I always loved Semi from his first game with us I thought he would be a great player. Yes he drops the odd b#####k but overall he's very reliable and he's joined the long list of brilliant centre halfs we've had in the past.
He's tall strong and lightning quick and 1.3 million is nowhere near enough for him, proven player in championship scoring goals as well as defending / midfield and now an international to boot. I would have thought he was worth more than Vaulks and wouldn't have listened to anyone less than 3 million realistically 4 at this time. WBA sold Dawson for 6 million and his best days are behind him. Good luck and thank you Semi. I wish you were staying.
May be slightly on the low side, but its all a question of supply & demand - if there's only 2 bidders (one allegedly Barnsley, who probably wouldn't pay more than a million) then the only other option is keep him, and lose out on any money next summer.
We have to keep finding and developing (and yes that means selling) decent players. It's our only model available.
This time last season we were waiting for a keeper, Towell was supposed to be coming and other key players were missing. Ajayi was a defender or a right back and not a holding midfielder.
I think that we have a stronger group of better players but as you have said in fewer numbers.
I'm not worried about the missing numbers of players being in place in time.
Yes but in those 12 are you including David and Dom Ball, Potter, Purrington, Bray, Onariase? Players who played little or no football for us last season. We're not going to miss them because we never really had them last season anyway. You can throw Palmer and Yates in there too because they barely featured.