Did he go to the World Cup ? Not asking sarcastically, just can’t remember if he did. If he did I’m sure he never played.

The biggest football tournament in the world, 2 months ago and he didn’t get in the squad. What did we take , 5/6 center backs ? It doesn’t make him any less of an England player , really?? Ha ha.

I think he’s a decent enough player.
But the England manager didn’t think he was in the top 6 CBs 2 months ago (I can’t remember a big outcry that he wasn’t picked), Chelsea let him go 18 months ago and no one has made a bid for him.
He’s not a world beater is he? If a silly bid comes in, I would take it.

Southgate took Conor Coady instead who was obviously never get a game and has not even a medium term England future (he's 30) but he did do an early press conferences so I thought that might be a weird but plausible reason for him going.

Missed opportunity to give a good young England prospect some tournament experience even if Marc, like Coady, was never going to get a game.

With respect. He took 6 people instead of marc
Yeah apparently Coady is great around the team.

Our new policy, if we are to see it through, of buying young talent works upon us being able to sell a player on every couple of years for a decent fee in order to further reinvest. We need to have pathways for players to develop as well. From our recent purchases Guehi has developed well and is probably our most sellable asset. Olise sill has big potential but inconsistent. Eze has stagnated. Decoure is having a fairly decent first season in the prem and could attract interest depending how we finish the season. It pains me to see how well Brighton are doing this, they either have someone already in their ranks to takeover from departing players or have signings identified immediately.

Obviously at the end of the season no one wants to sell their best players but as a club we have to be open to negotiation and have a plan in place to quickly reinvest. Again Brighton have done this seamlessly with the sale and replacements of players like White, Cucurella and Bisssouma. All of their purchases obviously haven't always worked out but when for every decent sale you can invest in 3 or 4 new players you can swallow some busts Locadia, Maupay, Jahanbakhash.

Without players being sold we're currently working on a very tight budget which basically requires every signing to be a sure fire hit... that's not sustainable as there's not one team in the division that doesn't make mistakes in the transfer market.