Sicario2 How much money would he want though? We've seen Salah/VVD bend Liverpool over, they can probably command that money elsewhere. We are already paying Partey £200k a week. If he ends up on the bench should we be giving those kind of contracts out?
I'm a big fan of him as a player but as a club we need to move on, I do accept the point about us losing Partey + Jorginho in one summer is something we need to consider. I do think having Rice + Merino should be able to manage if a new player needs time to bed in. I don't think Zubimendi will take too long to settle in, important we get him early and has a proper preseason with us and I think he'll slot right in.
I do think we need two players, one in Zubimendi and a younger player. Someone like Nypan would have been ideal but sounds like he is going to Villa. The CM has been a mess for too long, need to sort it properly this window.
