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Cristian Romero

Yiddo said:
Surely going by how much we spent on Van Hecke who had less than a year left on his contract tells you the going rate for a CB these days. He is classed as one of our key players and is also our captain. Although i don’t rate him myself, £40m fee is low.
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Sure, but the issue is, is there anyone who has money that actually wants him. We might think he's worth £60m but if no buyer wants him at that price who are we selling him to?

With Van Hecke we actively wanted him and Brighton were willing to sell at a certain price. It's a different proposition. If Real Madrid decide they want Romero then the conversation changes.
 
Before Vuskovic went, Romero was the clear sacrificial piece, especially since he doesn't seem to want to be here.

Problem for him is, no one wants him enough to pay our asking price, yet.

He's at the World Cup so maybe things will change when he's back. But if it continues in this way where no one seems to want to move on the guy, then the question arises - do we keep him? He's still got 3 years on his deal. In his prime, technically.

And if we keep him, how do we manage the embarrassment of riches that is a center back pool of van Hecke, van de Ven, Romero, Senesi and Danso, not to mention the younger lads like Phillips, Takai et al?
 
DubaiSpur said:
Before Vuskovic went, Romero was the clear sacrificial piece, especially since he doesn't seem to want to be here.

Problem for him is, no one wants him enough to pay our asking price, yet.

He's at the World Cup so maybe things will change when he's back. But if it continues in this way where no one seems to want to move on the guy, then the question arises - do we keep him? He's still got 3 years on his deal. In his prime, technically.

And if we keep him, how do we manage the embarrassment of riches that is a center back pool of van Hecke, van de Ven, Romero, Senesi and Danso, not to mention the younger lads like Phillips, Takai et al?
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I don't think you can keep him, the squad numbers just don't add up IMO. If rumours are true and we are looking at spending another 200m on players we will also need the dosh me thinks.
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
I don't think you can keep him, the squad numbers just don't add up IMO. If rumours are true and we are looking at spending another 200m on players we will also need the dosh me thinks.
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I don't think you want him round the squad either, first sign of issues he will be tweeting again.

I think the club would entertain lower bids just to move him on.

If we got 80/90 million for him and Vuskovic and both had sell ons, that's not terrible
 
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