Marc Guehi

[TRon]

44 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

They're basically going to sell him at the price they got for Andersen at this point. Still can't understand why they would rather sell Andersen at £35m..

 

Andersen was quite a bit older wasn't he? I always thought they would prefer selling him for that reason, even though he's a fantastic CB.

[Erikse]

1 minute ago, TRon said:

 

Andersen was quite a bit older wasn't he? I always thought they would prefer selling him for that reason, even though he's a fantastic CB.

 

Yeah, 28. But they were never going to keep Guehi long term, and his value will just gradually drop down from what we offered unless they manage to get him on a new contract.

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Erikse

[JEToon]

I don't really think Botman being fit or not changes much at all personally, we will still need a CB 

[Mazzy]

3 minutes ago, JEToon said:

I don't really think Botman being fit or not changes much at all personally, we will still need a CB 

 

We've got five senior CBs in the squad. Three of them are over 31 (Burn/Lascelles/Schar), one of  them (Kelly) has a poor injury record and the last one in Botman is recovering from one of the worst injuries you can get as a professional athlete. Add to that, two of the five are out of contract in the summer and the need for a good quality CB is undoubted. 

[TRon]

1 hour ago, JEToon said:

I don't really think Botman being fit or not changes much at all personally, we will still need a CB 

 

Specifically an eventual replacement for Schar which means a right sided CB. With Krafth being sidelined, I'm assuming we'd go with Kelly in the short term if Schar got injured.

[JEToon]

7 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

Specifically an eventual replacement for Schar which means a right sided CB. With Krafth being sidelined, I'm assuming we'd go with Kelly in the short term if Schar got injured.

 

I would say we were in for Guehi thinking that him and Botman would play together at some point, and likely for years given the bid we made for him. I don't think he was being signed as a short term sticking plaster as cover for Botman only 

[andycap]

I still think he had a purple patch at the end of last season. a bit like miggy when he went crackers 😂 and we gave him a new contract. 

Michael ricketts springs to mind. 

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

If we dare go straight back in at 50mil plus.... 😡