Or he would have been good enough to start every week and scored plenty more than that. And as someone rightly said, 2 goals could have been a cup win or Europe league knockout qualification!
This could well be the case, but we don't know for sure either way. I did point out in the original message that, if this is the case, then I do understand us selling him this summer.
http://liverpooloffside.sbnation.co...vorites-liverpool-chelsea-100million-transfer Liverpool site saying City may have gazumped them by bidding 100 mill for VVD. Didn't post it for the content....but had to laugh at the title: Virgil Van Dyke part 873.
Wish they were. That 100m figure is the total cost of the transfer - 50m in fee to us and then the rest over the course of his wages etc in the contract.
Never thought I'd be happy to see something like this, but that's how badly I don't want him to end up at Liverhampton.
Very good post Fran. I'd like to think that by being able to bring in such players to begin with, our own youth talent may also learn more from them. Which, in turn also benefits the club.
A point could well arrive where we don't have any great players left to sell. The players that come are not guaranteed to do well, selling the ones that do is not a super solid recipie for succes as some might make out. As much as I respect the club and support the team we are not on the up, we are on the slide. I am hoping that the right things will be done to arrest the slide. Selling our best players is not going to make that better. The good ones that are left will be unhappy, managers won't be attracted and neither will players with ambition. We are doooomed it tell you. Doooooooooooomed.
Media reports suggesting Saints have raised asking price of Virgil to £70,000,000. We're all going on a massive spending spree.
I should think so when you see Spurs wanting £40m for Walker, Everton want £50m for Berkley (FFS they must be joking) and £100m for Lukaku
Hopefully everyone will be too smart to pay 50m on Barkley and he will leave for free next season. Would be hilarious. Also £70m for VVD is more like it
https://thisisfutbol.com/2017/06/bl...avourites-to-land-fraser-forster-this-summer/ Forster latest to be rumoured to leave.