Baines
Everton may be more receptive to the idea of selling to us than to Utd
Why?
Surely Everton see us as competition more than Utd.
Baines is much more likely to push for a move to Utd than us.
Utd will almost certainly offer more money than us.
Agreed, but i would say Leighton Baines for me too.
Really strong LB, will be England's 1st choice LB very soon, need to keep up HG quota. Will be expensive though and as such i don't see us spending the money on him.
No i don't think they would either... and even IF they did, the price is likely to still be too high. let alone whether Baines is even interested in a move to us. It is not as if we have proven (yet) that we are a big step up from where he is now.Nothing against Baines and agree he'd be a quality signing.
Absolutely no idea how anyone came to the conclusion that Everton would rather deal with us than Utd though.
We just achieved our highest points tally and I don't think we need to replace BAE. I'd be nervous about replacing half a team that has just finished with 72 points. Three changes max for me. Continuity is important if we want to build on last year.
Fabio Coentrao
We just achieved our highest points tally and I don't think we need to replace BAE. I'd be nervous about replacing half a team that has just finished with 72 points. Three changes max for me. Continuity is important if we want to build on last year.
How much did BAE play there though? Must have been a third of games at most.
Being linked with a young belgian.
Fair point, but we've just gone 4th, 5th, 4th, 5th in the league and got to quarter final of Champions League with Benny as our main LB. 105 league appearances during that time. He's solid and I agree with other people that we'd be better spending the money elsewhere.