Fans are becoming so feeble.

No player on a long contract will be sold unless the club wants it.
We need our top players for survival and it would be impossible to replace AWB.

Man U have apparently bid £30m plus add ons to just over £37m.

You'd have to think that wouldn't be enough to tempt us at the moment.

I don't think that the club selling a home grown player is a lack of ambition.

We paid nothing for him and could potentially sell him for upwards of £50m. That could allow us to invest in 3 quality players and keep Wilf.

Selling a player for the greater good, is not necessarily a sign of weakness.

Whilst he is undoubtedly one of the best players to come through the academy in the last decade, he's also not integral to our status in the league.

We also have a player in Joel Ward, who whilst is not of the same ability of AWB, is more than capable of filling the position.

My biggest fear for AWB is he could always be the Leighton Baines of the right back position. He has Walker, Trippier and TAA all ahead of him at the moment and TAA is a brilliant player. AWB will no doubt get some England caps but it could be like Baines trying to get past Cole. If he was the outright English RB, I think his value would virtually double. You would imagine if someone wanted TAA from Liverpool they'd be asking for £100m

Parish is probably still laughing at their offer.

COYP

As a single figure no but if wilfs sell on % was included as void then got to be close to 50m
That could work in our favour going forward.
If wilf stays this year but goes next if we do our usual placing that is; then all profit is ours.

I would love him to stay, he really is a phenomenon and will be sad to see him spend so little time with us, first team wise but he is a right back and replaceable. If we weren’t in such a mess financially in terms what we can spend then I think there would be a harder push to keep hold of him but with the situation we are in I think it’s inevitable if the right money comes in for him. It would help to reinvest in other areas we are short. Sad but the reality of where we are.

Edited by MonsterMunch (09 Jun 2019 10.03am)

Can't help but think of Sansom. We sold him and got in Allen. Then we imploded and went down. Losing Kenny seemed to cause our relegation - that's my memory of it anyway. Probably a bit over simplistic.

Red and Blue Army!

I personally wouldn't except nothing less than 40m for him would want more money up front for him as well and at least a 25per cent sell on clause in his man utd contract

If we sell AWB we need to sign a very good and quick replacement either on loan or permanently, as for me Ward is just far too slow for the PL these days. Positionally he is great, but teams know he is vulnerable if you just push the ball past him. If you look at PvA he is good on the front foot but teams exploited his defensive frailty recognising how strong we are on the right. If we end up with the same situation on both sides then we can wave goodbye to our defensive solidity.

Another factor in this is that I think Zaha's ego would struggle to cope with seeing a teammate join a big team, especially one as green as AWB. If he goes then I think Wilf will also push harder for a move. This in turn could turn into a domino rally with Sakho also pushing to leave. Hypothetical of course, but also very possible.

£40 mill plus TFM !!!