DakotaVilla Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 We shouldn’t need to sell any of them unless A, One of them agitates for a move which is unlikely or B, Emery wants a massive war chest to bring in 2/3 champions league quality players. With champions league looking very likely, hopefully going deep in the conference league, premier league prize money, adidas deal, champions league revenue, no doubt other commercial deals waiting to be announced and other sales/loan terminations that will be prioritised (Zaniolo, Lenglet, Digne, Donks, Coutinho, Sanson, Hause, Olsen, Chambers, kesler Hayden, Archer - buy back and sale - Cash, Carlos and possibly Duran if he’s still playing up) that should leave plenty of scope to reduce the wage bill dramatically and replace with 3/4 free/min release fee signings or younger players with high ceilings on significantly lower wages. There really is no need to sell a crown jewel unless we really want to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I'm so annoyed at how willing people are to sell JJ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, useless said: We aren't looking to sell any of our major players unless they demand to leave, you can take that to the bank, this is why out of all of them Ramsey leaving is actually probably the least likely, but we aren't looking to sell any of them. Not sure why people are obssesed with such a negative subject as selling our best players anyway, we're currently having our best season in years, maybe decades, it could potentially be our best season since we won the European Cup, but threads like this you would think we were back in the days of Xia, we have to sell to buy, but that's not the same as having to sell our very best players and who said otherwise? Who said we have to sell to comply? I seriously haven't seen anyone say that. People are talking about selling to make a large FFP profit to buy players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) Selling JJ now would be a mistake. He's not at his peak yet like when we sold Grealish. His valuation could go through the roof if he continues to improve and of course stops getting injured. I don't want us to sell anyone but if it comes to the crunch and a saudi club throw 100m at us for Emi in the summer i'd sell. Edited March 7 by AshVilla 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 4 minutes ago, AshVilla said: Selling JJ now would be a mistake. He's not at his peak yet like when we sold Grealish. His valuation could go through the roof if he continues to improve and of course stops getting injured. I don't want us to sell anyone but if it comes to the crunch and a saudi club throw 100m at us for Emi in the summer i'd sell. I wouldn’t sell Emi keepers are hard to replace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 If we don't make CL, it'll be Martinez. If we do make the CL, it'll be Ramsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I’d keep Emi even if we sold every other player. We’d still get a few 0-0s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 not sure why Pau is even an option here tbh -- in a hypothetical, Konsa would get moved before he would as there is legitimately no one close itw to what Pau brings as a ball playing center back & we just signed him. I'd say Luiz and Ramsey are the most "realistic" options if we needed a sale for ffp. If I'd put them in order that I'd consider selling: McGinn Ramsey Martinez Luiz Watkins Pau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 2 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I'm so annoyed at how willing people are to sell JJ Sadly, it kind of makes sense, objectively speaking. I'm certain nobody wants to part with him. But the club is handcuffed and backed into a corner in terms of these compliance parameters and a very hard decision will be made. Of the players that would command top dollar, he's probably the most expendable, and that's no disrespect to Jacob. There are other important players that Emery and Monchi would be less willing to part with, like Torres, Luiz, Watkins, Kamara and Martinez, among a few more. It's possible they've been spooked by Diaby's overall lack of production and would listen to offers. The fact that Bailey owns that position might make selling Diaby a little easier. But I think this is unlikely. As an academy player, selling Ramsey would be pure profit, and they may have legitimate concerns about his durability. And it should be noted that we've stormed the league this season playing mostly without him. We'll have Buendia and Rogers who can slot into a quasi-Ramsey role next season, softening the blow somewhat. The time was always going to come when the club would need to sell a highly regarded player or more if we were going to be on an ascendent trajectory. Being compelled to do so by league bylaws probably wasn't how anyone envisioned this playing out, but here we are. I sincerely hope he isn't moved on and that we can generate an equivalent sum of money by selling Digne and Coutinho to Saudi League and MLS respectively, turning some kind of profit on Duran and convincing Chambers to pack his bags. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaphan04 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Also -- this might be unpopular, but I would've sold Kamara before any of these 6 if he hadn't gotten injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted March 7 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7 I’ve come to the opinion over the past couple of weeks, that if and when we sell one of our player assets, the club will replace them with someone who is potentially as good or better. The way Emery has been able to get the levels out of the current playing group and in all honesty has mostly surprised us all, there’s little doubt he can’t achieve the same with a replacement for those who are sold. When we get CL football, some players will be moved on, but the incoming players will most likely upgrade the squad long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted March 7 VT Supporter Share Posted March 7 Thread title immediately reminded me of this: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I wouldn't sell any of them, all are very important. But from a business perspective, JJ would probably make the most sense. Maybe Luiz because we could get 100m+ for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 We need to bring in profit on player trading around the £50m mark if we make CL. So a sale of the youth and Digne etc.. along with Cash probably is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 4 hours ago, Villaphan04 said: Also -- this might be unpopular, but I would've sold Kamara before any of these 6 if he hadn't gotten injured. I also said this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Wouldn't want to sell any but if we hsve to because of ffp then if somebody put I. A bid of 100 million for Luiz then maybe. Otherwise not, cut our wage bill by not keeping some of the loanees and get rid of fringe players but we may not be able to sign the players we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick76 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 38 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: 5 hours ago, Villaphan04 said: Also -- this might be unpopular, but I would've sold Kamara before any of these 6 if he hadn't gotten injured. I also said this. I think Kamara is more vital to this team than JJ. For so long we needed a DM and he does that amazingly with a few mistakes but he’s still young. JJ unfortunately while brilliant and young is playing in a position we have alternatives (not maybe in style) so would be least impactful to losing. we don’t want to lose anybody vital including JJ. I’m really hoping Bailey doesn’t have a release clause in his new contract because with Liverpool likely selling Salah for a stupid fee to Saudi in the summer as everybody expects then an ideal replacement would be Bailey or City looking to replace what Mahrez left and haven’t really replaced. Bailey loves Emery and earns big money and hopefully we’ll have CL but the elite teams have a tendency to come after the best players from teams that are getting too close to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 10 hours ago, useless said: We aren't looking to sell any of our major players unless they demand to leave, you can take that to the bank, this is why out of all of them Ramsey leaving is actually probably the least likely, but we aren't looking to sell any of them. Not sure why people are obssesed with such a negative subject as selling our best players anyway, we're currently having our best season in years, maybe decades, it could potentially be our best season since we won the European Cup, but threads like this you would think we were back in the days of Xia, we have to sell to buy, but that's not the same as having to sell our very best players Whose obsessed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Can we not sell Marty Cash or maybe get Digne first? I know Digne especially is having a great season but he is replaceable on a smaller wage. I’d even sell Diaby before any of the names mentioned above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicon Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 9 hours ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I'm so annoyed at how willing people are to sell JJ It is unfortunately the choice that makes the most sense given his relative importance to the team compared to others, plus how much money we'd get, plus how it'd be all profit. He's not integral like, say, Luiz, Martinez, Watkins or Torres and we'd be able to get a very good whack for him. Football's about more than business though and it'd feel horrible to have to sell him given his profile as a local villa-fan lad who came up through the youth system etc. I don't think we'll have to sell any of these anyway and this thread is just typical Villa fan doom-porn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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