If not Stephens then who do you think will be a realistic target that will improve your current team, which lets face it, is doing a brilliant job at the moment......? Wilshire snubbing you for Bournemouth must have hurt?
I would hope that if we do go up we have a better chance of getting Dale to sign a new contract with us than for him to go elsewhere, we might not be able to meet the wages of other premier league clubs, but he'll be terry much guaranteed to play most weeks, and to play against Pogba, Hazard, De...
Business perspective - of course.
Football perspective- no chance.
All the time Stephens is considered 'critical' to our promotion chances, he's going nowhere.