So who will we sell him to in the Summer do you think? my guess is Everton or Wolves. he’ll probably cost them £40m though or is that too low?
He'll probably have to move for his own sake in the end. Something I'll credit Bruce for is he's been the right type of manager for ASM, he's just built him up and let him do his own thing on the pitch. Realistically in the future, takeover or no, we're going to end up with a manager who's probably more into tactics and less of a cheerleader, bigger chance they will stifle ASM. Could see him going to Dortmund or somewhere and really kicking on, probably next season.
I could see him replacing Sane at Man City. He'll probably get a similar role to Mahrez, backing up Sterling and Bernardo Silva (who I think is one of the best PL players).
If takeover doesn't go through it'll be tough to hold on to him. I'd say definitely more than £40m tough, he's proper talent, we cost easily demand £70m for him.
To be fair Ashley has always been a great salesman. Carroll, Sissoko, Cabaye, O Martins, Mitrovic - we generally get market value or above. If he isn't going and the takeover is not happening, he will jerking off to pics of ASM as we speak.
If Maguire went for £75m and Grealish has got a £70m price tag put on him, then we can easily charge the same for ASM.