Selling early let us buy early

Any increase in fee for Buendia by holding out would almost certainly (probably) have led to us having to pay more for, or missing out on, those early deals.

It’s all a wash at the end of the day.

Posted By: CWC on August 8th 2021 at 12:47:57

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brinkmanship / tough negotiators (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 8, 11:05:53
- £33M for Emi £100M for Jack (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 12:13:33
  - Except Buendia hasn’t torn up the Premier League thus far (Other Football) - Tier2canary, Aug 8, 17:19:09
    - I know! (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 8, 18:29:30
    - He created the fourth most chances in the league in 2019/20... (Other Football) - Declan, Aug 8, 18:15:11
      - 👏👏👏👏👏👏 (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 18:22:34
  - I don’t even see why we’re comparing here (Other Football) - camcan, Aug 8, 15:44:21
  - Good job we kept Maddison (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 8, 14:10:52
    - Desperate then (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 14:25:16
      - So we're Villa desperate to sell Grealish? (Other Football) - usacanary, Aug 8, 15:31:37
  - Selling early let us buy early (Other Football) - CWC, Aug 8, 12:47:57
    - Same for everyone (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 12:58:08
      - Don't speak for everyone...... (Other Football) - usacanary, Aug 8, 15:17:50
      - Does it matter though? (Other Football) - CWC, Aug 8, 14:11:13
        
        The problem with Emi was he was desperate to leave (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Aug 8, 14:43:45
        
        TEST (n/m) (Other Football) - Bristol Graham, Aug 8, 16:51:47
  - if Buendia was all that (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 8, 12:25:32
    - I never said he was better than Kevin DB (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 12:50:30
      - Bmtp (n/m) (Other Football) - usacanary, Aug 8, 15:18:41
  - Do you think we could should have got £100m for Emi? If not, what should we have got? (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Aug 8, 12:21:51
    - I bet you now, Emi has more than 50% (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 13:01:52
      - A players value is not linear..... (Other Football) - usacanary, Aug 8, 16:52:41
      - That's a *very* literal interpretation of a player's value. (Other Football) - norwaay, Aug 8, 13:11:45
        
        Well to be fair I did compare EB and JG (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 14:14:56
      - Why didnt Nan City buy Emi for £40m then and save a fortune? (Other Football) - Azteca, Aug 8, 13:06:40
        
        Eh? (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 14:02:47
        
        Or maybe villa (Other Football) - grays, Aug 8, 14:22:57
        
        Exactky. Maybe they're right and you're wrong, you never know (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Aug 8, 14:21:13
        
        Nan City (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Aug 8, 13:28:15
        
        *Man City (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Aug 8, 13:07:46
- We should have sold Max and Todd already? (n/m) (Other Football) - Azteca, Aug 8, 12:09:38
  - It's certainly a cool story but... 🤷‍♂️ (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Aug 8, 12:11:55
    - I'll be sure to pass on your comment (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 8, 12:17:28
      - He's brilliant (Other Football) - norwaay, Aug 8, 12:19:54
        
        .... (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 8, 12:26:35
- Is there any news on skip? Badly missed him yesterday! (n/m) (Other Football) - Lager top, Aug 8, 11:40:05
  - Yes. He plays for Tottenham Hotspur. (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 8, 11:57:07
- But it's quite a stretch to link the results of those first 3 games to (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 8, 11:17:31
  - it is pretty clear that the subject at hand (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 8, 11:31:28
    - It might be clear to you (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 8, 11:58:39
      - there is an ongoing debate (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Aug 8, 12:13:40
        
        I think it entirely depends on the situation (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 8, 12:17:49
  - Not to mention that they were also 15 GD behind Arsenal, so 2 pts is more realistic (n/m) (Other Football) - Legacy Fan, Aug 8, 11:19:31
- Thats the Law of unintended consequences (Other Football) - pinkney, Aug 8, 11:15:49

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