I agree, Jammy, and I think most of us would-selling Lascelles would be disastrous.

Not just because of his worth as a player, which has been proved by the stats with and without him but because of the way he has become a leader, because of the bond he is forming with the fans which began after he spoke out during the relegation season, because of what it would say about the limits of our ambition. I know he's not the finished article but he's already progressed massively and has the potential to become a lot, lot better-both as a player and as a leader.

Selling him would send the wrong message on and off the pitch and whilst £30 million for an up and coming English CB isn't too shabby, to us he is worth so much more than that and his loss would affect us far more than the loss of 'just' a player.