Every Big Six club bar possibly Man City is struggling to trim the fat of their squads. Possibility that Chelsea - often cited as being good at selling players - will have the following players out on loan this year:
Kepa (bought for 72 million)
Lukaka (98 million)
Werner (48 million)
218 million!
Definitely not a sellers' market for the big clubs
In his autobiog, PV4 says he didn't understand why he was forced out. The year before, when RM had offered 30m, he says AW fought to keep him. But the next year, he's told AFC had received an offer and they didn't care whether he stayed or not. So he stropped out and then couldn't work out why he'd left the club.
As above, imagine if we'd switched to the 4-3-3 earlier, with Gilby, PV and Cesc in MF, with Titi {with RVP as backup} as the lone striker. Bobby and Reyes for the left wing, Freddie and TR7 for the right, with TR7 also able to cover 2 of the MF roles.
Dear Ganpati, imagine if we could get a squad with 9 options like those for the front 6. Reyes, RVP and TR7 as the 2nd choice front 3.
If only we could find a new PV4 who could play both as a 4 and an 8.
What's this new lad, Vieira 2.0 like?
And had we accepted those bids the Invincible season and the 2005 FA Cup might never have happened
If we sold players for their maximum value we'd be selling them in their prime, which doesn't really reconcile with winning trophies.
Paddy we sold at the exactly right time, Henry could still have helped us but I get the feeling he didn't want any more part of the youth project so we didn't have much choice.
Plus, he came back and scored *that* goal #iwasthereandpissedasarat