We owe Wilf nothing, he's been handsomely paid and routinely idolised for playing for us so the notion that we should take any less than our valuation of him is insane.

That being said it's time he went. Heart clearly not in it anymore and we have so few attacking outlets in our side that teams can double up on him knowing that we won't exploit the gaps they have left open, which is why we were so good with Bolasie on the other side.

If selling him meant that we could potentially recruit Eze and a couple of other young, hungry attacking players from the lower leagues then I say go for it.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I'm referring specifically to a couple of posts above suggesting that the least we owe him is a move if a £40m bid comes in. Considering that we seemingly have had no money for transfer for the last two seasons, we certainly won't be writing off £10-15m as a favour.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

Apart from the clubs at the very top, it's a different financial world from a year ago.

My feeling is that Parish while pricing Zaha out of a move then, realises that given Wilf's performances this season and the need to raise funds, will be much more realistic this time out.

I really don't see Chelsea being interested but if they were then Bats is a potential part exchange but Hudson-Odoi is a total non-starter. As an aside, I really don't like the guy either - I think he's trouble and would not be a good fit for our dressing room.

As for Leicester....bank rolled owners, newish stadium and competing at a far higher level than we are - I'd say they were bigger than us for sure.

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Then they are even better run than I thought !

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To me it's almost as if wilf has reduced his transfer fee by his performances, perhaps that's being nasty but his transfer valuation is no where near what it was last year, depends if parish agrees or not.

Of the seven matches we have lost we actually were unlucky against the teams that are 3rd and 4th in the league so I'm going for a draw at least. It's just a shame we are so thin on the ground because of injuries etc but most of you will be happy if we lose, will give you more to chew on until 12th September.