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  • phar0aht@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That’s not who we sell first though. We sell whatever the market is there for.

    • KSBrian007@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I mean, if they’re shopping in your position, you’ve been rendered expendable. You’ll create a market for yourself. Your agent has to.

      • phar0aht@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Yeah but if we have 4 strikers and we get another. It’s not always the most expendable one that goes. It’s the one where there’s a marker and good buyer for. We’ve seen it time and again over recent years where the guys we most wanna sell don’t go.

        • zackaria00@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          It’s protecting value since all 3 are on good contacts

          If team is desperate in Jan for GK, mid or forward example they might pay

          • e1_duder@alien.topBEnglish
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            11 months ago

            Protecting value of what? Teams generally don’t pay large fees for players that don’t play. Tag on that Ramsdale is reportedly on 100K a week and I don’t see how anyone can expect a significant fee for him.

        • beetletoman@alien.topBEnglish
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          11 months ago

          I know Raya is looking a better fit than Rambo atm but he is not merely a ‘backup keeper’ 😭

          • e1_duder@alien.topBEnglish
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            11 months ago

            Is he starting? He hasn’t started a league since the last interlul an hasn’t started a Champion’s League match. He is the back up right now.

            • beetletoman@alien.topBEnglish
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              11 months ago

              For us, but the context here is of interest from other teams and he’d a be a dream for a lot of them

              • e1_duder@alien.topBEnglish
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                11 months ago

                Maybe. Arteta has already caused quite the stir by saying he regrets not substituting Ramsdale and then subsequently not playing him outside the league cup. For better or worse, that effects player valuation.

                He’s on wages that a lot of other clubs just can’t support. The only real hope here is that the Onana experiment continues to fail and maybe United plunk something for him. Otherwise I just don’t know where his market is.