Babylon Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 1 hour ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: He will go for £100m+. Bookmark this. He might do, or you could cash out now and take a healthy £45m profit in a year and buy a CB and a RW.
filbertway Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 they might value him at that, but there's no way they can afford it
Gevans_97 Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 can’t believe people are genuinely considering selling someone who could be one of the world’s best in a couple of years time. And at a time where half of FoxesTalk are stressing about not having enough CBs... The upside is massive on Wes. Even a couple of half-baked seasons and he’ll still be worth well over £50m. 3
Clever Fox Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 There's no way we're selling him to anybody for anything less than north of 100 million. He's the future on which the team is being built going forward.
SecretPro Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 Our best defender in pre-season. Looks in good form and we need that if Evans is out. No chance we sell.
TMELcfc Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 He’ll go, but not this season. Anyone thinking we will keep him long term if he continues his meteoric rise, is an ostrich
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 20 minutes ago, Babylon said: He might do, or you could cash out now and take a healthy £45m profit in a year and buy a CB and a RW. Would rather keep one of the best young CBs in the world than gamble that we can replace him at relatively short notice, even for a massive profit. 1
Babylon Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 5 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said: Would rather keep one of the best young CBs in the world than gamble that we can replace him at relatively short notice, even for a massive profit. But that's the decision the club makes, they can put feelers out to see who is available and for what and you make your decision on that. Whilst he was very good, he also made plenty of mistakes. If he was 28, people wouldn't be raving that much about him, he gets a pass because he's good for his age. 2
Dahnsouff Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 5 minutes ago, Babylon said: But that's the decision the club makes, they can put feelers out to see who is available and for what and you make your decision on that. Whilst he was very good, he also made plenty of mistakes. If he was 28, people wouldn't be raving that much about him, he gets a pass because he's good for his age. Thats a large portion of what makes him so valuable, he fits so perfectly with our model, his resale value is going to be astronomical on current trajectory, and you don't buy a finished article, someone like Van Dijk at 20, he has to be nurtured. He would be extremely difficult to replace like for like I think
An Sionnach Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 1 minute ago, Dahnsouff said: Thats a large portion of what makes him so valuable, he fits so perfectly with our model, his resale value is going to be astronomical on current trajectory, and you don't buy a finished article, someone like Van Dijk at 20, he has to be nurtured. He would be extremely difficult to replace like for like I think We actually paid what must be a near world record for a 19 y.o. CB at £30 million so it was a big risk for someone with very limited experience. It is paying off so far but we will know more when he plays with Caglar regularly.
coolhandfox Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 Anyone who thinks we would turn down 80m-100m is off their rocker. Anything above 80m would be a world record for a defender. Anything above 100m puts it in the top 5 transfers of all time. 3
John rayner Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 1 hour ago, Babylon said: He might do, or you could cash out now and take a healthy £45m profit in a year and buy a CB and a RW. Why would we want to sell Fofona the lad is quality
brookfox Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 (edited) It's a tough one. On one hand he's young, quality and I've only seen him play in person for 20 mins vs Spurs. On the other hand if he goes for £80m and we replace him with Berrardi, Kabak and Tarkowski I feel like we'd be in a better position overall. I think if we can get the Evans cover and someone (anyone!) for the RW spot this summer without selling him I'd keep him for now. Edited 3 August 2021 by brookfox
Babylon Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 46 minutes ago, John rayner said: Why would we want to sell Fofona the lad is quality Because if Madrid did actually come knocking, he’d want to go and he’s far from the finished article. So we’d sell and strengthen several areas. 1 1
The_77 Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 47 minutes ago, brookfox said: It's a tough one. On one hand he's young, quality and I've only seen him play in person for 20 mins vs Spurs. On the other hand if he goes for £80m and we replace him with Berrardi, Kabak and Tarkowski I feel like we'd be in a better position overall. I think if we can get the Evans cover and someone (anyone!) for the RW spot this summer without selling him I'd keep him for now. Another season or two and he could probably get us twice the quality of those players.
Popular Post PaulW Posted 3 August 2021 Popular Post Posted 3 August 2021 if we were to sell Little Wes, Youri and Maddison would both likely see that as a lack of ambition to compete at the highest level by the Club, and they would soon be off as well, and we would fade into mid-table mediocrity at best. 5
KingsX Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 It’s a new era for dealing with the “rich” Spanish clubs. “We’ll pay you when we get the ESL money” is not going to move Susan Whelan off the dime. 1
gerblod Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 11 hours ago, SkidsFox said: As to the idea that Spain (a certain matter of the Spanish Civil War, and UN sanctions after the war) and Italy (a major battlefield during the war) were "unscathed" afterwards, is a bit of a leap in the imagination. I maybe should have written relatively unscathed. You should understand that there was a distinct differentiation in the damage done to Southern Italy and Northern Italy. Kesselring's defences impeded Allied progress much beyond Rome and German troops occupied the north until conflict ceased. I recognise the impact the Spanish Civil War had on certain regions of Spain, but the country had seven years to recover while the rest of Europe (bar Sweden and Switzerland) suffered a disastrous occupation of five years length which transformed into battlegrounds later and in the case of Eastern Europe led to Stalinist occupation and Soviet puppet governments until Gorbachev's decision to abandon the Cold War. It is regrettable too that the once immensely strong South American leagues in Argentina and Brazil are now mere supply pools for Europe.
FoxOnWheels Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 I think Fofana is special and wouldn’t entertain selling him for anything less than an obscene fee e.g £150M 1
Popular Post UpTheLeagueFox Posted 3 August 2021 Popular Post Posted 3 August 2021 People suggesting we should hold out for 120-150m for him this summer are deluded. How many players go for north of 80m? About 10 worldwide ever! Of course we ideally don't want to to sell any of our best players ever but 80m for example - a 50m profit in 12 months - would be insane business. It's too close to the start of the season to consider it now, obviously. (Unless we have some big aces up the sleeve on the quiet). We buy, we nurture, we sell at a profit, we go again - our model is excellent. 10
Babylon Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 44 minutes ago, FoxOnWheels said: I think Fofana is special and wouldn’t entertain selling him for anything less than an obscene fee e.g £150M The that’s the second highest transfer of all time… by a clear £61m.
Babylon Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 5 hours ago, PaulW said: if we were to sell Little Wes, Youri and Maddison would both likely see that as a lack of ambition to compete at the highest level by the Club, and they would soon be off as well, and we would fade into mid-table mediocrity at best. They will be off anyway if big clubs and bids come in.
Hamilton Fox Posted 3 August 2021 Posted 3 August 2021 8 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said: People suggesting we should hold out for 120-150m for him this summer are deluded. How many players go for north of 80m? About 10 worldwide ever! Of course we ideally don't want to to sell any of our best players ever but 80m for example - a 50m profit in 12 months - would be insane business. It's too close to the start of the season to consider it now, obviously. (Unless we have some big aces up the sleeve on the quiet). We buy, we nurture, we sell at a profit, we go again - our model is excellent. People suggesting those figures don’t want him sold full stop. Making a on a profit player isn’t always greatest interest of the club. Man United sold Ronaldo for 70m profit, didn’t look a great deal after he became one of the greatest players ever did it? We make £50m profit on him and then spend day £30m on a replacement, you’ve only gained £20m and no guarantees they work out either. I’ll want more money the day he does ask to leave..
gerblod Posted 4 August 2021 Posted 4 August 2021 20 hours ago, SkidsFox said: Probably they did it by being open to importing foreign talent - they already had big ties to south America, and Eastern Europe is not so far. Remember it was not really until the 70s that we started seeing big imports into the English game - we thought we had enough talent here, and to be honest, since we also had sons of Empire immigrants, and the Scottish talent pool to draw upon, they had a point. I owe you an apology - I was being condescending in my comment about Italy. As far as the UN sanctions imposed on Francoist Spain - I was unaware of that situation. I believed the significant influx of 'foreign' players had begun with Spurs signing Ardiles and Villa after the '78 World Cup. I see that as the beginning of the end for the development of young talent from British and Irish sources - with its concomitant weakening of the national game. When Busby lost his first collection of 'Babes' at Munich in '58, that team was entirely sourced from Britain and Ireland - and Jock Stein's Celtic finally broke into Europe in '67 - with an entirely Scots team - quickly followed by Busby's second group of Babes. Anyway, this is wildly off-topic and, despite my jaundiced overview of today's frenzied transfer market, I'd hate to see Wes leaving City. 1
SkidsFox Posted 4 August 2021 Posted 4 August 2021 15 minutes ago, gerblod said: I owe you an apology - I was being condescending in my comment about Italy. As far as the UN sanctions imposed on Francoist Spain - I was unaware of that situation. I believed the significant influx of 'foreign' players had begun with Spurs signing Ardiles and Villa after the '78 World Cup. I see that as the beginning of the end for the development of young talent from British and Irish sources - with its concomitant weakening of the national game. When Busby lost his first collection of 'Babes' at Munich in '58, that team was entirely sourced from Britain and Ireland - and Jock Stein's Celtic finally broke into Europe in '67 - with an entirely Scots team - quickly followed by Busby's second group of Babes. Anyway, this is wildly off-topic and, despite my jaundiced overview of today's frenzied transfer market, I'd hate to see Wes leaving City. No need for an apology - we're all big boys here, aren't we? And yes, the purchases of Ardiles and Villa (and the Dutch guys at Ipswich) were who I was referencing by the start of the influx of foreign players into the local game. Which is why we now have stars like Fofana and Tielemans in the Leicester team.
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