Yeah, I think so too. I have a feeling that the plan will be Torres - Mings - Konsa - New RB next season - with the RB taking the 'Moreno' role as we switch from back 3 to back 4 dependent on possession.
I would hope we do a deal where Archer doesn't come back. I don't think we're going to get as much for him and I don't think he has a role to play for us.
It also depends on the club selling and their particular situation. Norwich are more established as a club that doesn't sell their players on the cheap than Boro.
They might see Rowe as being a player to get them up again (if they don't manage it this season) and that would be more valuable than the 25m or whatever they'd get for him.
It's not so much greedy as unrealistic. There are so few clubs, if any, that can really do that and it's nigh on impossible to have 2 players of comparable quality in every position.
Not a Rogers-type signing because he'd cost far more.
Of course we want signings that fit right in and don't cost very much but they're very much the exception and not something that we should expect when we're shelling out relatively small amounts.
Definitely need to upgrade on him this summer. He's not a bad player by any stretch but he doesn't have the composure required to play the way we need him to, sadly.
Fair enough - but wages are an important consideration when you're talking about signings and squad planning, which is what we discuss a lot on this forum.
Curious to see what the future holds for him.
Wouldn't surprise me to see him sold in the summer because I feel that given the CM issues we've had, we would have seen more of him if Emery rated him.