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Nah, kids too good and as someone else said, he has a had a real Premier league grounding at Brighton. Thinking that he will struggle is more wishful thinking on the part of fans who really want to 'win' this transfer. Its probably what a lot of Leeds fans thought when they couldn't get him...

King is dead, long live the king. Don't disagree, but it does it just become a conveyor belt? If it can help you move up, fine, but if you just stand still producing and then losing talent to the big clubs, at what point does it become very annoying? In the last ten years Southampton have sold...

We've signed Mwepu for £20m, Scherpen for £4m or so and have apparently bid £15m or so for Cucurella - no, I don't think we NEED the money. Selling White obviously is a boost to the coffers, but it certainly isn't against his wishes. White is going because he wants to be at the very top, and...

Can I be contrary and say that, whilst I understand the money is important to the sustainability of the club, the value of the transfer does absolutely nothing for me, it could be 1m, 50m, 200m - I can't get excited about it. For me it doesn't atone for the loss of one of the brightest prospects...

Is that right? :lolol: them cheeky northerners!

I think White is a generational talent, and Arsenal probably do too judging by how much they are putting out there. I think another season could have pushed his price to the van Dijk range. We'll certainly miss him, his confidence on the ball and the way he would bring it out of defence was...

Rather sad really. Such an amazing player and we barely got to see him in the stripes. He's going to have an exceptional career at club and international level and his time with us will just be a footnote. His rise has been truly meteoric, from being a liability in defence in the first part of...

Sure, but its not the value of sales as it is the volume of sales raising our status, combined with benefits from other commercial opportunities of having high-profile players, be it in sponsorships, media rights, international opportunities and so on. This non-footballing income is ultimately...

Amidst all the guessing and conjecture, a post that stands out head and shoulders above the other. Yep, absolutely, White and Bissoumas's profiles are high now, its a marketing no-brainer. Of course this begs the supplementary question - if their profile is such that we are making substantial...

Perfectly fair and probably what will happen. I'd just like Ben White to be recognised as a Brighton player before he goes off to the big time, one season isn't really going to cut it in that regard. But holding on to him now seems a forlorn hope.

True. I am however coming round to the idea that White could be a generational talent, a player who will become a regular star at top club and international level. And if scouts with far more insight than me feel the same, then open your check book now before someone else gets him

The best team is always that which has been playing together for years. The France, Germany, Spain winning teams of the past 20 odd years were exactly that. You need the quality as well, but I can't even recall any exceptions, winning teams who were full of newcomers. Same in other sports, our...

38 players in a single season? Plus 4 more added to the squad on the eve of the tournament. 42 men. That's way more than every Premier league side I'd wager, and England only played 10 games. It doesnt scream settled side or consistency of selection does it. So don't be surprised if they fail...

Well, my years aren't as advanced as yours, the first world cup I followed was Mexico '86, but I get the gist, and I guess it was much the same from the Venables era through to Eriksson, a core that didn't change much over time. Yes, its exciting to have the kids come through, but it should be...

That's not what I mean. What I mean is that after three or four years of building a squad to compete, we find ourselves picking uncapped players on the eve of a major tournament, and with 18 of the 33 having fewer than 10 caps. Shouldn't the team be a bit further along by now?

Three years ago Southgate did well in the works cup with a squad brimming with youth and potential. Future was bright. Three years later the squad selection is still about youth and the future. At some point he has to bite the bullet for the here and now?