I suppose the point i'm making with bringing up Bellingham is less positional than financial. I can see them spending £100m on one midfielder, more likely Bellingham than Rice in my view, I think it less likely they spend up towards £200m on two of them.
City, I think, will be well aware that...
And factor in that we have no financial pressure to sell and decent time left on the contract.
We've also just had a players agent trying to bounce us into a sale and that failed spectacularly.
We're in an incredible position to dictate terms of any sale.
But Alexis isn't the only midfielder available. Just because City will likely buy a midfielder, it doesn't automatically follow they will try to buy Alexis.
This summer will be all about the race for Bellingham, meaning other midfielders, if they do go, are move likely to go later.
Given...
Agree with those saying ....
Hugely preferable if Alexis goes to a foreign side
He's likely to leave in a honourable way judging from what we've seen of him
If we are selling him, this year is better as we'll pick up the "world cup winner in the last few months" premium
The replacement is...