01 Oct 2020 19:44:00
Neil Jones reporting that Shaqiri is left out the squad due to transfer reasons, not fitness. 2 clubs interested apparently.

Do you happen to know the teams in question at all Ed002?

{Ed002's Note - I don't know. Seville interest has gone - Galatasaray want a loan with an option to buy. Interest of Lazio is possible as they have been unable to agree a price for their first-choice player.

01 Oct 2020 20:00:08
Thank you Ed. There hasn’t been any interest from the premier league then?

If we are to sell him I would prefer it to be abroad!

{Ed002's Note - Are these Premier League clubs?}

01 Oct 2020 20:12:55
Hi Eds,

With a loan to buy, is there any loan fee involved or just the final agreed fee at the end?

Thanks.

{Ed002's Note - There would typically be a loan fee.}

01 Oct 2020 22:11:07
But if he goes will they still look to sell Wilson or keep him as cover until next summer? Or January?

02 Oct 2020 01:56:06
Cover for who? Elliott, Diogo, Minamino and Origi as our substitute forwards, or Thiago, Keita, Jones, and Milner as midfielders (Assuming Fabinho, Hendo and Gini even start)?

We can afford to sell both and more, although I hope Grujic doesn’t leave permanently, he looks like he’s going to develop into a classy player.

02 Oct 2020 05:58:33
We have plenty of cover without Wilson.

He needs to leave.

02 Oct 2020 07:17:25
Wilson is awful, nowhere near good enough level for us. Has to be moved on, was annoyed he played last night but guess shop window.

02 Oct 2020 08:29:21
If that was a shop window job Dom mate I don't think anybody will buy him lol. On a serious note, although he's nowhere near good enough for this team, good luck to the lad wherever he may end up.

02 Oct 2020 10:33:33
him playing last night was an Edwards masterclass, he can now demand an extra £10m as he started a competitive game for us ;)

02 Oct 2020 19:37:12
Good luck absolutely Salah. What u mean Wyred?

03 Oct 2020 00:30:01
We've just made roughly 35mil off Brewster and Hoever, 2 players who hardly played a handful of games for us and never needed for league and CL squads. Wilson and grujic are also players we've never needed in any recent seasons so if we can make 35-40mill between selling both then that's 70 or 80 million incoming for players that were never involved for us. With the quality players like minamino, jota and thiago recently coming in then those players are even more unnecessary for us. Those 4 sales roughly equal what we invested in minamino, thiago and jota which is an incredible upgrade on strenght. Lovren along with Shaqiri could earn us along the lines of 100mil from sales this summer where we've not lost any first team regular and only players who's loss doesn't weaken us one bit. Incredible business and the likes of Brewster or Hoever may be keen to return down the line if they grow into top players.

We should not be complaining at any business or questioning the decisions or player valuations we make. We nearly always get these calls bang on so I'l support any activity or lack of that happens until the window closes.