The statement comes hot on the heels of renewed interest in Cheik Tiote from Chelsea who are said to be pondering a £20 million bid in January.
Last January said the same thing about Andy Carroll, and we all know how that ended up! However the justification for it at the time was that we weren’t in a position as a club to turn down the deal and he warned that it could happen again. However that stance has changed.
When asked about any potential sale of his star players, Pardew told the Mirror: “It is going to cost a hell of a lot of money, a hell of a lot of money because we’re in that position now.”
“I think any of our players that get linked to other clubs, those clubs are going to need to know they’ll need to pay a shed load of money to get anyone out of this football club.”
He added: “I don’t envisage anyone going out in this window.”
“But if a club, one of the top clubs, comes in and wants to pay way, way over the odds we’ll have to look at it.”
To me this is the acid test. Are we going to try and build a team? Or are we going to cash in and attempt to replace any outgoing players? That is the question isn’t it?
I don’t think many people will argue that every player has a price, and if one of the top teams comes in for one of our players the likelihood is that the player will want to move. It’s part of football.
However this cost-cutting needs to have an upside somewhere. We’ve been told how great we are doing financially and how we are on course to break even so there should be no reason to sell. Time will tell of course.
Pardew then moved on to incoming players and gave us a bit of an idea of what we can expect in January.
“We have looked at the African Nations Cup and we have looked at the next window,” said Pardew. “I think the maximum we would do is two players in. That would be our maximum. Then if anyone left, it would be a third.”
So the upshot of this is that we don’t need to sell players now unless it is for silly money. Perhaps now we can start to build a team and squad with a view to improving longer term and not worry so much about players leaving?
I remain sceptical. Actions are louder than words!
@toonsy.. I want to revise the question y’day regarding a rich investor or ‘as we are’.
I want a rich invester now. I said I’ll revisit the question in Jan after sales but it seem inevitable we will continue to sell our best players regardless of Euro places/team unity etc. We are nothing but a selling club that enjoys its football for the moment. Pards is proving to be a puppet again after great work. I expect Tiote and Krul to be gone in January, Pards has more or less indicated this.
I hope Ashley f**ks off & a wealthy investor takes us to where we belong.
mark(Quote)
I think our policy is to sell players who are overvalued, and ensure that a replacement is at least lined up. This was not done for Carroll but was for Nolan & Barton. Enrique has been replaced by Santon, who currently cannot get in the team.
Premandup(Quote)
I think if any player is sold we have a player in mind to replace them
Johno toon(Quote)
Perhaps now we can start to build a team and squad with a view to improving longer term and not worry so much about players leaving?
I doubt it m8, I thought the ‘old guard’ sales last year would be the last, I believed we would invest slowly to build on our league position making money through success on the pitch.
I now believe we’ll buy cheap sell them for profit until Ashley has made enuf to claw back his debt b4 leaving. I’m not happy with this, anyway tiote is worth more than £25mill
Pards has just sofened the blow with this news release.
mark(Quote)
I’d hate to see Tiote go particularly if we have a real chance of qualifying for Europe. The problem is the club are still £100+million in debt to Ashley and a bid of £25-£30 million might be too good to turn down. Every player has a price though and we would have to rely on Carr to have someone else lined up. I’d be gutted but can see it happen in January or the summer
3hourswasted(Quote)
I’d hate to see tiote go. Maybe more to it then Guthrie signing a new contract. Tiote is possible already gone 🙁
I’d love us to do a Spurs and refuse to sell players. Unfortunately Spurs want success on the pitch.
mark(Quote)
this is a big fear,we all know ashley likes to make a profit but we well never move forward,if we constantly less owa better players
hitman(Quote)
I think we all know what will happen !
keith(Quote)
If a player wants to leave what are we supposed to do? sell for a low price or sell for a high price? .. nothing to do with what MA or anyone else wants in that case .. it is the fans who create a misnomer such as ‘we are a selling club without ambition’ – Man Utd sold Ronaldo – every club is a selling club if a player wants to leave and the right price is offered.
TOONPIPES(Quote)
Dont know if anyone saw sunday supplement on Sky just now but sounds like judas is f ucking it right up at the bindippers
TOONPIPES(Quote)
@toonpipes..If a player wants to leave what are we supposed to do..
Tiote said he is totally happy here so it shouldnt be a problem then,, yeah?
mark(Quote)
which player wants to leave..
hitman(Quote)
pipes@10 😆 😆 😆 😆 😀 😀 😀
hitman(Quote)
fat judas likes his peev
TOONPIPES(Quote)
toonpipes@ 9
Difference is ManU spent that money on buying lots of good players Jones Smalling Young etc
Fatty will keep the money and hope the scouts can find more players for him to make money on , not good news for the team .
keith(Quote)
Pardew a puppet? Rubbish, I thought we had learned that by now. I don’t think any players will leave in January. Just because a newspaper is reporting of a possible bid, all the neggers are suggesting it’s already a done deal. I firmly believe there has been a change in attitude in the club and Ashley is enjoying the current “success”, maybe with the resulting financial windfalls in mind.
Tony Toon(Quote)
@toonpipes
I firmly believe there has been a change in attitude,
so did I m8 but Tiote saying he was happy here, Guthrie signing a new contract & Pards talking about player leaving…but perhaps not in Jan suggest to me that players will leave in Jan.
Don’t get me wrong I think Pards is excellent for the toon but he’s a puppet in the way of accepting MA’s stance in sell sell regardless of success on the pitch.
mark(Quote)
sorry@ toonpipes, meant *@Tony Toon 🙄
mark(Quote)
Didnt Lambastard say something like “you don’t know how ****ing nasty we can be!”
We proved by selling Carroll that we will sell our top players (and regardless of how he is playing now, he was our best player at the time)
That’s the difference between a club with ambition and a club who are prepared to cash in.
I could list numerous clubs who have had stupid money bids like spurs with Modric (ambitious club) or Everton with Phil jagielka (who need the money).
We will sell if big money is offered, no doubt.
Tiote and Cabaye will attract attention but they are on long contracts…. My concern is still for Coloccini who is on high wages and has still not signed a new deal.
Sharpy17(Quote)
On the subject of players being lined up to move, we shouldn’t underestimate the attitude of the player in all of this. If the player get’s a better offer to develop himself on a sporting level and play against the best in the world, champs league every year etc, then his head will be turned for sure. Notwithstanding that he’ll more than likely get a canny pay increase into the bargain.
Of course with our lot we’ll never know the truth…”I was pushed..didn’t want to leave etc etc”….. the only thing for sure is that as always the fans will suffer..
Munich Mag(Quote)
tony toon@16
What has Ashley done to make you “firmly believe there has been a change in attitude in the club ” actions speak louder than words and the Carroll money has still not been spent and theres lots of money comeing in and none getting spent on the team !
keith(Quote)
mark…on the subect of Pardew being a puppet. What do you expect him to do mate, fall on his sword and quit his job, just cos Ashley has a chance to turn a 7 fold return on one of his “investments” ?
There are enough “pundits” sitting on sofas mate….he probably likes managing the toon. Doesn’t make him a “puppet” though.
I personally think Pardew has done a great job on both the footballing front, and on the media front communicating a good side to NUFC…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Coming into a different phase of development under Ashley so it`s too hard to tell whether we will sell anybody no matter how important given a decent offer. Time will tell I guess. As for being a selling club to date, partially true but over exaggerated. Most if not all players we have sold under Ashley, especially post relegation can be justified.
Tiote will always have big names attached to him, he is a top four player. In fairness to the lad he has always come out after media speculation linking him with Chelsea and Man Utd saying he wants to stay at Newcastle. Do I think we would sell him if we got £25m? Probably, but for a team in our position that is just how it is, we are not a title contender or not in Europe every season.
I think Pardew is just being open and honest about it, which is what fans wanted was it not? The financial state of the club is now looking relatively healthy and Tiote is signed to a six year deal. Unlike before, we don`t HAVE to sell players but offers way over the odds always have to be considered. Every club is the same, even the big ones.
If clubs want Tiote they will have to pay at least £20m, and by the sounds of what happened with the Carroll deal we won`t accept annual installments either, money up front or on your bike, which not a lot of clubs will do, especially with FFP rules coming in.
keithrtoon(Quote)
mark@17 spot on
keith(Quote)
I didn’t read Pardew’s comments as allaying any fears Toonsy. To me it reads like an advert for the NUFC January Sales! I would sum up his comments as “If you want Collocini or Tiote, come and get them – but it’ll cost you”.
UTD111(Quote)
Every transfer window that comes along we talk about this and that player leaving, this is how its going to be as long as big Mick rules the roost.
We are 3rd in the league, have the makings of a fantasic team, in reality we should be talking about who we should be bringing in to take us to the next level during the transfer window.
Jostoon(Quote)
I remeber Cabaye saying that he came here for European Football. And the sceptics laughed. Far too much pessimism on this blog today, I thought we won yesterday.
Premandup(Quote)
keithrtoon@23
Im not bothered about selling for mega bucks what bothers me is that not one cent goes back into the team and that is avoidabe !
keith(Quote)
@MunichMag
“I personally think Pardew has done a great job on both the footballing front, and on the media front communicating a good side to NUFC…”
so do I mate, I would roll the red carpet for Pards if I saw him but he’s a puppet in accepting our postion in selling our best players regardless of what we achieve as a football club. Hes a manager who should be proud of his achievements but seems content in his role as coach. he deserves more than MA is prepared to offer him.
I wouldnt want him to leave but other managers like Moyes, Redknapper would have a bigger stance than pards.
mark(Quote)
hope it is not another case of sale our best players then hope that Carr can bring in another cheap top class replacement there is only so many times that can happen. if we want to keep up our current league position we need to keep our best players and actually spend some that Carroll money on getting a bit more needed depth to the squad not just lining that fat wankers pockets
john(Quote)
@Keith
exactly m8 we will never see tiotes money.
We were promised to see some of the £35 mill for a new striker, suppossedly on Maiga last window, but that fell thru now we have to sell the naming rights for £10mill to get maiga??
We’ll might be in a Euro position come Jan then sell players leaving us out of reach of that spot. is it worth it?
mark(Quote)
John…Carr doesn’t “hope” to bring in players. That’s part of his remit to find players, I’m sure he’s been working on a Tiote replacement for 6 months now.
Munich Mag(Quote)
There was an unnerving part of Llambias’s stadium naming rights statement for me, that nobody seemed to pull up…
…””The fans want us to buy more players, we need a new striker in January, ‘we’ll need replacements in the summer’.
…it’s that last bit I didn’t like the sound of – the ‘replacements’ bit. This suggests to me they’re already negotiating outgoing deals.
I suppose we all know players will get sold if we’re offered a decent wedge. Of course we’re not a ‘selling club’ though.
Rodzilla(Quote)
If Chelsea offer 35 million then we’ll sell, Liverpool and spurs would do the same – we’re not realistically going to make champs league tho we could poss get Europa cup, think Liverpool will be the team we need to finish above to qualify
stevep(Quote)
A real plus point out of the City game yesterday was the performance of Hatem Ben Arfa. It’s clear to see that this bloke can do things with the ball that few in the Premier League can match. He is a fantastic asset for the toon, Pardew needs to get his tactics right so that we can take advantage of this magician. He should start every game from now on imo. The bloke is world class..
Munich Mag(Quote)
Its all about ambition ! From the fans point of view that was only shown briefly in the KK years.The list of players leaving has been constant in my many years as a supporter.I think Pardew is just covering himself for a future Carroll moment.Who decides what is “silly money” No doubt Ashley has ambition its to make money ours just happenes to be different.
nutmag(Quote)
Munich Mag@ 22
Agree mate. Damned if he does, and damned if he doesn’t.
What do we expect him to answer? Our players are not for sell? He said that and look what happened? We call him a liar. No comment? People will say that he’s indecisive. The fact is, Del Boy and MA are the one deciding whether we need to sell or not.
This has been said a thousand times before, we are all a puppet of our paymaster. Unless you are self-employed. But we can get another man of principle, like Keegan. Then we gonna have a new manager every time we sell a player.
zammy(Quote)
The 2 Manchester teams are pretty much unassailable at the moment, City cos of the cash investment, Man Utd cos of Fergie. The rest of the teams are going through a transition. Take a look at the competition…
Man City…stable side, stable manager, loads of money. Consistent top 4 side.
Man United…what will happen when Fergie retires ? A period of instability perhaps, but still consistent top 4 side.
Chelsea – in a period of transition, but loads of money, top young manager – consistent top 4 side.
Arsenal – Wenger hoying his toys out of the pram, within hitting distance of the toon.
Spurs – what happens when Harry Redknapp leaves for England, they’ll lose momentum and start to fall away – within hitting distance of the toon.
Liverpool – building up a head of steam, hoying loads of money around, but have a gash manager – within hitting distance of the toon.
Everton – what will happen when they sell the club ? Small stadium, no spending power, canny manager – within hitting distance of the toon.
Newcastle – stable manager, stable side, good young players coming through. Will stand and fall on next 2 years development with the club, new stadium sponsor / new joint owner ?? Could go both ways, stand or fall..
We could make top 5 – 6, it would be a tall order, but it’s not impossible with some sensible investment.
Munich Mag(Quote)
aye Rod, that didnt sit well with me…””The fans want us to buy more players, we need a new striker in January, ‘we’ll need replacements in the summer’.
…it’s that last bit I didn’t like the sound of – the ‘replacements’ bit. This suggests to me they’re already negotiating outgoing deals
of course the deals are already done. Just like carrolls was which we denied after Thompson suggest it had been done.
ah well, at least we know where we stand now..sell sell sell onwards and backward..mint!
mark(Quote)
harsh calling pardew a puppet,theres not a thing he can do if ashley wants to sell,unfortunately for us and the rest of the prem league,man city,man utd and chelsea come calling, offer silly money and mega wages,and the players gone,sad sign of the times.
mg man(Quote)
I reckon Richard Branson and the toon is a partnership made in heaven.
Could you imagine Ashely , Lambias and Branson team building in outer space !!…wehey…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Here we go again 🙄
witters(Quote)
@MM
I reckon Richard Branson and the toon is a partnership made in heaven.
so do I, I thinks its gonna happen in the near future. hope so.
mark(Quote)
@28 I get the “none of the Carroll money was spent” argument, but to say that not a penny was spent is just wrong…
Santon, Cabaye, Obertan… approx. £13m… balanced out somewhat by Nolan and Enrique… approx. £10m… so £3m spent…
Signing fees for free transfers.. Demba Ba and Marveaux.. speculation of course but I would hazard a guess at another £3m there, especially considering there was stiff competition for both… so that`s £6m say not including signing fees for other players….
If people are going to use the Carroll money as an argument then you also have to include Hatem Ben Arfa who was signed in January for £6m… that brings spending up to approx. £12m..
Add to that signing fees for all the players who received new 5 year contracts over the past year, again hard to know but all in all probably another £3m
Understand some wanted all £35m to be spent but it was never going to happen. Fair enough, if all of that Carroll money was specifically for transfers we should have roughly £20m left…
Would you liked to have seen it spent on people like Ruiz £12m? Gervinho £10m+? Be held to ransom over Erdinc? Spend £10m on Cissokho? £7.5m on Pieters when he`s in the final year of his contract? when we only got £6m for Enrique who is unquestionably a better player… see where i`m coming from?
We have spent money, just spent well.. and of course we were all annoyed to not see a striker signed, and maybe another defender (LB) but personally I would not have been too happy with spending that sort of money on any of the above mentioned..
Clearly we done some great business and we are a better side than last year even with the players we sold so tbh can`t complain at all about the transfer policy or dealings to date and certainly don`t agree that we didn`t spend a penny on players.
Would rather wait 6 months and get a bargain on the likes of Pieters, Erdinc or Maiga than pay too much for players that are no better than what we currently have. Spending for the sake of spending because we have it is what we used to do and look where that got us!
Of course if we sold Tiote for £20m we would replace him, but also safe to say we would spend about £5m on that replacement.. if we spent all £20 on replacing him what would be the point in selling him in the first place?
keithrtoon(Quote)
***** innit Mark. Admittedly nowt’s happened yet, but history suggests it will. It’s just fkn annoying when we seem so close to a full picnic then fatboy nicks all the crisps. They still don’t seem to be arsed about increasing our numbers. I shat myself when Ba went down on Saturday. It’s things like that that should be hitting home with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. We’re obviously missing Tiote too.
Must admit, I wouldn’t be too arsed if we ‘replaced’ Ryan Taylor. Hopefully clueless Dalglish will offer us 15m for him or sumik, and we’ll re-invest it in Pieters or Ridgwell straight away.
Rodzilla(Quote)
….* I meant “Pieters AND Ridgewell”
Rodzilla(Quote)
Like the Branson Idea, Throw in Nike too.
Just some stats.
Tiote playing this season EPL. p9 w5d4l0 s12c6 2.11ppg 1.33gpg 0.67cpg 2clean sheets
Guthrie playing p3 w2d0l1 s6c5 2.00ppg 2.00gpg 1.67cpg 0cs.
obviously we score more and conceed more ith Guthrie instead of Tiote but his stats don’t look bad given that that includes the City game. Interestingly Tiote has 2 assists whereas Guthrie still has to get one.
Can we live without Tiote, of course, we are doing. This is the area where everybody says we are overstocked with CM.
Having said all that I think he will stay if we continue our good form and would only move for CL football if we fail to qualify for the Europa Cup.
Premandup(Quote)
@rod “so close to a full picnic then fatboy nicks all the crisps.” lol sums it up perfectly.
I **** myself when colo and Saylor collided.. imaging if they both got injured 🙁
Maybe Dalglish has some cash saved for Raylor after his Marv sale was scuppered, i’m sure he had a wry smile when he heard the news about his injured groin.
mark(Quote)
I totally agree Zammy. Pardew just can’t win no matter what he does or says. I think he has worked out how to play Ashley in that he knows just how far he can go with the owner. He can’t promise anything but will constantly push (and he knows how to make a convincing argument) his boundaries knowing that with the increased success has come a greater willingness to accede to the manager’s wishes. This has not, and will not, be achieved overnight but the progress is obvious to everyone other than those so blinkered they don’t wish to see that the Pardew/Ashley relationship is anything other than bad for the club.
Tony Toon(Quote)
Basically there is no point in selling our best players, whatever is offered if we’re not going to reinvest it in squad strengthening.
If we get an offer of £30m for Tiote (And I wouldn’t sell for anything less) I would sell IF we good spend it on the squad, if not forget it, no point.
Stuart79(Quote)
perhaps we bought Mehdi Abeid for a replacement for the imminent tiote departure or am i just getting paranoid nu 🙁
I think I need some fresh air..
mark(Quote)
@toontony
I think he has worked out how to play Ashley in that he knows just how far he can go with the owner.
lol I doubt Pards has any ability in playing Ashley, totally the other way round.
I think Pards is just happy to be here.
MA has a history of employing managers that will be happy just to be here but bark when told to. apart for KK who was bought to appease the Arabs
mark(Quote)
For me, we will never compete regularly for Europe or better if we choose to sell our best players for big money if we don’t need it.
Furthermore, we make it all the more difficult to break into those top 5-6 teams while we sell our top players to those clubs we are competing with for those places… Were weakening our team to stregthen theirs… but at least we’ll have a boat load of money in the bank (that won’t get spent)
Sharpy17(Quote)
Mark, I don’t think it’s being paranoid mate, it’s all down to ‘once bitten, twice shy’ – well it is with me anyway. And yeah, I bet the scousers were pissing themselves when Marveaux went twang.
…agree with Stu@50. It’s this one step forward one step back fkn football club hokey-cokey philosophy.
Anyway, we’ve currently got all our players, so let’s just look forward to beating Man U! 🙂 😎
Rodzilla(Quote)
@rod good shout m8
Anyway, we’ve currently got all our players, so let’s just look forward to beating Man U
its like the soup kitchen tramps enjoing their rations while they last.. 😆
mark(Quote)
hahaha
Rodzilla(Quote)
All clubs are selling clubs if the price is right.
Some clubs like Man City , Man Utd e.t.c can hang on to certain players only because those players are wanting silverware and those clubs are better suited to that, so they stay, not to mention that other clubs couldn’t afford them.
Naturally our better players will be sounded out by the bigger clubs as will any clubs better players.
For us to keep pushing forward , we have to build up the coffers to make the club absolutely sustainable in itself and the faster track to that is by taking clubs eyes out when they come in for our players.
Tiote, £3.5 million would, in my mind, only be sold for 25 million plus a player deal or something on those lines.
If and I say If, he goes then it’s just another chapter in the life of a football club but he would be replaced by a player with similar pedigree, maybe even better.
No one can underestimate Graham Carr and what he can find and although Tiote is a major piece in our jigsaw at the minute, we haven’t really suffered for his absence ..
Danny Guthrie looks like a brand new player and as his confidence builds up.
Guthrie could prove to be a very important cog in this machine this season .
This club appears to be geared on young blood coming through the ranks to complement the seniors over time and once it’s fully in place where they have properly come of age, this will be our policy in a sort of Man Utd way with how they blooded their youngsters.
In my opinion no matter what happens, no matter who’s sold, this club will continue to go forwards and I believe everyone at the club is committed to that.
wolfie(Quote)
Don’t really get why Pardew is getting grief for this?
Isn’t it just what happens in football? Basically the stance gas changed from being “vulnerable” to being able to resist a deal unless its silly money.
I thought that was a good thing personally.
If Chelsea come calling then most players will go as they’ll want to do what is best for them.
There is nothing new here.
toonsy(Quote)
Agreed Toonsy.
wolfie(Quote)
And having a billionaire invester is working wonders with City and Tevez currently….
toonsy(Quote)
Wolfie, I hope you’re right with the …”he would be replaced by a player with similar pedigree, maybe even better” bit. Carr does seem to know his onions like.
(Toonsy, I’ve just noticed I can only copy and paste one paragraph at a time from peoples’ comments – is this intentional to keep the post length down?)
Rodzilla(Quote)
Money no object owners “in my opinion” create money all object players.
wolfie(Quote)
Anyone who doesn’t understand it can look at clubs like Arsenal, Olympic Lyonaisse or simply read Soccornomics. It ain’t rocket science. eg Transfer fees acount for 16% of a clubs success whereas salaries count for 80%. So spend the money on salaries and save money on transfers. Buy Cheap sell high. Replace with younger, cheaper, better. Makes sense to me.
Premandup(Quote)
Just your posts Rodz… 😉
witters(Quote)
PREMANDUP
spot on mate I’m with you on that.
wolfie(Quote)
…haha Witters, have I been put on the paste offenders register Toonsy? 😆
Rodzilla(Quote)
Rods – Nah not intentional. Never knew about it lol
Its funny how Tiote is sold already just because the Sunday Mirror says a bid may come in. Even at £20 mill I don’t think we’ll sell. Its not exactly mega money for a player like Tiote with six years of a contract left is it?
toonsy(Quote)
Isn’t it about time the reality train to arrived…plenty of seats available but on the basis of today’s comment it will fill up quickly 🙄
witters(Quote)
It’ll crash mate, just like before.
Premandup(Quote)
Agree with Toonsy at 67.
Personally I think Cheik seems sensible and will wait until the summer before he decides anything so he can see where we finish.
BUT if we can keep the core of the team and by that I mean; Krul, Taylor, Coloccini, Tiote and Cabaye together for a few year then we have a real chance.
Also, hate to jump on the bandwagon but I thought Ben Arfa was class yesterday. The thought of him running at Rio:twisted:
dan4toon(Quote)
70% of paper talk is usually bollocks and pure speculation based on Chinese whispers coming from all nooks and crannies.
I personally think Ashley and Llambias would sit back and **** themselves laughing at a £20 million bid for Tiote.
If Chelsea come in with that, Ashley would probably say ” come back when you want to be sensible” then slam the phone down and wait for the inevitable mountainous price hike.
This clubs reputation of being a feeder club for the big boys for peanuts is well and truly in the past.
You only have to look at the whopping contracts given out to our best and future prospects to realize that we have all avenues well and truly closed off to potential **** taking mega clubs vultures.
wolfie(Quote)
Dan4toon…
When Ben Arfa is fully up to speed , he is gonna terrorize defences as he showed yesterday in glimpses.
wolfie(Quote)
Toonsy I hope you’re right with your figure prediction there. The Sunday Mirror never registered with me though, I wouldn’t let someone else wipe their **** with it. It was Llambias’s ‘we’ll need replacements’ bit that I was reading into, maybe too much. Although I wouldn’t like it, I’d accept the sale of Tiote for ‘silly money’, but only if the resulting cash put us in a better SQUAD position than we were.
Rodzilla(Quote)
Wolfie, he was playing ‘in the hole’ yesterday where Yaya Toure and De Jong marshaled and he still got a lot of joy. Man Utd don’t have them type of midfielders, Fletchers decent but anyone who plays there I think Ben Arfa will get the better of, whether it be Fletcher, Carrick, Giggs or Anderson!
dan4toon(Quote)
RODZILLA.
I’m 100% certain that we will replace whoever goes and also add to the quality we already have.
I think the clubs at a stage now where the mindset is ‘ok if we sell a player for a high price, go and replace with 2 or 3 carefully vetted quality additions’.
That’s the way I see things panning out , looking from the wider view .
wolfie(Quote)