DubaiSpur
Ian Walker
If Fazio goes, who will then be the header out of al our centre-back?
Please don't tell me Vertonghen
Dier and Wimmer, I'd imagine. Both big lads, and good in the air.
If Fazio goes, who will then be the header out of al our centre-back?
Please don't tell me Vertonghen
maybe he doesnt want to live in Birmingham
now where have i heard that before
I can't believe how many players we buy who get moved on quickly or are just horrible - Stambouli, Fazio, Chiriches, Rasiak...
It's the same at all clubs. Fans have no patience and managers aren't interested in/given time to work with them. Always on to the next quick fix.
I could see Levy accepting £5m from West Brom if there was some kind of deal involving Berahino. But there's no way he'll let Fazio go for that amount without some other incentive.
I'd be more than happy for Fazio to stay, assuming he was happy being a squad player fighting for a place in the first team. But if he is going to leave, then I can't see it being for any less than we paid for him. There's no reason at all to estimate his value as any less than we paid. He didn't have a terrible season last year; and - vitally - from the standpoint of another Premier League club he's already had a year to acclimatise to the country, so is far less of a risk than when we brought him over.
Don't take a penny less than £10m, Daniel. And if nobody offers that, then keep him at the club - he's good back-up and would actually end up getting a fair bit of game time in my view. £5m? Don't make me laugh.
We also buy players with an eye on turning a quick profit (although I know that it does not look like we will make on on Fazio).
I still think the Stambouli deal may have been a Levy master stroke where PSG wanted him, but Montpellier wouldn't sell to them, so Levy said to PSG, 'lads, we'll take him as long as you agree to pay us more than what we pay for him in a year'.
It's the only way I can see that a pretty much unused player get's a move to a CL club for more than what we paid for him.