Haha thanks
In terms of the values I’m just going off the values being thrown about in the media, and they didn’t seem too outrageous to me given;
Fraser’s only got one year left on his contract and he’s been rejecting new offers;
Bailly was bought for £30m and surely his stock has fallen since given his lack of appearances?
I personally think Bailly is underrated, he has had some bad games but I’ve also seen him have great ones and he actually has some pace which we could probably do with. I reckon if he got a good run in the team he could become a lot more consistent, and he is still young particularly for a central defender. If we could get him for £20m I think he’d be a bargain.
Vida is just the cheap option, not saying he’s the best but we need somebody half decent there, although I would love for Holding to really stake a claim…
That’s a fairly comprehensive list.
I think I would keep Ozil and possibly Mkhitayran but the others can go.
It’s interesting that you think we will get twice as much for Mustafi as we would Ozil, but even considering Ozil’s wages, he must be worth more than 10m and, unless there is a club that’s never seen Mustafi play for us, I can’t see us getting as much as 20m for him.
I like a few of the players you listed as transfer targets.
Gomes and Fraser would be decent, if not elite, and Bailly would be good as well, he’s got PL experience, but would Man U sell him to us?
If we do see Ozil leave I would like to see a top European quality player coming in to replace him.
But If we see only a net spend of the reported 45m, I think we are going to struggle next season to get a top four place and there is going to be a backlash.
It might also mean the few remaining decent players we have will be off.
We need to make a statement of intent and spend big, because our rivals certainly will, and we’re going to get left behind.
As I said he’s the cheap option rather than a preferred target, but I’ve seen a number of articles saying Wolves, Tottenham and Arsenal are interested…
Yeah I found it quite difficult to quantify the value we’d get for Mustafi, he’s had an awful spell with us but he is still young/in his prime for his position and has done well previously, I don’t think a PL team would give us a lot for him but maybe we’d have more success selling abroad?
The problem with Ozil is his wages, the lack of teams who could even meet his wage demands means there’s less competition which drives down the price, and we may even have to subsidise some of his wages if he goes which means even if we did get £20m for him we might be spending £5/10m of that on wages. Really depends on who’s interested…
Mkhitaryan is tough - I was fully on board with signing him but he’s just done nothing since signing. Maybe another season to see if he can adapt?
To be fair, Mustafi, as cover, isn’t the worst CB we have had.
Emery has stuck with him this season, and has even played him as a FB, so he must see something in him.
When he didn’t play against Wolves we still managed to look just as bad in defence.
That’s why I think he’ll keep him.
Believe me, if we sold him and bought two world class CB’s that would be ideal, but I don’t even think we’ll buy one world class CB, so we have to make do with what we have.
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