Big Nevs Vaz wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 7:37 pm
Guimaraes possibly going to Arsenal for 70 million…..don't think we’re getting that for Jimmy the Gardener. Anderson and Rodgers’ fees are bonkers so maybe there’s an outside chance of an inflated price but 70 is a stretch.
Guimarães is a better player, but he's also nearly 29, plus he doesn't have the English tax.
Id be starting at 80m and negotiating from there. They paid 50m for Onana and he was nowhere near as important as Garner is, or established
Big Nevs Vaz wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 7:37 pm
Guimaraes possibly going to Arsenal for 70 million…..don't think we’re getting that for Jimmy the Gardener. Anderson and Rodgers’ fees are bonkers so maybe there’s an outside chance of an inflated price but 70 is a stretch.
Guimaraes is nearly 28 with 2 years left on his contract, so he's cheaper. Garner being English, 25 and 4 years left on his contract should be more expensive even though he isn't as good.
Raptor wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 8:30 pm
Guimarães is a better player, but he's also nearly 29, plus he doesn't have the English tax.
Id be starting at 80m and negotiating from there. They paid 50m for Onana and he was nowhere near as important as Garner is, or established
I probably don’t rate Garner as highly as some and I know his tackling numbers were amazing last season but 80 million would be unbelievable to get for him.
Shogun wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2026 8:40 pm
Guimaraes is nearly 28 with 2 years left on his contract, so he's cheaper. Garner being English, 25 and 4 years left on his contract should be more expensive even though he isn't as good.
That’s all completely logical but I know who I would prefer to have in my team.
Yeah, in this market, he's English, good age, he covers 2 other positions pretty well at PL level, he's technically an England player with his call up...absolutely shouldn't sell for less than 75-80 mil.
I did want to see him alongside Hackney though so would be kind of a shame right now on some level as I think they might work well together. Ideally, I'd have had him around for another year or so before thinking of selling. Like most clubs though, we're almost forced to keep selling some of our better assets to keep the PSR overlords at a distance though.
Also, we'd have to have someone lined up or have a lot of faith than Armstrong was ready to step up.
We've always sold high, even when we were absolutely brassic (apart from Rooney). So price doesn't worry me at all. We either keep a good player, or we bring A LOT of money in. Either's fine.
