... if we accept a huge bid. Which we wont, Levy has openly said that we retain out best players in order to progress next season. What he's saying is that if we want him here next season then he's happy to stay. Though if we dont get CL football next season he would look for a move. Which I would say it fair enough in all honesty.
are people blind? if the quote is accurate he's openly talking about the possibilty of moving this summer, not specifically the future after this summer.
Remind you of anyone else a bit closer to home?
well they're not going to offer chicken feed...when it comes down to it they'll offer over 30 million for him.
but he's just stating the obvious really, if manure or Barca offer 40+ mil and we accept it he'd most likely move
but the fact still remains with 5 years left on his contract THFC will be the ones deciding if he stays or goes not him
yes if a big bid comes in he'll move - thats my point. The loss would be significant in so many other ways though.
Ultimately we'll never break the rut or achieve what we are aiming to achieve if we keep selling our best players no matter the financial compensation.