Bedfordspurs
Martin Peters
Bet they smell luverly
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Toby Alderweireld
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Bet they smell luverly
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
They're fine as long as I air them regularly at the seaside.
awesome dawson
Mitchell Thomas
I hope having a kid distracts him from his day job. I think he'll get booed if he signs for Utd or City and rightly so.
superspurs
Justin Edinburgh
Some are reporting £75m.
I guess none of them really know,but that would be nice....
superspurs
Justin Edinburgh
I always “fear the worst” in these situations and if the worst is Utd for £75m which opens a door to getting Martial (you’d think but who knows...) then whatever, we’ll see what we do with the money.
StephenH
David Ginola
Its just the football food chain.
Players call the shots and the clubs get the best price.
Levy will do the best for the club.
Toby was never going abroad imho.
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Walker hasnt strengthened CIty. His impact has been negligible. And honestly Im not exactly sure we have missed him much either.
Alderweireld would be a loss, for sure, but we just managed a pretty good season without him.
And, again, all the while Mourinho is at Utd his impact there wouldnt be as significant as you think. Mourinho sets the whole team up to defend, its easy on the CBs - Smalling and Jones, a pair of donkeys, conceeded only 28 goals in his set up. Is Toby going to change that much? I think not.
£75m is interesting though. I can imagine Poch would like the idea of that, considering Sanchez already covered Toby really well.
Baleforce
Ron Henry
agree on all points, 75m on one player for united that we've not really missed this season, we'll turn that 75m into 2/3 players who will improve us
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Thats how we work.
And its what has got us this far.
Id rather keep Alderweireld, if possible, but if he does go - Utd and £75m suits me fine. Much rather there than Arsenal/Chelsea/Liverpool where he would genuinely take them up a level.
Also, the good thing with dealing with Utd these days is you can write your own cheques. They are ridiculous.
VVD is £75m? Sets a very nice precedent, worlds most expensive defender too - I could see us getting £76m just so they can claim the title...
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
It's not £75m though, because £50m gets spent straight away on De Ligt. So it's £25m for in the short-term weakening our side.
We did this last summer - did Sanchez and Aurier make up for losing Walker and Wimmer? Short-term - no. Long-term - yes. But can we keep taking short-term hits like that.
StephenH
David Ginola
That's the way we roll!
I know,youve been consistent about stating Walker hasnt really made an impact for City I disagree but hey ho.
That is true regarding Man U already having a decent defence with average defenders, probably more down to De Gea than anything. I wasnt saying we shouldnt sell Toby, more that the comment '75m rip their hand off' is an attitude I dont think we should necessarily have. Id hope we are no longer in a situation where we have to sell our best players, so just because it is a good amount of money I wouldnt bite their arm off for the deal when in reality he is still our best defender (unless his injury proves to of really taken its toll on his long term performances which I doubt)....
He's our best defender, the Verts/Toby partnership has proved to be easily our most solid. Yes we buy potential but to date our only genuine world class player has been Kane, so its not like we have a long list of purhcases that have replaced our top stars we have lost. Sold Bale, other than Eriksen we didnt get anyone close to that level. Sold Modric, didnt get anyone in close to that level. Sold Walker, havent got anyone in close to his level yet (albeit I still have hopes for Aurier). All this we can buy 2/3 players normally means we are taking a couple of steps back first. Obviously our strength is in the collective and the way the team as a whole operates not relying on an individual. But I suggest actually maintaining some of our stars in their peak years would be better than replacing them with potential year after year. That is definitely part of the reason why we fall short, and the new stadium Im sure is going to partly help us out in this aspect....
nayimfromthehalfwayline
Andy Thompson
Its not £25m, its £75m and then whatever we choose to do with it.
If thats De Light, then fine, could be someone else entirely. Point is, it will go to strengthening the team/squad as it always does.
And given he has basically not played all season, is it as big a hit? Effectively he has been replaced - we would be looking to replace the squad option that was vacated but Sanchez promoting to 1st team regular.
Now, if it were Vertonghen, off the back of the season he has just had? Whole other conversation...
I genuinely do not know on what grounds you think he has improved them, but - regardless - they finished 23 points ahead of us. With or without Walker, they were never competition to us.
Anyway - fact is, despite our improvement, we are still in a position where we need to sell to buy.
I think we will add to the pot, I dont think this will be a net spend 0 kind of window, but I still think £75m on a player (who allegedly wants to leave and will be worth 1/3 that in a year) is money we have to consider.
And for us £75m goes a long way. Particularly if we add some £££ to the pot. As well as additional sales (theres always some, and we always get good money on them). We could easily end up with £150m+ to spend on players. Selling Toby contributes massively to that, all while we wont miss him anything like as much as if he had played all season.