If we have ambitions to improve as a club, we can't sell our best players. These players have bonded very well, and we need to keep them together, especially as Wolf's future is so uncertain

If Guehi did go I wonder if the club might make a move for Bella-Kotchap from Southampton. He looked really good whenever I saw him and we were rumoured to be scouting him for a while before he ended up there.

As it is I wouldn't want us to lose either Guehi or Andersen. The former is quick and intelligent, while the latter is big and has that fantastic passing range. Richards looked really good when he's filled in, but obviously his injuries are a concern. I also wonder what O'Brien's future is after a seemingly successful loan in Belgium. He's a ball-playing centre-back, is big and scores quite a few. Always looked composed when I saw him for the U23s.

We'll have to disagree there.

We cannot compete with most of the clubs in this league financially in a straight fight.

Granted we've not really sold many players of late, but we were ok with out AJ, Bolasie, AWB etc. Players leaving is a fact of life, no point trying to chain them up. We've effectively done that with Wilf and there is a good chance he'll leave for zero.

If brilliant bids come in, way above their market value we'd be mad not to consider them, and weight up their worth to the team vs what you could do with the money.

Said it multiple times but with our focus on purchasing youth the model only works if we're able to sell the odd one for good profit and then re-invest. The thing is to try to spread this out rather than have one summer where you lose 3 players. We need to be decisive and clear early on. IMO if there's genuine interest in him we should deliver a message to prospective buyers that we expect a deal similar to Fofana's to Chelsea. Anything less will not be considered. Guehi has a fantastic skillset,is a great professional and English which comes at a premium.

More reports this morning that the big clubs are circling around Guehi. If true, I can't think that we will manage to hang onto him this summer.

What we don't want is the player being unsettled, and offers not being enough.

Before Man Utd signed Maguire he had played around 250 games, covering the Championship and PL, and he had at least 16 England caps.

Man Utd purchased a player who was strong in the air, a threat at set-pieces, was more than capable of bringing the ball out of defence, distributed the ball well with a good a long diagonal pass in his locker and was physically imposing.

I would suggest that Man Utd signed a more capable player than Guehi is at this present time but I recognise his qualities and he will improve with experience.

Edited by Willo (23 May 2023 9.24am)