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Don’t think lack of pace is something I’d criticize Santos.

In a market where midfielders are going for insane amounts I don’t see us selling him. And why should we?
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I'd rather keep him as well, he's had his one full season of adjustment to the PL now and I'd be intrigued to see what he could bring this season. In general I kind of like our midfield options as is, but it remains to be seen whether Enzo will stay and if Xabi can fully unlock him, whether Lavia can stay fit and whether Santos and Barco can improve quickly enough to be the midfielders we need. LOTS of potential, unfortunately quite a few question marks as well

 
All quiet on the Xhaka front.
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Time for Sunderland to realise that he wants to leave and they will have to come to terms with their loss. The grieving process. Chelsea will go up to 10 million quid and so on. Alonso wants him and he wants him in the capacity of player-coach and a potential assistant-manager. In that context i feel somewhat happier than bringing him in to fulfill our long-term midfield needs post-Enzo.

 
Don’t think lack of pace is something I’d criticize Santos.

In a market where midfielders are going for insane amounts I don’t see us selling him. And why should we?
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The midfielders going for insane have a different skill set. No one is paying premium for a DM, players like Baleba who was priced at £100m last summer is now on the scrap heap. We currently have 4 DMs in our squad, IMO in an ideal world we need to sell 2.

 
Time for Sunderland to realise that he wants to leave and they will have to come to terms with their loss. The grieving process. Chelsea will go up to 10 million quid and so on. Alonso wants him and he wants him in the capacity of player-coach and a potential assistant-manager. In that context i feel somewhat happier than bringing him in to fulfill our long-term midfield needs post-Enzo.
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Let them know. They've just upgraded to a fax machine.

 
Unsurprising. He's worth a heap more than £8m to them. He underlines their very shrewd upgrading of the squad from the Championship.
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Indeed he is. Last summer's transfer business was brilliant but Xhaka has stood out as the most important signing bar none.

It is very fortunate for you but terrible news for us that you've not only finally appointed an outstanding manager but a man who played such a pivotal role in Xhaka's career. If it wasn't the double attraction of Alonso and London I think Xhaka would have been more than content to stay another year or two on Wearside.

However if he is to leave then £20,000,000 is not an unreasonable fee. Conveniently what Chelsea have just pocketed while upgrading from Maresca to Alonso. Xhaka is 33; Thiago Silva was weeks short of his 36th birthday when he signed for Chelsea. I'd presume, with hindsight, few Chelsea supporters would think £20,000,000 wouldn't have been a bargain for him.

I believe 2026-7 will be a very enjoyable and memorable one for Chelsea providing Alonso is given the signings he wants. Looking from afar I'd think a top striker would be near the top of his list. But right at the top and the foundation of your side for next season is Granit Xhaka. There isn't a single Sunderland supporter who won't be sorry to lose him whatever the fee. But if he's to go then I hope at least that your ridiculously profligate owners aren't going to be parsimonious just when the player in question will be worth a lot more than a third of a Mudryk.

 
Indeed he is. Last summer's transfer business was brilliant but Xhaka has stood out as the most important signing bar none.

It is very fortunate for you but terrible news for us that you've not only finally appointed an outstanding manager but a man who played such a pivotal role in Xhaka's career. If it wasn't the double attraction of Alonso and London I think Xhaka would have been more than content to stay another year or two on Wearside.

However if he is to leave then £20,000,000 is not an unreasonable fee. Conveniently what Chelsea have just pocketed while upgrading from Maresca to Alonso. Xhaka is 33; Thiago Silva was weeks short of his 36th birthday when he signed for Chelsea. I'd presume, with hindsight, few Chelsea supporters would think £20,000,000 wouldn't have been a bargain for him.

I believe 2026-7 will be a very enjoyable and memorable one for Chelsea providing Alonso is given the signings he wants. Looking from afar I'd think a top striker would be near the top of his list. But right at the top and the foundation of your side for next season is Granit Xhaka. There isn't a single Sunderland supporter who won't be sorry to lose him whatever the fee. But if he's to go then I hope at least that your ridiculously profligate owners aren't going to be parsimonious just when the player in question will be worth a lot more than a third of a Mudryk.
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I get your reasoning and personally I think it is worth the money simply to develop and maintain a good relationship with a club that we may well need to trade with, as we have about 15 players to offload this summer.

That said, and I don't know if the £4m in add-ons would have been triggered but didn't Sunderland only stump up £13m up front for an invincible Bundesliga title winner.

Paying a similar amount or just north, possibly As add-ons should be enough as this move is being engineered by the player.

It's just a shame that these hopeless fking cretins have failed to read the room once again and may well now have fcked up a relationship with a club that we might have offloaded one or more of our no hopers on to, or at least one of the youngsters on loan.

 
I get your reasoning and personally I think it is worth the money simply to develop and maintain a good relationship with a club that we may well need to trade with, as we have about 15 players to offload this summer.

That said, and I don't know if the £4m in add-ons would have been triggered but didn't Sunderland only stump up £13m up front for an invincible Bundesliga title winner.

Paying a similar amount or just north, possibly As add-ons should be enough as this move is being engineered by the player.

It's just a shame that these hopeless fking cretins have failed to read the room once again and may well now have fcked up a relationship with a club that we might have offloaded one or more of our no hopers on to, or at least one of the youngsters on loan.
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An add on was triggered when they qualified for Europe apparently which makes sense.

 
Value is relevant to the two parties. I think the deal will happen because unfortunately for Sunderland the player wants it.

I don’t think relationships need to be soured here I expect something between £10-£15m ish reasonable considering what they paid and the impact he had. They may feel a profit is on the cards but they paid top $ when they signed him at his age and he wants out. It really shouldn’t be a big deal, why would Sunderland want to sour a relationship with Chelsea. The amount of player trading we do I think clubs should want to keep us sweet.

 
Santos is very likely to be sold I reckon.

I’ve always rated him but he has a lack of pace that’s not great for a PL player. Much the same as Enzo.
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This one seems to be picking up steam.

 
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17 year old center back from Hearts?

Alfie Osborne

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Guarantee this doesn't happen

Palace asking for big money, unlike the 75m these clowns think the pisspoor Gusto is worth. Muppets.


 
Perfect partner for Colwill
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Perhaps I three or fours years once he goes through puberty.

Glad to see that we're now mining that hotbed of generational footballing talent, North of the border. You never know with a bit of good fortune and some quality mentoring this lad could also be as good as Grant Handley one day.

 
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Perhaps I three or fours years once he goes through puberty.

Glad to see that we're now mining that hotbed of generational footballing talent, North of the border. You never know with a bit of good fortune and some quality mentoring this lad could also be as good as Grant Handley one day.
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He’s already better than Hanley. Much better.

 
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