by YorkshireRoyal99 »
27 Jun 2022 21:12
Ascotexgunner So how strong is the chance of João on being on his way to Besiktas for 2.5 mill?
Feels like open season on the squad. Like a closing down sale. Just doesn't feel fair at the minute.
Ok we broke rules but we are hardly Derby. Every day the squad gets weaker, I knew we would lose players, but not this.
I can't help but feel that if Derby hadn't been such a bunch of punts and challenged the EFL and questioned everything, and been awkward, and accepted their punishment, the restrictions on us would have been lighter.
Wouldn't be massively surprised if we were to sell him, although given the interest I reckon we could hold out for more, possibly rising to £4m, but we would do well to get anything above that. Clubs will naturally low-ball us with offers due to our financial situation being out in public, but the longer the window goes on, the more desperate clubs may be if they haven't signed someone else already.
To be fair, unless our finances dictate otherwise, the ball is in our park. We already face an uphill battle to survive in many people's eyes, so why sell our best player and make our team worse? Just hang onto him for 12 months and see if he can get us the goals to survive, if he does (or doesn't) he will leave on a free anyway and it frees up our wage bill even further for next season.