This is outdated thinking in my eyes and if Brighton had dug in over selling Cucarella, Bissouma, Trossard, White etc they wouldn't have been able to build a team that have done so well this season.

The horrible reality is that they have leapfrogged us by being shrewd at transfers and if we have any chance of moving up that table we have to do the same.

In the last few years we've roughly bought Eze for 15m, Guehi for 20m, Andersen for 15m, Olise for 7m and Doucoure for 20m.

That's 75-80m for 5 outstanding players. If we can sell Guehi for £50-60m and use the money to invest in the team, we're going to be stronger overall even if he will be a big individual loss.

The sad reality is that it's the only way we'll be able to spend.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I never rated Maguire and always complained when he got picked for England. He's just a big thug. I get what you're saying though, but that's also my point, Guehi has not yet proved himself to be a 50/60m+ defender. Like with AWB it may come down to whether Parish is under any pressure to sell; if he's not then he'll likely demand a premium.

Indeed its a fine balancing act . Young players wont sign for us if they think they will not be allowed to move to more prestigious clubs if they are wanted by them . I suppose we need to get as close as we can to them so other things become a consideration .

Agree, other than Bolasie and AWB i don't think we've sold anyone for decent money (£5m plus) since we gained promotion so if Guehi was to be sold (or an.other) it wouldn't be the end of the world.

Couple of other points to make.

FFP rules might have some impact on whether we do sell.
Wolves, Everton and to a lesser extent Leicester now have issues due to years of heavy spending.

Finally, don't under-estimate the will of the player. If a player has his head turned it is difficult to keep an unhappy player.
I don't think Guehi us that type of player, but it does happen quite frequently.

Edited by palace99 (23 May 2023 3.08pm)

Wilf went before we were promoted (and for £10m). Forgot about Gayle, however, we did pay a massive amount for him and so the profit wasn't excessive. My point remains FFP rules may require us to sell the odd player for a big profit every now and again. Something we haven't done since AWB, 3 years ago.

I really think we have to take advantage of the position with Guehi, although everyone would like him to stay, if a bidding war starts between 3/4 rich clubs we could really push the price up to silly money, particularly if Richards looks like he is going to be a very good CD, and reinvest the 60/70/80m in the squad, particularly as luka, McArthur, Guehi and Wilf (if he goes) is 300k a week saving on salaries

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