[Albion] Youngest Team in Top Flight History

blue-shifted said:

Quite possible it won't

The other PL chairmen know perfectly well TB isn't going to be mugged off and may conclude it's not even worth trying. Bids from abroad may be more likely

The way I see it, every unsuccessful bid for a player shows your hand as to how much cash you've got swimming around

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Seasidesage said:

Obviously no one as yet but do you think it's not coming seriously?

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blue-shifted said:

I just don't think anyone is willing to pay anywhere near that.

Liverpool have only paid really big bucks a couple of times. At the start of next season they will have a raft of injured players fit and will be very strong in midfield

Arsenal sacked a dinosaur and are having to be propped up by the Bank of England.

Chelsea are probably not going to keep giving Lampard £50m+ to spend

Spurs, seriously hit by loss of matchday income. Levy isn't buying big right now

City. He's not going there. Not a Pep player

Man U. This is the most plausible option. If they get big money for Pogba, they might look for a big money replacement. Far from certain it will be Biss though.

Leicester or Everton are not totally implausible, but they are both already very strong in centre mid.

At the end of the day he's worth more to us than to anyone else would be willing to pay. So is Tariq, so is Ben. I think we're holding on

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Seasidesage said:

Not this Jan I agree but once things get back to some kind of normality I'd be surprised if our bigger talents are not drawing attention from the bigger clubs. Interesting that a lot of you don't think we are in a moneyball type model designed to move us incrementally towards the promised land because that's exactly what I think we are doing...

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blue-shifted said:

Nothing to do with moneyball.

I just don't see it as sound business sense. Clearly a buyer's market at the moment.

The only evidence I see from TB is someone who wants us to become a top 10 side and is reasoning to do that, we need Tariq, Ben and Yves more than we need £120m

I take the point that Southampton and Leicester have sold players and gone on to do well. Though our recruitment isn't at the level where we can sell our best players with little impact. Southampton only just stayed up for a couple of seasons as well

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Cowfold Seagull said:

I hate the collar on our home shirt with a vengeance!

Dunky looks alright though.

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