Your broken record project fear hyperbole bores me.

What else should we sell a player for? Stock options? A packet of skips and a box of milk tray?

Yes we sold for money, and do you know why? Because we need money. Its simple isnt it, you dont need a degree in economics and capitalism to understand what went on here.

You dont become a selling club because you sell one player! Utter tripe, as usual. That is absolute nonsense. Parish and co have been s***e at selling players in fact with the exception of Bolasie which was a great bit of business.

Please google "selling club" to learn what the phrase actually means. We sell far too few players to qualify I am afraid.

If we are a selling club how do you explain us having the best attacker outside the top 4 on our books, head and shoulders above any attacking players at any team around us?

You cant, because your argument is the usual tripe.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

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When the deal goes through it will be the 5th highest transfer fee for a defender in the world! Nobody had heard of him 2 years ago and now we’ve got more than £1m for every senior game he’s played for us! Wanting £50m and realistically getting £50 upfront was always unlikely especially once AWB said he wanted to go! Good fee for a great player good luck to him and so long as we reinvest most of that in the squad a good bit of business from the club!

We won’t have the best attack out of the top 4 if Wilf goes, we got by last season by the skin of our teeth again, don’t let that finishing position fool you. We most probably do need the money, but the fact we are paying Tekkers over the odds grinds my gears...

I said best attacker, Gary, not best attack.

Our strikers are a joke.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

We won’t know if it’s a good deal for the club for a few months.
Some people are making the assumption that we will buy some talented expensive players with the money to have an immediate impact on the first team.
I remain sceptical as we seem to be in cost cutting mode and none of us know the impact of the uncertainty around the ownership.
We seem to be looking at free transfers, loans and players out of contract.
I’m all for a bargain but I’d like to see a more imaginative transfer strategy which smaller clubs like Bournemouth, Watford and Southampton seem to manage.
If we sell Zaha as well we will know the problems are more deep rooted and I hope this will not be the case as I genuinely believe Parish is ambitious for the club.
I just can’t see a longer term strategy or vision.

All that matters is Wilf staying, Forget AWB, Wilf stays mid table, goes relegation a strong possibility, he has a four year contact, just say no sale

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Not sure why you think me responding to you saying we don’t even get the £50m upfront and me saying instalments are common is me covering my mistake, but given the absolute nonsense you’ve posted for the last few weeks, nothing surprises me.

£50 million for a kid after just 1 season ! His last game was poor.
Only Man Ure would’ve paid this much and that’s because of their current situation. Turns out AWB was a Man Ure fan anyway.
All in all a great deal for CPFC. Well done Steve Parish.

I don’t think that’s Solskjaer’s style however long he’ll be there for. Might be a Wilf situation in that he’s signed by a manager who leaves a few months into the season and a new manager comes in who hasn't signed him and benches him. Will miss his efforts on the pitch but not his post match interviews.

I was trying to think of the last time we sold someone who went on to achieve something. Ian Wright maybe?

I wish him the best of luck.

£50M for a right back who's played 1 full season is a good peice of business.

I'll miss his flying last ditch tackles. Although, I did have a few unpopular doubts about his ability. No doubt a really good player, but he seemed to give the ball away a lot, his positioning had a lot to work on but he got away with it because of his pace. I'd also question why he was so often found in the position where he had to make a last ditch tackle.

When Wilf left, there was a reluctance to let him go, but it seemed there was also some pride that we produced a lad who was expected to go on an achieve great things at Man U. The reaction today shows how far we've come and how far they have fallen.

Let's wait and see how he's replaced.