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Could see Newcastle coming in at £15m. Mike Ashley would see that as a big win given the fee we paid him. Bit like our keano to pool dealings. Wolves would be a good shout or Watford. I say trade at £20m and take the loss. Replace with youth or if we keep dembele for another year and try to bring in a cm.....
I know Rafa rates him - believe he made him captain before he left. And from Levy's perspective this would make sense because I imagine we still owe them money for the transfer and they could instead just write off the debt instead of requiring them to find the funds and structure the payments themselves, meaning it becomes an "easier" transfer in theory. However, their fan base would go into absolute meltdown if they brought him back. It's not like he was a world class player that went rogue and pissed them off by leaving, they hated him for years before he left.
It's a really strange one. I was vehemently against the signing in the first place, he's been an absolute disaster while he's been here (barring that superb game at the Bernabeu), but the way our central midfield is looking, can we even afford to let him go?