At this point, selling for a penny less than 170 million would be letting snide bullies and cheats win. It was 160. They should be happy if we only add 10 million onto that.
I am tired of the 'he's been loyal to us' line.
We have persevered with him and given him a career. Imagine if we'd flogged him to Milwall. I don't think he'd be here.
As for some of the codswallop I've been hearing on radio last week, someone said he should be given blessings to go because he 'wants to be playing in Champions League Finals'...he played in one. We lost. He played in two LCFs. We lost. He played in a European Championship Final. England/we lost. We were the best team in the country for two seasons yet failed to win the title by small margins. He has been with us during times when we were dominant, and he has to accept that he did not manage to do enough either to push us over the line.
I know Levy gets some stick here, but I think he is absolutely right here.