The issue is wages though. The need for some player management will come in, not so much because he has the chance to sign for Liverpool, or Juve or some other big name, the issue is they will be offering £150k per week which is over twice what we’ll be offering. Palace have tried to placate...
Agree a new 4 year contract in the summer is likely. From our point of view it’s to protect our asset for another year, from his point of view it will make him our highest wage earner.
And I think you’re right to call out the NSC populace on this.
What evidence is there that we sell our best players?
Even if Real Madrid come in for him, we can still tell them to bugger off and I believe that we would. The logic being, that whatever they offer next summer will probably double...
Is that funny?
Consider Tony Blooms record of holding onto players he wants to keep. Then consider whether you think he is serious about us being a top 10 club, or if you think he's just mucking around .... Then have a think about what amount of money would make him think that selling Trossard...