Thing is, Tella wasn't the only player Burnley had on loan. They are apparently just as keen to sign the other two. Maartsen will cost 20m, so might Harwood-Bellis. That's 60m there. Burnley were never big spenders even when in the Prem before.
Would sort of agree, but that's on the presumption that City would be wanting to come back in for him, which is a long way from certain.
It serves clubs to pay the price this summer as if we come back up next year i wonder whether or not the bigger clubs will likely have to pay more.
Yeah, i know. But We would recieve a reduced fee anyway if he went to someone else, So £40 Million next year is still okay business.
If we keep Lavia for a year our chances of promotion go up A LOT. Selling to City next year for 30m is a better deal than selling to Liverpool now for 60m if you ask me.
If Lavia’s preference is to return to City, and they don’t want him until the clause is activated, then ….
He would be a fine squad player if on the right wages. I doubt he was willing to accept the level of wages that we consider a championship squad player though.
Recognising the negative comments often made about him, and that it would have helped if he had scored more etc etc, I wish him the best for the future. Clearly with his fellow teammates he has a persona and willingness to support the Club in the community that made him popular with them.
When he first returned from loan at Celtic, the most popular response was that it was like having a new signing. He was really good to begin with. I think the stats eventually counted against him with a shockingly poor return on goals and assists. I think he was one of those players coaches see something in that is not immediately apparent to the often more basic knowledge of the supporters. It seems odd that he was singled out this season by the supporters when so many of the squad under-whelmed. Not quite sure how Stuart Armstrong escape the abuse. Maybe he was lucky enough not to be picked too regularly as I felt he has been poor too. The fact that he was offered and rejected a new contract is pretty telling on the part of Sports Republic. The fiasco with Russell Martin is not the only thing this summer that SR appear to be getting wrong. Difficult to see why so many Saints fans think that 2023/24 will be better this season . I am really sceptical about SR's judgement calls which are worrying poor.
