As a general question if we did have to let one of them go who would it reluctantly be? For me sadly it would have to be Aaron. A phenomenal defender already at his age he really is an amazing talent but he does play in a position that would have less impact on the team if he were to leave. Take Wilf out of our side, and..well doesnt bare thinking about. Bloody love AWB mind.

I mean we really arent a selling club any longer, so there is a high chance both will stay.. I just dont see where the funds required for the investment in the team is going to come from apart from player sales. We are up to our eyeballs in FFP.

Edited by MonsterMunch (03 Apr 2019 9.33am)

I would sacrifice AWB over Wilf mainly because Wilf has a large sell on fee to Man U and would mean we would have less money to replace him and strengthen.

The only thing in favour of selling Zaha over AWB would be their respective wages giving us a bit more room FFP wise with Zaha's wage off the books.

I would only sell AWB though if we got a large fee with plenty of add ons for things like international appearances and sell on percentages.

I think people underestimate the importance of good full backs though and in the modern game they are one of the most important positions on the pitch.

You only have to look at the importance that someone like Pep put on bringing in full backs at Citeh to see how much more important they have become.

Ideal world, Chelsea come in and give us £50m plus Reece James and some add ons for various achievements. Never gonna happen though.

I'd like to see them both stay but ultimately if we are going to progress and strengthen the team, the only way is to either get outside investment or gamble and sell one of our star players.

The sell on fee has never been announced but it's rumoured to be about 20%

I take your point but you still cant clear out 9 or 10 players and not replace them if you want to stay up. Has never been done. Leaves way too big a hole in your squad. So, quality or not you still talk out your backside if you think all of those mentioned will be going this summer.

I just hope that Wilf dont like the new stadium too much

Spurs announced a World record 113m profit in their most recent accounts. If they want a player bad enough they can make it very difficult for that players club to say no.
Question is, how bad do they want Wilf? I'm not so sure they love him as much as the media have made out.
I can see a bit of dancing between Levy and Parish in the summer. Levy will demand a very good deal for Spurs. Parish will (hopefully) not entertain any offer that's less than 60m (especially as we have to give 15% of it to Man United).
And then one of two things will happen. Either someone serious will come in with the kind of serious money it would take to get him or no one will come forward with a tempting enough offer and he'll be staying put for at least another year as no one sells their best player in January.
At the end of the day, at this moment in time he is worth far more to Palace than anyone is willing to pay.