I agree. We sit here in SE25 watching transfer fees getting ever higher and higher and say how ridiculous it is and how lesser clubs like us can never compete. Then when we get a decent player that other clubs covet (he was one of the highest-rated players at Euro 2024 FFS) suddenly it's time for transfer fees to become 'sensible' again.

Edited by YT (06 Aug 2024 3.35pm)

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Agree with YT and Hrolf.

We’ll have over £100mil from Olise and Guehi but realistically, it should be a lot more. I’d suggest we may not have had Olise without a realise clause in the first instance though. To an extent, I’d welcome a bit more pace up top and aerial dominance at the back albeit we are losing two players almost certainly destined for greater things. Hope that’s the end of it however. Eze would be the most difficult to replace whereas wingers and centre backs aren’t too difficult to find (if we haven’t already).

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Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Newcastle paid 40 Mio for Joelinton 5 years ago, even without Saudi money. Compared to that 60 Mio for Guehni is laughable.

£60m would make him the joint 9th most expensive defender of all time.

Ahead of him would be only Maguire, Gvardiol, Van Dijk, Fofana, Lucas Hernandez, De Ligt (twice), Dias, and Hakimi.

We'd hardly be mugging them off at £60m - with the exception of Maguire and possibly Fofana who has had horrible luck with injuries, I'd swap him for any of those other defenders at the point their transfer was made in a heart beat.

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I think the Bottom line is, he isn't that good, best English defender of a bad bunch

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Oh I think I do.

Three CBs in Glasner's system. Anderson, Riad and Richards could be a very good first choice but the drop off to Holding, Clyne and Ward in reserve is huge.

It's that drop off from our first team to our reserves that has massively cost us in recent seasons, so bridging the gap and having a more balanced squad is vital.

I actually think Holding is a decent player if he gets fit but we definitely need at least one more high class CB. Either Lacroix or Chalobah would be fine.

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