Taylor Harwood-Bellis - move to Southampton completed.

Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
To be fair there aren’t many 21 year old centre backs who are good enough for us or many of the best sides. It’s very difficult to know with young centre backs
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No,but my point was....some show they can be,and as much as i would like THB to be one of them.....i don't think he has the elite attributes/package we require.
 
10-15 mil from burnley once they've gone up would be a nice outcome for everyone concerned i think, THB will have a good PL career.
 
K-Bo said:
10-15 mil from burnley once they've gone up would be a nice outcome for everyone concerned i think, THB will have a good PL career.
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Chelsea got over £20 million for Guehi and THB has just as much potential
 
FantasyIreland said:
I'm not sure we will.

I would think a 15/20m sale with a 10% sell on.

After my initial excitement 18/24 months back at our depth of CB talent,i'm not now convinced we will keep any.

The kid,Alleyne,is my next hope.
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What do you think of Kotongo, he doesn't seem to take prisoners.
 
The ball is in THBs court a fantastic young player with bags of talent and potential for improvement with PL clubs queuing up for his services. My guess would be we'll sell to Burnley with a buy back clause. I'd be more than happy for him to be in the squad next season or continue at Burnley on loan but he needs to do what he thinks is best for him.
 
A long shot but I wouldn't mind him being Laporte's replacement (although Gvardiol has the edge on playing at a higher level)
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I honestly think he will end up a top premier league player and probably play for England. It’s so difficult to see him getting a chance at city though
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He will. He’s in a different class at the same age than the likes of Mee, for example. And no disrespect, Ben has had a brilliant premier league career and pleased he has become a cult hero at Brentford after a decade of great service to Burnley
A buyback deal for Taylor is probably the best solution for all concerned
 
Think Taylor could potentially have a spot in our squad next season, with plenty of opportunities for minutes as well. At least if we are planing to keep playing this system with 3 CBs on the field + Stones (with Lewis as his backup?). Walker & Laporte (+Cancelo) potentially leaving... With Stones playing his new role could to with an extra body among the CBs and if we would have something like this I could easily see him get some starts in cups, CL group stage and "easier" PL games when the others need a rest. Spend big on Gvardiol and even it out with taking TBH back for free.

Rodri/Phillips (or replacement) - Stones/Lewis
Gvardiol/Ake - Dias - Akanji/Harwood-Bellis

I suspect that if we didn't already own him we would probably be very interested in a 21 year old English CB who captained the national team at u21 level on several occasions, who is a regular starter in a team playing possession based football dominating the Championship, and see him as a great depth option at centerback when we are playing this system with 3 CBs. Now there is instead talk of selling him with a buy back? Just get him in and sell later if it doesn't work out.
 
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