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I’ve never been one to care about sales but if Edu sold those 3 players for 40-50m then I wouldn’t care for him either.
Who wants to shill out big fees for a back up keeper, on a starters wage, or an attacking midfielder with fitness issues who doesn’t play?
Edu can really only play the hand he’s dealt, but he plays a role in that. If we wanted big fees, we should have sold ESR two years ago and Ramsdale over the summer. They just sit around and don’t play now.
I know Raya is looking a better fit than Rambo atm but he is not merely a ‘backup keeper’ 😭
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.
For us, but the context here is of interest from other teams and he’d a be a dream for a lot of them
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.
Smart clubs won’t look at Ramsdale solely as a backup keeper on start wages because that’s just his situation. In reality, he’s a title challenging, could be no1 England international keeper, who’s atleast CL quality.
Why did we spend 50m on a back up ST with 1 year left. Because he’s quality.
Jesus was second choice, but still played over 2600 minutes in all comps ,including over 1800 minutes in the league, and had 24 G+A the season before his transfer. He wasn’t stashed away on the bench like ESR. Even then, we probably paid below his actual value given his situation at City with the arrival of Halaand.
Ramsdale’s wages will be an impediment for a large transfer fee. There aren’t many clubs out there willing to pay big money for a keeper who is reportedly on 100K a week. Factor in his situation with England and him likely being desperate to play elsewhere, I don’t see how the club even comes close to recouping the fee paid for him.
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
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.
i’ll keep this receipt in case i need more recruits to the EduOut cult