So i think we would all agree that Virgil is pretty special, he's under a 6 year contract , can we keep him? if not how much is he worth? Surely more than Stones
I wrote elsewhere that I think you could make the case that he's the best in the world at the moment, especially given his age and experience. He makes the odd mistake but certainly less than Stones and Cahill. I also think he'd make an excellent centre forward. He's quick. He can pass, dribble, shoot, head......what else do you need?
He's only 25 as well, that's the incredible part. When/if the day comes that he does move on, it will be to one of the beasts of European football. Twitter last night was quite funny and very predictable when his name started trending.
Can see the scene...Virgil approaches Les Reed about possibly leaving. Les points to the length of the contract and says, 'Come back in 5 years, son.'
Charlie Nicholas put him in his 'team of the season' and got a barracking on Facebook from Arsenal fans laughing that he was in ahead of Koscielny and Mustafi... Umm....
It'll be a success to keep him for just another season, let alone until the end of his contract. I just can't see him going unnoticed by the giants of the game (and money is never an issue for them) for much longer, especially considering the dearth of quality center backs at the moment
I dream of the day that a player turns down Barcelona/United/Arsenal (delete as applicable) and says he loves it here and wants to stay.
Unfortunately I agree with this. I just can't see teams not being interested and not prepared to pay what we're asking. If we were to keep him though it may signal a change...
If KL's got any sense she'd sell him in Jan for 50 million plus then sell the club to China for 200 million, not a bad days work!!!!
There was a bit of misunderstanding in communication between Southampton and the Chinese: they actually want to buy Virgil for 200 M pounds.
