I was going to say Bobby Zamora sprung to mind as well - never watched football on telly and had little interest in it outside of games he was involved in
Apart from Ulloa, we've literally never sold a player we didn't want to. Done well to keep hold of Dunk etc..... it had to happen sooner or later, it always does.
Absolutely - £50M on any player for pretty much any club is risky. Especially a 23 year old with 1 PL season under his belt. Also looking at Arsenal their other CB is Gabriel and the same age as Ben White so possibility of lack of experience at CB could be an issue, especially if they get on a...
I think in the Zaha deal, the sell-on went back to Palace. Hence one of the reasons they can't shift him, as 25% goes to Man Utd - hence Palace over value by (At least) 25%
Fair point - I just know there was no queue jumping etc for jabs, but of course may have changed since there has been such a big drive for jabs, quietly done for the England team etc
Given Barbz Marketing background as well, absolutely would not surprise me. They'll have done enough players to easily swap them out, but slightly amusing we are leading with White & Biss
Clubs will be speaking to the agent, who will know what Ben is looking for / speak to Ben.
How do you think we were 'courting' Ali J for 2 years before we (unfortunately) signed him?