Quote Originally Posted by TANYA_ View Post
selling our best players boils down to one thing. The ambitions of the owner. Rafa will have a big say on transfers but we all know that Mike Ashley loves to turn a profit. If a club came in offering north of 50m for Lascelles, i think it would be him gone. Anything under that and it will be giving him away, not because he is worth that much but that is the going rate for a player of his quality. Look at Van Dijk and Maguire, id not say either of them are better than Lascelles.

I remember reading years ago that Ashley wanted to emulate the Lyon way on transfers. Play hardball and get as close to 3x the players value but already have a suitable replacement of equal or better quality lined up.
Yes but who could we line up as a suitable replacement in value for money. Ashley simply doesn't understand the market just because we got lucky with Cabaye, Carroll and Sissoko. It will be a long long before those days return.