This.
I think at this stage the Saudi league are just trying to fill teams up with recognisable players. It's the equivalent of cold calling; just ring round as many teams and players as possible and hope a few of them bite. I doubt very much they've scouted Emerson and identified him as the player they need, they're just going through the phone book until someone shows some interest.
You would hope the club have a list of players in all positions
You and I disagree what constitutes "Silly Money"
Agree with you except for the bit about Davies being old. He’s 30
I don't think we should sell him this window but there is no world in which we should be starting Emerson over Porro. Yes Emerson is better defensively but he absolutely cannot play the role Porro does and the trade-off is too big.
I say 25-30 million + as silly money because European teams are broke so we could never receive a similar amount for him that we paid for him if we sold him anywhere in Europe so under the current circumstances a figure of say £30 million is extremely good for us and would enable us to buy a better player elsewhere. I say this as an Emerson fan but if we are offered over £30 million we would be crazy not to at least consider it.
No chance we could replace what Royal gives us for £30M.
An ‘easy’ upgrade to which nobody has yet put forward a viable candidate who can either fulfil the same utilitarian remit as Royal and at a reasonable price point plus of course the more intangible measurements in how he’s perceived by team mates.
Of course we could. That's madness to suggest otherwise.
Who are you going to get in the next 10 days, for £30M that can immediately cover RB, LB and CB in the PL? And is a good fit, with the right attitude, in the squad?
