If he has to go then to get £7m for him is exceptional business. Assuming we were buying Pritchard from the existing budget we will have a significant sum of money to reinvest in the team. That is exactly how Swansea managed it, incremental gains over a few seasons while selling some players...
It also makes sense from a Burnley point of view to not complete this until this week. He serves his ban with us then and is available for their 1st game. If we have been offered £6m it will be very hard to reject. I would expect that if there is anything in this speculation that this will be...
Hopefully he doesn't go, but from Burnley's point of view it makes sense to wait until after the Derby game as they kick off a week later. They save the money for a week or so and they get rid of his suspension with no loss to themselves.
No way that Stephens will go anywhere until after the Derby game. If he's still our player then he uses up his suspension, if he goes now he misses Burnley's first game instead.
If he goes we will have someone lined up but it will be on our terms rather than theirs. With 12 months to go on his...
Much though I rate Stephens if we get a bid of £10m for a player with a year left on his contract we'd be insane not to take it. Were not in the PL and cannot spunk that sort of money by keeping him for the final year. Even with these exchange rates £10m could buy a very, very good player from...
I don't want to Stephens go, but if there is £7m plus being banded about for a bloke with 12 months on his contract left, we are going to find it very hard to say no..