Deals like these are needed to change the perception of little ol Brighton. It's another reason Tony will hold out for a fair price. Much like he has with White and Dunk previously and see Dale Stephens in the Champ to a lesser degree.
Turning the smaller deals down doesn't get noticed as much...
Rice is worth slightly more because he’s English and actually does have more experience in the PL for a team currently high in the league.
50-60M is very fair for Bissouma and I suspect offers were made previously (of about 30-40M and rejected). He’d have been made promises about when he’d be...
If we do sign Bissouma, most but maybe not all of the money (fee and wages) for Isaac Hayden could be raised by selling Kayal and Norwood I'd expect.
Would give us 6 CMs for 3 positions. Gross, Stephens, Propper, Bissouma, Bernardo and Hayden. Surely enough in every respect.