heart and head are poles apart here. Got to hand it to the bloke though, he has conducted himself with a lot of dignity... no Twitter ****e etc.....
Have we won the battle to keep Enrique?
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Just browsed over the article in the Ronnie on the way home and I've got the feeling he'll be staying.
Hope so anyway.
Hope so anyway.
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I'd rather he signed a new contract or we sell him. I'd rather not let him go on a free next season.
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Definatley agreed but it depends on how much we get for him. Turning down offers if we can't get him to sign a new contract is effectivly paying the price their offering to have him for one season
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It all depends how much we can get for him. We have to ask ourselves how much money will a player give back in a season. Another season of Barton is worth around 10m to us, as that's what he gives back in his performances.
How much is a season of Enrique worth?
You think we'd be 10m worse off for a season without Barton? I think with all these new signings he'll have a job keeping his place.
If Enrique genuinely wanted the move then I'd let him go for 7mil, which is a decent price for a player with only a year left on his deal.
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Would we be able to get a good replacement for 7 million though?
And no 10m was a bit over the top. I still think Barton is worth at least 7/8 million though.
i agree
personally i would offer him a 1 year extension, that way he wont feel trapped in a really long deal and we can re-evaluate the situation next year
I think so, players like M'Bengue would be in that sort of price range and we'd have made a profit on him, which is what Ashley wants when we sell a player.
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LB is a weird position though. There's hardly any decent LB's going that would come to us. We've had a 5 and a 6 mil bid turned down, and apparently his club reckon they could get much more if PSG or Lille come in for him.
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